Mexico

Mexico: EZLN supporter killed in Chiapas strife

Supporters of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) in Mexico's Chiapas state charge that a rival group is responsible for violence in which a Zapatista follower was killed.

Mexico

Mexico: thousands protest ‘Televisa law’

A proposed telecommunications law in Mexico is supposed to undercut monopolies and provide for free expression; opponents say it will do the opposite, and are mobilizaing.

Mexico

Mexico: HP fined in latest Pemex scandal

Hewlett-Packard is being fined for bribing oil company officials in Mexico; meanwhile, the US is investigating possible corruption in Citigroup's Mexican operations.

Mexico

Mexico: gas pipeline opponents arrested

Popular organizations in south-central Mexico announced protests to demand the liberation of three campesinos detained in connection with opposition to a new gas pipeline.

Mexico

Mexico: four die in Chiapas land dispute

Twenty years after the uprising by the indigenous Zapatistas, land issues continue to produce violence in the Chiapas highlands–sometimes with outside encouragement.

Mexico

Michoacán cartel boss ‘killed’ —again!

For the second time in four years, Mexican authorities announced the death of Michoacán's top drug lord Nazario Moreno AKA "El Chayo" in a shoot-out with federal police.

Mexico

Michoacán crackdown on narco-mineral nexus

Mexican authorities seized 119,000 tons of iron ore at Michoacán's Pacific seaport of Lázaro Cardenas, following tips about drug cartels exporting black-market ore to China.