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Mexico launches military push to restore order in Michoacan state
MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government poured army troops -- and high-level delegations -- into western Mexico on Tuesday in a bid to take back control of a region long besieged by a deadly drug cartel. The operation in the Pacific state of Michoacan...
Tags: Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), Armed Forces, Methamphetamine (drug), Mexico, Drug Trafficking
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Cheers greet Mexican soldiers relieving western town cut off from supplies by drug cartel
Associated PressLA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldiers Monday. People in La Ruana in Michoacan state lined the main road to greet more than a dozen...Tags: Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Blackmail and Extortion, Organized Crime
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Opposition dispute rivets Mexico, threatens reforms
MEXICO CITY -- A dramatic rupture in Mexico’s main opposition political party has aired the group’s dirty laundry and also could trip up President Enrique Peña Nieto’s ambitious agenda of reform. The political fireworks riveted Mexicans...
Tags: Media Industry, Elections, Politics, Mexico
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Mexican opposition dispute goes public, threatening reforms
ReutersBy Dave Graham and Miguel Gutierrez MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) - Divisions within Mexico's main conservative opposition party have erupted into a bitter public dispute that threatens to undermine the reform agenda of President Enrique Pena Nieto....Tags: Career and Workplace, Regional Elections, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, Government
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Mexican general sent to quell drug violence in new strategy
ReutersBy Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY, May 16 (Reuters) - A Mexican general took over all police and military operations in a chaotic western state on Thursday in a test run of President Enrique Pena Nieto's new security strategy to tame raging drug violence....Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Rentals, Crime, Law and Justice, Mexico
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Police testing in Mexico inspires little confidence
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Guadalajara police commander Juan Carlos Martinez took Mexico's national police vetting exam in April 2012. He failed. But no one in government would tell him why. A few months later, he received a phone call from a man...
Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Organized Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Mexico, Human Rights
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FACTBOX-Political risks to watch in Mexico
ReutersBy Dave Graham MEXICO CITY, May 7 (Reuters) - President Enrique Pena Nieto is working to defend a pact he made with the opposition to push through economic reforms from accusations that his government has been cheating to help the ruling party in...Tags: Photography and Video, Brazil, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws, National Government
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Obama, visiting Mexico, shifts focus from drug war
MEXICO CITY — Against the backdrop of a deadly drug war and shifting security cooperation, President Obama joined his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Peña Nieto, here Thursday to promote economic integration, trade and jobs. The two leaders sought to...Tags: Career and Workplace, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control
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Obama welcome in Mexico City; his entourage, not so much
This post has been updated. See below. MEXICO CITY — President Obama arrived for his two-day diplomatic mission to Mexico on Thursday afternoon with a 54% favorability rating among Mexicans, according to one national poll [link in Spanish]....
Tags: Heads of State, Government, Mexico City, Politics, National Government
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A Mexican father's plea to two presidents
President Obama has much to discuss with Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, when they meet in Mexico City this week. No issue, however, is more urgent than the search for peace, justice and dignity for and between our peoples. For seven years,...
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Obama visits Mexico; immigration, energy, security in focus
Reuters* Obama keen to highlight Mexico's economic progress * Wants to hear more about drug policy changes * Immigration reform a key issue for U.S. president By Mark Felsenthal and Steve Holland MEXICO CITY, May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Woodrow Wilson, Organized Crime
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Mexican columnists ponder Obama visit, wisdom of drug war
MEXICO CITY — When President Obama arrives in Mexico on Thursday, he and his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Peña Nieto, are expected to focus on economic issues. But in the Mexican press, many columnists this week have been more interested in...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Periodicals, Government, Mexico City, Politics
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