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Remains of 15 found in ancient Mexican settlement
Archaeologists in Mexico City have unearthed the skulls and other bones of 15 people, most of them the children of traveling merchants during Aztec ...
'Lucha Libre' comes to poor Mexico city districts
Their images may strike fear but when Crazy Clown, Black Fury and Big Mama step into the ring their cause is just: bringing Mexico's beloved lucha ...
Students march against Mexico's election result
Tens of thousands of people marched in Mexico's capital on Saturday to protest Enrique Pena Nieto's apparent win in the country's presidential ...
Pena Nieto's win confirmed by Mexico vote count
The official count in Mexico's presidential election concluded on Friday with results showing that former ruling party candidate Enrique Pena Nieto ...
Official count confirms Pena Nieto win in Mexico
The official count of Mexico's presidential election confirmed the victory of Enrique Pena Nieto, the candidate seeking to return the former ...
New Mexican president could target small gangs
Mexico's next president has boldly promised to halve the number of kidnappings and murders during his six-year term by moving law enforcement away ...
Mexico recounting more than half presidential vote
Mexican electoral authorities said Wednesday they are recounting more than half the ballot boxes used in the weekend's presidential election after ...
Accusations grow of vote-buying in Mexico election
Thousands of people rushed to stores to redeem pre-paid gift cards they said were given to them previously by the party that won Mexico's presidency, ...
Accusations grow of vote-buying Mexico election
Thousands of people rushed to stores on Tuesday to redeem pre-paid gift cards they said were given them by the party that won Mexico's presidency, ...
Mexico's leftists again question presidential vote
Pre-election polls on Mexico's presidential vote had projected that leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador would lose by a ...
Mexico's next president faces uphill fight
The apparent victor of Mexico's presidential race, Enrique Pena Nieto, struggled Monday with the sticky bonds of his party's notorious past, the ...
Mexico returns former ruling party to power
Mexico's old guard sailed back into power after a 12-year hiatus Sunday as the official preliminary vote count handed a victory to Enrique Pena Nieto, ...
Worries about vote buying despite Mexican reforms
Political reforms in Mexico have made it much harder to steal an election, officials say. But a lot of people think you can still buy one. As voters ...
Mexican drug cartels work to sway local vote
Before the sun climbed above the hills around this central Mexican town, Saul Garcia and his family awoke to the sound of bullets piercing the front ...
Middle class will be key in Mexico elections
Middle class voters like Gerardo Olivo helped drive Mexico's ruling party from power 12 years ago, ending its seven decades of rule. Now the same ...
Mexico doctors remove child's 33-pound tumor
Mexican doctors say they have removed a 33-pound (15-kilogram) tumor from the body of a 2-year-old child who weighed only 26 pounds (12 kilograms). Dr
Mexico airport shooting points to running problems
From cash in chili pepper cans to cocaine in cardboard boxes, Mexico City's international airport has long been considered the capital's main ...
Mexico front-runner draws crowds, protests
With a promise to "leave behind the practices of the old politics," Mexican presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto held his first and only mass ...
Fading political left still thrives in Mexico City
When it comes to the presidency, Mexico's voters are fed up and ready to throw the ruling the party out. But in the nation's capital, the progressive ...
Films highlight Mexico's dark political past
The political thriller begins with a stunning piece of reality: actual footage of a man pressing a revolver against a presidential candidate's right ...
Mexico volcano spews glowing rock, tower of ash
A 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) volcano outside Mexico City exhaled dozens of towering plumes of ash and shot fragments of glowing rock down its slopes ...