Mexico's Network for Solidarity and Against Repression is calling for international support for the Zapatista base communities in Chiapas state following a wave of attacks.
Mexican security forces announced the arrest of a top leader of the New Generation drug cartel, based in the western state of Jalisco, and linked to the Michoacán violence.
US officials and media insisted that Mexico's economy was sound as they pushed NAFTA in 1993; meanwhile, they were getting ready to bail out the peso.
Mexico's government signed an accord with Michoacán's "community police" network, calling for the self-defense militias to be incorporated into the official security forces.
Michoacán's blood-drenched Knights Templar cartel have amassed a land empire in the Mexican state, using the avocado industry to launder narco profits.
Mexican federal police arrested 38 people across violence-torn Michoacán state, claiming a blow against the notorious Knights Templar drug cartel.
Up to 12 were reported dead after Mexican army troops were sent in to take back Michocacán villages from the "community police" vigilante force.
Some 100 gunmen from a "community police" force in Mexico's Michoacán state seized the town of Nueva Italia—precipiatating a shoot-out with the Knights Templar cartel.
Campesinos in Zacatecas state say a Canadian mining multinational "took advantage of their ignorance" when they agreed to rent out their land for a pittance.
A "commando" of six gunmen gained access to a Mexican prison, killed four inmates in their sleep, and then tried to shoot their way out, sparking a bloody fire-fight.
Residents of Mexico City's San Pedro Márti barrio pledge to continue resisting construction of a gas station despite the eviction of their protest encampment.
The Nahua indigenous community of Zacualpan, Colima state, pledge to resist expansion of a Canadian-owned gold mine in their territory, citing a threat to local waters.
