Articles tagged with mexico
Fri, May 18, 2012
Mexico's Slim eyeing Telekom Austria stake: report
VIENNA (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is eyeing a stake in Telekom Austria and is believed to have held initial talks with its two ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
New Mexico suspends two officials over prostitution payment scandal
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez's administration said it suspended two finance officials this week in ...
Sun, May 13, 2012
Forty-nine headless corpses found in Mexico
By Luis Ochoa
CADEREYTA JIMENEZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug gang killers dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway near Mexico's northern city of ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Mexico's Slim seeks bigger slice of U.S. phone market
By Cyntia Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - America Movil, the telecommunications company owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, intends to boost its presence in the ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
Mexico lawmakers flag $30 billion Pemex loss in audit
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican lawmakers are calling for an official probe into how state oil monopoly Pemex accounted for a suspected ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
Mexico lawmakers flag $30 billion Pemex loss in audit
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican lawmakers are calling for an official probe into how state oil monopoly Pemex accounted for a suspected ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
Mexico lawmakers flag $30 billion Pemex loss in audit
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican lawmakers are calling for an official probe into how state oil monopoly Pemex accounted for a suspected ...
Sun, May 06, 2012
Kardashian's sister to wed in Mexico - report
From WENN.com
Sources close to Kourtney Kardashian have revealed the pregnant socialite is hoping to wed longtime boyfriend Scott Disick in Mexico, and ...
Sun, May 06, 2012
Mexico presidential debate puts Pena Nieto in rivals' sights
By Dave Graham
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's presidential hopefuls square off in a televised debate on Sunday with the trailing candidates seeking to ...
Sat, May 05, 2012
Kardashian's sister to wed in Mexico - report
From WENN.com
Sources close to Kourtney Kardashian have revealed the pregnant socialite is hoping to wed longtime boyfriend Scott Disick in Mexico, and ...
Fri, May 04, 2012
Kardashian's sister to wed in Mexico - report
From WENN.com
Sources close to Kourtney Kardashian have revealed the pregnant socialite is hoping to wed longtime boyfriend Scott Disick in Mexico, and ...
Fri, May 04, 2012
Mexico competition watchdog to investigate TV
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Federal Competition Commission said on Friday it will begin an investigation into alleged monopolistic practices by the country's ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Kardashian's sister to wed in Mexico - report
From WENN.com
Sources close to Kourtney Kardashian have revealed the pregnant socialite is hoping to wed longtime boyfriend Scott Disick in Mexico, and ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
KPN says America Movil's $4.2 billion move is pitched too cheap
By Gilbert Kreijger and Sara Webb
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch telecom group KPN NV
Thu, May 03, 2012
Two Mexican journalists found dismembered in eastern Mexico
By Ioan Grillo
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The mutilated corpses of two Mexican photographers were found on Thursday by police in the eastern state of ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Mexico's Slim agrees to cut phone costs to skip fine
By Tomas Sarmiento and Patrick Rucker
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's competition watchdog has ordered Carlos Slim to cut charges he levies on mobile ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
Mexico shaken by several quakes
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Several earthquakes rattled Mexico on Tuesday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage as the country celebrated a national ...
Tue, May 01, 2012
BP profit falls as Gulf spill costs still weigh
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc
Mon, April 30, 2012
Blunt-force trauma killed two in California-to-Mexico yacht race
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two sailors killed in a mysterious crash at sea that reduced their vessel to ruins during a yacht ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Mexico regulators rule on $1 billion fine against Slim's Telcel
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's competition watchdog said it had reached a decision on whether to uphold a fine of almost $1 billion against ...
Sun, April 29, 2012
Mexico regulators to vote on $1 billion fine vs tycoon Slim
By Cyntia Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Regulators are due to vote on Monday on one of Mexico's biggest antitrust cases, a $1 billion ...
Thu, April 26, 2012
Mexico attorney general starts Walmex probe
By Anahi Rama
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities turned up the heat on Wal-Mart Stores Inc's
Thu, April 26, 2012
Mexico attorney general starts Walmex probe
By Anahi Rama
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities turned up the heat on Wal-Mart Stores Inc's
Thu, April 26, 2012
Insight: Collusion probe latest Mexico woe for Telefonica
By Patrick Rucker and Elinor Comlay
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - When Telefonica arrived in Mexico about a decade ago, the Spanish phone company framed the ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Mexico president "very indignant" about Wal-Mart case
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Wednesday that allegations the Mexican unit of Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Wed, April 25, 2012
Mexico starts investigation in Wal-Mart bribery case
By Miguel Gutierrez and Elinor Comlay
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said on Wednesday it would open an investigation into allegations that the Mexican unit ...
Tue, April 24, 2012
Mexico to maintain U.S. beef trade after mad cow case
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's agriculture ministry said on Tuesday it had no plans to stop beef trade with the United States after U ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Mexico presidential candidate calls for Wal-Mart probe
By Elinor Comlay and Anahi Rama
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The front-running candidate for Mexico's presidency and lawmakers on Monday called on authorities to ...
Sun, April 22, 2012
Wal-Mart shaken by bribery probe, shares plunge
By Jessica Wohl and Elinor Comlay
CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc lost $10 billion of its market value on Monday on concerns ...
Sat, April 21, 2012
Wal-Mart silenced Mexican bribe inquiry
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee
(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, squelched an internal investigation into allegations of bribery at its Mexican subsidiary ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
Road accident kills 30 in eastern Mexico: TV
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 30 people have died in a road accident after a truck crashed into a bus in the eastern Mexican ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Unconscious pilot crashes into Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters) - The unconscious pilot of a small private plane flew in circles over the Gulf of Mexico for hours on Thursday, shadowed by two ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Unconscious pilot crashes into Gulf of Mexico
(Reuters) - The unconscious pilot of a small private plane flew in circles over the Gulf of Mexico for hours on Thursday, shadowed by two ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
New Mexico tourism officials fight state's dull reputation
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Tourism officials in New Mexico are launching a new slogan, "New Mexico True," that they hope ...
Mon, April 16, 2012
Mexico raises alert for Popocatepetl volcano
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities raised the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano near to Mexico City on Monday after it started spewing red-hot ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Shell says Gulf of Mexico sheen dissipating
By Kristen Hays
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said an oil sheen near two of its offshore Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Second tremor hit Western Mexico
By Cyntia Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two large earthquakes struck western Mexico, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and sending people rushing ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
Mexico's Pemex files fresh suit in stolen fuel case
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's state oil company Pemex has filed a fresh lawsuit against a dozen oil companies including units ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
Strong quake shakes Mexico, no major damage
By Cyntia Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A strong earthquake hit western Mexico on Wednesday, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and sending ...
Wed, April 04, 2012
New Mexico high court blocks inauguration of mayor-elect
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A 28-year-old man elected mayor of Sunland Park, New Mexico, will not be allowed to assume ...
Wed, April 04, 2012
Mexico extradites alleged cocaine kingpin to New York
By Ioan Grillo
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico extradited an alleged drug kingpin accused of smuggling billions of dollars in cocaine to the United States ...
Sun, April 01, 2012
Mexico, Honduras to represent CONCACAF soccer in London
(Reuters) - Mexico and Honduras have booked tickets to the Olympic men's soccer tournament in London in July after reaching Monday's final of ...
Sat, March 31, 2012
New Mexico crews working to recover body of ultra-marathoner Micah True
(Reuters) - Search crews on Sunday were bringing the body of ultra-marathon runner Micah True out from the mountainous New Mexico wilderness where he was ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
Ford to invest $1.3 billion in northern Mexico plant
By Tomas Sarmiento
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. carmaker Ford Motor Co
Wed, March 28, 2012
Human rights group accuses U.S. of abuses along Mexico border
By Tim Gaynor
(Reuters) - U.S. policing along the Mexico border discriminates against Hispanics and Native Americans and contributes to the deaths of illegal ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
Snakes, spiders, scorpions taken from New Mexico home
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Animal control officials confiscated 31 venomous snakes, two tarantulas, two black widow spiders and about 10 ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
Pope condemns drug trade, corruption in Mexico
By Philip Pullella and Miguel Gutierrez
LEON, Mexico (Reuters) - Pope Benedict at a huge outdoor Mass on Sunday condemned drug trafficking and corruption in ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
U.S. to appeal WTO ruling against meat labels
By Doug Palmer and Rod Nickel
WASHINGTON/WINNIPEG (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it would appeal a World Trade Organization ruling against ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Stubborn drought expected to tax Mexico for years
By Mica Rosenberg and Noe Torres
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (Reuters) - A severe drought in Mexico that has cost farmers more than a billion dollars in ...
Tue, March 20, 2012
Big earthquake rattles Mexico, no major damage
By Cyntia Barrera and Dave Graham
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A major earthquake struck Mexico on Tuesday, unleashing panic as it damaged hundreds of buildings ...
Sun, March 18, 2012
Mexico says G20 to look at smoothing capital flows
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Mexico will include possible steps to blunt the impact of sharp capital flows on the Group of 20's policy agenda after ...
Thu, March 15, 2012
Special U.S. military unit hunts Mexico border drug flights
By Curt Prendergast
DOUGLAS, Ariz (Reuters) - A highly specialized U.S. military task force is using battlefield technology to help federal police hunt elusive ...
Thu, March 15, 2012
New Mexico border town gun ring defendant gets 4-year jail term
By Ashley Meeks
(Reuters) - The first defendant in a conspiracy involving leaders of a tiny New Mexico border town who ran guns to violent ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Former Mexico drug kingpin's nephew pleads guilty in Texas
By Jared Taylor
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - The nephew of a powerful former Mexican drug cartel chief admitted on Monday to a drug trafficking conspiracy ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Mexico's Slim aims for U.S. Internet TV in 3rd quarter
By Cyntia Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is financing an Internet TV network that will include an interview show with former ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Mexico's Slim aims for U.S. Internet TV this year
By Cyntia Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is financing an Internet TV network that will include an interview show with former ...
Sat, March 10, 2012
Loeb extends lead in Mexico heading into last day
(Reuters) - World champion Sebastien Loeb extended his commanding lead over his rivals after the second leg of Rally Mexico on Saturday.
The Frenchman won ...
Sat, March 10, 2012
Mass grave in southern Mexico yields 167 bodies
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Authorities are investigating a mass grave in southern Mexico containing 167 bodies that may have been dumped there at least 50 ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Exclusive: Brazil seeks to curb Mexico auto exports
By Ana Isabel Martinez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Brazil is pushing Mexico to slash its auto exports to Latin America's biggest economy to about ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Texas for third year warns against spring break Mexico
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas on Tuesday warned residents for the third consecutive year not to travel to Mexico during the upcoming ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Texas warns students against spring break in Mexico
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The state of Texas on Tuesday told residents for the third consecutive year not to travel to Mexico ...
Sun, March 04, 2012
Bruce Willis Heads to Mexico for 'Five Against a Bullet'
Columbia Pictures announced today that Bruce Willis has signed on to star in Five Against a Bullet, an action thriller about five elite bodyguards ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
BP's $7.8 billion deal may speed payments for U.S. spill
By Kathy Finn, Andrew Longstreth and Tom Bergin
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The estimated $7.8 billion deal struck by BP Plc with businesses and ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
U.S. cops in shoot out with Mexico drug gang across Rio Grande
By Jared Taylor
(Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol agents and Mexican drug traffickers fought a gun battle across the Rio Grande river in south ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
Judge sentences Texans in Mexico gun running scheme
By Jared Taylor
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - A federal judge sentenced 10 South Texas residents to jail and probation on Thursday for their roles in ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
U.S. police bust Arizona-Mexico drug tunnel, seize marijuana
PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. police in Nogales, Arizona, uncovered a drug-smuggling tunnel from Mexico, the latest of more than 20 illicit passageways found under ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
Texas "gunboats" to patrol Rio Grande border with Mexico
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas unveiled the second of six new 'interceptor' gunboats on Thursday, similar to Navy swift boats that plied the rivers of ...
Mon, February 27, 2012
Mexico official seeks to reassure Texans on tourism safety
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Mexico's tourism chief met with Texas officials in Austin on Monday to head off a potential warning ...
Sun, February 26, 2012
Comments from G20 finance chiefs meeting in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Following are comments from policymakers attending the meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers in Mexico City on ...
Sat, February 25, 2012
Huh edges Allenby in playoff to triumph in Mexico
(Reuters) - American rookie John Huh won his first PGA Tour title in only his fifth start by beating Australian Robert Allenby in a marathon ...
Sat, February 25, 2012
Comments from G20 finance chiefs meeting in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Following are comments from policymakers attending the meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers in Mexico City on ...
Fri, February 24, 2012
Romney's rugged Mormon ancestors sowed riches in Mexico
By Mica Rosenberg
COLONIA JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - In the craggy desert of northern Mexico, U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's relatives turned an ...
Tue, February 21, 2012
Mother pushing stroller in Texas hit with bullet from Mexico
By David Crowder
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A woman pushing her child in a stroller in downtown El Paso, Texas, was struck by an ...
Sun, February 12, 2012
Exclusive: Mexico told to probe Slim phone collusion charges
By Patrick Rucker
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A court has ordered Mexico's competition watchdog to investigate claims of collusion between businesses controlled by telecommunications ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
U.S. extends travel warning to Mexico over violence
(Reuters) - Spreading drug violence, kidnappings and carjackings in Mexico have led the State Department to increase the number of places it says Americans should ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Ex-TV producer sent to Mexico to face murder charge
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former producer of the reality TV show "Survivor" was extradited to Mexico on Wednesday to stand trial for the 2010 ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
U.S. ocean fence aims to curb smuggling from Mexico
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are building a steel and concrete barrier 300 feet out into the Pacific Ocean ...
Fri, February 03, 2012
Police bust Arizona-Mexico drug ring, arrest 12
BISBEE, Arizona (Reuters) - Police in southern Arizona have broken up a drug trafficking network that smuggled more than 15 tons of marijuana and cocaine ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
U.S. missionary couple killed in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A U.S. missionary couple was killed in Mexico's industrial capital city of Monterrey, local and U.S. officials said ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Mexico's watchdog blocked Televisa deal: sources
By Cyntia Barrera and Patrick Rucker
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's competition watchdog blocked a $1.6 billion telecoms deal that would have linked ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Mexico broadband project stuck in stalemate
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An ambitious private project to unlock wireless access across Mexico appears to be stuck in a stalemate with the developer and ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Mexico broadband project stuck in stalemate
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An ambitious private project to unlock wireless access across Mexico appears to be stuck in a stalemate with the developer and ...
Sun, January 29, 2012
Migrant trash piles up at remote U.S.-Mexico border areas
By Tim Gaynor
RIO RICO, Ariz (Reuters) - Picking her way into the desert brush, Raquel Martinez gathered scores of plastic water bottles tossed in ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Mexico police catch U.S. pastor accused of sex abuse
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police have arrested a Las Vegas pastor who they said was hiding out in Tijuana after being accused of sexually ...
Fri, January 20, 2012
"Miss Bala" puts human face on Mexico's drug war
By Iain Blair
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a ripped-from-the-headlines story, the new movie "Miss Bala," which opens in limited U.S. release on Friday ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Tom Russell sings of life from Hollywood to Mexico
By Angus MacSwan
LONDON (Reuters) - Texas-based singer Tom Russell has led a picaresque life, from teaching criminology in war-torn Nigeria to playing strip joints ...
Tue, January 17, 2012
New Mexico governor tries to end licenses for undocumented
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - New Mexico's Republican governor Susana Martinez, the nation's first female Hispanic governor, promised once ...
Tue, January 17, 2012
Indictments connect Arkansas meth operation to Mexico
By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Federal and Arkansas authorities on Tuesday indicted 22 people on 36 counts of trafficking of methamphetamine in ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Mexico drug lord pleads guilty to U.S. trafficking
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO, Calif (Reuters) - Once powerful Mexican drug lord Benjamin Arellano Felix pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court on ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Mexico drug lord pleads guilty to U.S. trafficking
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - Once-powerful Mexican drug lord Benjamin Arellano Felix pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court on Wednesday ...
Tue, December 27, 2011
U.S. adds surveillance drone on Mexico border
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz, Dec 27 - U.S. authorities took possession of an additional high-tech surveillance drone on Tuesday to overfly the rugged Arizona borderlands ...
Sat, December 24, 2011
13 found dead in truck in eastern Mexico: local media
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thirteen bodies were found in an abandoned truck in eastern Mexico on Sunday, local media reported, as a turf war between ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Analysis: Mexico 2012 frontrunner stirs reform optimism
By Michael O'Boyle
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Investors frustrated with years of gridlock on economic reforms in Mexico now believe the best chance for ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
U.S., Mexico seize $84 million in counterfeit goods
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Mexican agents have seized about 350,000 counterfeit items worth about $84 million in an operation targeting fake goods ...
Thu, December 22, 2011
Christmas won't be white in much of United States
(Reuters) - Snowstorms snarled "Getaway Friday" plans for some holiday travelers, shutting roads in New Mexico and New Hampshire, and colder temperatures ahead renewed hopes ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
U.S. authorities bust Mexico drug network in Arizona
TEMPE, Ariz (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have arrested 203 people and smashed a Mexican trafficking ring that funneled millions of dollars in drugs to ...
Mon, December 19, 2011
Spill reported at Shell Gulf of Mexico drill site
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard was investigating a 13,000-gallon spill from an oil rig leased to Shell, operating about 26 miles ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Mexico telecom regulator signs contracts to friends
By Patrick Rucker and Elinor Comlay
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The president of Mexico's phone and television regulator approved two contracts worth roughly $200 ...
Wed, December 14, 2011
Mexico to issue findings in U.S. chicken dispute
By Adriana Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico expects to issue preliminary findings in an anti-dumping investigation into chicken imports from the United States toward ...
Sun, December 11, 2011
Mexico drug gangs up ante with high-tech tunnels
By Rachel Uranga and Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) - When architect Felipe de Jesus Corona built Mexico's most powerful drug lord a ...
Sat, December 10, 2011
Strong earthquake rattles Mexico, killing two
By Cyntia Barrera and Adriana Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico on Saturday, killing at least two people ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
Agents charge 20 in New Mexico meth ring bust
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Federal authorities on Wednesday said they had broken up a methamphetamine trafficking ring that supplied large amounts of the ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Third tunnel in a week found under U.S.-Mexico border
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Border police in Nogales, Arizona, uncovered a drug smuggling tunnel from Mexico, the latest in a spate of ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Three killed "execution style" at U.S.-Mexico border
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The bodies of three suspected drug traffickers were found shot to death "execution style" in a remote area near the Arizona-Mexico ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Three men killed "execution style" near Arizona-Mexico border
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The bodies of three suspected drug traffickers were found shot to death "execution style" in a remote area near the Arizona-Mexico ...
Mon, November 21, 2011
Arizona hunter spots rare U.S.-Mexico borderlands jaguar
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - An Arizona hunter has made a rare confirmed sighting of a wild jaguar close to the Mexico border in southeastern Arizona ...
Sun, November 20, 2011
Analysis: Mexico sees life beyond U.S. export market
By Dave Graham and Michael O'Boyle
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - For years after the North American Free Trade Agreement came into force, the main ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
Former Mexico cartel leader's nephew indicted in Texas
By Jared Taylor
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - A federal grand jury in Texas charged a powerful former cartel chief's nephew on Friday in a ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
New Mexico secretary of state strikes body on highway
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran was one of at least three drivers who ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
Police find major drug tunnel under U.S.-Mexico border
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Police have discovered a "major cross-border drug tunnel" running to California from Mexico, and seized more than 17 ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
Police find major drug tunnel under U.S.-Mexico border
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Police have discovered a "major crossborder drug tunnel" running to California from Mexico, and seized 14 tons of marijuana, authorities said ...
Wed, October 19, 2011
Kilmer finally sells New Mexico ranch
The Batman Forever star has sold all but 141 acres of his 5,300-acre Pecos River property to executive Benjamin A. Strickling III for ...
Tue, October 18, 2011
Kilmer finally sells New Mexico ranch
The Batman Forever star has sold all but 141 acres of his 5,300-acre Pecos River property to executive Benjamin A. Strickling III for ...
Thu, October 13, 2011
Clooney takes new girl to Mexico for her birthday
Former wrestler Stacy Keibler will turn 32 on Friday (14Oct11) but the movie hunk decided to start the celebrations a week early when he ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
New Mexico fund to stick with Paulson for now
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
BOSTON (Reuters) - New Mexico's state pension fund is sticking with embattled hedge fund manager John Paulson for now even as ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
New Mexico woman sought marijuana via Craigslist: police
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A New Mexico woman was arrested this week after she sought out marijuana on Craigslist ...
Wed, October 12, 2011
Clooney takes new girl to Mexico for her birthday
Former wrestler Stacy Keibler will turn 32 on Friday (14Oct11) but the movie hunk decided to start the celebrations a week early when he ...
Wed, October 05, 2011
Trying to fix ties with Mexico after gun sting
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will have to work to restore frayed ties with Mexico after a bungled operation allowed guns ...
Sat, October 01, 2011
Perry suggests U.S. military role in Mexico drug war
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said on Saturday he would get the U.S. military involved in Mexico's war ...
Fri, September 30, 2011
U.S.-Mexico border governors sign crime-fighting pact
By Lizbeth Diaz
ENSENADA, Mexico (Reuters) - Governors along the U.S.-Mexico border agreed on Thursday to examine how to create shared databases where ...
Sat, September 24, 2011
Mexico drug quarterbacks aim for U.S. touchdown
By Jeffrey B. Miller
NOGALES, Ariz (Reuters) - To Mexican drug traffickers, the tall new steel fence now carving along the southern boundary of this ...
Fri, September 23, 2011
Large New Mexico drug ring busted, officials say
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, N.M (Reuters) - Some 84 residents are facing drug charges in Roswell after a massive investigation into what ...
Thu, September 22, 2011
Customs seize 30 assault rifles bound for Mexico
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. customs agents in Texas seized 30 high-powered assault rifles when they searched a car heading into Mexico in what ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
Republicans criticize U.S. probe of Mexico gun sting
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Justice Department investigation into a botched operation to track guns smuggled to Mexican drug cartels was ...
Tue, September 20, 2011
Jellyfish clog waters for fishermen in Gulf of Mexico
By Kelli Dugan
MOBILE, Ala (Reuters) - Last year it was oil. This year it is jellyfish.
Fishermen and shrimpers along the Alabama and Mississippi ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
Hackers target Mexico government websites
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The websites of several Mexican government ministries, including Defense and Public Security, went offline on Thursday, and a hacker group claimed ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
US-Mexico crossing partially reopens after roof collapse
SAN DIEGO, Calif (Reuters) - The San Ysidro border crossing between Mexico and the United States partially reopened on Thursday, a day after a roof ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
WTO says U.S. "dolphin-safe" rules restrict Mexico tuna
GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Trade Organization panel has partially backed a Mexican complaint about U.S. rules restricting imports of Mexican tuna, potentially opening ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
Roof collapse hurts 17 at busy U.S.-Mexico crossing
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO, Calif (Reuters) - A roof collapsed at the San Ysidro border crossing between Mexico and the United States on Wednesday ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
Roof collapse injures 17 at U.S.-Mexico border crossing
SAN DIEGO, Calif (Reuters) - A roof collapsed at the world's busiest border crossing between Mexico and the United States on Wednesday, injuring 17 ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
U.S. agents find rocket launcher near Mexico border
By Jared Taylor
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol agents found a rocket launcher, assault rifles and explosives in a bag along the ...
Sun, September 11, 2011
Nate now a depression, oil contractors found in Mexico
By Roberto Ramirez
GUTIERREZ ZAMORA, Mexico (Reuters) - Storm Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday as it moved farther inland across the coffee ...
Sat, September 10, 2011
For U.S.-Mexico border town, Sept. 11 brought high wall
By Tim Gaynor
NACO, Mexico (Reuters) - When news broke of the airliners striking the twin towers in New York 10 years ago, Mexican bookkeeper ...
Sat, September 10, 2011
For U.S.-Mexico border town, September 11 brought high wall
By Tim Gaynor
NACO, Mexico (Reuters) - When news broke of the airliners striking the twin towers in New York 10 years ago, Mexican bookkeeper ...
Fri, September 09, 2011
U.S. says no deal cut with accused Mexico drug kingpin
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors denied on Friday striking a deal with an accused Mexican drug trafficker who said he was a confidential informant ...
Fri, September 09, 2011
U.S. says no deal struck with accused Mexico drug kingpin
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday denied striking a deal with an accused Mexican drug trafficker who says he was a confidential informant ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
Power restored in Southwest, Mexico after outage
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Power was restored on Friday to some 7 million people plunged into darkness by a blackout, blamed partly ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Mexico man accused of locking up, abusing girls for 7 years
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexico City man was arrested on Tuesday accused of imprisoning and abusing two teenage girls for seven years, fathering five ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Mexico "Twitter terrorism" breaches civil rights: lawyer
By Patrick Rucker
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has breached an international human rights charter by bringing terror charges against two social media users who ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
U.S. man nabbed for smuggling grenade parts
By Rachel Uranga
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police arrested a U.S. man accused of trafficking grenade and gun parts to one of the ...
Sun, September 04, 2011
60 percent Gulf of Mexico oil output shut by Lee: U.S.
By Kristen Hays
HOUSTON (Reuters) - More than half of crude oil output in the Gulf of Mexico was shut in on Sunday as Tropical ...
Sat, September 03, 2011
Sixty percent of Gulf of Mexico oil output shut by Lee
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Sixty percent of crude oil production and more than half of natural gas output were shut in U.S.-regulated areas of ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
Judge blocks NM governor on immigrant driver licenses
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge on Wednesday blocked a move by the state's Republican governor to make it harder ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
Obama shakes up gun agency over botched Mexico sting
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration announced on Tuesday a major shake-up of the U.S. agency that botched an attempt to ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
Del Toro: 'I can't go back to Mexico'
The Pan's Labyrinth director fears he and his family will become targets for drug lords seeking ransom money if he goes home.
He ...
Mon, August 29, 2011
Mexico arrests 5 linked to deadly casino attack
By Dave Graham
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has arrested five suspected drug gang members in connection with the torching of a casino last week ...
Mon, August 29, 2011
Del Toro: 'I can't go back to Mexico'
The Pan's Labyrinth director fears he and his family will become targets for drug lords seeking ransom money if he goes home.
He ...
Sun, August 28, 2011
Del Toro: 'I can't go back to Mexico'
The Pan's Labyrinth director fears he and his family will become targets for drug lords seeking ransom money if he goes home.
He ...
Sat, August 27, 2011
Del Toro: 'I can't go back to Mexico'
The Pan's Labyrinth director fears he and his family will become targets for drug lords seeking ransom money if he goes home.
He ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
Del Toro: 'I can't go back to Mexico'
The Pan's Labyrinth director fears he and his family will become targets for drug lords seeking ransom money if he goes home.
He ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Mexico's Calderon berates U.S. after casino attack
By Miguel Angel Gutierrez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Felipe Calderon declared three days of mourning on Friday and demanded a crackdown on drugs in ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Chinese crime ring accused in New Mexico driver license fraud
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Three leaders of a Chinese crime ring were indicted on Thursday as part of efforts ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Border police chief pleads guilty to running guns to Mexico
By Ashley Meeks
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - The ousted police chief of a tiny New Mexico border town pleaded guilty on Thursday to ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
Colorado shaken by its biggest quake in decades
By Molly O'Toole
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 5.3 magnitude earthquake, the biggest in the state in some four decades, shook Colorado late on ...
Mon, August 22, 2011
Man who saved New Mexico girl at center of immigration debate
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - When Antonio Diaz Chacon jumped into his car and chased a man down to rescue a ...
Sat, August 20, 2011
Park along Texas, Mexico border sees boost from partnership
By Benjamin Wermund
MARFA, Texas (Reuters) - Dwindling funding and resources to protect wildlife, maintain historic structures and keep out invasive species have put America ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
Two plead guilty to branding of disabled Navajo man
By Dennis J. Carroll
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - Two men pleaded guilty on Thursday to a racially motivated attack on a developmentally disabled ...
Mon, August 08, 2011
Mexico eyes return of Formula One racing
By Cyntia Barrera Diaz
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican entertainment company hopes to bring back the globally popular Formula One motor races to Mexico ...
Thu, August 04, 2011
New Mexico woman indicted over immigrant driver licenses
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - An Albuquerque woman was indicted on Thursday on charges of creating fraudulent residency documents to ...
Thu, August 04, 2011
Mexico serum takes sting out of U.S. scorpion nips
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Scorpions are alternately cherished and feared in parts of northern Mexico, where stings are common and the dead critters adorn key-chains ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
Gun lobby fights Mexico border rifle sale control
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. gun industry on Wednesday sued to block requirements that weapons dealers along the border with Mexico ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Senate confirms new ambassador to Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Earl Anthony Wayne as U.S. ambassador to Mexico, a post vacated when Washington's last ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
Town official pleads guilty to running guns to Mexico
By Ashley Meeks
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - An ousted official of a tiny New Mexico border town pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
Border town official pleads guilty to running guns to Mexico
By Ashley Meeks
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - An ousted official of a tiny New Mexico border town pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
Paralyzing infection sickens 24 on U.S.-Mexico border
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A rare condition that can cause paralysis has sickened two dozen people in a small area straddling the ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake off Baja California, Mexico: USGS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Sea of Cortez off Baja California, 60 miles east of La Paz, Mexico ...
Sat, July 23, 2011
Bold Mexico smuggling scam has Texas commuters jittery
By Patricia Giovine
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - School teacher Ana Isela Martinez was rolling up to the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez ...
Fri, July 22, 2011
Federal court employee from Texas found murdered in Mexico
By Patricia Giovine and Julian Cardona
EL PASO, Texas/CIUDAD JUAREZ. Mexico (Reuters) - A U.S. federal court interpreter from El Paso, Texas, has ...
Wed, July 20, 2011
Construction begins at new Texas-Mexico border crossing
By Patricia Giovine
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - Construction began Wednesday on a new six-lane, $100-million border crossing east of El Paso, which aims to ...
Wed, July 20, 2011
New Mexico judge charged with raping prostitute
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A New Mexico district judge who presided over criminal cases, including prostitution, is free on bond Wednesday after being ...
Mon, July 18, 2011
New Mexico uses Billy the Kid's legacy to draw tourists
By Zelie Pollon
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - Wild West gunslinger Billy the Kid was shot and killed in southern New Mexico 130 years ...
Tue, July 12, 2011
New Mexico town in gun-running scandal shuts police dept
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - A tiny New Mexico border town where three top officials were charged with running guns to warring Mexican drug ...
Tue, July 12, 2011
TV producer ordered to Mexico on murder charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Tuesday ordered a former producer for the TV show "Survivor" extradited to Mexico to face charges that he ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
U.S. and Mexico resume migrant repatriation flights
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - An annual program of voluntary repatriation flights to take Mexican illegal immigrants nabbed in the Arizona desert back to their homes ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
New Mexico rains douse flames but fuel flood fears
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - The monsoons arrived on schedule in northern New Mexico on Monday, bringing with them the ...
Sat, July 09, 2011
Arizona bus day tour goes to Mexico border for answers
By Tim Gaynor
NOGALES, Ariz (Reuters) - After listening to a fiery national debate about the impact of illegal immigration and drug smuggling over the ...
Wed, July 06, 2011
Mexico to cut duties on U.S. after trucking deal
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will cut in half retaliatory duties on more than $2 billion of U.S. farm and industrial goods this week ...
Wed, July 06, 2011
U.S. firearms head admits Mexico gun sting mistakes
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The acting head of the U.S. firearms agency admitted during secret talks at Congress that mistakes were made ...
Tue, July 05, 2011
Firefighters defend sacred mountain in New Mexico
By Dennis Carroll
SANTA FE, N.M (Reuters) - Firefighters battling New Mexico's monster Las Conchas wildfire fought on Tuesday to beat the blaze ...
Tue, July 05, 2011
Mexico, U.S. search for seven missing off Baja coast
By Lizbeth Diaz
SAN FELIPE, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard searched for seven shipwrecked American vacationers on Tuesday ...
Tue, July 05, 2011
Body found just across Mexico border in southern Arizona
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The body of a Mexican man found in a plastic bag in far south Arizona, may have been murdered in Mexico ...
Tue, July 05, 2011
Crews gain fighting New Mexico wildfire, now fear floods
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - As firefighters made progress saving Indian pueblo lands on the north end of New Mexico ...
Mon, July 04, 2011
One dead after tourist boat capsizes off Mexico
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - One person drowned and eight were missing after a fishing boat carrying 27 American tourists capsized in a storm and sank ...
Mon, July 04, 2011
One dead after tourist boat capsizes off Mexico
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - One person drowned and six were missing after a fishing boat carrying 27 American tourists capsized in a storm and sank ...
Sun, July 03, 2011
Mexico's former ruling party set to win state votes
By Noe Torres
TOLUCA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexicans voted for new governors in three states on Sunday in races slated to be big wins for ...
Tue, June 28, 2011
Triumphant Mexico soccer team becoming a major brand in the U.S.
By Simon Evans
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mexico's national soccer team not only retained their continental Gold Cup crown but in the past three ...
Sun, June 26, 2011
Howard seething as Mexico's fans and players prove too much
By Jahmal Corner
PASADENA, California (Reuters) - Tim Howard made the long walk from the United States locker room to the departing team bus Saturday ...
Sun, June 26, 2011
Mexico's new generation offer hope for World Cup impact
By Simon Evans
PASADENA, California (Reuters) - Mexico confirmed their status as the top team in North and Central America with their sparkling 4-2 comeback ...
Sun, June 26, 2011
Mexico clinch Gold Cup with 4-2 win over U.S.
By Simon Evans
PASADENA, California (Reuters) - Mexico won the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Saturday with a 4-2 victory over the United States in a ...
Fri, June 24, 2011
Former New Mexico professor arrested in prostitution probe
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A former University of New Mexico president was arrested on Thursday for an alleged role in ...
Thu, June 23, 2011
New Mexico Republican governor loses in court again
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE (Reuters) - The New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that the state's new Republican governor overstepped her ...
Mon, June 20, 2011
Tropical Storm Beatriz forms off Mexico coast
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beatriz, the second named storm of the Pacific hurricane season, gathered strength off Mexico's Pacific Coast on Sunday ...
Fri, June 17, 2011
Mexico's Carstens: too early to comment on Japan
By Stanley White and Tetsushi Kajimoto
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mexican Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens, a contender to head the International Monetary Fund, said on ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Crusading poet embodies Mexico's drug war pain
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (Reuters) - It was well past midnight when Mexicans usually too afraid to venture out after dark streamed into Chihuahua's central square ...
Wed, June 15, 2011
U.S. agents slam gun sting effort on Mexico border
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. firearms agents told lawmakers on Wednesday they were instructed to only watch as hundreds of guns were ...
Tue, June 14, 2011
Wildfire prompts closure of New Mexico national park
By Dennis Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A brush fire that has torched 16,000 acres of high desert in southeastern New Mexico ...
Mon, June 13, 2011
Wildfire closes interstate on Colorado-New Mexico border
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A wind-driven wildfire on the New Mexico-Colorado border has forced the closure of a 30-mile stretch of Interstate 25 ...
Fri, June 10, 2011
Mexico blames tainted meat after soccer players fail dope test
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Five Mexico players suspended from the Concacaf Gold Cup after failing a doping test had eaten contaminated meat and should ...
Wed, June 08, 2011
New Mexico billboard accuses woman of having an abortion
By Zelie Pollon
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - A New Mexico man who said he was upset that his girlfriend had an abortion bought ...
Sat, June 04, 2011
"Peace caravan" crossing Mexico to protest drug war
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hundreds of Mexicans began a weeklong caravan on Saturday to protest the country's bloody drug war, led by a crusading ...
Wed, June 01, 2011
Special report: If Monterrey falls, Mexico falls
By Robin Emmott
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mario Ramos thought it was a bad joke when he received an anonymous email at the start of ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
U.S. group gives Mexico smugglers GPS emergency beacons
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A humanitarian group said on Tuesday it has given emergency GPS location devices to Mexican human smugglers in a controversial bid ...
Sat, May 21, 2011
Lagarde leads IMF race, competition from Mexico
By Alexandria Sage and Cyntia Barrera Diaz
PARIS/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's candidacy for IMF chief gained momentum in ...
Thu, May 19, 2011
Police break up Arizona-Mexico drug smuggling network
By Brad Poole
TUCSON (Reuters) - Police in Arizona have arrested 25 suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel, significantly hampering the group's ability ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
Arizona seeks to build its own Mexico border fence
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Using public donations and cheap convict labor, an Arizona lawmaker is working to build a fence to secure ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
Arizona seeks to build its own Mexico border fence
By Tim Gaynor
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - Using public donations and cheap convict labor, an Arizona lawmaker is seeking to build a fence to secure ...
Sat, May 14, 2011
In New Mexico, a place for homeless women veterans
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE (Reuters) - When Air Force veteran Melanie Birner lost her job more than a year ago, it wasn't long ...
Sat, May 14, 2011
Obama seeks more drilling in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico
By Jeff Mason and Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, under pressure from Republicans and the public to bring down gasoline ...
Mon, May 09, 2011
Police find tunnel under Arizona-Mexico border
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - U.S. border police have found a sophisticated smugglers' tunnel fitted with lights, water pumps and a ventilation system running under ...
Mon, May 09, 2011
Obama stresses immigration benefits at Mexico border
By Patricia Zengerle
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama issued an impassioned call for immigration reform in a speech at the U.S ...
Fri, May 06, 2011
Mexico border city exports boom despite violence
By Tim Gaynor
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - Despite daily drug killings that have made Ciudad Juarez one of the most dangerous cities in the ...
Fri, May 06, 2011
Mexico mayor eyes new mobile quake alert this year
By Cyntia Barrera Diaz
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The mayor of Mexico City, a quake-prone metropolis of 20 million people, said on Friday he is ...
Fri, May 06, 2011
U.S. expands truck crossing on Mexico border
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A program to expand the busiest commercial crossing over the U.S.-Mexico border was inaugurated on Friday, nearly doubling the ...
Thu, May 05, 2011
Earthquake rattles Mexico City, buildings shake
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rattled the Mexican capital on Thursday but there were no reports of damage.
The U.S. Geological Service ...
Sat, April 30, 2011
Two firefighters hurt battling Mexico border blaze
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - A wildfire blazing across the Arizona-Mexico border has injured two firefighters, authorities said.
The blaze has torched at least 4,500 ...
Fri, April 29, 2011
Mexico extradites once-powerful drug lord to U.S.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico extradited once-powerful drug lord Benjamin Arellano Felix to the United States on Friday in a renewed sign of U.S ...
Fri, April 29, 2011
Mexico starts probes of TV, telecoms competition
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Federal Competition Commission said on Friday it has started separate investigations into alleged monopolistic practices in the sale of ...
Wed, April 27, 2011
New Mexico school bans club meetings after gay club formed
By Zelie Pollon
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - A school board in Clovis, New Mexico, voted to ban all extra-curricular clubs from meeting during ...
Wed, April 27, 2011
Nuclear watchdog groups slam New Mexico plan
By Zelie Pollon
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - The U.S. government should rethink plans for a multi-billion dollar plutonium complex at Los Alamos ...
Mon, April 25, 2011
U.S. extends Mexico travel warning over drug mayhem
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Spreading drug cartel violence in northern and central Mexico has led U.S. authorities to increase the number of states Americans should ...
Mon, April 25, 2011
Woman mauled to death by pit bulls in New Mexico
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A woman has been mauled to death by a pack of four pit bulls in the town of Truth ...
Sun, April 24, 2011
New Mexico church draws pilgrims seeking miracles
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Thousands of pilgrims made their way to El Santuario de Chimayo this Easter weekend, believing that ...
Sun, April 24, 2011
Small plane full of cocaine crashes in New Mexico lake
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A small planed loaded with bundles of cocaine crashed into a lake in northern New Mexico on Sunday morning ...
Sun, April 24, 2011
Mexico ready for tighter U.S. monetary policy -finmin
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's peso may dip against the dollar once the United States starts tightening monetary policy but the overall impact on ...
Sat, April 23, 2011
New Mexico searching for a few good inmates to fight fires
By Zelie Pollon
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - With New Mexico's fire season promising to be brutal and unrelenting, state forestry officials want ...
Thu, April 21, 2011
Former New Mexico governor to run for president
By Ros Krasny
BOSTON (Reuters) - Self-made millionaire, triathlete and former two-term New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson said on Thursday he will seek the Republican ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
New Mexico official denied bail on gun-running charges
By Ashley Meeks
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - A trustee of a New Mexico border village will remain behind bars with the mayor and ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
U.S. fears Cuba oil drilling, Mexico suggests talks
By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. official said on Thursday they were concerned about Cuba opening its offshore waters to oil ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
New Mexico official denied bail on gun-running charges
By Ashley Meeks
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - A trustee of a New Mexico border village will remain behind bars with the mayor and ...
Sat, April 16, 2011
As gas prices rise, some drivers head to Mexico
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. drivers on the southern border could cut $1.20 or more per gallon from their ...
Sat, April 16, 2011
Mexico's Slim to invest $1.5 billion in Argentina: report
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Mexican magnate Carlos Slim plans to invest about $1.5 billion in Argentina's telecoms sector, a newspaper reported on Saturday ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Mexico's Alfa buying rest of Alestra from AT&T
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico industrial conglomerate Alfa said on Friday that it would become the sole shareholder of Alestra with the purchase of AT ...
Thu, April 14, 2011
Union leader applauds ruling against New Mexico governor
By Zelie Pollon
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - A state Supreme Court ruling against New Mexico's governor proves she is not above the ...
Thu, April 14, 2011
Drug gangs clash with dogged miners in Mexico
By Mica Rosenberg
CUETZALA DEL PROGRESO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican drug cartels greedy for new sources of revenue are targeting the country's rich mines ...
Wed, April 13, 2011
Arizona border city gets new Mexico fence
NOGALES, Ariz (Reuters) - Nearly three miles of steel fencing marking the Mexico border in Nogales is being replaced with a taller barrier that will ...
Mon, April 11, 2011
Mexico calls in U.S. help to battle wild fires
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States will send fire-fighting aircraft to help contain blazes raging in northern Mexico, the Mexican government said on Monday ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
New Mexico medical pot application process slow, hazy: lawsuit
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE (Reuters) - Pot growers in New Mexico are suing the state, saying applications to distribute medical marijuana are being approved ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
New Mexico medical pot application process slow, hazy: lawsuit
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE (Reuters) - Pot growers in New Mexico are suing the state, saying applications to distribute medical marijuana are being approved ...
Wed, April 06, 2011
New Mexico bans spanking in schools
By Zelie Pollon
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - New Mexico narrowly banned corporal punishment in its schools on Wednesday, joining 30 other states that ...
Tue, April 05, 2011
Two U.S. citizens killed at Mexico border
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Two workers shot to death on Monday while waiting to cross the border from Mexico into the United States were American ...
Tue, April 05, 2011
A New Mexico chile from China? Absolutely not
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, N.M (Reuters) - Chile eaters in New Mexico will now know whether the beloved pepper is grown locally or ...
Tue, April 05, 2011
Two U.S. citizens killed at Mexico border crossing
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Two workers shot to death on Monday while waiting to cross the border from Mexico into the United States were American ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
New Mexico police chief denied bail on gun charges
By Ashley Meeks
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - The disgraced former police chief of a small New Mexico border town will remain behind bars ...
Wed, March 30, 2011
U.S. and Mexico offer rewards over shooting of U.S. agents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. and Mexican governments on Wednesday announced multimillion dollar rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those ...
Mon, March 28, 2011
Patrol shot man as he scaled fence to Mexico: sheriff's office
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A man shot and killed by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona last week was attempting to scale the ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
Crew member missing from Disney cruise to Mexico
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A crew member aboard a Walt Disney Co cruise to Mexico has been missing since Tuesday, and the Mexican Navy is ...
Thu, March 24, 2011
U.S. indicts three over gun tied to Mexico shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A grand jury has indicted three Texas men for illegally buying guns for others, including one used in the shooting death of ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
U.S. border cops nab migrants from Mexico in Marine uniforms
PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested 13 illegal immigrants from Mexico dressed in fake U.S. Marine Corps uniforms, authorities said ...
Mon, March 21, 2011
Officials not yet ready call death in Mexico a suicide
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Authorities said on Monday they were not yet ready to declare the death of a South Texas prosecutor in a Mexican ...
Mon, March 21, 2011
New Mexico caps tax incentives for filmmakers
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - New Mexico's new Republican governor succeeded in her push to get state lawmakers to cap ...
Sun, March 20, 2011
Substance in Gulf of Mexico likely sediment, not oil
By Colleen Jenkins
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (Reuters) - A reported "sheen" in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana is likely the result ...
Sat, March 19, 2011
U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigns after public spat
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Mexico has resigned after a public dispute with President Felipe Calderon over the handling of the ...
Sat, March 19, 2011
New Mexico governor loses bid to block licenses for illegals
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - New Mexico's newly elected Republican governor lost her attempt to deny driver's licenses to ...
Fri, March 18, 2011
National Guard to leave Mexico border in June
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - More than a thousand National Guard troops brought in last year to shore security on the U.S.-Mexico border will ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
Unions attack New Mexico governor for firing labor board
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE (Reuters) - New Mexico's governor broke the law by firing all members of the state's Labor Relations Board ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
U.S. authorities support Beresford-Redman's extradition to Mexico
The man behind hit show Survivor is accused of involvement in the killing of his wife, Monica, whose body was found in a sewer ...
Wed, March 16, 2011
U.S. drones enter Mexico to scout for drug gangs
By Patrick Rucker
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. drones are conducting surveillance flights in Mexico as the two nations step up joint efforts to ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
Mexico security fears grow for U.S. firms: survey
By Dave Graham
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Security fears at U.S. companies in Mexico have increased over the past year, fueled by growing concern ...
Fri, March 11, 2011
For Sale: New Mexico governor's executive jet
By Zelie Pollon
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - New Mexico officials said Friday they are seeking aviation brokers to sell the state's private ...
Thu, March 10, 2011
New Mexico lawmakers at odds over immigrant drivers
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - The New Mexico state Senate rejected a proposal that would have outlawed driver's licenses for ...
Thu, March 10, 2011
Mexico senators propose taxing food, medicine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Senators from Mexico's chief opposition party submitted a bill on Thursday to tax most kinds of food, a move which ...
Wed, March 09, 2011
Mexico arrests money man tied to U.S. agent killing
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities have arrested a suspected paymaster of the Zetas drug gang linked to the murder of a U.S. customs ...
Wed, March 09, 2011
New Mexico wildfire partially contained, still threatens
Santa Fe (Reuters) - A wildfire in southwestern New Mexico was 50 percent contained but still threatened 200 structures and could easily blow out of ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
New Mexico wildfire uncontained, threatens homes
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A wildfire burning in southwestern New Mexico remains 80 percent out of control, threatening 500 structures and keeping 100 ...
Tue, March 08, 2011
Missing Mexico police chief in the United States
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A 20-year-old woman police chief fired after abandoning her post in one of Mexico's most dangerous drug war towns ...
Mon, March 07, 2011
New Mexico wildfire burns homes, forces evacuations
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - A wildfire burning out of control in southwestern New Mexico has destroyed several homes and threatened hundreds more, prompting ...
Mon, March 07, 2011
Judge pulls Mexico justice film over complaint
Presumed Guilty focuses on a pair of lawyers who battle to free a man they believe is wrongly convicted of murder, and features officials ...
Mon, March 07, 2011
Penn whisks Johansson off to Mexico for day break
The couple's publicists have denied reports of a romance, but the story refuses to die because they keep being spotted together.
Johansson, who ...
Sun, March 06, 2011
New Mexico governor targets film incentives for cuts
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE (Reuters) - New Mexico's new Republican Governor Susana Martinez is taking aim at her state's film industry by ...
Sat, March 05, 2011
New Mexico governor targets film incentives for cuts
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE (Reuters) - New Mexico's new Republican Governor Susana Martinez is taking aim at her state's film industry by ...
Fri, March 04, 2011
New Mexico advances bill to ban licenses for illegals
SANTA FE (Reuters) - New Mexico lawmakers passed a bill to ban undocumented immigrants from getting driver's licenses on Friday, advancing legislation backed by ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
Obama and Mexico's Calderon seek to ease tensions
By Matt Spetalnick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Thursday vowed greater cooperation to combat drugs and arms smuggling ...
Tue, March 01, 2011
Man tied to Mexico shooting of U.S. agent arrested
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities arrested a Texas man who had originally bought one of the guns used in a shooting ...
Tue, March 01, 2011
Spring Break party in Mexico? Texas officials advise no
AUSTIN, Tex. (Reuters) - As college students prepare for the annual ritual of drunken Spring Break partying, Texas officials are urging them to stay away ...
Sun, February 27, 2011
Local Mexico drug boss tied to U.S. agent death caught
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican Navy said on Sunday it arrested the alleged regional head of the feared "Zetas" drug gang in connection with ...
Sun, February 27, 2011
Wagner wins second PGA Tour title in playoff in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Johnson Wagner clinched his second PGA Tour title with a playoff victory over fellow American Spencer Levin at the Mayakoba Golf ...
Sat, February 26, 2011
New Mexico's Hispanic governor battles over rules of the road
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - The nation's first female Hispanic governor has angered many Latinos with a proposal to repeal ...
Fri, February 25, 2011
Wagner charges one stroke clear in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - American Johnson Wagner surged past overnight pacesetter Chris Stroud to take a one-shot lead in the third round of the Mayakoba ...
Thu, February 24, 2011
Expansion begins at largest U.S.-Mexico border crossing
By Marty Graham
SAN YSIDRO, California (Reuters) - A $600 million expansion that would more than double capacity at the world's busiest border crossing ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
U.S. vows justice for agent slain in Mexico
By Antonio Vindell
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. authorities vowed on Tuesday to work with Mexico to hunt down the killers of a federal ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
Sweet spot in Mexico earns second look from investors
By Patrick Rucker
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's improving economic prospects, coupled with low inflation, are winning the country a second look from international ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
Police arrest nine in alleged U.S.-Mexico arms ring
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police arrested nine people and seized 300 firearms, including assault rifles, in a raid targeting an arms ring that allegedly sold weapons ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
U.S. denounces killing of agent in Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is "outraged" by an attack on two U.S. immigration and customs agents in Mexico that left one officer ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
Cartel video game riles U.S.-Mexico border residents
By Julian Cardona and Alejandro Martinez-Cabrera
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico/El PASO, Texas, Feb 17 (Reuters Life!) - A video shoot-up that turns Mexican cartel violence ...
Tue, February 15, 2011
Mexico drug gang suspected in U.S. agents' shooting
By Alberto Fajardo
SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican drug gang hitmen were behind the shooting of two U.S. immigration and customs agents ...
Tue, February 15, 2011
Less than half the U.S.-Mexico border secured: report
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Less than half of the United States' porous southwest border with Mexico is under the operational control of the U.S. Border ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
Arizona sues government on Mexico border security
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging that Washington has failed to secure the state ...
Tue, February 08, 2011
U.S. Customs seize machine gun bound for Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. customs agents in Texas seized a tripod-mounted machine gun they found on the back seat of a sport ...
Mon, February 07, 2011
BBC bosses apologise over Top Gear Mexico remarks
Ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora was riled by quips made by hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May during an installment which was broadcast ...
Fri, February 04, 2011
BBC defends "Top Gear" jokes about Mexico
By Tim Castle
LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC apologized to Mexico's London ambassador on Friday after presenters on the popular motoring show "Top Gear ...
Fri, February 04, 2011
Superman producer Salkind missing in Mexico
Ilya Salkind, 63, flew to his native Mexico City recently to oversee work on a property he inherited from his late mother.
Reports suggest ...
Wed, February 02, 2011
U.S. fugitive nabbed in Mexico after more than 21 years
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A convicted murderer on the run for more than 21 years from Connecticut has been captured in Mexico, police said on ...
Wed, February 02, 2011
U.S. customs nab assault rifles bound for Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. customs agents in Texas seized 14 high-powered assault rifles when they searched a car heading into Mexico, and ...
Wed, February 02, 2011
LPGA cancels Mexico tournament over safety concerns
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The LPGA has scrubbed this year's $1.3 million Tres Marias Championship in Mexico because of concerns about violence linked ...
Tue, February 01, 2011
Mexico wants apology after "Top Gear" tirade
By Mimi Turner
LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - The irreverent British motoring show "Top Gear" has driven into diplomatic hot water after a host branded a ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
U.S. wants TV producer to face homicide charge in Mexico
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Monday filed court papers to send a former "Survivor" television producer to Mexico to ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
Tycoon Carlos Slim plans more investment in Mexico in 2011
By Cyntia Barrera Diaz and Veronica Gomez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim said on Monday he plans to boost his investment in ...
Wed, January 26, 2011
U.S. missionary shot in Mexico, dies in Texas
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - An American missionary was shot by a gunmen in northern Mexico and died shortly after her husband raced her back ...
Wed, January 26, 2011
Medford Man Sentenced For Smuggling Guns To Mexico
(Minneapolis, MN) -- A southern Minnesota man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for smuggling firearms into Mexico. Thirty-seven-year-old Paul De La ...
Wed, January 26, 2011
Mexico driver crashes into California, two injured
SAN DIEGO, Calif (Reuters) - A car bumped off a highway in northern Mexico, vaulted over the border fence and came to rest 40 yards ...
Mon, January 24, 2011
Clinton backs Calderon's drug fight on Mexico trip
By Arshad Mohammed and Cyntia Barrera Diaz
GUANAJUATO, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered strong support for Mexican President Felipe ...
Mon, January 24, 2011
Clinton to focus on drug-related violence in Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Mexico on Monday for talks expected to focus on the country's accelerating drug-related violence.
Clinton ...
Fri, January 14, 2011
Cruise lines to cut back Mexico trips amid violence
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three cruise lines will end or scale back on trips to Mexico from southern California, a trend some ...
Fri, January 14, 2011
South Texas highway crew shot at from Mexico side of border
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Highway construction crews doing road work on a highway near the Rio Grande river border with Mexico were shot at by ...
Mon, January 10, 2011
Mexico to halt tariff changes as U.S. seeks truck deal
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said Monday it will stop subjecting a rotating list of U.S. products to tariffs after the United States offered ...
Sat, January 08, 2011
Bodies beheaded in Mexico tourist city
ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Fifteen bodies, all but one of them decapitated, were found early on Saturday in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco as ...
Thu, January 06, 2011
White House tightening of Mexico border gun rules delayed
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A planned Obama administration clampdown on Mexico border gun dealers which would require them to report multiple assault rifle ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
Inmates flee prison in Mexico; bomb targets police
By Robin Emmott and Gabriela Lopez
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - More than 140 inmates escaped via the main entrance of a prison near the U ...
Thu, December 16, 2010
Chevron to spend $4 billion on Gulf of Mexico project
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp <CVX.N> said it would spend $4 billion to develop its Big Foot project in the Gulf of Mexico, even ...
Tue, December 14, 2010
Mexico marijuana growers learn new tricks from U.S.
By Mica Rosenberg
AMATA, Mexico (Reuters) - Farmers growing marijuana in remote Mexican mountains are adopting techniques pioneered in the United States to produce more ...
Sat, December 11, 2010
Drug shootout mars religious festival in Mexico
GUADALAJARA Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug cartel gunmen attacked each other during annual religious celebrations in a small Mexican town, killing 11 people and wounding ...
Thu, December 09, 2010
Corrected: Businesses seek refuge from drug war in Mexico City
(Corrects number of years in penultimate paragraph) By Mica Rosenberg and Anahi Rama
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City, known for its high crime rates ...
Wed, December 08, 2010
New Mexico's Richardson confirms North Korea trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson said on Wednesday he would travel to North Korea from December 16-20, hoping to ease mounting tensions ...
Wed, December 08, 2010
Businesses flee to Mexico City as drug war grows
By Mica Rosenberg and Anahi Rama
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City, known for its high crime rates and kidnappings, is becoming a safe haven ...
Tue, December 07, 2010
New Mexico Governor Richardson will travel to North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will travel to North Korea next week to meet with government officials, a senior U.S. official ...
Fri, December 03, 2010
Army captures U.S. teen drug hitman in central Mexico
CUERNAVACA, Mexico (Reuters) - Soldiers captured a 14-year-old U.S. citizen suspected of being a drug gang hitman as he attempted to travel to the ...
Fri, November 26, 2010
New drug tunnel found at U.S.-Mexico border
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - U.S. border agents said on Friday they had found a multimillion dollar drug-smuggling tunnel under the U ...
Sun, November 21, 2010
Mexico busts gang targeting climate summit: report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A gang of suspected kidnappers arrested by Mexican marines had detailed plans of security arrangements for next week's U.N ...
Fri, November 19, 2010
Mexico begins extradition of drug lord to U.S.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico began the process of extraditing Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez, believed to be one of the country's top drug bosses ...
Wed, November 17, 2010
U.S. TV producer ordered held in Mexico murder case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday ordered a Hollywood TV producer held in jail pending a hearing over whether to grant him bail ...
Wed, November 17, 2010
New Mexico passenger spaceport nearing completion
By Dennis J. Carroll
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - The New Mexico Spaceport Authority, which plans to start launching citizen astronauts on suborbital flights ...
Wed, November 17, 2010
Mexico's Carlos Slim eyes New York for retail expansion
By Cyntia Barrera Diaz
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tycoon Carlos Slim is evaluating taking the iconic Mexican restaurant and retail store Sanborns to Manhattan, in ...
Tue, November 16, 2010
TV producer wanted for Mexico death held in LA
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. officials arrested Bruce Beresford-Redman, a former producer of hit TV show "Survivor," at his home on Tuesday and are ...
Thu, November 11, 2010
Mexico's Camila picks up two early Latin Grammys
By Nichola Groom
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Latin music's biggest night, the Latin Grammys, got underway in Las Vegas on Thursday with Mexican trio ...
Thu, November 11, 2010
Arizona bans Mexico produce checks
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona has banned produce inspections by its agriculture department in Mexico over fears that escalating drug violence there could ...
Wed, November 10, 2010
Mexico ambassador says NRA can help stem gun flows
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The powerful National Rifle Association (NRA) should be helping the United States and Mexico stem a flow of ...
Thu, November 04, 2010
Six Americans killed in Mexico's drug war city
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen have killed six U.S. citizens in separate attacks since Saturday in the violent border city ...
Wed, November 03, 2010
U.S. border cops find massive Mexico drug tunnel
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - U.S. border police have found a sophisticated drug smugglers' tunnel the length of six football fields linking Southern California ...
Thu, October 28, 2010
Kilmer slashes price of New Mexico ranch by $10 million
Kilmer put his Pecos River ranch on the market in early 2009 for $33 million (GBP22 million).
But the sprawling 5,328-acre property, which ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
BP sells Gulf of Mexico fields to pay for oil spill
TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - BP agreed to sell four fields in the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico to Japan's Marubeni Corp for $650 ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
Marubeni to buy stakes in BP Gulf of Mexico wells
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Marubeni Corp <8002.T> said on Monday it has agreed to pay $650 million for the stakes held by a ...
Sat, October 23, 2010
Gunmen kill 13 at birthday party in Mexico
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen sprayed bullets into a family birthday party in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez ...
Mon, October 18, 2010
Televisa still eyes mobile phone option in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's leading broadcaster Televisa may explore new deals to tap the mobile phone business in Mexico after parting ways with ...
Wed, October 13, 2010
Drug war bloodshed tarnishes Mexico's richest city
By Robin Emmott
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Once an oasis of calm, Mexico's richest city has become a central battleground in the country's ...
Wed, October 06, 2010
Special report: Mexico's growing legion of narco orphans
By Catherine Bremer
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - A forlorn little figure, five-year-old Bryan perches at the door of Irma Casas's office at a ...
Sun, October 03, 2010
Grenade attack in Mexico injures 12 people
By Robin Emmott
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Assailants tossed a grenade into a square in Mexico's northern business city of Monterrey on Saturday, injuring ...
Tue, September 28, 2010
Landslide buries hundreds of homes in Mexico
By Nadia Altamirano
OAXACA, Mexico (Reuters) - A landslide buried hundreds of homes in a poor, remote area of southwestern Mexico early on Tuesday, possibly ...
Mon, September 27, 2010
U.S. sets duties on copper pipe from China and Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday set final duties ranging up to 61 percent on hundreds of millions of dollars of copper pipe ...
Mon, September 27, 2010
Richie takes celebrity pals off to Mexico for bachelorette party
Christina Aguilera and DJ Sam Ronson were among the pals who joined the socialite, jeweller and reality TV star for the weekend (18-19Sep10) Cabo ...
Sun, September 26, 2010
Senator presses for more help on Mexico border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration should provide additional resources to help Mexico as the two countries try to root out drug traffickers along their ...
Mon, September 20, 2010
Mexico abortion sentences reveal social collision
By Caroline Stauffer
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Women seeking abortions in Mexico steal away to the country's liberal capital, escaping their home states where ...
Sat, September 18, 2010
U.S. says BP permanently "kills" Gulf of Mexico well
By Kristen Hays
HOUSTON (Reuters) - With a final shot of cement, BP Plc permanently "killed" its deep-sea well in the Gulf of Mexico that ...
Wed, September 15, 2010
U.S. and Mexico border wall a costly failure film says
By Robin Emmott
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Washington's plan to build a fence on the border with Mexico has cost $3 billion and has ...
Wed, September 15, 2010
Hurricane Karl may hit Mexico with floods, mudslides
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Central and southern parts of Mexico's Gulf Coast braced for flash floods and mudslides as Hurricane Karl closed in on ...
Sat, September 11, 2010
Car loaded with explosives disabled in Mexico
CUIDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police used a controlled explosion early on Saturday to eliminate the threat from a car packed with explosives in ...
Fri, September 10, 2010
85 prisoners escape jail on Mexico-U.S. border
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Eighty-five prisoners escaped from a jail near the U.S. border on Friday, authorities and media said, the latest prison break ...
Wed, September 08, 2010
Clinton sees drug "insurgency" in Mexico and Central America
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drug gangs in Mexico and Central America are morphing into an insurgency like that which gripped Colombia 20 years ago, Secretary of ...
Tue, September 07, 2010
Igor, 2 other tropical systems no threat to Gulf of Mexico
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center was monitoring newly formed Tropical Storm Igor in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean and two ...
Tue, September 07, 2010
Blast rips through Mexico oil refinery, kills one
By Gabriela Lopez
CADEREYTA, Mexico (Reuters) - An explosion ripped through a major Mexican refinery on Tuesday, killing one worker and pushing gasoline and diesel ...
Mon, September 06, 2010
Tropical Storm Hermine grows and aims for Mexico border
By Cyntia Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday as it approached landfall near the U ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army ...
Mon, August 30, 2010
U.S. drones to watch entire Mexico border from September 1
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The U.S. government will have unmanned surveillance aircraft monitoring the whole southwest border with Mexico from September 1, as it ramps ...
Fri, August 27, 2010
Car bomb explodes outside Mexico TV studio
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded outside the studios of a top TV broadcaster early on Friday, days after marines found the ...
Tue, August 24, 2010
Heart risk factors a growing problem in Mexico
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Large percentages of Mexican adults have risk factors for heart disease and stroke -- suggesting, researchers say, that ...
Mon, August 23, 2010
Bomb threat called into Mexico City stock market
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A bomb threat was called into Mexico City's stock market on Monday, Milenio television reported, but traders said operations at ...
Sun, August 22, 2010
Headless, mutilated bodies hung from Mexico bridge
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Four decapitated and mutilated corpses were strung from a bridge in a popular getaway outside the Mexican capital on Sunday, the ...
Fri, August 20, 2010
Candy makers mad at Obama and Congress for Mexico tariff
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Candy makers on Friday blamed President Barack Obama's administration and Congress for a new 20 percent duty on $45 million of ...
Wed, August 18, 2010
Mexico slaps 5 pct tariff on U.S. ham, pork products
By Jason Lange
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico slapped tariffs on U.S. pork products and other U.S. goods on Wednesday, ratcheting up pressure ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Mexico approves controversial Televisa mobile bid
By Cyntia Barrera Diaz
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's telecommunications regulator approved a controversial bid by broadcast giant Televisa to enter the mobile phone ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Mexico puts tariffs on more U.S. goods in truck row
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico on Monday expanded the list of U.S. products subject to retaliatory tariffs as it steps up ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Gulf of Mexico oil ops unaffected by storm threat
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil and natural gas producers have not cut back production in the northern Gulf of Mexico because of a brewing tropical storm ...
Thu, August 12, 2010
Drug purity dips with distance from U.S.-Mexico border
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study finds that the purity of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines sold illegally in the U ...
Wed, August 11, 2010
Tropical depression fizzles out over Gulf of Mexico
MIAMI (Reuters) - A tropical depression which had been forecast to pass close to BP Plc's oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Wed, August 11, 2010
Depression moves across Gulf of Mexico to Louisiana
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tropical Depression Five moved northwest across the eastern Gulf of Mexico and was expected to hit eastern Louisiana as a tropical ...
Tue, August 10, 2010
Tropical depression forms over Gulf of Mexico
MIAMI (Reuters) - A tropical depression formed over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday on a track likely to take it near BP Plc's ...
Wed, August 04, 2010
Mexico drug cartels use gory videos to spread fear
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Powerful drug cartels are increasingly using gruesome videos of executions and interrogations to intimidate their rivals, police and ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
U.S. downgrades its air safety rating for Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday downgraded Mexico's aviation safety rating, which restricts new service to U.S. cities and limits ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
U.S. closes consulate in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. government has shut indefinitely its consulate in Mexico's most violent drug war city Ciudad Juarez, across from ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
U.S. closes consulate in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. government has shut indefinitely its consulate in Ciudad Juarez, the city wracked by drug violence just over the ...
Sun, July 25, 2010
Hitmen behind Mexico massacre were prisoners: government
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A group of drug cartel inmates who were allowed by guards to leave prison to commit murders are believed responsible for ...
Sat, July 24, 2010
Mexico police find 51 in mass grave near Monterrey
By Gabriela Lopez
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Police have unearthed at least 51 bodies in a mass grave outside Mexico's business capital Monterrey since ...
Thu, July 22, 2010
Energy companies brace for possible Gulf of Mexico storm
By Joshua Schneyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Energy companies in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday were closely monitoring a tropical depression that could become ...
Mon, July 19, 2010
U.S. troops to arrive at Mexico border August 1
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. National Guard troops will begin arriving along the border with Mexico on August 1 to bolster security ...
Fri, July 16, 2010
Mexico blames drug cartel for deadly car bomb
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - A Mexican drug cartel is responsible for a cell phone-detonated car bomb that killed four people in ...
Thu, July 15, 2010
Spurs and Clippers to play pre-season game in Mexico
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The San Antonio Spurs will face the Los Angeles Clippers on October 12 in a pre-season game Mexico City, the 19th ...
Mon, July 12, 2010
Three die in shooting at New Mexico company
TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) - A former employee fatally shot two people in a rampage at a solar power products maker Emcore Corp's headquarters ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
Tropical depression soaks Mexico-Texas border
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - A tropical depression churned over Mexico's border with Texas on Thursday, dumping heavy rains on a region badly flooded by ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
Tropical storm could hit Texas-Mexico border Thursday
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tropical storm might hit the Texas-Mexico border Thursday afternoon, the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast.
Currently, the storm system ...
Wed, July 07, 2010
Tropical depression forms in Mexico's Gulf
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A tropical depression formed in the Gulf of Mexico late on Wednesday and was set to slam into the Gulf Coast ...
Mon, July 05, 2010
Mexico state votes signal tough 2012 election race
By Mica Rosenberg and Miguel Angel Gutierrez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Surprise gains by Mexico's ruling conservatives in gubernatorial elections in key states at ...
Mon, July 05, 2010
Mexico state elections stage battle for presidency
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's ruling and main opposition parties wrested ground from each other in elections for governors in a ...
Wed, June 30, 2010
Strong earthquake hits Mexico, no casualties
By Patrick Rucker
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico early on Wednesday, shaking buildings as far away as Mexico ...
Sat, June 26, 2010
Maradona set to field "gala team" against Mexico
By Rex Gowar
PRETORIA (Reuters) - Diego Maradona clambered over reporters at a packed news conference on Saturday to embrace friend and former Napoli team ...
Sat, June 26, 2010
Storm Alex weakens over Mexico, oil restarts
By Robin Emmott
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Alex weakened to a tropical storm on Thursday as it moved across northeastern Mexico, dumping heavy rain ...
Fri, June 25, 2010
Mexico prepare to counter Messi factor
By Rex Gowar
PRETORIA (Reuters) - Mexico fear that a first goal at this World Cup from Argentina's Lionel Messi in the second round ...
Thu, June 24, 2010
Hurricane Darby forms in Pacific off Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Darby formed in the eastern Pacific near Mexico on Thursday and was expected to strengthen before turning toward land early ...
Wed, June 23, 2010
Mexico seeks extradition of "Survivor" ex-producer
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has requested the extradition of a former producer of the hit U.S. television series "Survivor" who is accused of ...
Wed, June 23, 2010
Mexico seek revenge but may face familiar destiny
By Timothy Collings
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - Mexico may be facing a familiar prospect after their Group A defeat by Uruguay on Tuesday - a ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
Mexico drug gang threatens Arizona police
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police in an Arizona border city are on heightened alert after receiving a warning from a Mexican drug cartel that officers may ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
Mexico backs case against Arizona immigration law
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico joined a legal challenge to Arizona's controversial new immigration law on Tuesday, arguing that the measure is unconstitutional and ...
Tue, June 22, 2010
Uruguay win group, Mexico also through
By Timothy Collings
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - Uruguay secured a place in the second round of the World Cup finals for the first time ...
Sun, June 20, 2010
Argentina loom large over Mexico v Uruguay
By Tom Pilcher
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mexico's attacking flair has been clearly on display at this World Cup so all eyes will be on ...
Fri, June 18, 2010
"I killed, cut off heads" says repentant Mexico hitman
By Robin Emmott and Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - The kills started with a telephone call and often ended with a beheading, but ...
Thu, June 17, 2010
Mexico's Hernandez follows grandfather's footsteps
By Tom Pilcher
POLOKWANE (Reuters) - Mexico's Javier Hernandez literally followed in his grandfather's footsteps when he scored in the World Cup finals ...
Thu, June 17, 2010
Mexico leave France on brink of exit
By Tom Pilcher
POLOKWANE, South Africa (Reuters) - Mexico recorded their first victory over France and left the former winners facing a possible embarrassing early ...
Thu, June 17, 2010
Tropical Storm Blas forms in Pacific off Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Blas formed on Thursday in the Pacific off southwestern Mexico, but was expected to move away from the coast ...
Tue, June 15, 2010
Unsteady France a tempting prey for Mexico
By Patrick Vignal
POLOKWANE, South Africa (Reuters) - After ruining South Africa's opening party plans, Mexico take on an unsteady France side on Thursday ...
Fri, June 11, 2010
Gunmen kill 19 people at Mexico drug rehab clinic
CIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) - Armed gunmen burst into a drug recovery clinic in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua and killed 19 young addicts, the ...
Wed, June 09, 2010
Santander turns to Mexico to keep expanding
By Judy MacInnes
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Santander <SAN.MC> shrugged off concerns of a debt crisis at home and showed its overseas expansion ...
Wed, June 09, 2010
Mexico's Franco eager to get the party started
By Javier Leira
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mexican striker Guillermo Franco is itching to run on the pitch for the opening match of the World Cup ...
Tue, June 08, 2010
Mexico demands answers about shooting by U.S. agent
By Robin Emmott
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico is demanding answers from Washington over the fatal shooting of a teenager by a U.S ...
Mon, June 07, 2010
Rejuvenated South Africa and Mexico teams to beat
By Mike Collett
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's dramatic improvement over the last six months, Mexico's new-found self belief and France's erratic ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Texas police seize 147 Mexico-bound AK-47 rifles
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (Reuters) - Police in a Texas city just north of the Mexican border said on Wednesday they had seized 147 assault rifles ...
Sun, May 30, 2010
Mexico heroes' bones paraded
By Leslie Josephs
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers on Sunday paraded the bones of the heroes of the country's Independence War down the ...
Thu, May 27, 2010
Mexico backs U.S. border troops plan in principle
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Mexico does not object to U.S. plans to station troops along the border between the two nations as long as the ...
Wed, May 26, 2010
Troops not militarizing Mexico border: U.S. envoy
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. troops deployed to the Mexican border will take a backseat role to civilian security forces combating illegal flows of ...
Tue, May 25, 2010
AZ Lawmakers: National Guard Troops to Deploy to U.S-Mexico Border
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - President Obama will deploy up to 1,200 National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexican border, according to Arizona ...
Tue, May 25, 2010
Obama sending 1,200 troops to Mexico border
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek $500 million for security and send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to ...
Fri, May 21, 2010
Obey: Polaris "Unpatriotic" for Moving Work from WI to Mexico
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - Wausau House Democrat David Obey calls Polaris “unpatriotic” for moving much of its work to Mexico. The maker of snowmobiles ...
Fri, May 21, 2010
Polaris Closing Osceola Plant, Moving to Mexico
OSCEOLA, Wis. (WTAQ) - The maker of Polaris snowmobiles and Victory motorcycles is closing its parts plant in Osceola in northwest Wisconsin. Polaris Industries said ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
Mexico migrants head for Arizona despite crackdown
By Tim Gaynor
NOGALES, Mexico (Reuters) - Kidnapped by bandits, and caught and repatriated three times by the U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican migrant Roberto ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
Mexico aim to put past failings behind them
By Carlos Calvo
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's goal in South Africa will be to get past the first knockout round, their stumbling block ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
Immigration, drugs dominate Mexico leader's U.S. visit
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon will challenge Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants when he meets U.S. President ...
Mon, May 17, 2010
"Cops and narcos" playground games for Mexico kids
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Children as young as 8 in poor Mexican border cities yearn to grow up to be drug ...
Sat, May 08, 2010
Mexico sends ex-governor to U.S. to face drug charges
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico extradited a former state governor to the United States on Saturday to face charges he helped move hundreds of metric ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Gulf of Mexico spill may hit coast this weekend
By Chris Baltimore
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A giant oil slick from a deadly offshore drilling rig explosion could hit the fragile U.S. Gulf Coast ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
Mexico warns citizens may be "harassed" in Arizona
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico warned its citizens living in or traveling to Arizona that they could be "harassed" there after the state passed one ...
Mon, April 26, 2010
Rig evacuated as precaution in Gulf of Mexico
HOUSTON (Reuters) - An offshore drilling rig owned by Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc that had been working near a rig that caught fire and sank ...
Sun, April 25, 2010
U.S. backs plan to stop leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well
By Chris Baltimore
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. agencies on Sunday approved a plan to use remote-controlled underwater vehicles to seal a leaking oil well ...
Sat, April 17, 2010
U.S. border agents shoot man at busy Mexico crossing
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at a border checkpoint fired on a man after he tried to drive into ...
Wed, April 14, 2010
Cargo aircraft crashes in northern Mexico; 5 dead
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - A cargo aircraft crashed late on Tuesday near the airport in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, killing five people, Mexican ...
Mon, April 12, 2010
Mexico, U.S. make little progress on truck dispute
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. and Mexican officials pledged on Monday to set up a working group to resolve a trucking dispute, dampening hopes ...
Sat, April 10, 2010
Explosive device tossed at U.S. consulate in Mexico
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (Reuters) - Assailants hurled an explosive device at a U.S. consulate in a northern Mexico border city, damaging windows but causing ...
Sat, April 10, 2010
Cuban diplomat in Mexico has defected to U.S.: report
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Cuban diplomat who disappeared with her husband from her post at the Cuban embassy in Mexico last month has told relatives ...
Fri, April 09, 2010
Drug gang hangs two from bridge near Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen hung the bodies of two men off a major bridge on Friday in a weekend get-away near Mexico ...
Thu, April 08, 2010
Former "Survivor" producer arrested in Mexico over wife's death
By Jose Cortazar
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police arrested a former producer of the "Survivor" television series on Thursday on suspicion of murdering his ...
Thu, April 08, 2010
Mexico may cut millions of cellphones to fight crime
By Noel Randewich
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tens of millions of Mexicans could find their cellphones disconnected this weekend if the government goes ahead with ...
Sun, April 04, 2010
Powerful 7.2 Magnitude Quake Rocks Mexico-California Border
By Lizbeth Diaz
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - A major 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Mexico's border with California on Sunday, rocking buildings and ...
Sun, April 04, 2010
Mexico-California border towns shaken after quake
By Lizbeth Diaz and Tim Gaynor
MEXICALI, Mexico (Reuters) - Scared families south of the Mexico-California border readied to sleep outside for a second night ...
Mon, March 29, 2010
Hitmen kill 10 youths in Mexico's drug-hit north
By Anahi Rama
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen killed a carload of children and teenagers in northern Mexico in the latest of a ...
Sun, March 28, 2010
U.S. lobbies a hurdle in Mexico drug war: Calderon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Powerful groups in the United States appear to be blocking efforts to stem the flow of assault weapons fueling Mexico's drug ...
Thu, March 25, 2010
Mexico drug hitmen terrorize towns on U.S. border
By Julian Cardona
EL PORVENIR, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican drug hitmen are shooting up houses and terrorizing remote farming towns on the U.S. border ...
Thu, March 25, 2010
More heroin, marijuana from Mexico
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mexican cartels, the biggest source of illegal drugs to the United States, have increased the flow of heroin, marijuana ...
Wed, March 24, 2010
Treasury sanctions 54 Mexico drug gang members
By David Lawder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 54 members of two powerful Mexican drug gangs it blames for ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
U.S., Mexico eye new phase in drug war
By Andrew Quinn
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised on Tuesday to help Mexico broaden a drug war that has failed ...
Mon, March 22, 2010
Obama pledges to help Mexico fight drug cartels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the eve of a high-level meeting to discuss the fight against Mexico's powerful drug cartels, President Barack Obama called Mexican ...
Fri, March 19, 2010
Gunmen block roads in Mexico's drug-plagued north
By Robin Emmott
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Armed men likely linked to drug gangs blocked highways with trucks and buses in the northern Mexican city ...
Fri, March 19, 2010
Gunmen block roads in Mexico's drug-plagued north
By Robin Emmott
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Armed men likely linked to drug gangs blocked highways with trucks and buses in the northern Mexican city ...
Tue, March 16, 2010
Protests greet Mexico's Calderon after U.S. killings
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Crowds of protesters slammed President Felipe Calderon's military crackdown on drug cartels as he flew to ...
Mon, March 15, 2010
Killing of Americans pressures Mexico in drug war
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - The killing of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Mexico's bloodiest drug war ...
Sun, March 14, 2010
Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican ...
Fri, March 12, 2010
Michelle Obama to visit Mexico on first solo trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama will visit Mexico next month on her first solo international trip, the White House said on Friday.
On ...
Tue, March 09, 2010
Obama criticized for Mexico, Brazil sanctions
By Doug Palmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and business groups on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama's administration for failing to resolve a cross-border trucking ...
Wed, March 03, 2010
Lawmakers press Obama to fix Mexico truck spat
By Doug Palmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 56 lawmakers urged President Barack Obama's administration on Wednesday to resolve quickly a dispute with ...
Mon, March 01, 2010
Mexico's Slim happy with current NY Times stake
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is "happy" with his current investment in New York Times Co, one of his close aides told ...
Mon, February 08, 2010
U.S., Mexico closer to resolving trucking dispute
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Congress could be moving closer to allowing Mexican trucks to haul cargo through the United States, helping to ...
Sat, February 06, 2010
Mudslide kills 11 people in rain-sodden Mexico
VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico (Reuters) - A mudslide in central Mexico has killed at least 11 people after days of heavy rain that had already ...
Fri, January 22, 2010
From spas to banks, Mexico economy rides on drugs
By Jason Lange
ZAPOPAN, Mexico (Reuters) - At a modern factory in a city whose main claim to fame is an image of the Virgin ...
Fri, January 15, 2010
Mexico army hands control to police in drug war city
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's army, facing accusations of rights abuses, will give federal police control of security in the ...
Tue, January 12, 2010
Mexico captures major Tijuana drug gang leader
By Lizbeth Diaz
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police captured a drug kingpin on Tuesday known for having the corpses of tortured rivals dissolved in ...
Sat, January 02, 2010
Mexico detains brother of slain drug boss
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican forces have detained the brother of a powerful drug boss killed two weeks ago in a movie-like raid that landed ...
Tue, December 22, 2009
Drug gang revenge attack kills Mexico marine's family
By Luis Manuel Lopez
QUINTIN ARAUZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Drug gang hitmen shot dead the grieving mother, brother, sister and aunt of an elite Mexican ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
Mexico drug war raids endanger residents
By Patrick Rucker
CUERNAVACA, Mexico (Reuters) - With its manicured gardens and outdoor pools, the trendy "Altitude" apartment complex in this colonial city is a ...
Tue, December 15, 2009
FDA opens Mexico City post
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it opened its Mexico City post, making it the health regulator's third post ...
Tue, December 15, 2009
U.S. sanctions drug lords, to give Mexico more aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States blacklisted on Tuesday two Mexicans and one Colombian accused of working for the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel and said ...
Wed, December 02, 2009
U.S. court jails Mexico drug kingpin for 27 years
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge sentenced a kingpin of Mexico's powerful Juarez drug cartel to 27 years in prison for smuggling ...
Mon, November 30, 2009
China lifts import ban on U.S., Canada, Mexico pork
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has lifted its bans on imports of pork products from the United States, Canada and Mexico, its quarantine bureau said on ...
Sat, November 14, 2009
U.S. judge favors Grupo Mexico bid for Asarco
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal judge has issued a ruling supporting a nearly $2.5 billion bid by Grupo Mexico <GMEXICOB.MX>, the country's ...
Wed, November 04, 2009
U.S. soldier dies in drug attack in Mexico strip bar
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen with automatic weapons burst into a Mexican strip club on the U.S. border, opened fire ...
Fri, October 23, 2009
Mexico drug lord pleads guilty to trafficking
DENVER (Reuters) - The kingpin of a violent Mexican drug smuggling clan has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and racketeering charges, authorities said on Friday ...
Fri, October 23, 2009
U.S. blocks Canada/Mexico call for WTO panel in meat row
By Jonathan Lynn
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States blocked on Friday requests by Canada and Mexico for World Trade Organization experts to examine new ...
Sat, October 17, 2009
Hurricane Rick weakens but Mexico on alert
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Rick weakened to a category three storm on Monday but weather officials issued a hurricane watch for Mexico's southern ...
Thu, October 15, 2009
Documentary exposes Mexico's "medieval" courts
By Michael O'Boyle
MORELIA, Mexico (Reuters) - Street vendor Antonio Zuniga was picked up by police in Mexico City in late 2005 without a ...
Mon, October 12, 2009
Tropical storm Patricia churns off Mexico's Pacific
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Patricia edged slowly toward Mexico's Pacific Coast on Monday but U.S. forecasters said the storm ...
Thu, September 24, 2009
Mexico selects "Backyard" for Oscar consideration
MEXICO CITY (Hollywood Reporter) - Mexico has selected Carlos Carrera's crime thriller "Backyard" as its foreign-language Oscar contender for the 82nd Academy Awards.
"Backyard ...
Tue, September 22, 2009
U.S. closes Mexico border crossing after shootout
By Lizbeth Diaz
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. authorities closed the world's busiest land border crossing on Tuesday after a shootout between suspected ...
Tue, September 22, 2009
Mexico cartels kidnap, kill migrants headed to U.S.
By Lizbeth Diaz
TECATE, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's violent drug gangs are increasingly kidnapping illegal migrants for ransom and forcing them to carry narcotics ...
Mon, September 21, 2009
U.S. scientists net giant squid in Gulf of Mexico
By Jasmin Melvin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. scientists in the Gulf of Mexico unexpectedly netted a 19.5-foot (5.9-meter) giant squid off the ...
Wed, September 16, 2009
Tropical Storm Marty forms off Mexico's Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Marty formed off Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday and could brush the Baja California peninsula this week, the ...
Thu, September 10, 2009
Mexico hijacker is singing, gunslinging evangelical
By Catherine Bremer
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A man who hijacked a Mexican plane is a singing evangelical minister, marksman and martial arts whiz who ...
Mon, September 07, 2009
Mexico removes attorney general to revamp drug war
By Adriana Barrera and Michael O'Boyle
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon removed his attorney general on Monday to try to revamp ...
Thu, September 03, 2009
Hitmen kill 17 in Mexico clinic on U.S. border
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - About a dozen hooded gunmen burst into a Mexican rehabilitation clinic near the U.S. border on Wednesday, lining up ...
Wed, September 02, 2009
BP makes "giant" oil find in Gulf of Mexico
By Tom Bergin
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil major BP Plc said it has made an oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico, which analysts believe ...
Wed, September 02, 2009
Brazil stay top of FIFA rankings, Mexico climb again
BERNE (Reuters) - Brazil stayed top of the FIFA world rankings as the top three remained unchanged in August while Mexico continued their climb up ...
Tue, September 01, 2009
U.S. anti-drug aid to Mexico reaches $214 million
By Noel Randewich
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States has written checks for $214 million of the $1.4 billion promised to Mexico in ...
Mon, August 31, 2009
Hurricane Jimena weakens as it hits western Mexico
By Jason Lange
LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Jimena weakened on Wednesday after slamming Mexico's Baja California peninsula with howling winds and drenching ...
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