Gunmen free 23 inmates at Mexican detention centreMONTERREY - A group of gunmen attacked a detention centre in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, freeing 23 inmates and killing two federal agents guarding the facility. At least 13 killed in shootouts between troops, gunmen in northern Mexico
At least 13 killed in shootouts in northern Mexico Mexican city of Monterrey fires 25 percent of its traffic cops for failing confidence tests
Mexican city fires 25 percent of traffic police Mexican mayor whose anti-crime stance drew suspicion says he has received threats
Mexico’s tough-talk mayor has gotten threats In northern Mexican, soldiers increasingly suspicious of often corrupt police in drug war
Soldiers wary of often corrupt Mexican police Questionable timing: Mexican mayor celebrates death of alleged cartel figure before body found
Mexico mayor announces death before body is found Mexico City officials say 4 men found slain in vehicle with ‘kidnapper’ warnings
Mexico identifies 4 bodies left with warning Whirlpool to invest $55 mn in new plant in MexicoMONTERREY - The Mexican unit of US-based Whirlpool Corporation plans to invest $55 million in a new plant in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, a company executive said. Mexico raid on drug suspects turns up cash-stuffed envelopes addressed to police, pressMONTERREY, Mexico — Soldiers raiding a drug gang safehouse in northern Mexico found money-stuffed envelopes earmarked for various police forces and one marked for “press,” authorities said Tuesday. 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. 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. 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. My daughter works for drug cartel: Mexican police chiefMONTERREY - The police chief of the Monterrey suburb of Apodaca in Mexico has said that his daughter, who was arrested in a shoot-out between soldiers and gunmen, worked for a drug cartel. In Mexico, mayors to housewives feel threat as drug cartels morph into full-blown mafiasCIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Shopkeepers in this pine-covered mountain region easily recite the list of “protection” fees they pay to La Familia drug cartel to stay in business: 100 pesos a month for a stall in a street market, 30,000 pesos for an auto dealership or construction-supply firm. Drunken driving checkpoints banned in Mexican city where some police don’t walk the lineMONTERREY, Mexico — State security officials have banned police from setting up sobriety checkpoints in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey because they say the officers routinely use them to extort motorists. Walk a straight line (but leave your wallet behind): Mexican city nabs DUI cops for extortionMONTERREY, Mexico — State security officials have banned police from setting up sobriety checkpoints in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey because they say the officers routinely use them to extort motorists. Calling all cars: No loitering allowed for corruption-prone police in northern Mexican cityMONTERREY, Mexico — Police in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey have been told not to sit in parked patrol cars observing traffic, because officials suspect they could be spying for criminal gangs or drug cartels. Shooting kills well-known Mexican lawyer for suspected drug traffickersMEXICO CITY —A Mexican lawyer known for defending high-profile drug trafficking suspects was shot to death Sunday at a street market in the northern city of Monterrey. US residents charged with kidnapping Mexican baby girl, could face 50 years in prisonMONTERREY, Mexico — Two U.S. residents have been charged with kidnapping a 3-month-old Mexican girl and trying to smuggle her out of the country. Mexican soldiers capture drug suspect with apparent list of police payoffs in Monterrey areaMONTERREY, Mexico — Mexican soldiers have captured a suspected drug cartel operator with a list of the names of local police officers who apparently received payoffs, the army said Saturday. Mayoral candidate in Mexico’s richest city says drug gangs contact all leading contendersMEXICO CITY — A ruling party mayoral candidate in Mexico’s richest city told his supporters that drug traffickers have contacted all leading political contenders in the country seeking their loyalty ahead of elections next month. Drug-plagued Mexican state bans local cops from carrying cell phones, to stop help for gangsMEXICO CITY — First local police in Monterrey lost their assault rifles after an armed confrontation with federal agents while protesting the arrest of cops for alleged gang ties. Now officers in Mexico’s third-largest city will be stripped of cell phones. City police pull guns on Mexican federal agents during tense standoff in MonterreyMEXICO CITY — In a hair-raising standoff that sent motorists scrambling for cover, municipal police pulled their guns on masked federal agents in one of Mexico’s biggest cities — a stark display of the tensions caused by a crackdown on drug corruption among the country’s lawmen. Human Rights Watch: Mexico failing to punish rights abuses by soldiersMONTERREY, Mexico — Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that the Mexican army is failing to hold soldiers to account for possible human rights abuses including killings, torture and rape. Mexican president proposes expanding army’s power in drug-plagued areasMEXICO CITY — A bill that would let Mexico declare temporary states of emergency and expand the army’s power in a bloody fight against powerful drug gangs drew immediate fire Thursday from human rights activists who say soldiers should not be doing the job of police. Mexican president proposes expanding army’s power in drug-plagued areasMEXICO CITY — A bill that would let Mexico declare temporary states of emergency and expand the army’s power in a bloody fight against powerful drug gangs drew immediate fire Thursday from human rights activists who say soldiers should not be doing the job of police. Charred remains of 14 people found in Mexican villageMONTERREY - Remains of at least 14 people, including two teenagers, have been discovered in Mexico’s northern state of Coahuila, said officials who blamed the drug cartels for the massacre, EFE reported. Top cop shot dead in MexicoMONTERREY - The chief of the homicide unit in the Nuevo Leon state police was gunned down here, EFE reported Friday. Dinosaur fossils for sale seized in MexicoMONTERREY - Mexican authorities have said that they recovered 389 fossils, including the remains of dinosaurs and trilobites hundreds of millions of years old, that were illegally being offered for sale at an antiquities store in the northern state of Nuevo Leon. |
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