Cabeza de Vaca: cartel link alleged.

Senator, candidate aided by cartel: report

Informant gave evidence that Gulf Cartel gave $500,000 for mayoralty campaign

The National Action Party (PAN) is rallying behind a senator and its candidate for governor of Tamaulipas after the newspaper El Norte published that Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca had FULL STORY
chichen itza

Mayan ruins risk loss of 7 Wonders status

Travel agents' group head says there are too many vendors

Renowned as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World since 2007, Chichén Itzá, the complex of Mayan ruins on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, is at risk of losing that distinction FULL STORY
Rosales, left, and Osorio Chong: warmer relations.

Ayotzinapa: real probe begins now: de la Cruz

Parents, officials on better terms; one meeting described as positive

Almost 15 months have gone by since the 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teacher training college went missing, allegedly abducted by corrupt police in the city of Iguala, Guerrero, and FULL STORY
beef cow

US Congress repeals meat labeling rules

Bows to WTO ruling and avoids $1 billion in tariffs by Mexico and Canada

Facing the prospect of a billion dollars a year worth of retaliatory tariffs by Mexico and Canada, the United States Congress today voted to repeal meat labeling rules that violated FULL STORY
Ruiz Esparza and Foxx in Washington today.

Mexico-US accord lifts airline restrictions

Carriers can choose the routes and the frequency they wish

Restrictions on air transportation between Mexico and the United States were lifted today in what U.S. officials described as a “landmark agreement” which leaves airlines from both countries free to FULL STORY
Damage from today's quake in Tonalá.

6.6-magnitude quake registered in Chiapas

No injuries, minor damage reported in quake felt as far away as Mexico City

Neither injuries nor any major damage have been reported this afternoon after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake centered in Chiapas and felt as far away as Mexico City. Broken windows and panic FULL STORY
Authorities investigate a clandestine grave.

Feds find bodies but state out of the loop

Another clandestine grave in Guerrero yields 17 bodies

Seventeen bodies were found earlier this month in a ravine near the town of Chichihualco, Guerrero, but state officials at first denied any such discovery, along with the governor, who asFULL STORY
Wind farms are controversial in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

Wind farm project halted after appeal

Judge grants injunction after native groups protest flawed process

As Mexico strives to find alternatives to non-renewable power sources, finding a balance between development, new technologies and citizens’ concerns is proving difficult, as recent developments in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec have FULL STORY
Anyone listening?

Truly listening means going beyond identity

It starts with getting one's own point of view out of the way, workshop reveals

There used to be a joke making the rounds in L.A. about two doctors going up in an elevator. The internist looks at his friend the psychiatrist, shakes his head, FULL STORY
Bank of México: follows U.S. lead.

Bank follows the Fed, raises interest rate

It's the Bank of México's first rate hike in eight years

Mexico’s central bank raised borrowing costs today for the first time in eight years, in spite of record low inflation, after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised rates yesterday to a FULL STORY
Piñatas: made in Acolman since 1587.

They’ve made piñatas for over 400 years

Acolman's annual fair celebrates a tradition the Spanish monks began

They’ll be knocking the stuffing out of a few piñatas this week in Acolman, the Estado de México town just north of Mexico City that is regarded as the birthplace FULL STORY
Lexmark workers protest in Ciudad Juárez.

Workers let go after strike for 6-peso raise

Lexmark employees in Ciudad Juárez also sought to unionize

Over 100 workers were laid off at a Lexmark plant in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, after going on strike for two days to press for a daily wage increase of 6 FULL STORY