Mexico: Federal District OKs same-sex marriage

In a first for a Latin American city, Mexico City’s legislature voted 39-20 to permit same-sex marriage. Mayor Marcelo Ebrard is expected to sign the bill.

Mexico: Quintana Roo journalist 12th killed in 2009

José Alberto Velázquez López, owner of the Mexican newspaper Expresiones de Tulum, was shot by a gunman on a motorcycle, bringing to 12 the number of reporters killed this year in the country.

Mexico: grisly vengeance follows Arturo Beltrán Leyva killing

Gunmen attacked the home of the family of the Mexican marine killed in the gun-battle that also claimed the life of kingpin Arturo Beltrán Leyva, killing his mother, brother, sister and aunt.

Mexico: kingpin Arturo Beltrán Leyva killed in shoot-out

Special forces from the Mexican military killed top kingpin Arturo Beltrán Leyva in a firefight in Cuernavaca. The local human rights commission reports one by-stander was also killed.

NAFTA failed Mexico: Carnegie think tank

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace finds that Mexico’s annual per capital growth rate under NAFTA has been slow—1.6% in 1992-2007, compared to 3.5% in 1960-1979.

Amnesty International cites Mexico on Lomas de Poleo land conflict

Amnesty International called on Mexican authorities to protect residents of disputed lands after a woman living in the Lomas de Poleo area of Chihuahua state was shot and injured.

Inter-American Human Rights Court deals rebuke to Mexico in Juárez femicide

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights delivered a sharp rebuke to Mexico, accusing it of inaction in investigating and prosecuting the murders of young women in the border city of Juárez.

Mexico: electrical workers continue protests

Tens of thousands of laid-off Mexican electrical workers and their supporters again took to the streets of the capital to protest President Felipe Calderón’s sudden liquidation of Central Light and Power.

Mexico: anti-mining activist assassinated in Chiapas

An attacker on a motorcycle shot and killed indigenous leader and anti-mining activist Mariano Abarca outside his home in Chicomuselo, in the mountains of southern Mexico’s Chiapas state.

Mexican radio journalist assassinated in Jalisco

After missing work for several days, José Emilio Galindo Robles, the regional director for Radio Universidad de Guadalajara in Ciudad Guzmán, was found dead inside his home.

Mexico: nationwide actions protest layoffs

Tens of thousands of unionists, campesinos and students protested in Mexico City and across the country in solidarity with the 44,000 electrical workers sacked by President Felipe Calderón.

Mexico: judge clears activist in Brad Will murder

A Mexican judge ruled that evidence the government presented against activist Juan Manuel Martínez for the murder of New York-based journalist Brad Will was “false” and “prefabricated.”