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US shows off $1 billion Mexico City embassy after years of delays
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday dedicated its more than $1 billion new embassy in Mexico, some two years after it was scheduled to be completed. Outgoing U.S. Amb. Ken Salazar said that the largest embassy the U.S. has in the world “highlights the singular...
Blast kills 2 Mexican soldiers and wounds 5 others in suspected booby trap by drug cartel
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others, Mexico's defense secretary said Tuesday. Gen. Ricardo Trevilla acknowledged that the army had already suffered six deaths from such improvised...
Mexico arrests more than 100 local police officers for various abuses and offenses
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in two states in southern Mexico arrested more than 100 local police officers Monday for various abuses and offenses, adding to the long list of police corruption scandals in the country. In the largest of the two incidents, 92 municipal police...
Mexico's regulators impose 10-year special restrictions on Walmart's subsidiary
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's anti-monopoly regulators on Monday imposed special conditions for a period of 10 years on Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary for allegedly pressuring suppliers. The decision follows a related $4.6 million fine handed down by the regulators, known as the...
Gunmen kill the mayor of a small Mexican town and 3 others in a highway attack
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen have killed the mayor of a small Mexican town along with three other people in a highway attack on their vehicle, authorities said Monday. The federal public safety department said the killings occurred late Sunday in the northern state of San Luis Potosi....
An American couple was shot to death in the western Mexico state of Michoacan
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American couple were shot to death while visiting the western Mexico state of Michoacan. Officials confirmed their nationalities on Saturday. State prosecutors said the couple died when their pickup truck was sprayed with bullets. Investigations were underway,...
Walmart's Mexico subsidiary plans to appeal a $4.6 million fine for alleged monopolistic practices
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary said Friday it plans to appeal a $4.6 million fine for alleged anti-competitive practices involving suppliers. Walmart de Mexico said in a statement that it had talked with suppliers to see if there were any concerns. The agency...
Millions mark Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe Day but calls for a truce in drug violence go unheeded
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Millions of faithful gathered to mark Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe Day, honoring the country’s patron saint. But calls by the Roman Catholic Church for a truce in Mexico's ongoing cartel violence apparently went unheeded as more dead bodies were found in the country on...
Mexican police arrest 3 taxi drivers near Cancun for threatening a tourist who used a ride-share app
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's police have arrested three taxi drivers have been arrested in Puerto Morelos, just south of the resort of Cancun, for threatening a tourist for using a rides-hare app. Drivers of traditional cabs at resorts along Mexico’s Caribbean coast have for...
Gunmen kill a judge outside a court building in the violence-torn Mexican resort of Acapulco
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen shot and killed a state judge outside a court building Wednesday in the violence-wracked Pacific coast resort of Acapulco in Mexico. The prosecutors’ office in the southern state of Guerrero said they were reviewing security camera footage to try to...
