Bodies of 5 men shot to death found in landfill near Mexico’s Pacific resort of AcapulcoACAPULCO, Mexico — Police have found the bodies of five men dumped in a landfill near the Mexican resort city of Acapulco. Honduras: US revokes visas of 16 interim officials in addition to those of MichelettiTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran official says the United States has taken away the diplomatic and tourist visas of 16 interim government officials. Honduras’ interim president says US revoked his visa in response to coup, but no hard feelingsTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Washington has revoked the visas of Honduras’ interim president and 17 other top officials to pressure the Central American nation to reinstate ousted leader Manuel Zelaya, Honduras’ government said Saturday. Honduras’ interim president says US has revoked his visa in response to June 28 coupTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras’ interim president says the United States has taken away his diplomatic and tourist visas to protest the June 28 coup. Mexican inspectors find at least $5 million hidden in fertilizer shipment bound for ColombiaMEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities say they have found at least $5 million hidden in a shipment of ammonium sulfate at a Pacific coast port, and are still counting the cash. Former top officials in Mexican Caribbean coast state to stand trial on drug chargesMEXICO CITY — A Mexico judge ordered eight former top police and prosecution officials in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo to stand trial on charges of aiding drug cartels, the Attorney General’s Office said Friday. Guatemala arrests 9, including 5 police, in killing of lawyer who accused presidentGUATEMALA CITY — Authorities in Guatemala arrested nine suspects Friday, including five police officers, in the killing of a prominent lawyer who accused President Alvaro Colom of involvement in his death in a posthumously released video. Mexican inspectors find at least $5.4 million hidden in fertilizer shipment bound for ColombiaMEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities say they have found at least $5.4 million hidden in a shipment of ammonium sulfate at a Pacific coast port, and are still counting the cash. Mexico files sabotage, kidnapping charges in hijacking of Aeromexico flight from CancunMEXICO CITY — Prosecutors have charged a Bolivian pastor with sabotage, illegal retention of people and attack on a means of transport in this week’s hijacking of a plane from the resort city of Cancun, the attorney general’s office said Friday. Guatemala arrests 7, including 5 police, in killing of lawyer who accused presidentGUATEMALA CITY — Authorities in Guatemala arrested seven suspects Friday, including five police officers, in the killing of a prominent lawyer who accused President Alvaro Colom of involvement in his death in a posthumously released video. Fred weakens to tropical storm far off in Atlantic; Tropical Storm Linda near dissipatingMIAMI — Forecasters say Fred has weakened to a tropical storm in the middle of the Atlantic, while Tropical Storm Linda was expected to dissipate soon in the Pacific. Sterlite Industries makes higher $2.57B bid for Asarco, topping rival Grupo Mexico’s offerDENVER — Sterlite Industries Ltd. raised its bid Friday for Asarco LLC by 20 percent to $2.57 billion in cash, topping rival Grupo Mexico’s offer to regain control of the mining company that has been operating under bankruptcy protection. G-7 and Mexico agree health workers, high-risk groups should get first swine flu vaccinesBRUSSELS — Pregnant women, health workers and people with risky health conditions will be the first to receive swine flu vaccinations, according to an agreement reached Friday by the world’s seven largest economies and Mexico. Hurricane Fred expected to weaken in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Linda weakening in PacificMIAMI — Hurricane Fred is weakening far from land over the Atlantic and Tropical Storm Linda continues to lose strength in the Pacific. Gov. Rick Perry says Texas Ranger teams headed for Texas-Mexico borderHOUSTON — Special teams of Texas Rangers will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border to deal with increasing violence because the federal government has failed to address growing problems there, Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday. “It is an expansive effort with the Rangers playing a more high-profile role than they’ve ever played before,” Perry said of the Department of Public Safety’s elite investigative unit. Hijacked plane’s pilots recount tense standoff with incoherent hijacker, as ‘bomb’ ticked to 0MEXICO CITY — 2:30. 2:29. 2:28. … Gov. Perry says Texas Ranger teams headed for Texas-Mexico borderHOUSTON — Special teams of Texas Rangers will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border to deal with increasing violence because the federal government has failed to address growing problems there, Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday. Closure of American Greetings unit, Carlton Mexico, will cost $12M to $16MCLEVELAND — American Greetings Corp. said Thursday that the closure of its Carlton Mexico unit would cost $12 million to $16 million in severance pay, write-downs and other expenses. Mexican soldiers detain man for multiple homicides in drug-plagued border cityCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Soldiers have arrested a man suspected of killing 18 people in a series of attacks this year in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas. Del. woman pleads guilty to helping her son kidnap his 3 daughters, flee to Central AmericaWILMINGTON, Del. — The mother of a Delaware optometrist who fled to Central America in a motor home with his three young daughters has pleaded guilty to endangering the girls’ welfare. Mexican authorities investigate Cancun Airport security after hijackingMEXICO CITY — Mexican investigators are evaluating a Bolivian pastor who hijacked a jetliner for possible mental illness, and trying to figure out how he managed to slip through Cancun Airport security with a fake bomb in his luggage. Preacher says God wanted him to hijack jetliner so he could warn Mexico of earthquake threatMEXICO CITY — It was 1 p.m. when the control tower at the Mexico City airport got the first word of a bizarre drama that would play out over the next two hours: The pilot of Aeromexico Flight 576 radioed that a man aboard claimed to have a bomb and wanted to talk with President Felipe Calderon. Hijacker says God made him do it; passengers, crew safe after police storm Mexico City planeMEXICO CITY — A Bolivian religious fanatic briefly hijacked a jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday, police said. All passengers and the crew were released unharmed. Mothers of women slain in Juarez protest Mexican president’s choice for new attorney generalCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A group of women whose daughters were murdered in a violent Mexican border city are protesting President Felipe Calderon’s choice for new attorney general. AP source: Americans, French citizens among passengers on Mexican hijacked planeWASHINGTON — A U.S. official says American, French, and Mexican citizens were among the passengers aboard a hijacked plane in Mexico. Body with severed arms found in Mexico border city identified as Texas man kidnapped from homeEL PASO, Texas — A body found with its severed arms crossed and placed on its chest in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was identified by authorities Wednesday as a Texas man kidnapped from his home. Police raid ends jetliner hijacking in Mexico; passengers, crew safe; up to 8 men arrestedMEXICO CITY — A jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun was briefly hijacked as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday. The hijackers released all passengers shortly before federal police stormed the plane, and the crew emerged unharmed moments later. Salvadoran police arrest 4 suspected gang members, 1 officer in French filmmaker’s killingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Four alleged gang members and a police officer have been arrested in the slaying of French documentary filmmaker Christian Poveda, Salvadoran authorities said Wednesday. Religious fanatic says he hijacked Mexican jetliner after a ‘revelation’; All aboard plane safeMEXICO CITY — A Bolivian religious fanatic briefly hijacked a jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday, police said. All passengers and the crew were released unharmed. Body with arms cut off dumped on street in Mexico border city under siege by drug violenceCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Police say a body with both arms cut off was found dumped on a street in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas. |
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