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9 hrs ago | The Winnipeg Free Press

Mexican soldiers nabs members of 'Crutches' gang with gold-plated pistol, .50-calibre rifle

Mexican soldiers captured six suspected drug gang members with an odd collection of weapons, including a .50-calibre rifle and a gold-plated pistol, the army said Friday.

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Related Topix: Mexico, World News, Travel

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Mexican president says crime, gangs were taking over' country

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in an interview that crime gangs and drug cartels were "taking over Mexico" before he launched his offensive against them, and said the crackdown had achieved uneven results.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Mexico, Prison, Drugs,

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Boston.com

Mexican president: gangs were 'taking over' Mexico

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in an interview that crime gangs and drug cartels were "taking over Mexico" before he launched his offensive against them, and said the crackdown had achieved uneven results.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Mexico, Prison, Drugs,

San Jose Mercury News

2 quakes shake Calif./Mex. border, no injuries

Two earthquakes have shaken the border area in Baja California - one 3.2-magnitude and the other 3.8-magnitude - but no injuries or damage have been reported.

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Related Topix: Geology, Science, World News, Mexico, Calexico, CA, Science / Technology

Mon Nov 23, 2009

CBS News

Drug Smugglers Aided By U.S. Truck Program

A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Prison, Texas A&M University, World News, Mexico, El Paso Metro, El Paso, TX

San Diego News Network

Mexico's new border inspection system has business leaders worried

A proposed Mexican program at the U.S.-Mexico border designed to reduce smuggling of illegal items such as weapons, cash, and drugs from the U.S. into Mexico has created concern in the business community that the new inspection procedures will have an additional economic impact on already long border crossing wait times.

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Related Topix: San Diego, CA, San Ysidro, CA, World News, Mexico, San Diego Metro

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Denton Record-Chronicle

U.S. priorities shifting in Mexico's drug fight

U.S. assistance to help Mexico fight drug traffickers will probably continue beyond the allotted three years of the Merida Initiative, with expanding cooperation but not joint law enforcement or military operations "on Mexican soil any time soon," a senior Obama administration official said.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Mexico, Texas,

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Las Vegas Sun

Teen pleads guilty in Border Patrol agent killing

A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times while chasing suspected illegal immigrants in the mountains east of San Diego.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, Illegal Immigration, World News, Mexico

Reuters

U.S. cracks down on border meeting spot for Mexicans

The United States has severely restricted access to a spot on the Mexican border where families and lovers divided by illegal immigration could unite briefly to hold hands or kiss through a fence.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, North America, World News, Mexico, US News, Illegal Immigration, Drugs, Wedding

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Trying to get ahead in the slow lane

Reporting from Tijuana, Mexico - El Churrero -- the Churro Man -- sidesteps tamale carts, squeezes between bumpers and beggars, working 24 lanes of idling vehicles.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Mexico, San Ysidro, CA, Los Angeles Metro

Wed Nov 18, 2009

NBC San Diego

Pregnant Woman, 7 Others Saved Just in Time

A woman, cold and pregnant, along with seven other Mexican Nationals were saved by a group of good Samaritans Friday after their boat capsized near Tijuana .

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, Mexico, North America, World News, San Diego Metro

Mon Nov 16, 2009

SignOnSanDiego.com

Health Net of California offers cross-border plan

Health Net of California yesterday launched a cross-border health insurance plan in San Diego County targeting Latino workers in the region who want to receive medical services from doctors in both the United States and Mexico.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, San Diego County, CA, North America, World News, Mexico, Tecate, CA

Sat Nov 14, 2009

KSEE24.com RSS Feed

Suspect in Deadly Stabbing Captured

The Fresno County Sheriffa s Department says the suspect in a deadly stabbing in San Joaquin has been captured.

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Related Topix: Fresno County, CA, San Joaquin, CA

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Daily Record

1 policeman killed, 4 wounded in Mexico shootout

MORELIA, Mexico - One Mexican policeman was killed and four wounded Saturday in an attack by gunmen in a drug-plagued state in southern Mexico.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Mexico,

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV

Student Kidnapped Near Border Found in Tijuana Closet

A 21-year-old San Diego college student kidnapped near the U.S.-Mexico border has been found bound and beaten inside a closet in Tijuana, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Mexico, World News

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Boxing Blog

Angulo-Yorgey Fight Will Be For Interim Title

" Title Night in Hartford just got that much better with the announcement that Saturday night's HBO televised co-feature between "Lightning" Harry Joe Yorgey and Alfredo "Perro" Angulo has been approved for the World Boxing Organization interim junior middleweight world title.

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Related Topix: Hartford Metro, Hartford, CT, Mixed Martial Arts, Josh Koscheck, World News, Mexico,

Sun Nov 08, 2009

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Opinion: Deep water port in Mexico again may impact Yuma

YOMA, Ariz. - The announcement that plans for a new major deep water port in Mexico have been renewed is bound to stir controversy locally if the project actually materializes.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Mexico, Prison, Yuma County, CO, Opinion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WXMI

Mexican prison guard arrested for torture; abuse sparked deadly riots that killed 2 Americans

Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating death sparked riots that left nearly two dozen dead, including two American prisoners.

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Related Topix: Prison, World News, Mexico,

Guardian Unlimited

Mexico identifies 4 bodies left with warning - AP

A A A' Officials in Mexico's capital said Monday they had identified four bound bodies found in a sport utility vehicle over the weekend with hand-lettered messages identifying the dead men as kidnappers.

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Related Topix: Drugs, World News, Mexico,

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Desert Sun

Another small quake reported near Mexicali

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck overnight near the U.S.-Mexico border, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported in the San Diego area.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Calexico, CA

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