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Suspected drug hitmen dump head in Mexican city
Reuters - 24 minutes agoMONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected Mexican drug hitmen dumped the head of a murdered man on top of a car in the street, police said on Friday, in a rare outrage in the wealthy city of Monterrey.
Off the Wires
- Suspected drug hitmen dump head in Mexican city Reuters - 24 minutes ago
- Congress trims Bush anti-drug plan for Mexico Reuters - Thu May 15, 7:08 PM ET
- Drug war shutters businesses on Mexico border Reuters - Thu May 15, 8:22 AM ET
- Gunmen kill 2 police officers in Mexico AP - Wed May 14, 8:32 PM ET
- Drug hitmen attack police in Mexico hot spot Reuters - Wed May 14, 7:19 PM ET
News Stories
- Mystery surrounds Tijuana drug shootings at The Los Angeles Times - Mon, Apr 28, 2008
- Mexico Hottest Market During Past 10 Years Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Thu, Apr 24, 2008
- Mexico captures 'key drug lord' at BBC - Thu, Mar 13, 2008
- Mexico cops offered cash to slim at BBC - Sat, Feb 09, 2008
- Mexico Hits Drug Gangs With Full Fury of War at The New York Times - Tue, Jan 22, 2008
Feature Articles
- Drug war shutters businesses on Mexico border Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu, May 15, 2008
- Mexico's efforts to end violence against women stymied by macho culture McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Wed, May 14, 2008
- Ways of Ancient Mexico Reviving Barren Lands at The New York Times - Tue, May 13, 2008
- Exploiting Real Fears With 'Virtual Kidnappings' at The New York Times - Tue, Apr 29, 2008
- U.S. economic slowdown likely to bring Mexican workers north McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Fri, Apr 18, 2008
- In Mexico, War on Drug Cartels Takes Wider Toll at The Washington Post - Mon, Apr 14, 2008
Opinion & Editorials
- Untapped oil, overtapped politics The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Wed, Apr 30, 2008
- Remember the War on Drugs? at The New York Times - Mon, Nov 19, 2007
- Hobbling Mexico's Democracy at The New York Times - Thu, Sep 13, 2007
- Two Presidents and a Wannabe Emperor at Harper's Magazine - Tue, Aug 21, 2007
- Let the Trucks Roll at The Washington Post - Thu, Mar 08, 2007
- Mexico's multi-front war on drugs at The Los Angeles Times - Tue, Jan 16, 2007
Related Web Sites
- Presidency of the Republic of Mexico
- Daily updates, press releases, information on government programs, economic statistics, and speeches by the President.
- Amnesty International: Mexico
- features human rights updates, annual and in-depth topical reports, including one of the October 2001 murder of Mexican human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa.
- The Deadly Standoff
- examination of the Zapatista uprising, and why the Mexican government seems to have given up trying to resolve the still volatile conflict. From PBS.
- U.S. Library of Congress Country Study - Mexico
- Comprehensive introduction to the country that includes sections on history, geography, society, economy, government, and politics
- Politics in Mexico
- includes interviews, analysis, and profiles of parties and politicians. From the PBS Online NewsHour.
- Washington Office on Latin America
- promotes human rights and social and economic justice. Produced a series of reports on the 2000 Mexican Elections, addressing topics such as electoral justice, media influence, vote-buying, and campaign finance.