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

CHRONOLOGY OF COVERAGE

  1. OCT. 1, 2015
    Mexican officials extradite 13 criminals to America, after embarrassing escape of Joaquin Guzman Loera causes shift in government policy; American officials asked for notorious drug lord weeks before his escape from Mexico’s most secure facility and has offered help in recapturing him; those extradited include drug cartel leaders Edgar Valdez Villarreal and Jorge Costilla Sanchez, and suspects in murder of several American government employees. MORE
  2. OCT. 1, 2015
    Mexico, in follow-up auction for oil drilling contracts after failed one in July, puts five production blocks in Gulf of Mexico up for bid and awards contracts for three.  MORE
  3. SEP. 28, 2015
    Editorial decries use of excessive and lethal force by United States Border Patrol as documented in number of recent cases; asserts that federal grand jury indictment of border agent, who was charged with second-degree murder for fatal shooting of unarmed teenager on Mexican side of border, is first step toward holding agency accountable for abuses.  MORE
  4. SEP. 19, 2015
    Mexican government announces it will seek compensation on behalf of six citizens who survived deadly attack by Egyptian military, from helicopter, on group of Mexican tourists; Egyptian government says tourists were mistaken for Islamic State militants, but circumstances remain murky, and Mexican government repeats its demands for an official investigation. MORE
  5. SEP. 18, 2015
    Egyptian court bans media from covering killing of eight Mexican tourists mistaken for insurgents by security forces, pending investigation; some suspect government cover up for increasingly common mistake.  MORE

ARTICLES

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Tucson Border Agent Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Shooting of a Mexican Boy 

By FERNANDA SANTOS
The case against Lonnie Swartz is being closely watched on both sides of the Southern border here because he is the first border agent to face federal murder charges for a cross-border shooting.
October 10, 2015, Saturday

Fox Video Featuring Donald Trump Angers United States Soccer Fans

By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Fox Sports 1’s marketing of a Mexico-United States game caused a stir on Friday with a commercial using comments made by Donald J. Trump.
October 10, 2015, Saturday

Locked In on Los Angeles, N.F.L. Owners Weigh Two Plans

By KEN BELSON
Owners met to consider proposals from the Raiders, the Chargers and the Rams to move to Los Angeles next season. They also examined expanding the slate of international games.
October 8, 2015, Thursday

Flow of Central American Children Headed to U.S. Shifts but Doesn’t Slow

By AZAM AHMED
Tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors fleeing violence and poverty are still making a dangerous journey north, though many are now being stopped in Mexico.
October 7, 2015, Wednesday

Los niños migrantes de Centroamérica: rutas distintas, pero la desesperación es la misma

Por AZAM AHMED
Desde octubre de 2013 hasta julio de este año, cerca de 80.000 menores centroamericanos fueron detenidos en la frontera por autoridades estadounidenses.
October 7, 2015, Wednesday

China’s Ambitious Rail Projects Crash Into Harsh Realities in Latin America

By SIMON ROMERO
New worries over China’s economy are also raising doubts about “railroad diplomacy” as parts of Latin America reel from their dependence on China.
October 4, 2015, Sunday

Museum Directors Release Plan to Help Provide Safe Havens for Endangered Antiquties

By SERGE F. KOVALESKI
The group that represents art museum directors has released protocols designed to help the holders of antiquities endangered by vandalism or looting find safe havens at museums.
October 1, 2015, Thursday

Pioneering Female Photographers in Mexico

By EVELYN NIEVES
A new show in New York offers a 90-year survey of women who helped shape the visual narrative of Mexico starting in the decades after its revolution.
October 1, 2015, Thursday

Mexico, Signaling Shift, Extradites Drug Kingpins to United States

By AZAM AHMED
Among the 13 people extradited are two top drug lords, including an American citizen, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, as well as others charged in the murders of U.S. government workers.
October 1, 2015, Thursday

Successful Auction for Oil Drilling Rights in Mexico Follows Weak Debut 

By ELISABETH MALKIN
The Mexican government put five oil production blocks up for auction on Wednesday and awarded three, a much more successful outcome than the first such auction in July.
October 1, 2015, Thursday
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Between Borders: American Migrant Crisisvideo
Between Borders: American Migrant Crisis
From Central America, thousands of children fleeing poverty and danger make multiple attempts to reach the United States despite increased efforts by Mexico to turn them back.
Mexican Minister Seeks Answers in Cairovideo
Mexican Minister Seeks Answers in Cairo
Claudia Ruiz Massieu, the foreign minister of Mexico, traveled to Cairo on Wednesday to demand that an investigation be established into the incident in which 12 Mexican tourists were killed.
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Trump Addresses Cheering Crowd in Dallas
The Republican presidential candidate, Donald J. Trump, spoke at a campaign rally in Dallas on Monday and shared his thoughts on women’s health care, climate change and other issues.
Officials on Death of Mexican Touristsvideo
Officials on Death of Mexican Tourists
Mexico’s foreign minister, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, and Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab of Egypt responded to the accidental killing of tourists in the Egyptian desert, including two Mexicans.
Born in Chiapasslideshow
Born in Chiapas
A look at the traditional midwife in southern Mexico, and at modern inroads into childbirth
In Colorado, Bush Explains Asian Commentvideo
In Colorado, Bush Explains Asian Comment
Jeb Bush, the Republican presidential candidate, responded on Tuesday to a question about his use of the term “anchor babies.”
Footage of the Moment El Chapo Escapedvideo
Footage of the Moment El Chapo Escaped
Closed-circuit video shows the moment Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the drug lord known as El Chapo, disappeared from his cell. Additional video shows the tunnel he used to escape.
Scenes of France’s Bastille Day Paradevideo
Scenes of France’s Bastille Day Parade
France celebrated Bastille Day on Tuesday with President François Hollande, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, watching a parade of military hardware.
Examining Tunnel Used by Drug Lordvideo
Examining Tunnel Used by Drug Lord
Mexico’s attorney general toured a building on Sunday at the end of the tunnel used by the drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as El Chapo, to escape from a maximum-security prison.
How Mexico’s Most-Wanted Drug Lord Escaped From Prison (Again)interactive
How Mexico’s Most-Wanted Drug Lord Escaped From Prison (Again)
See the route that Joaquín Guzmán Loera, a drug kingpin known as El Chapo, used to escape from Mexico’s most secure prison.
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