Body cameras caught 40 trapped migrants
They were held in an unventilated semi-trailer for up to five hours
Video footage has been released of migrants who had been trapped for four to five hours in a sweltering semi-trailer in Texas. Sheriff’s deputies in Frio County were wearing body FULL STORY
Comrades in arms are now sworn enemies
The cannibalistic machinations of Mexico's Left
It was just a few days ago that Ricardo Monreal, the winning candidate in the election for chief of the Cuauhtémoc borough in Mexico City, assumed office. A member of the National FULL STORY
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Costly and ill-fated monuments to waste
Coahuila has several public works projects that have served no useful purpose
Government spending on public works should bring beneficial results for both government and citizens, but in practice it often leads to useless monuments to delusion and waste. In Coahuila are found the latest examples in aFULL STORY
With extension cords, festivities go ahead
Buying a PV condo, step 15: It was Christmas 2011, and we were home
So here we were, my wife, two children (Olivia and James) and a seething me at Christmas 2011, and still not in our condo. We had been deserted by our FULL STORY
Voters approve center but battle continues
Opponents of Oaxaca convention center claim to have received death threats
A referendum on a controversial convention center in Oaxaca city has been concluded, but not so the controversy. The leading opponents of the facility, whose construction has already begun on FULL STORY
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VW workers worried as Saturday shifts cut
Hiring frozen as well, but work continues at Audi plant, due to open in 2016
There is fear over the future among employees at the Volkwagen assembly plant in the state of Puebla, but the governor remains optimistic, particularly as the company’s new Audi plantFULL STORY
Attacks carried out after inhaling solvent
'The Slasher' linked to attacks on seven, two of whom died
Authorities say they have arrested The Slasher of Chimalhuacán, a 20-year-old woman who used a knife to attack seven people, two of whom died as a result. Itzel Nayeli García FULL STORY
Mexico wins 2 awards as cultural destination
Mérida museum, Mexico City recognized in Leading Cultural Destination awards
Mexico was recognized as a leading cultural destination last night when it earned two international awards at a ceremony in London, England. The Gran Museo del Mundo Maya in Mérida, FULL STORY
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New governor says no to luxury home, estate
'This was a house of arrogance, egotism and bad taste'
Austerity measures are under way in the state of Nuevo León, which included shuttering the governor’s digs this week. One of the first public acts of Jaime Rodríguez Calderón as the FULL STORY
Teachers plan strike in two states Monday
In Oaxaca and Guerrero, unions continue to press for dialogue
Education reform “is here to stay,” said the federal Education Secretary this week, but dissident teachers’ unions in Oaxaca and Guerrero continue to disagree. Leaders of the CNTE, in Oaxaca, FULL STORY
Poppy cultivation up 50% in Mexico: DEA
Drug enforcement chief says heroin consumption, fatal overdoses up as well
There has been a 50% increase in opium poppy cultivation in Guerrero and the Golden Triangle region — which takes in parts of Durango, Sinaloa and Chihuahua, triggering a big FULL STORY
Let experts question military: rights chief
UN Human Rights Commissioner also urged armed forces be retired from policing
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Mexico to allow questioning the military by an experts group that is conducting an inquiry into the Ayotzinapa investigation, and warned that FULL STORY
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