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Are Mexicans about to vote for the return of the ‘perfect dictatorship’?
For weeks the sky over Mexico City has kept its inhabitants guessing – one moment it has been azure and sunny; the next an ominous grey vault of clouds belly full with rain. The downpours, when they come, whip flash floods across streets and topple trees. “At my age you…
Mexico elections: failure of drug war leaves nation at the crossroads
On 1 July, Mexicans will vote in vital presidential elections. But the issue no candidate dares to address is the cartel violence tearing the nation apart. One after another, Mexico’s presidential candidates sat in silence amid the grand setting of Chapúltepec Castle while, across the room, the leader of the…
Fourteen bodies found in eastern Mexico: officials
XALAPA, Mexico — The dismembered bodies of at least 14 people were found Tuesday in an abandoned pickup truck in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the scene of a violent drug turf war, authorities said. Alerted by an anonymous call late Monday, authorities found the corpse-laden vehicle parked on…
Cartel web presence could be used against them: experts
CANCUN, Mexico — Experts from 20 countries gathered Wednesday at the Mexican resort town of Cancun to discuss a strategy for battling organized crime, in an effort mandated by the recent Summit of the Americas. Mexico drug cartels in particular have increasingly turned to the Internet to improve their communications,…
Tropical storm ‘Bud’ lashes Mexico, new storm forms in Atlantic
Tropical Storm Bud lashed the west coast of Mexico late Friday, but the first serious eastern Pacific storm of the 2012 season was rapidly losing strength, giving Mexican emergency officials some respite. However, a new storm named Beryl has formed in the Atlantic, threatening to disrupt the plans of thousands…
Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dead at 83
Carlos Fuentes, who died Tuesday aged 83, was one of the Spanish-speaking world’s best known writers, famous for his prolific output and his use of experimental language. President Felipe Calderon announced the writer’s death in a message on his Twitter account. The National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature confirmed he…
Mexican police find 49 bodies in north: officials
MONTERREY, Mexico — Mexican police said Sunday they had found 49 mutilated bodies dumped in black plastic bags near the northern city of Monterrey, in an apparent flare up of brutal drug violence. A spokesperson for the state of Nuevo Leon told AFP that 49 bodies had been counted after…
Fifteen decapitated in apparent Mexico revenge attack
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Police found the dismembered, decapitated bodies of 15 people in two abandoned vehicles in western Mexico Wednesday in an apparent revenge killing between powerful drug gangs. Police initially counted 12 bodies dumped in the car on a road between Mexico’s second city of Guadalajara and the lakeside…
23 killed in day of drug wars horror for Mexico
The northern Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo saw a brutal day of gang violence, with 14 headless bodies found stuffed in a vehicle and nine bodies found hanging from a bridge. The gruesome crimes came less than two months before Mexico’s presidential election, and just ahead of a key…
Two missing photojournalists found dead in Mexico
VERACRUZ, Mexico — Mexican security forces Thursday found the dismembered bodies of two missing news photographers and two others in eastern Veracruz, days after a magazine reporter was killed in the same state. Federal forces found “four bags with the remains of four people, with two of them so far…
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