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Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:05:21 GMT
 AP - The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the world's most dangerous cities, the other toward a bridge to El Paso, one of America's safest.
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Journalist killed in southern Mexico, 4th in 2010
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:02:40 GMT
AP - A journalist has been killed in southern Mexico, the fourth slain in the country so far this year.
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Mexico violence factors in spring break plans
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:57:24 GMT
AP - Marquette University senior Kelly Magennis wasn't even up prepping for the start of the biggest spring break week on Texas' South Padre Island when the first text message arrived from her mom forbidding her from crossing into Mexico.
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Killing of Americans pressures Mexico in drug war
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:39:48 GMT
 Reuters - The killing of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Mexico's bloodiest drug war hotspot has thrown President Felipe Calderon a major test as he heads to this border city on Tuesday to try to contain spiraling violence.
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US sends FBI to probe consular slayings in Mexico
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:07:16 GMT
 AFP - Faced with a brazen challenge from drug cartels, US FBI agents have joined a Mexican probe into attacks on US consular staff and their families that left three dead in this border city, officials said Monday.
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Decision on Americans' departure was before deaths
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:05:21 GMT
AP - After deciding last week to help family members of U.S. consulate employees in northern Mexico leave the area, the State Department waited until Sunday to announce the move.
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Slim a maverick tycoon in Mexico's business elite
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:44:35 GMT
 Reuters - Carlos Slim, the world's richest man according to Forbes, has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in Mexico, but he also is seen to typify a business elite that amassed fortunes by exploiting the poor.
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US consular worker in Mexico shot by hitmen: govt
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:13:56 GMT
 AFP - Hitmen working for Mexico's Juarez drug cartel were believed to be behind the assassination of a US consular employee here, the government of Chihuahua state has said.
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Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:34:16 GMT
 Reuters - Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate and President Barack Obama expressed outrage at the attack.
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U.S. consulate employee slain in drug-ridden Mexican city
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:09:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Mexican government pledged Sunday to investigate the brutal killings of a U.S. consulate employee and two family members of consulate employees in violent, drug-plagued Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.
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Mexico killings: Gunmen kill 3 with ties to US consulate
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:30:42 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - Two Americans and a Mexican citizen affiliated with the United States consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, were shot to death Saturday in this violent border town, across from El Paso, Texas.
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(AP)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:43 GMT
AP - Family identifies slain US consular employee in Mexico; Obama says outraged at death.
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2 Americans killed in drive-by shooting in Mexico
(AP)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:15:38 GMT
 AP - Three people with ties to the American consulate in a drug-plagued Mexican city were killed in a drive-by shooting, a U.S. official said Sunday.
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17 killed in Mexico drug violence
(AFP)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:24:18 GMT
 AFP - Drug-related violence left 17 people dead in Mexico's southern Guerrero state, including four people who were decapitated, authorities said.
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Thirteen killed in crime wave in Mexico's Acapulco
(Reuters)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:54:22 GMT
 Reuters - Thirteen people were killed in and around the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco early on Saturday in apparent drug-related violence, with four victims found beheaded, security officials said.
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New border violence erupts with Mexico cartel rift
(AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:30:32 GMT
AP - This border city and others near the eastern end of the U.S. border escaped the worst of Mexico's bloody drug war for years, but now the bodies are piling up, several journalists are reportedly missing or dead and once-busy streets are empty after dark.
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Mexico defends army courts after US rights report
(AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:05:32 GMT
AP - Mexico defended its military courts system on Thursday after a U.S. human rights report cited reports of alleged abuses by the army and a lack of investigation in many of the cases.
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Calif. teen pleads not guilty in death of boy
(AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:21:31 GMT
AP - A Southern California teenager accused of dismembering and burning a 16-year-old boy before fleeing to Mexico has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
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Michelle Obama plans to visit Mexico in April
(AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:42:53 GMT
AP - Michelle Obama will make her first solo trip abroad as first lady next month when she visits Mexico.
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Michelle Obama to Mexico on first official trip alone
(AFP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:29:45 GMT
 AFP - Michelle Obama will make her first solo official trip as first lady to Mexico next month, to stress education and economic development, the White House said Friday.
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