Mexico News

Family of Miamian abducted in Mexico to issue appeal (Miami Herald)

2009-01-07T12:36:02Z

The relatives of an American anti-kidnapping expert who was abducted last month in Mexico will make their first public appeal on his behalf Wednesday at a Miami press conference. Read More......(read more)

Company at center of New Mexico probe did business with Pa. (The Morning Call)

2009-01-07T12:20:10Z

'Swap contracts': CDR Financial Products of California worked for state housing agency. The California company at the center of an investigation into state contracts in New Mexico has done nearly $600,000 worth of business with Pennsylvania since 2003, Read More......(read more)

N. Mexico figure in scandal donated to Rendell (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

2009-01-07T11:00:30Z

HARRISBURG - The Democratic donor at the center of a federal pay-to-play probe in New Mexico contributed heavily to Gov. Rendell's campaigns and made $600,000 from a lucrative no-bid contract with a state agency. Read More......(read more)

Gunmen attack Mexico TV station (BBC News)

2009-01-07T10:39:10Z

Masked gunmen fire shots at a TV station in Monterrey, northern Mexico, as it broadcasts its main news programme. Read More......(read more)

Pelicans fall out of sky from Mexico to Ore. (Seattle Times)

2009-01-07T10:19:39Z

Pelicans suffering from a mysterious malady are crashing into cars and boats, wandering along roadways and turning up dead by the hundreds across the West Coast, from southern Oregon to Baja California, Mexico, bird-rescue workers say. Read More......(read more)

Mexico police log (The Lewiston Sun Journal)

2009-01-07T10:13:50Z

MEXICO - A Whitman Street resident reported a burglary at her residence at 12:13 p.m., Jan. 3. Someone had picked the lock to the entrance door, then took two knick-knacks. The burglary is believed to have occurred the night before it was reported. Police Read More......(read more)

Mexico Condemns "Excessive" Force In Gaza And Hamas Attacks (Nasdaq)

2009-01-07T07:52:52Z

MEXICO CITY (AFP)--Mexico has condemned what it called Israel's excessive use of force in the Gaza Strip, while also rejecting the attacks on Israel by Hamas militants. Read More......(read more)

Gunmen attack TV station in northern Mexico (Tucson Citizen)

2009-01-07T07:15:53Z

MONTERREY, Mexico - Masked gunmen opened fire and tossed a grenade at a Mexican television station as it aired its nightly newscast Tuesday, leaving behind a message warning the station about its coverage of drug gangs. Read More......(read more)

ICE: 2 had AK-47 assault rifles, ammo for Mexico (El Paso Times)

2009-01-07T07:10:05Z

EL PASO -- Two men were arrested on charges of conspiring to smuggle 11 AK-47 assault rifles, thousands of rounds of ammunition, bayonets and other items into Mexico in a scheme officials believe would have contributed to cartel violence. Read More......(read more)

Recap: New Mexico vs. Texas-El Paso (The Kansas City Star)

2009-01-07T05:22:56Z

Stefon Jackson posted a game-high 18 points to lead the Texas-El Paso Miners to a 73-60 victory over the New Mexico Lobos in a non-conference tilt. Read More......(read more)

Gunmen attack TV station in northern Mexico (The State)

2009-01-07T05:15:19Z

Masked gunmen opened fire and tossed a grenade at a Mexican television station as it aired its nightly newscast Tuesday, leaving behind a message warning the station about its coverage of drug gangs. No injuries were reported in the assault on the Televisa Read More......(read more)

Gunmen attack TV station in northern Mexico (The Post-Standard)

2009-01-07T05:13:33Z

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Gunmen have opened fire and tossed a grenade at a Mexican television station as it aired its nightly newscast, leaving behind a message warning the station about its coverage of drug gangs. Read More......(read more)

Jackson scores 18 to lift UTEP over New Mexico (KSLA-TV Shreveport)

2009-01-07T05:07:45Z

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Stefon Jackson overcame a rough night from the field by sinking all 12 of his free throws, finishing with 18 points Tuesday to help UTEP snare a 73-60 victory over New Mexico. Read More......(read more)

Quake in N Mexico causes peninsular plate separation (People's Daily)

2009-01-07T04:48:18Z

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake that rattled northern Mexico on Monday has produced a small separation of the peninsula from the continent, a Mexican scientist said Tuesday. Luis Mendoza Garcilazo from the Center of Scientific Investigation and Higher Education Read More......(read more)