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33 die in Mexico oil company office building blast
A blast that collapsed the lower floors of a building in the headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company, crushing at least 33 people beneath ...
Mexico breaks up alleged border sex-slavery cult
Mexican officials broke up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border, Mexican immigration ...
Arrests along US borders up in last year
A year after Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal border crossers plunged to the lowest levels in nearly 40 years agents have seen a slight increase ...
Mexico's legal soul search after Frenchwoman freed
Mexicans are engaged in national soul searching over their country's flawed justice system as newly freed Florence Cassez, earlier convicted of and ...
Mexico, France divided on release of Frenchwoman
She left Mexico to jeers of "killer!" but touched down Thursday in Paris to the fanfare of a state welcome. Seven years in prison in Mexico on ...
Mexican court frees Frenchwoman in kidnapping case
A Frenchwoman who became a cause celebre in her homeland after she was sentenced to 60 years in a Mexican prison for kidnapping left on a late-night ...
Mexican court orders release of French woman
A Mexican Supreme Court panel voted Wednesday to release Florence Cassez, a Frenchwoman who says she was unjustly sentenced to 60 years in prison for ...
Mexican lawyer: Frenchwoman may be acquitted
The lawyer of a Frenchwoman who claims she was unjustly sentenced to 60 years in prison for kidnapping says she could be acquitted soon. The lawyer ...
In Mexico, self-defense squads battle violence
The young man at the roadside checkpoint wept softly behind the red bandanna that masked his face. At his side was a relic revolver, and his feet were ...
Mexico City pushes for order with parking meters
Every day before dawn, dozens of men appear in the Mexican capital's hip Condesa neighborhood and block off parking spaces along entire streets using ...
2 Spaniards found in Mexico after abduction
Prosecutors in western Mexico say two Spanish men have been found beaten a week after they were reported abducted in the western state of Michoacan.
Mexico loses right to host 2015 equestrian finals
The International Equestrian Federation has withdrawn hosting rights for the 2015 World Cup Finals from Guadalajara, Mexico, and will offer them to ...
Mexico City feral dog killings open debate
Police scoured a hilly urban park for feral dogs and tested dozens of captured animals on Tuesday in a hunt for those responsible for four fatal ...
Maza to leave Stuttgart, return to native Mexico
Stuttgart says defender Maza is leaving the Bundesliga club to return to his native Mexico. Maza will join the America club based in Mexico City.
Mexico's Maya heartland greets dawn of new era
Dec. 21 started out as the prophetic day some had believed would usher in the fiery end of the world. By Friday afternoon, it had become more comic ...
Hot spots draw believers, but not doomsday
As the sun rose from time zone to time zone across the world on Friday, there was still no sign of the world's end — but that didn't stop those ...
Mexico's Mayas face Dec. 21 with ancestral calm
Amid a worldwide frenzy of advertisers and new-agers preparing for a Maya apocalypse, one group is approaching Dec. 21 with calm and equanimity — the ...
Fast and Furious gun buyer sentenced to prison
A man who purchased two rifles found at the scene of the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent north of the U.S.-Mexico border was sentenced ...
Chelsea dealing with jet leg ahead of semifinal
Chelsea is struggling to get over jet lag ahead of Thursday's Club World Cup semifinal against Monterrey of Mexico. Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez ...
Gypsies take curious route through US to asylum
A minivan with California license plates and a dozen passengers zipped across the border between Vermont and Quebec in October, heading north in a ...
McAfee says he's left Belize, is still on run
Software company founder John McAfee said Monday he has fled from Belize using a bizarre ruse, adding yet another chapter in what threatens to become ...
Soldiers: Mexico beauty queen had gun in her hands
A Mexican beauty queen killed over the weekend in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and soldiers likely was being used as a human shield, ...