Mexican Politics
Mexican leader asks for one year to reduce violence
Mar 21, 2013 05:07 EDT
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto urged his countrymen to give his anti-crime strategy one year to bear fruit as the wave of violence persisted, with gunfights, police killings and terrorized parents pulling kids from school.
Mexican leader asks for one year to reduce violence
Mar 20, 2013 23:10 EDT
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto urged his countrymen to give his anti-crime strategy one year to bear fruit as the wave of violence persisted, with gunfights, police killings and terrorized parents pulling kids from school.
US-Mexico border an obstacle to immigration reform
Mar 03, 2013 16:39 EST
Immigration reform is one of President Barack Obama's priorities for his second term, and for a wide-reaching package to pass, lawmakers need to be convinced that the border with Mexico is secure.
Union boss embezzled to pay for plastic surgery: Mexico
Feb 27, 2013 13:35 EST
The head of Mexico's teachers' union and one of country's most powerful women has been charged with embezzling up to 200 million dollars to fund a lavish lifestyle of shopping sprees and plastic surgery, officials said.
Mexico teachers union boss arrested for corruption
Feb 27, 2013 09:01 EST
Elba Esther Gordillo, the head of Mexico's powerful teachers union and an influential political figure, has been arrested for allegedly embezzling millions of dollars for personal use, including plastic surgery and shopping sprees, authorities said.
Mexico says 26,000 went missing from 2006-2012
Feb 26, 2013 19:36 EST
Mexico said Tuesday that more than 26,000 people went missing during former president Felipe Calderon's 2006-2012 tenure, which was dominated by the country's spiraling drug war.
Mexico top court orders French woman's release
Jan 23, 2013 15:39 EST
Mexico's Supreme Court Wednesday ordered the immediate release of a French woman serving 60 years in prison for kidnapping, ruling that authorities had violated her legal rights.
Hackers disrupt Mexico defense ministry website
Jan 17, 2013 12:04 EST
Hackers claimed a cyber attack on the Mexican defense ministry website on Wednesday, posting a manifesto from the Zapatista rebel group for two hours.
In Mexico, Obama gun initiative a long time coming
Jan 17, 2013 08:10 EST
Mexican officials have urged the United States for years to enact the type of gun control proposed by President Barack Obama, arguing that drug gangs were using US assault rifles in brutal turf wars.
New drug tunnel found near US-Mexico border
Jan 06, 2013 16:34 EST
Mexican authorities said they have discovered a "sophisticated" tunnel likely intended for smuggling drugs and migrants across the US-Mexico border.
Mexico catches up as Brazil boom falters
Dec 23, 2012 08:14 EST
2012 has been a study in contrasts as far as Latin America's two biggest economies, Brazil and Mexico, are concerned.
Mexico frees former US soldier jailed over shotgun
Dec 22, 2012 15:12 EST
A former US marine, jailed in Mexico after illegally crossing the border with an antique shotgun, has been released, a Florida congresswoman said in a statement.
Mexico nominates NAFTA negotiator for WTO top job
Dec 22, 2012 13:22 EST
Mexico has nominated a former minister who led the country's negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement to take over the helm of the World Trade Organization, the WTO said Saturday.
Mexico drug war leaves 20,000 missing: report
Dec 22, 2012 00:06 EST
More than 20,000 people have disappeared in Mexico over the past six years of a brutal crackdown on drugs during the government of former president Felipe Calderon, a civic group said.
Report details extensive Walmart bribery in Mexico
Dec 18, 2012 03:26 EST
Retail giant Walmart aggressively bribed Mexican officials to get the necessary permits to open more than a dozen supermarkets across the country, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
Mexico to create new police force to fight cartels
Dec 17, 2012 21:46 EST
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced the creation of a national police force to crack down on crime and battle the country's powerful drug cartels.
Mexico's Pena Nieto sworn in as president amid protests
Dec 01, 2012 16:57 EST
Mexico's new President Enrique Pena Nieto pledged Saturday to reduce the poverty and violence plaguing his country after a rowdy swearing-in ceremony marked by protests inside and outside Congress.
Clashes in Mexico before president's inauguration
Dec 01, 2012 11:40 EST
Hundreds of protesters clashed with police outside Mexico's congress Saturday ahead of Enrique Pena Nieto's presidential inauguration, tossing Molotov cocktails while officers responded with tear gas.
Mexico's Calderon hands power to new president
Dec 01, 2012 02:31 EST
Mexico's incoming president Enrique Pena Nieto was set take the reins of power early Saturday, inheriting a country full of economic promise but beset by a brutal drug war.
Mexico's Calderon hands over power to Pena Nieto
Dec 01, 2012 01:38 EST
Outgoing Mexican leader Felipe Calderon handed power to president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto in a symbolic ceremony just after midnight, hours before the new leader is officially sworn in.
