Morelia, Mexico News

Guaranteed sunshine and swimming temperatures - " with round-the-clock fun, relaxation and endless activities on a bleach white beach - are the main reasons Canadians continue to accept the deeply discounted deals offered on Mexico's Yucatan, Baja and Pacific coastlines.

Mexico's drug war is entering its fourth year. Its H1N1 flu outbreak began with dozens of deaths and global headlines in the spring.

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.

Mexico and the US are working together bring down Mexico's newest, most violent drug cartel.

New York, November 20, 2009 - A Mexican reporter who had recently covered corruption and organized crime was reported missing this week in the western state of MichoacA n, according to local news reports.

There's Cinco de Mayo, then there's Nov. 20. Back in Mexico, there is no question which date is more important.

The temperature was about the same as the middle of the night in central Mexico but, needless to say, the feel was entirely different.

Alcohol and Caffeine Together, Possibly Not Good For You: The FDA is threatening to pull alcoholic drinks spiked with caffeine from the market since studies suggest that caffeine in malt beverages can lead people to underestimate how drunk they are.

If you didn't notice the concentration of bees near the Colegio de los Jesuitas, in Morelia , Mexico , you might think the complex was another one of the city's signature pink-stone churches.

The cathedral was wired with fireworks and a song about the beauty of this central Mexico city was blaring from the loudspeakers.

MORELIA, Mexico - Published on Saturday, Nov. 07, 2009 8:35PM EST T he Mexican army said Saturday it has seized a shipment of almost a quarter-ton of opium in the country's northern mountains, one of the largest such seizures made in Mexico.

The shoemaker's son has come a long way from banging on buckets in his hometown of Len, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.

Gabriel Gutierrez Sr., 51, of Vineland, passed away Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, in Cooper University Hospital, Camden.

Jean Scheid pours chocolate into a mold to make chocolate calaveritas in celebration of Dia de los Muertos at the Essencia Artisan Bakery and Chocolaterie in Yakima.

Oscar Esqueda certainly stood out when Yakima Symphony Orchestra music director Brooke Creswell and executive director Nol Moxley visited Morelia, Mexico, last April.

A professional marimba player from Mexico will be performing at eight local schools, beginning today.

Mexican authorities say they've arrested two leaders of the "La Familia" drug cartel.

Staging raids in 19 states, the Justice Department struck this week at one of Mexico's most ruthless drug-trafficking organizations, a cultlike group known as La Familia Michoacana and notorious for beheading its enemies.

The western Mexican state of Michoacan will host a government-backed international conference on Oct.

Street vendor Antonio Zuniga was picked up by police in Mexico City in late 2005 without a warrant, jailed and sentenced to 20 years for the murder of a man he had never met.