Mexico: electrical workers plan hunger strike

The Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) announced that some 2,300 members were planning to start a mass hunger strike in Mexico City’s central plaza, the Zócalo.

Mexico: army kills two students in “drug war”

As of March 26 sources in the Mexican military had admitted that it was probably soldiers who killed two students the early morning of March 20 in front of a prestigious university in Monterrey.

Our readers write: US intervention in Mexico?

If violence continues to escalate in northern Mexico, will the US intervene militarily? Will it happen this year? Our readers weigh in…

Merida Initiative retooled at Mexico City summit

Top leaders from the US and Mexico agreed to emphasize intelligence coordination in the next $331 million phase of the Merida Initiative following discussions in Mexico City.

Cartel gunmen block roads in northern Mexico

Presumed narco-gunmen blocked highways in the area of Mexico’s northern industrial hub of Monterrey, seizing cars, buses and ambulances from motorists and using them to clog the lanes.

Mexico: Guerrero narco-violence breaks grisly record

At least 15 people were killed—four of them beheaded and left in public places—in Acapulco, part of a wave of violence that left 29 dead in 24 hours around Mexico’s Guerrero state.

Mexico: same-sex couples set for conjugal bliss

There were celebrations in Mexico City’s downtown Alameda park as 31 same-sex couples applied for marriage licenses under a new law that took effect in the Federal District.

Mexico: police stage protest after deadly ambush outside Monterrey

Municipal police in a suburb of Mexico’s northern industrial hub of Monterrey staged protests outside their precinct stations after three were killed in an ambush.

Cancún summit creates new hemispheric group

The Latin America and Caribbean Unity Summit in Cancún ended with an agreement to form a provisionally named “Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.”

Mexico: two Otomí women sentenced for “kidnapping”

A Mexican judge upheld a 21-year prison term for two indigenous women charged with “kidnapping” six federal agents. Amnesty International says the women were “framed.”

Mexico: violent evictions in Chiapas rainforest clear land for biofuels?

Forced displacements by federal police of peasant settlements in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve follow a new initiative to establish biofuel production in Chiapas.

US closes Reynosa consular office as Mexican narco-violence spirals

The US closed its consular office in the border city of Reynosa citing local narco-violence, as killings, abductions, torture and beaheadings were reported across Mexico.