`Mexico must look into obstacles to press coverage’
July 5th, 2012 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
Paris, July 5 (IANS/EFE) Mexican authorities should investigate "the obstructions, censorship and intimidation that may have affected the coverage and observation of the electoral process", said the Paris-based press-rights group ... Read more...
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49 mutilated bodies found on Mexican highway (Lead)
May 14th, 2012 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), May 13 (IANS/EFE) At least 49 mutilated bodies were found on the side of a highway in Cadereyta, a city in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, ... Read more...
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Four die in Mexico prison fight
January 30th, 2012 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), Jan 30 (IANS/EFE) Four inmates were killed and seven wounded in a fight at the Aquiles Serdan prison in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, state officials ... Read more...
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Mexican government paid $10 mn for TV series glorifying cops
July 15th, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 15 (IANS/EFE) The Mexican government paid Televisa television 118.1 million pesos ($10 million) to produce and air a drama series glorifying the federal police, a daily said ... Read more...
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20 dead in Mexico bar attack
July 9th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 9 (IANS) Twenty people were killed and five others were injured when gunmen opened fire in a bar in northeastern Mexico, Xinhua reported.The attack took place Friday ... Read more...
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Mexican drug boss held
June 22nd, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, June 22 (IANS/EFE) The head of Mexico's notorious drug cartel La Familia has been arrested, officials said.Jesus Mendez was captured Tuesday by the federal police in the central ... Read more...
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Cocaine stash found in steamroller
February 20th, 2011 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 20 (IANS/EFE) Mexican security forces confiscated more than 630 kg of cocaine hidden inside a steamroller in the southeastern city of Ciudad del Carmen, authorities said.The cocaine seizure, in ... Read more...
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41 guards arrested over Mexico prison escape
December 22nd, 2010 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 22 (IANS/EFE) Forty-one guards at a Mexican prison have been arrested in connection with the escape of 151 inmates, officials said.The prison break took place Dec 17 in Nuevo ... Read more...
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150 inmates escape from Mexico prison
December 19th, 2010 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 19 (IANS/EFE) At least 151 inmates have escaped from a prison in northeastern Mexico, just across the border from the American state of Texas, officials said.The incident occurred Friday ... Read more...
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Rudd warns about terror attacks during Delhi CWG
September 23rd, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sep 23 (ANI): Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has warned of a high terror threat in India during the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.Speaking in New York, Rudd said a ... Read more...
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Australia sending elite police squad to boost its athletes’ security at CWG
September 23rd, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sep 23 (ANI): Concerned about security arrangements for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, Australia is rushing its elite police squadron to safeguard its players and officials.Earlier, the Australian Government had ... Read more...
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Five held with spying gear in Mexico
September 21st, 2010 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 21 (IANS/EFE) Five people have been arrested in Mexico for possessing spying equipment, including "software for doing spy work" that contain "databases with information on people in 30 states", ... Read more...
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Six policemen killed in Mexico ambush
April 24th, 2010 - 6:58 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), April 24 (DPA) Six police officers and one civilian were killed Friday in an ambush in the centre of Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico.
Four federal police officers died at ... Read more...
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Mexican police arrest drug kingpin
April 13th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 13 (IANS/EFE) The kingpin of the La Familia Michoacana drug organisation has been arrested in central Mexico, the Public Safety Secretariat has said.
Jose Manuel Cuevas Arias was arrested along ... Read more...
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March 2010 ‘bloodiest’ month in Mexico
April 2nd, 2010 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 2 (IANS/EFE) With 958 killings, March 2010 was Mexico's "bloodiest month" ever since President Felipe Calderon launched a military operation against the drug cartels in December 2006, a media ... Read more...
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Five policemen killed in Mexico
January 31st, 2010 - 5:15 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 31 (IANS/EFE) Five Mexican police officers were killed and seven wounded in an ambush by an armed group in the southwestern state of Michoacan, officials said.
The attack took place ... Read more...
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Mexican gunman accused of over 100 killings arrested
December 21st, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 21 (EFE) A drug cartel gunman who allegedly killed at least 109 people in the southern state of Guerrero and the central state of Morelos has been arrested, authorities ... Read more...
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Germany tightens security after Al Qaeda video threat
September 19th, 2009 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Sep 19 (DPA) German airports and rail stations were under close guard Saturday after an Al Qaeda video threatened the country with a "rude awakening" just a week before a general ... Read more...
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Former police chief in Mexico arrested for kidnapping
September 18th, 2009 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 18 (EFE) The former police chief in the Gulf coast port of Veracruz was among 11 people arrested for the kidnapping of Mexican customs official Francisco Serrano Aramoni, who ... Read more...
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Mexico drug gang kills 12 police officers
July 15th, 2009 - 6:12 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 15 (DPA) Investigators have identified the 12 dead bodies found earlier Tuesday alongside a road in Mexico's western Michoacan state as federal police officers.
Monte Alejandro Rubido, spokesman for the ... Read more...
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Gunmen kill eight in Mexico
April 20th, 2009 - 4:41 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 20 (EFE) Eight law enforcement officials, including two federal police officers and two prison guards, were killed in an attack on a police convoy in western Mexico, authorities said ... Read more...
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Five killed in Mexico plane crash
October 23rd, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Ciudad Victoria (Mexico), Oct 23 (IANS) Five people were killed when a light plane crashed in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, EFE reported Thursday quoting officials.Four of the five victims were ... Read more...
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