Tag: Mexico
9 headless bodies found in Mexican border town
Nine decapitated bodies have been discovered in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, a hot spot in an increasingly gruesome war between drug cartels.[MORE]
Mexicans charged over $16m Melbourne cocaine haul
Two Mexican nationals have been remanded in custody in connection with a $16 million cocaine bust.[MORE]
Mexico leader urges Obama on free trade
Mexican President Felipe Calderon warned US President-elect Barack Obama against revising the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying it would send more Mexicans across US borders.[MORE]
APEC leaders in agreement on financial crisis response
APEC leaders have pledged not to raise trade or investment barriers in the next 12 months in response to the global financial crisis.[MORE]
Drug wars leave 30 dead across Mexico
Suspected drug-related violence has left 30 people dead across Mexico in the past three days, officials said.[MORE]
Mexican anti-drugs campaigner accused taking bribes
Prosecutors in Mexico have accused the former head of the country's campaign against illegal drugs, Noe Ramirez, of taking more than half a million dollars in bribes from drugs traffickers. [MORE]
Mexican official 'took $US450k from drug gang'
Prosecutors in Mexico have accused one of the country's top officials of taking around $US450 million in bribes from a drugs cartel.[MORE]
Stanford shades Sorenstam in Mexico
American Angela Stanford has held off a hard charging Annika Sorenstam by firing a closing-round 3-under 69 to capture the inaugural Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico.[MORE]
Stanford leads, Aussie Hull lurking in Mexico
Angela Stanford shot an even-par 72 and held a one-stroke lead after the third round of the inaugural USLPGA Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico.[MORE]
Turbulence likely caused Mexico minister's air crash
Turbulence from a nearby aircraft, not sabotage, appeared to be the cause of a plane crash last week that killed Mexico's interior minister, the last seconds of panicked cockpit dialogue showed on Friday.[MORE]
Mexico seizes 19 suspected drug-trafficking planes
Mexican soldiers have seized 19 light planes believed to be used by drug smuggling gangs from a hangar near the US border, the army and Mexican media said.[MORE]
Mexican scientists turn tequila into diamonds
Mexican scientists have turned the country's national tipple tequila into diamonds, and are seeking applications for their discovery - but the crystals are too small to be used in jewellery.[MORE]
19 killed in Mexico border city violence
Suspected drug-related violence has left 19 dead in the northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Juarez, including a charred, armless body dumped at a police station, local officials said.[MORE]
Mexico rules out explosives in fatal plane crash
Investigations into a plane crash in Mexico City which killed 14 including the interior minister have ruled out the use of explosives or motor failure, the transport minister said.[MORE]
Mexico captures top drug cartel king pin
Mexican federal police have captured Jaime "The Hummer" Gonzalez, a leader of the armed wing of the Gulf drug cartel, and flew him to the capital after a shoot-out near the US-Mexican border, police said.[MORE]
Tiger stretches out on Mexican patio
A family in western Mexico were left in shock after finding a tiger which had escaped from a circus lying on their patio, police said.[MORE]
Probe underway after Mexican minister killed in air crash
Investigators have scoured the wreckage of a plane crash in Mexico City that killed 13 including the interior minister and another top player in a drug crime crackdown, as the government ruled out foul play.[MORE]
Mexico interior minister killed in plane crash: official
Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino has died with seven others in a small plane crash in Mexico City, President Felipe Calderon said, paying homage to a friend and colleague.[MORE]
Mexico kidnappers 'kill child with acid injection'
Kidnappers in Mexico City killed a five-year-old child by acid injection after discovering they were sought by police, local prosecutors say.[MORE]
Darchinyan stuns boxing world with historic win
Australia's Vic Darchinyan was at his brutal best in Los Angeles today, scoring a stunning knockout victory in his historic super flyweight world title unification bout against Mexican champion Cristian Mijares.[MORE]
Mexico police chief resigns in drug probe
One of Mexico's top police officers has quit after an aide was accused of working for a leading drug cartel, the security ministry said.[MORE]
Mexico border violence leaves 13 dead
Suspected drug-related violence left 13 dead, including two women, in separate incidents in Mexico's violent northern Chihuahua state, local authorities said.[MORE]
Devil worshippers 'killed eight in satanic ritual'
A Mexican convict extradited from the United States has confessed to killing eight women in a satanic ritual near the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.[MORE]
Alleged Mexican drug lord arrested
Mexican police said they have arrested Eduardo Arellano Felix, considered the number two in the notorious Tijuana drug trafficking cartel that carries his family name.[MORE]
Crane brings world's fattest man to the altar
Mexican Manuel Uribe, the world's fattest man in the 2007 Guinness Book of Records, has married his friend's widow in a televised ceremony the US Discovery Channel dubbed 'My Big Fat Mexican Wedding.'[MORE]
