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Pentagon wants bin Laden-style SEAL raid on Mexican drug kingpin: report
The most wanted man in the world, 55-year-old Mexican billionaire Joaquin Guzman Loera, has landed on the Pentagon’s hit list, according to a Spanish-language report published by Proceso (English translation), which cites anonymous military sources in the U.S. and Mexico. The plan, described as a bin Laden-style raid orchestrated by…
Mexican drug war claims innocent victims
Cristina Roman didn’t know where to begin. When asked how the epic violence and criminal impunity in her native Ciudad Juarez invaded her own life, she paused, then asked: “How far should I go back?” She decided to begin from May 2010. It was then at the height of the…
Tropical Storm Ernesto kills five in Mexico
Ernesto killed five people in Mexico, officials said Friday, with the weakening storm threatening more heavy rain and possible flooding. A 17-year-old fisherman drowned off the coast of the southeastern town of Centla, according to authorities, and the body of a second victim was found in a river near Cunduacan,…
Fourteen killed across bloodstained Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Three brutal killings on Wednesday claimed at least 14 lives across Mexico, in the latest bloodshed of a years-long crime wave fueled by warring drug cartels. Just outside Mexico City, armed gunmen burst into a bar in the early morning hours and opened fire on the crowd,…
Public smooching arrest prompts Mexico ‘kiss-in’
LEON, Mexico — Couples of all ages locked lips outside a church in the conservative central Mexico city of Leon to protest the arrest of a man for kissing his female companion. The “kiss-in” — held at noon on Sunday to coincide with mass — received applause from some parishioners…
Mayans may have used chocolate in cooking 2,500 years ago
When the Spanish conquistadores invaded Mexico 500 years ago, they found the emperor Moctezuma drinking a exotic beverage called xocóatl with his breakfast. Made from ground cacao beans that had been boiled in water, spiced, and beaten to a froth, it was literally the drink of kings, permitted only to…
Mexico admits to 67 journalist murders since 2006
Mexico’s special prosecutor for crimes against journalists says 67 journalists have been killed and 14 have disappeared in the country since 2006. But Laura Angelina Borbolla, while testifying at a congressional hearing, said she was aware of only one case involving the murder of a journalist that resulted in someone…
The brief life of a Zeta foot-soldier
VERACRUZ, Mexico — Francisco had gone from one dead-end job to another, desperate for cash to buy medicine for his ailing mother. Finally he caved in and accepted an offer to join the Zetas, Mexico’s vicious paramilitary drug gang. The pay: $1,800 a month, a fortune in the eastern Mexican…
Mexico urges U.S. to join drug policy ‘review’
WASHINGTON — Mexico’s incoming president Enrique Pena Nieto called Sunday for a “new debate” on the drug war raging in his country and urged the United States to play a “fundamental role” in the review. A week after returning the once-authoritarian Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to power on campaign promises…
Pena Nieto wins Mexico’s presidential election
Enrique Pena Nieto decisively won Mexico’s presidential election, the electoral office said Friday, issuing final vote results following a demand for a recount by his closest rival. Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who had contested the provisional tally, scored 31.59 percent of the vote, against 38.21 percent for Pena…
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