http://www.mail.com/locations/3214-central-america.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/3214-central-america.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861042-33-die-mexico-oil-company-office-building-blast.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — 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 tons of rubble and injuring 121, is being looked at as an accident although all lines of investigation remain open, the head of Petroleos Mexicanos said Friday. As hundreds of emergency worke... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 23:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861042-33-die-mexico-oil-company-office-building-blast.html 2013-02-01T23:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860544-25-dead-101-hurt-mexico-oil-company-blast.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — An explosion at the office headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company killed 25 people and injured 101 on Thursday as it heavily damaged three floors of a building, sending hundreds into the streets and a large plume of smoke over Mexico City's skyline. Rescuers continued to search the rubble for victims trapped in the debris late... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860544-25-dead-101-hurt-mexico-oil-company-blast.html 2013-02-01T04:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860890-mexico-vigilantes-bring-charges-53.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Vigilantes who have taken up arms against drug cartel violence and common crime in southern Mexico announced Thursday they will bring charges ranging from organized crime to kidnapping and extortion against 50 men and three women who they have been holding prisoner at improvised jails. Villagers armed with hunting rifles, old pistols an... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860890-mexico-vigilantes-bring-charges-53.html 2013-02-01T01:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1859622-sacrificial-skull-mound-mexico-puzzles-experts.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Archaeologists say they have turned up about 150 skulls of human sacrifice victims in a field in central Mexico, one of the first times that such a large accumulation of severed heads has been found outside of a major pyramid or temple complex in Mexico. Experts are puzzled by the unexpected find of such a large number of skulls at what... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1859622-sacrificial-skull-mound-mexico-puzzles-experts.html 2013-01-31T21:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1859432-brazil-nightclub-fire-prompts-regional-reaction.html SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian authorities inspected and shuttered night spots around the country on Thursday as part of a crackdown on unsafe public spaces after a deadly nightclub fire left 235 people dead and shocked the nation. Officials in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Mexico followed Brazil's example and tightened scrutiny on their own nightclubs. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1859432-brazil-nightclub-fire-prompts-regional-reaction.html 2013-01-31T20:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855590-brazil-nightclub-owner-blames-country-fire.html SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — The owner of a nightclub in southern Brazil where more than 230 people died in a fire last weekend deflected blame to "the whole country," as well as to architects and inspectors charged with making sure the building was safe, his lawyer said Wednesday. Attorney Jader Marques said his client, Elissandro Spohr, "regretted having ... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1855590-brazil-nightclub-owner-blames-country-fire.html 2013-01-30T23:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1854380-mexico-breaks-up-alleged-border-sex-slavery-cult.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials broke up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border, Mexican immigration authorities said Tuesday. The "Defensores de Cristo" or "Defenders of Christ" allegedly recruited women to have sex with a Spanish man who claimed he was the reincarnation of Christ, according to an... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1854380-mexico-breaks-up-alleged-border-sex-slavery-cult.html 2013-01-30T08:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1855262-suggs-webb-stand-super-bowl-media-day.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Scenes and observations from the NFL's annual Super Bowl media day — interviews with players and team personnel from the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers on the field at the Superdome: Terrell Suggs stood up, threw down his microphone, kicked over his chair with a back heel as he stepped down from his podi... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1855262-suggs-webb-stand-super-bowl-media-day.html 2013-01-30T01:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854108-mexicos-president-mum-drug-violence.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two months after President Enrique Pena Nieto took office promising to reduce violent crime, the killings linked to Mexico's drug cartels continue unabated. Only the government's talk about them has dropped. Eighteen members of a band and its retinue were kidnapped and apparently slain over the weekend in the northern border state of Nu... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854108-mexicos-president-mum-drug-violence.html 2013-01-29T23:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851666-guatemala-ex-dictator-to-stand-trial-genocide.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Monday. Human rights advocates have said that the prosecution of Jose Efrain Rios Montt would be an important sy... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851666-guatemala-ex-dictator-to-stand-trial-genocide.html 2013-01-29T01:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1851834-surviving-band-member-leads-police-to-bodies.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — The Colombian-style music group was playing at a ranch in northern Mexico when at least 10 gunmen entered the warehouse where the private party was being held and forced them and several crew members into waiting vehicles, a survivor of the attack told authorities. Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said the survivor... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1851834-surviving-band-member-leads-police-to-bodies.html 2013-01-29T01:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852232-arrests-us-borders-up-year.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 in arrests, according to Border Patrol arrest data obtained by The Associated Press. In the budget year that ended in September, Border Patrol agents arrested 356,873 would-be border cross... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852232-arrests-us-borders-up-year.html 2013-01-28T23:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1851678-mexican-church-sparks-debate-forgiving-killers.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — An order of Roman Catholic priests in Mexico has produced a video urging relatives of drug cartel victims to adopt a Christ-like forgiveness by pardoning even the killers, hitting a sensitive nerve in a country that has suffered an estimated 70,000 estimated drug gang killings or more. The 10-minute video entitled "Brother Narco," prese... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1851678-mexican-church-sparks-debate-forgiving-killers.html 2013-01-28T21:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845004-mexicos-legal-soul-search-frenchwoman-freed.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans are engaged in national soul searching over their country's flawed justice system as newly freed Florence Cassez, earlier convicted of and sentenced for being part of a kidnapping ring, makes the celebrity circuit in her native France. While Cassez received a hero's welcome home, meeting with French President Francois Hollande ... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1845004-mexicos-legal-soul-search-frenchwoman-freed.html 2013-01-25T20:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845300-1st-woman-to-lead-combat-thrilled-with-change.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. Army Capt. Linda L. Bray says her male superiors were incredulous upon hearing she had ably led a platoon of military police officers through a firefight during the 1989 invasion of Panama. Instead of being lauded for her actions, the first woman in U.S. history to lead male troops in combat said higher-ranking officers ac... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845300-1st-woman-to-lead-combat-thrilled-with-change.html 2013-01-25T08:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1843932-honduras-pay-bills-neglects-services.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Street surveillance cameras in one of the world's most dangerous cities were turned off last week because Honduras' government hasn't paid millions of dollars it owes. The operator that runs them is now threatening to suspend police radio service as well. Teachers have been demonstrating almost every day because they haven't b... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1843932-honduras-pay-bills-neglects-services.html 2013-01-24T21:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1842948-mexico-france-divided-release-frenchwoman.html PARIS (AP) — 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 kidnapping charges and a flawed trial made Frenchwoman Florence Cassez a cause celebre in France, where her innocence seemed nearly beyond question upon her return. Even though the court that ordered h... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1842948-mexico-france-divided-release-frenchwoman.html 2013-01-24T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1841828-mexican-court-frees-frenchwoman-kidnapping-case.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Frenchwoman who had spent seven years in prison in Mexico on kidnapping charges was flying back to Paris on Thursday after Mexico's Supreme Court ordered her freed because of flaws in her trial, bringing a close to a case that had strained relations between the countries. Florence Cassez's arrest, trial and 60-year prison sentence mad... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1841828-mexican-court-frees-frenchwoman-kidnapping-case.html 2013-01-24T09:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834392-mexico-self-defense-squads-battle-violence.html AYUTLA, Mexico (AP) — 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 shod in the muddy, broken boots of a farmer. Haltingly, he told how his cousin's body was found in a mass grave with about 40 other victims of a drug gang. Apparently, the cousin had c... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1834392-mexico-self-defense-squads-battle-violence.html 2013-01-21T17:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831918-mexico-city-pushes-order-with-parking-meters.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — 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 water jugs, cardboard boxes, buckets, crates and even blocks of cement. As visitors start arriving for the district's restaurants, organic food stores, boutiques and art galleries, the men... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831918-mexico-city-pushes-order-with-parking-meters.html 2013-01-19T22:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827526-us-commandos-boost-numbers-to-train-mexican-forces.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexico's bloody drug war with a new U.S.-based special operations headquarters to teach Mexican security forces how to hunt drug cartels the same way special operations teams hunt al-Qaida, according to documents and interviews with multiple U.S. officials. Such assistance could help newly elected Mexi... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827526-us-commandos-boost-numbers-to-train-mexican-forces.html 2013-01-17T23:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1820276-54000-mexicans-sign-petition-us-gun-control.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than 54,000 Mexicans have signed a petition calling on the United States to take further steps to combat weapons trafficking. Mexico says the majority of guns used by the country's violent drug cartels are smuggled over the border from the United States. Mexico's best-known anti-violence activist and a prominent intellectual presen... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1820276-54000-mexicans-sign-petition-us-gun-control.html 2013-01-14T19:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1815876-mexico-dog-mutilated-drug-traffickers-recovers.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — A dog reportedly mutilated by Mexican drug traffickers is recovering at a sanctuary for abused and abandoned dogs. Sanctuary owner Patricia Ruiz says Pay de Limon, or Lemon Pie, was fitted with prosthetic front legs last year. The Belgian shepherd mix now walks, jumps and runs. Ruiz says the dog was left in a trash can to die after his ... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1815876-mexico-dog-mutilated-drug-traffickers-recovers.html 2013-01-13T05:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1814482-mexicans-protest-dog-detentions-tests-negative.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Dozens of protesters chanting "Free the dogs, arrest the criminals!" demonstrated outside Mexico City police headquarters Friday, demanding the release of 57 stray dogs seized over five suspected mauling deaths in recent weeks. The protesters said the dogs are innocent, and many claimed the victims were probably killed by humans. They a... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1814482-mexicans-protest-dog-detentions-tests-negative.html 2013-01-12T00:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1812622-mexicans-doubt-dog-death-theory-despite-evidence.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a country beset by the most gruesome forms of drug violence, many residents of the capital are rejecting the theory of prosecutors that stray dogs killed as many as five people in recent weeks at a hilltop park in the middle of one of the world's biggest cities. It is easier for victims' relatives like Ana Maria Martinez to believe c... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1812622-mexicans-doubt-dog-death-theory-despite-evidence.html 2013-01-10T23:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1809388-officials-5th-killing-mexico-dog-pack.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — A 15-year-old girl found fatally bitten by dogs outside a Mexico City park in mid-December may have been the first victim of a feral pack suspected of killing at least four other people over the last month, prosecutors said Wednesday. Authorities began capturing dogs in the park this week after a mother and her infant boy were found dea... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1809388-officials-5th-killing-mexico-dog-pack.html 2013-01-09T22:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1807054-mexico-city-feral-dog-killings-open-debate.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — 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 maulings that have set off a fierce debate about how to handle the thousands of stray dogs that roam this massive city. Authorities have captured 25 dogs near the scene of the attacks in the ca... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1807054-mexico-city-feral-dog-killings-open-debate.html 2013-01-09T00:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1806702-guatemala-builds-private-city-to-escape-crime.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The highway climbs toward the edge of Guatemala City, past deep ravines where the poorest residents of the capital live in thousands of cinderblock huts, roofed with plastic sheets and powered by black cables stealing electricity from nearby lampposts. Seven miles (11 kilometers) south of the historic center, the rutted, two-lane roa... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1806702-guatemala-builds-private-city-to-escape-crime.html 2013-01-08T18:47:00Z