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

CHRONOLOGY OF COVERAGE

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
NOV. 30, 2014

Mexico stands out among countries meeting for United Nations global warming summit in Lima, Peru, for its efforts to fight against climate change; has passed laws to regulate emissions and promote renewable energy, but some analysts doubt it will commit the complete resources or funding to meet its much-lauded goals. MORE
NOV. 28, 2014

Mexican Pres Enrique Pena Nieto, facing protests, proposes broad plan to revamp policing after local officials and police are implicated in disappearance and presumed murder of 43 college students; more than 1,800 municipal police forces would effectively be disbanded and come under control of state governments; federal government would have power to dissolve corrupt municipal governments. MORE
NOV. 28, 2014

Tijuana Journal: Tijuana, Mexico, is promoting itself as a city on the rise, but it has long been and remains a way station for the downtrodden heading to America or kicked out of it; El Bordo is an encampment for hundreds living in hovels, lean-tos or on the pavement, and is a catch basin for the drug addicted and the deported, sometimes both, just shy of the United States-Mexico border. MORE
NOV. 21, 2014

Thousands of people led by relatives of 43 missing college students march through Mexico City, some clashing with police in the city center; march is one of largest of the occasionally violent demonstrations that have taken place since the students, from a left-leaning college with a history of provocative protest, disappeared on Sept 26. MORE

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What Mexico’s President Must Do

By ENRIQUE KRAUZE

Peña Nieto needs to appear before the nation and offer an apology to the people.

December 11, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: MEXICO , PENA NIETO, ENRIQUE , POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

In New Mexico, Deliverer of a Town’s Children Faces Salacious Accusations

By RICK ROJAS

A doctor in Hobbs., N.M., Christopher S. Driskill, who was elected the state medical society’s president, now faces loss of his license over accusations that include sexual relations with patients.

December 11, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: NEW MEXICO , DOCTORS , WOMEN AND GIRLS

Rage and Sorrow Flow as Student in Mexico Is Declared Dead

By PAULINA VILLEGAS and RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

On Sunday, Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam confirmed that a laboratory in Austria had matched a bone fragment found among charred remains to Alexander Mora’s DNA.

December 8, 2014, Monday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: MEXICO , MURDERS, ATTEMPTED MURDERS AND HOMICIDES , MISSING PERSONS , MORA VENANCIO, ALEXANDER

Remains of Student in Mexico Identified

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD and PAULINA VILLEGAS

A lab’s finding lends credence to a theory that the police abducted 43 students and turned them over to a drug gang, which killed them.

December 7, 2014, Sunday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: PENA NIETO, ENRIQUE , MEXICO , KIDNAPPING AND HOSTAGES , DEATHS (FATALITIES)

What ‘Chespirito’ Left Us

By ILAN STAVANS

A television star’s gentle comedy became an icon for the Hispanic middle class.

December 6, 2014, Saturday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: TELEVISION , MEXICO , PENA NIETO, ENRIQUE

Mexico: Police Chief Says He Is Stepping Down

By ELISABETH MALKIN

Under fire over accusations of police brutality, Mexico City’s police chief, Jesús Rodríguez Almeida, resigned on Friday.

December 6, 2014, Saturday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: POLICE BRUTALITY, MISCONDUCT AND SHOOTINGS ,ALMEIDA, JESUS RODRIGUEZ (1971- ) , MEXICO CITY (MEXICO) , MEXICO

As Mexico Addresses Climate Change, Critics Point to Shortcomings

By VICTORIA BURNETT

Mexico has passed laws to regulate emissions and promote renewable energy, but some analysts doubt it will commit the resources to meet its much-lauded goals.

November 30, 2014, Sunday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: MEXICO , GREENPEACE , WEATHER , GLOBAL WARMING, UNITED NATIONS , ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY , DROUGHT ,FLOODS , AGRICULTURE AND FARMING , GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ,LIVESTOCK , HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS

Texas: Man Is Killed After Shooting at Buildings

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A gunman fired more than 100 rounds at downtown buildings in Austin and tried to set the Mexican Consulate ablaze early Friday before he died during a confrontation with the police.

November 29, 2014, Saturday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: ARSON , FIRES AND FIREFIGHTERS , MEXICO ,DIPLOMATIC SERVICE, EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES , AUSTIN (TEX)

Mexican Leader, Facing Protests, Promises to Overhaul Policing

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

President Enrique Peña Nieto’s plan makes forces answerable to state and federal authorities, though observers questioned the credibility of a president who has had scandals of his own.

November 28, 2014, Friday

MORE ON MEXICO AND: MEXICO , PENA NIETO, ENRIQUE , MISSING PERSONS ,POLICE BRUTALITY, MISCONDUCT AND SHOOTINGS , KIDNAPPING AND HOSTAGES , ESCUELA NORMAL RURAL RAUL ISIDRO BURGOS (GUERRERO, MEXICO) , ORGANIZED CRIME , CORRUPTION (INSTITUTIONAL)

As Mexican Border Town Tries to Move On, Some Are Stuck in Limbo

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

Tijuana is promoting itself as a city on the rise, shaking off years of drug violence and declining tourism. But it remains a way station for the downtrodden heading for America or kicked out of it.