Point man in Mexico’s offensive against drug gangs announces resignation in Cabinet shakeupMEXICO CITY — Mexican President Felipe Calderon has accepted the resignation of the attorney general who was leading the battle against drug cartels, making the biggest shake-up yet in his offensive against organized crime. Mexican president announces resignation of attorney general, agriculture secretary, oil chiefMEXICO CITY — Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced Monday the resignation of Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora, his point-man in the offensive against drug cartels, but gave no indication that the current strategy of full confrontation with the gangs would change. 4 men fatally shot in parking lot of motel in drug-plagued Mexican city on border with TexasCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Attackers shot four men to death in a motel parking lot in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico’s deadliest city. Heavy rains flood Mexico City streets, homes, subwayMEXICO CITY — Heavy rains have flooded hundreds of homes in the Mexico City metropolitan area and turned streets into rivers that dragged cars in their currents. Teen, 2 others arrested for allegedly killing candidate, family in Mexican Gulf stateVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy and two young men for allegedly killing a state congressional candidate and his family. Official abducted in front of 2,000 people in MexicoMONTERREY - About a dozen gunmen kidnapped a prosecutor in charge of drug cases from a club packed with 2,000 people in Monterrey, capital of the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, a police spokesman has said. Woman, couple detained in Mexico allegedly swapped baby girl for house, moneyMEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have detained a young mother on suspicion of selling her 8-month-old daughter in exchange for a house and undisclosed payments. Mexico catches alleged trafficker suspected in ‘06 US border incursion, activist killingCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexican soldiers arrested a suspected drug gang leader linked to a 2006 border incursion by armed traffickers into Texas and the killing of an anti-crime activist in July, the army said late Saturday. Mexican state legislature candidate shot dead along with wife, 2 sons in Gulf state of TabascoVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Gunmen killed a state congressional candidate and his wife and two sons in their home Saturday in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, in southern Mexico. Mexican state legislature candidate shot to death, along with wife and 2 sonsVILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Gunmen killed a state congressional candidate and his wife and two sons in their home Saturday in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, in southern Mexico. Mexico to launch pilot program to offer migrants health insurance for their familiesMEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Health Department says it will launch a pilot program to encourage migrants working in the United States to sign up their families in Mexico for the Mexican government’s low-income health insurance program. Lightning strikes parked plane at Mexico City airport, injuring 4 employees working nearbyMEXICO CITY — A lightning strike that hit a parked plane at Mexico City’s airport has sent four employees working nearby to the hospital. Jimena weakens to remnant low as US issues travel advisory for Mexico’s BajaLOS CABOS, Mexico — Jimena weakened to a remnant low Friday after hitting Mexico’s Baja California peninsula as a hurricane earlier this week and causing flooding that killed at least one person. Ambassador says US must stem flow of weapons to Mexican drug cartelsMONTERREY, Mexico — Washington’s new ambassador to Mexico says the United States must stop the flow of weapons smuggled south across the border to improve security. Federal police in western Mexico arrest another mayor for alleged links to drug cartelMORELIA, Mexico — Federal police detained a small-town mayor on Friday on suspicion of aiding drug traffickers in the same western Mexico state where eight other city chiefs have been arrested since May on similar charges. Jimena weakens to tropical depression over Mexico after killing man in Baja CaliforniaLOS CABOS, Mexico — Jimena weakened to a tropical depression Friday after hitting Mexico’s Baja California peninsula as a hurricane earlier this week and causing flooding that killed at least one man. US freezes assets of 6 Mexicans for ties to firm that allegedly sent meth precursor to cartelMEXICO CITY — The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on six Mexicans linked to a pharmaceutical company that allegedly diverted precursor chemicals to a methamphetamine trafficking gang. Jimena weakens to tropical storm, kills man as it plows over Mexico’s Baja CaliforniaLOS CABOS, Mexico — Hurricane Jimena unleashed flooding that killed at least one man and cut off hundreds of people in remote fishing villages on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula before mellowing into a drifting tropical storm Thursday. US, Mexico to create secure, trans-border communication system for law enforcementMEXICO CITY — Mexico and the U.S. are creating a trans-border communications network that will help police on both sides fight crime and violence. Mexican officials blame drug treatment center killings on violent cartels preying on patientsCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Neighbors mopped blood from the sidewalk outside a drug rehabilitation center Thursday, cleaning up the carnage after gunmen lined up patients against a wall and then riddled them with bullets, killing 18. Governors of California, New Mexico, Arizona skip border conference on security, economyMONTERREY, Mexico — Mexico’s interior secretary says escalating violence along the U.S. border is a reaction to the country’s crackdown on organized crime. Jimena weakens to tropical storm as it plows over Mexico’s Baja CaliforniaLOS CABOS, Mexico — A once-dangerous and powerful Hurricane Jimena mellowed into a soggy, drifting tropical storm Thursday, bringing much needed rain to Mexico’s drought-stricken Baja California peninsula. Gunmen kill 17 people at a drug rehab in Mexico
China approves single-dose swine flu vaccine, experts say could be good newsBEIJING — The answer may be at hand to a crucial question about vaccination for the advancing swine flu — one shot or two? Chinese officials approved a vaccine Thursday that they say prevents the new flu in a single dose. Hurricane Jimena weakens to tropical storm as it plows over Baja CaliforniaLOS CABOS, Mexico — Hurricane Jimena weakened into a tropical storm Wednesday as it plowed over Baja California, tearing off roofs, knocking down power poles and bringing welcome rainfall to a drought-stricken state. Jimena plows over Baja California after brushing past southern resorts; down to tropical stormLOS CABOS, Mexico — Forecasters say Jimena has weakened to a tropical storm as it plowed over Baja California Ambushers kill No. 2 security official and 3 others in home state of Mexico’s presidentMORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen killed the No. 2 security official in President Felipe Calderon’s home state, where the government is locked in an intensifying battle with a ruthless drug cartel blamed for a string of assassinations of police and soldiers. Officials say gunmen kill No. 2 security official in home state of Mexico’s presidentMEXICO CITY — Gunmen killed the No. 2 security official in the home state of President Felipe Calderon, where drug cartels have launched their biggest offensive yet against Mexico’s government. Hurricane Jimena makes landfall on Baja California after brushing past southern resortsLOS CABOS, Mexico — Hurricane Jimena weakened into a tropical storm Wednesday as it plowed over Baja California, tearing off roofs, knocking down power poles and bringing welcome rainfall to a drought-stricken state. Officials: Gunmen kill No. 2 security official, 3 others, in home state of Mexican presidentMEXICO CITY — Gunmen have killed the No. 2 security official in the home state of President Felipe Calderon, where drug cartels have launched their biggest offensive yet against the government. |
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen broke into a drug rehabilitation center and shot 17 people dead in a northern Mexican border city, an official said.
