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Mexico shifts strategy in border city violence

Mexico's top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs. ...

From MARK STEVENSON, eTaiwan News,  20 Nov 2009

Mexico orders Canadian company to end mining

The Mexican government has ordered a Canadian-owned gold miner to halt operations in a colonial-era hamlet where residents say blasting has damaged the landscape and chemical runoff threatens to contaminate the water supply with cyanide. New Gold ...

From MARK STEVENSON, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009

Mexico anti-abortion fight moves to federal level

MEXICO CITY—Lawmakers in Veracruz made it Mexico's 17th state to pass legislation declaring life begins at conception, then adopted a proposal that requires Congress to consider amending the constitution to outlaw abortion. A majority of the country's 3 ...

From MARK STEVENSON, Boston Globe,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Roman Catholic Church

Mexico Indian remains returned from NY for burial

Northern Mexico's Yaqui Indians buried their lost warriors after a two-year effort to rescue the remains from New York's American Museum of Natural History, where the victims of one of North America's last Indian massacres lay in storage for more ...

From MARK STEVENSON, eTaiwan News,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: American Museum of Natural History,  Carlos Castaneda

Mexican revokes permit for Canadian gold mine

Mexico revoked the environmental authorization Friday for a Canadian-owned open-pit gold mine that critics say threatens one of the most historic sites in the north-central state of San Luis Potosi. The Environment Department said in a statement ...

From MARK STEVENSON, Taiwan News,  14 Nov 2009

Mexico border city groups call for UN peacekeepers

Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Groups ...

From MARK STEVENSON, Taiwan News,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations

Mexican environmentalists denounce beach ruling

MEXICO CITY Environmentalists expressed outrage Thursday after a Mexican judge upheld a requirement that they post a $1.1 million bond to pursue a suit against a project to rebuild Cancun beaches with tons of sand extracted from the Caribbean. ...

From MARK STEVENSON, San Diego Union-Tribune,  6 Nov 2009

Mexico reaches record 100 extraditions to US

Mexico has extradited a record number of criminal suspects to the United States this year, underscoring a dramatic improvement in cross-border law enforcement cooperation _ and an urgent attempt to clean up the country's crime-addled prisons. ...

From MARK STEVENSON, eTaiwan News,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Felipe Calderon,  Eric Holder

Mexico reaches record of 100 extraditions to US

MEXICO CITY—Mexico set a new high in extraditing criminal suspects to the U.S. on Sunday, reaching a total of 100 so far this year in what the U.S. Embassy called a "record for bilateral cooperation between the two countries." The milestone underscored ...

From MARK STEVENSON, Boston Globe,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Eric Holder

Mexico's Telmex: More computers could help profits

Telecommunications giant Telefonos de Mexico SA said Thursday that the only way to continue its explosive growth in broadband Internet services is to get more computers into Mexican homes. Reporting an 11.9 percent drop in third-quarter net ...

From MARK STEVENSON, Taiwan News,  22 Oct 2009

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