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Chicago link to Mexican mass abduction?
Another major bust of an accused Mexican cartel operative in Chicago this time involves the Guerreros Unidos—the gang named in the the disappearance of 43 college students.
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Mexico: migrant massacre document released
Mexican federal prosecutors have released a document from their probe into a 2010 massacre of migrants—pointing to collusion between local police and Los Zetas.
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Mexico: official Ayotzinapa story questioned
The Mexican government attributes the massacre of students in September entirely to local corruption and drug dealing. A new report raises the possibility of a cover-up.
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Mexico: one of missing students confirmed dead
Austrian experts have identified remains of one of 43 missing Guerrero students. Meanwhile, the authorities want laws to limit the protests over the students' abduction.
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Mexico: protests link Ayotzinapa, Ferguson, Garner
Mexican protesters in the US see a link between police killings in the two countries. "Our governments are working together to oppress us, so why shouldn't we be working together?"
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Mexico: Peña pledges to resolve Ayotzinapa crisis
Mexico's president may have recited a slogan popular with protesters, but crackdowns on activists suggest he isn't about to give in to their demands.
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Mexico: protests growing in ‘failed state’
The US media continue to play down the crisis in Mexico, but investors and foreign leaders are starting to show concern as the protests continue to swell.
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Mexico: students wounded as protests continue
Militant protests over the killing of students from Ayotzinapa still haven't let up after two months. Is the government planning a crackdown?
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US elite starts to doubt ‘Mexican Moment’
Just a few months ago US editors and politicians were gushing over President Peña Nieto and his "reform" agenda. Now they seem to be having second thoughts.
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Mexico: missing students reported dead
Foreign investors remain "very excited with what's happening in Mexico" despite two notorious massacres so far this year. Mexicans see it differently: they continue to protest.
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Mexico: Guerrero governor goes, crisis remains
Last month's assault on teachers' college students in Guerrero continues to kindle rage—and real fires—as Mexico's "narco-government" works on damage control.
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Mexico: Guerrero protesters seize city halls
As the state experiences a social eruption over the killing and disappearance of student activists, a commission reports on the "dirty war" of an earlier era.