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Mexico angered by drug lord's spot on Forbes list

Mexico decried Forbes magazine's decision to name the country's most-wanted drug lord to its "World's Most Powerful People," calling it an insult to the government's bloody struggle against drug cartels. In comments to The Associated Press, a ...

From E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, eTaiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Forbes Magazine,  Interior Department,  Felipe Calderon,  Hugo Chávez,  Nicolas Sarkozy

Gunmen attack AA meeting in Mexico, killing 1

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico Gunmen burst into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and opened fire in a violence-plagued Mexican border state, killing one person and wounding four others, authorities said. Investigators have not determined a motive for the ...

From E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, San Diego Union-Tribune,  11 Nov 2009

3 Mexican doctors accused of selling newborns

Three doctors and a nurse have been arrested for allegedly selling newborns after telling mothers their babies had died at a private hospital in Mexico City, authorities said Wednesday. Police uncovered the scheme after one of the women learned ...

From E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, eTaiwan News,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: US State Department

Mexico's Femsa says it's considering beer merger

Femsa did not say what other companies are part of the talks, but the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that Femsa has held discussions with beverage companies including SABMiller PLC and Heineken NV. A deal could be ...

From E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, San Francisco Chronicle,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: SABMiller,  Wall Street Journal

Mexico Police arrest 5 in drug rehab executions

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Police have arrested five men accused of dozens of murders, including two mass killings at drug treatment centers in this northern Mexico border city. ...

From E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  25 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate

Mexico senators confirm new point man in drug war

A state prosecutor criticized for failing to solve dozens of rapes and murders of women in his northern border state was confirmed Thursday as Mexico's attorney general and leader of the nation's war on vicious drug cartels. The Senate confirmed ...

From E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, Taiwan News,  25 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Felipe Calderon

Mexico closes drug rehab centers after attacks

Authorities have closed 10 unregistered drug rehabilitation centers in Ciudad Juarez and say they are going after others they fear may serve as cover or recruiting grounds for drug trafficking gangs in the violence-plagued city across from El ...

From E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, eTaiwan News,  18 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Jose Reyes

Rights group demands payment to imprisoned Indian

An Indian market vendor who was wrongly convicted of kidnapping and spent three years in prison deserves compensation for the time she was locked away, Amnesty International said Thursday. "Nothing will replace the three years she lost, but it is ...

From E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, Taiwan News,  18 Sep 2009

Mexico catches leading member of La Familia cartel

The Mexican army said Monday that soldiers captured Luis Ricardo Magana, who prosecutors describe as a leading member of the violent La Familia drug cartel. Magana is allegedly on the level of cartel leader Servando "La Tuta" Gomez and ...

From E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, eTaiwan News,  25 Aug 2009

Related Topics: John Morton

Mexican Central Bank: No interest rate change

Mexico's central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the first time this year, anticipating improvement in the economy in the second half of 2009. The bank kept the interbank rate at 4.5 percent after cutting it seven times this ...

From E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, eTaiwan News,  21 Aug 2009

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