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Protesters shove their way into congress of Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon, toss smoke bomb
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The legislature of Mexico's northern border state of Nuevo Leon said Thursday protesters broke through doors, took over the floor of the state congress and launched a smoke bomb. The chaotic scene took place late Wednesday after the state legislature named an...
Suspected drug cartel members abduct 7 Mexican immigration agents at gunpoint in Cancun
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Suspected drug cartel members abducted seven Mexican immigration agents in Cancun at gunpoint Wednesday, beat them and threatened to kill them before they were freed, authorities said. The brazen mass kidnapping occurred near Cancun’s bustling airport and...
Video of teen beating parking guard in upscale neighborhood sparks anger in class-divided Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An expensive private high school in Mexico said Wednesday it has suspended and may expel a student who was caught on video beating a parking lot attendant at his housing complex. It was the latest in a decade-long string of beatings of working-class Mexicans by...
Five journalists were shot in one day in Mexico, officials confirm
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president said Wednesday that two of four news photographers who were shot Tuesday are in serious condition, as prosecutors confirmed that a fifth journalist was shot and wounded the same day. The four photojournalists were shot near a military barracks...
4 news photographers shot in southern Mexico, a case authorities consider attempted murder
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Unidentified assailants on Tuesday wounded four news photographers in the violence-wracked southern Mexican city of Chilpancingo, authorities said. Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero said all four had been taken to a hospital, but did not say...
Environmental protesters board deep-sea mining ship between Hawaii and Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Greenpeace activists have boarded a deep-sea mining ship in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Mexico and said Sunday they'll stay to protest exploration the ship is conducting to support activity that would destroy marine life. Canada-based The Metals Company,...
The body of an abducted anti-mining activist is found in western Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in western Mexico said Sunday they have found the body of anti-mining activist Higinio Trinidad de la Cruz. Prosecutors said De la Cruz’s body was found on a rural road in the state of Jalisco near the border with the neighboring state of Colima....
'Adopt an axolotl' campaign launches in Mexico to save iconic species from pollution and trout
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Ecologists from Mexico's National Autonomous university on Friday relaunched a fundraising campaign to bolster conservation efforts for axolotls, an iconic, endangered fish-like type of salamander. The campaign, called "Adoptaxolotl,” asks people for as little...
3 journalists and 2 relatives have been abducted in a violent city in southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday that three journalists and two of their relatives have been abducted by armed men in a violence-plagued state in Mexico, which press groups say is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, outside of war zones. ...
Mexican activist who counted murders in his violence-plagued city is himself killed
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An activist who documented murders in one of Mexico’s deadliest cities has himself been killed, authorities confirmed Wednesday. Adolfo Enríquez was killed in the city of Leon, in north-central Guanajuato state. The city has the third-highest number of...
