Mexico

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News about Mexico, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

CHRONOLOGY OF COVERAGE

DEC. 24, 2014

Release of memo by Mexican authorities describing complicity of San Fernando police in murders of 268 migrants by Zetas crime outfit to National Security Archive, Foundation for Justice and Article 19 is small victory for transparency advocates; country's police investigations and court system are notoriously opaque. MORE
DEC. 17, 2014

Raul Salinas de Gortari is cleared of charges of illicit enrichment, ending his two decades of legal battles in Mexico over charges ranging from money laundering to murder; Salinas de Gortari is brother of former Pres Carlos Salinas de Gortari. MORE
DEC. 17, 2014

Austrian forensics experts say they will need at least two months to see if they can identify victims of apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers in Mexico; victims were abducted by corrupt police officers, and their bodies incinerated by drug gang members. MORE
DEC. 13, 2014

Mexico is facing ever-widening breach between political class and demands for change from a public that is exasperated by rampant corruption and feeling increasingly less confident about Pres Enrique Pena Nieto. MORE
DEC. 8, 2014

Mexico's Atty Gen Jesus Murillo Karam confirms that laboratory in Austria has matched bone fragment found among charred remains to DNA of Alexander Mora, one of 43 students missing since September 2014; news supports theory that local police abducted the students and turned them over to a gang on behalf of a corrupt mayor in conflict with them. MORE

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Mexicans Rally After a Priest Is Kidnapped

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Roman Catholic clergy members and parishioners marched through Ciudad Altamirano in southern Mexico to protest a series of kidnappings, killings and robberies of priests.

December 25, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: KIDNAPPING AND HOSTAGES , PRIESTS ,DEMONSTRATIONS, PROTESTS AND RIOTS , MEXICO

After Long Fight, Groups Pry Memo on Migrant Killings From Mexican Government

By ELISABETH MALKIN

In a small victory for transparency advocates, Mexico released a document from the attorney general’s office that describes police complicity in the killings of migrants by drug gangs.

December 24, 2014, Wednesday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: MEXICO , MURDERS, ATTEMPTED MURDERS AND HOMICIDES , SAN FERNANDO (TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO) , DRUG CARTELS , POLICE BRUTALITY, MISCONDUCT AND SHOOTINGS , NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE ,FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE (FJEDD) , ARTICLE 19 , ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ,ZETAS

What We're Reading: Best of 2014

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from Dan Saltzstein, Lydia Polgreen and others.

December 23, 2014, Tuesday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: COATES, TA-NEHISI , KANNAPELL, ANDREA , KEEFE, PATRICK RADDEN , KERR, JAMES , OWEN, MICHAEL , POLGREEN, LYDIA , ST AUBYN, EDWARD , WORTHAM, JENNA , MEXICO , NEW YORK TIMES , NEW YORKER , SINALOA CARTEL , TUMBLR , ART , NEWSPAPERS , REPARATIONS

A Reluctant Farewell to an Unlikely Mechanical Friend

By BENJAMIN PRESTON

Too old to be nice, too young to be vintage and not rare enough to be cool, a beat-up Subaru becomes a character in a human drama.

December 20, 2014, Saturday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: AUTOMOBILES , ROAD TRIPS , BAJA CALIFORNIA (MEXICO) , COLORADO , NEW YORK CITY , NORTH CAROLINA , SANTA BARBARA (CALIF) , SUBARU

Border Patrol Apprehensions Show a Shift in Migration Patterns

By JULIA PRESTON

For the first time in at least two decades, fewer migrants from Mexico were caught crossing into the United States in 2014 than people from other countries, the Department of Homeland Security said.

December 20, 2014, Saturday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION , IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, BORDER PATROL (US) , IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (US) ,MEXICO

Walmart de México’s Chairman, Enrique Ostalé, to Double as Chief Executive

By HIROKO TABUCHI

Enrique Ostalé will succeed Scot Rank, who is stepping down after five years as chief executive.

December 20, 2014, Saturday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: WALMART STORES INC , OSTALE, ENRIQUE , RANK, SCOT , APPOINTMENTS AND EXECUTIVE CHANGES , MEXICO

Cuba the Next Cancun? It Should Be So Lucky

By JOSH BARRO

A closer look at a tourist destination whose creation owed nothing to American capitalism and everything to Mexican central planning.

December 19, 2014, Friday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: CHICHEN ITZA (MEXICO) , TULUM (MEXICO) , TRAVEL AND VACATIONS , CAPITALISM (THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY)

Mexico: Former President’s Brother Is Cleared in a Corruption Case

By ELISABETH MALKIN

Raúl Salinas de Gortari has been cleared of charges of illicit enrichment, ending his two decades of legal battles over charges ranging from money laundering to murder.

December 17, 2014, Wednesday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: MEXICO , SALINAS DE GORTARI, CARLOS , SALINAS DE GORTARI, RAUL (1946- ) , MONEY LAUNDERING

Austria: Laboratory Sees Slim Chance of Identifying Mexican Victims

By REUTERS

Austrian forensics experts will need at least two months to see if they can identify the victims of an apparent massacre in Mexico, they said Tuesday.

December 17, 2014, Wednesday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: MEXICO , MURDERS, ATTEMPTED MURDERS AND HOMICIDES , DRUG CARTELS , POLICE BRUTALITY, MISCONDUCT AND SHOOTINGS , KIDNAPPING AND HOSTAGES , AUSTRIA , DNA (DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID) , FORENSIC SCIENCE

Mexico Faces Growing Gap Between Political Class and Calls for Change

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

A special prosecutor to investigate corruption is expected to be named soon, but falling confidence in the president and the political process itself is imperiling the mission before it begins.