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Mexico launches military push to restore order in Michoacan state
MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government poured army troops -- and high-level delegations -- into western Mexico on Tuesday in a bid to take back control of a region long besieged by a deadly drug cartel. The operation in the Pacific state of Michoacan...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Methamphetamine (drug), Mexico, Armed Forces, Eurovision Song Contest (tv program)
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Cheers greet Mexican soldiers relieving western town cut off from supplies by drug cartel
Associated PressLA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday. People in La Ruana in Michoacan state lined the main road to greet more than a dozen...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Blackmail and Extortion, Armed Forces, Mexico, Organized Crime
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Opposition dispute rivets Mexico, threatens reforms
MEXICO CITY -- A dramatic rupture in Mexico’s main opposition political party has aired the group’s dirty laundry and also could trip up President Enrique Peña Nieto’s ambitious agenda of reform. The political fireworks riveted Mexicans...
Tags: Elections, Mexico, Politics, Media Industry
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Police testing in Mexico inspires little confidence
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Guadalajara police commander Juan Carlos Martinez took Mexico's national police vetting exam in April 2012. He failed. But no one in government would tell him why. A few months later, he received a phone call from a man...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Blackmail and Extortion, Mexico City
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Obama, visiting Mexico, shifts focus from drug war
MEXICO CITY — Against the backdrop of a deadly drug war and shifting security cooperation, President Obama joined his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Peña Nieto, here Thursday to promote economic integration, trade and jobs. The two leaders sought to...Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Mexico City, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Obama welcome in Mexico City; his entourage, not so much
This post has been updated. See below. MEXICO CITY — President Obama arrived for his two-day diplomatic mission to Mexico on Thursday afternoon with a 54% favorability rating among Mexicans, according to one national poll [link in Spanish]....
Tags: Mexico City, Heads of State, Mexico, National Government, Politics
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A Mexican father's plea to two presidents
President Obama has much to discuss with Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, when they meet in Mexico City this week. No issue, however, is more urgent than the search for peace, justice and dignity for and between our peoples. For seven years,...
Tags: Mexico City, Personal Weapon Control, Organized Crime, Interior Policy, Politics
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Mexican columnists ponder Obama visit, wisdom of drug war
MEXICO CITY — When President Obama arrives in Mexico on Thursday, he and his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Peña Nieto, are expected to focus on economic issues. But in the Mexican press, many columnists this week have been more interested in...
Tags: Mexico City, Periodicals, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mexico, National Government
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Activists urge Obama to speak out on Mexico's human rights record
MEXICO CITY -- Activists are attempting to spotlight human rights issues during President Obama's visit this week to Mexico, urging him to publicly condemn what they describe as Mexico’s abysmal record of torture, killings and forced...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Drug Trafficking, Civil Rights, Mexico City, Blackmail and Extortion
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Mexico's Operation Cleanup has been a mess
MEXICO CITY — Operation Cleanup was a showcase effort to stamp out corruption within Mexico's elite organized-crime bureau. Twenty-five top law-enforcement officials were arrested in the weeks after the operation was launched in 2008, most accused...
Tags: Prosecution, Mexico, Organized Crime, Justice System, Witnesses
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President Obama's Mexico visit comes with backdrop of uncertainty
WASHINGTON — President Obama travels to Mexico this week amid signs that the relationship between the United States and its southern neighbor's new government faces a new period of uncertainty after years of unprecedented closeness forged by the...Tags: John Kerry, Mexico City, Prosecution, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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The Week Ahead: A king at last, Obama to Mexico, Malaysia divided
A man takes charge in the House of Orange-Nassau Tuesday, April 30 -– Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands becomes king, the first male head of state in 123 years. The 46-year-old heir to the throne will inherit the crown, scepter and...
Tags: Elections, Heads of State, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Politics, Barack Obama
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