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Dec 23 2009
Mexican stores are packed with shoppers this Christmas, but slashed prices and big promotions mean cash registers are ringing up meager sales, underscoring a fragile recovery from a punishing recession.
Dec 23 2009
Mexican officials announced Tuesday that the family of a fallen marine, who died in a two-hour shootout last week that took down top drug cartel boss Arturo Beltran Leyva, has been shot and killed by hitmen believed to be tied to Mr. Leyva’s...
Dec 23 2009
Assailants on Tuesday gunned down the mother, aunt and siblings of a marine killed in a raid that took out one of Mexico’s most powerful cartel leaders — sending a chilling message to troops battling the drug war: You go after us, we wipe out...
Dec 23 2009
Images of Arturo Beltran Leyva’s corpse covered with blood-stained peso notes and jewelry raise concerns that law enforcement is adopting the tactics of hit men. An inquiry is underway.
Dec 23 2009
Melquisedet Angulo Córdova was 30 years old. He had served in the Mexican Navy since 1998 and was the father of two young children. He was killed last week in Cuernavaca during a surprise raid on the Beltran Leyva Organization. Also killed in the...
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Dec 23 2009
The body of Melquisedet Angulo Córdova, a 30 year old Mexican Naval officer who had been killed in the raid in Cuernavaca which led to the drug kingpin Arturo Beltran Leyva’s death, had been laid to rest just seven hours prior when a...
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Dec 21 2009
Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission is urging prosecutors to protect a Texas-based norteno singer who was detained at a Christmas party held by a reputed drug cartel.
Dec 21 2009
Mexican police say they have captured a suspected lieutenant of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel linked to more than 109 execution-style killings.
Dec 21 2009
Mourners trickled into a palatial chapel in the heart of Mexican drug trafficking territory on Sunday to pay their respects to late drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva, shot dead by security forces this week.
Dec 21 2009
He’s still in jail in Mexico City, but tonight he has the help from the National Commission of Human Rights in Mexico.