http://www.mail.com/people/7672-felipe-calderon.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/7672-felipe-calderon.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103732-mexico-cartel-dominates-torches-western.html LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — The farm state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of terror. The Knights Templar cartel is extorting protection payments from cattlemen, lime growers and businesses such as butchers, promp... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:07:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103732-mexico-cartel-dominates-torches-western.html 2013-05-22T23:07:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100942-soldiers-flood-western-mexico-to-protect-towns.html COALCOMAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's top security officials promised Tuesday that a new federal offensive to rescue towns besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state would stay "until there is security and peace for all state residents." Interior Secretary Miguel Osorio Chong and his national security team met with local officials ... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:23:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2100942-soldiers-flood-western-mexico-to-protect-towns.html 2013-05-21T21:23:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099386-besieged-mexican-town-cheers-arrival-soldiers.html LA 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 troop transports and heavily armed Humvees with applause and shouts of joy. The town's supplies had been blo... Tue, 21 May 2013 04:38:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099386-besieged-mexican-town-cheers-arrival-soldiers.html 2013-05-21T04:38:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059396-obama-mexican-president-talk-economy-security.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama sought on Thursday to tamp down a potential rift with Mexico over a dramatic shift in the cross-border fight against drug trafficking and organized crime, acceding that Mexicans had the right to determine how best to tackle the violence that has plagued their country. Since taking office in December, Mexican Presi... Fri, 03 May 2013 00:19:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2059396-obama-mexican-president-talk-economy-security.html 2013-05-03T00:19:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057872-obama-to-pitch-immigration-overhaul-mexico.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has his top domestic ambition at the head of his agenda as he travels to Mexico on Thursday. To sell his immigration overhaul back home, he needs a growing economy in Mexico and a Mexican president willing to help him secure the border. Obama was flying to Mexico City Thursday to meet with President Enrique Pena Ni... Thu, 02 May 2013 16:10:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057872-obama-to-pitch-immigration-overhaul-mexico.html 2013-05-02T16:10:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057158-security-casts-shadow-obamas-mexico-trip.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is seeking to refocus economic relations between the U.S. and Mexico, even as fresh questions about security cooperation threaten to cast a shadow over the president's visit to the southern neighbor. Obama also will use his three-day trip, which begins Thursday and includes a stop in Costa Rica, to highlight the im... Wed, 01 May 2013 22:58:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057158-security-casts-shadow-obamas-mexico-trip.html 2013-05-01T22:58:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2052704-mexico-ends-open-access-us-security-agencies.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is ending its unprecedented open relationship with U.S. security agencies that developed in recent years to fight drug trafficking and organized crime. All contact for U.S. law enforcement will now go through "a single window," the federal Interior Ministry, the agency that controls security and domestic policy, said Sergio Alcoc... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:22:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2052704-mexico-ends-open-access-us-security-agencies.html 2013-04-30T02:22:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2041344-once-touted-corruption-cases-collapse-mexico.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Some of Mexico's most high-profile corruption cases have unraveled recently on thin or made-up evidence, reinforcing long-held notions that the Attorney General's Office is more focused on political vendettas or favors than justice. Among the cases to collapse or suffer setbacks are those of a former drug czar and a former No. 2 in the ... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:09:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2041344-once-touted-corruption-cases-collapse-mexico.html 2013-04-24T23:09:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980696-drug-war-death-tolls-guess-without-bodies.html REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — Heavy gunfire echoed along the main thoroughfare and across several neighborhoods in a firefight that lasted for hours, leaving perforated and burned vehicles scattered across the border city. Social media exploded with reports of dozens dead. Witnesses saw at least 12. But the hours of intense gun battles in Reynosa on March 10 gav... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:34:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1980696-drug-war-death-tolls-guess-without-bodies.html 2013-03-26T19:34:04Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1928942-mexicos-ruling-party-yes-to-energy-reform.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's ruling party changed its platform on Sunday to allow for private investment in the oil industry, paving the way for a possible overhaul of a state-owned company that is seen as a pillar of the nation. Nearly 5,000 members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, also known as the PRI, voted unanimously at their national conven... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:28:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1928942-mexicos-ruling-party-yes-to-energy-reform.html 2013-03-04T00:28:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1918104-mexico-plays-hardball-jailing-union-boss.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The arrest of Mexico's most powerful union leader echoes the hardball tactics of Mexico's once-imperial presidency while pushing forward an education reform that Enrique Pena Nieto has made a centerpiece of his new administration. Elba Esther Gordillo, known for flashing her Hermes handbags and heels, stood behind bars Wednesday in a gr... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:44:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1918104-mexico-plays-hardball-jailing-union-boss.html 2013-02-28T04:44:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1917104-mexico-26121-missing-drug-war.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — An official count shows at least 26,121 people were reported missing during the term of President Felipe Calderon, who launched the country's offensive against drug cartels, Mexico's new administration said Tuesday. Lia Limon, the Interior Department's subsecretary for human rights, said the list used data from local prosecutors across ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:08:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1917104-mexico-26121-missing-drug-war.html 2013-02-26T23:08:59Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1890200-mexican-artist-turns-guns-musical-instruments.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The guns that have caused so many deaths in northern Mexico are now making music. Mechanical hammers ping against ammunition magazines from assault rifles. Gun barrels cut to different lengths ring like marimbas. Pistol parts strike metal plates, like cymbals, to create rhythmic, syncopated sounds. "It's important to... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1890200-mexican-artist-turns-guns-musical-instruments.html 2013-02-13T21:55:00Z 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/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/1783680-list-1000s-missing-raises-doubts-mexico.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal police officer Luis Angel Leon Rodriguez disappeared in 2009 along with six fellow police as they headed to the western state of Michoacan to fight drug traffickers. Since then, his mother, Araceli Rodriguez, has taken it into her own hands to investigate her son's disappearance and has publicized the case inside and outside Mex... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1783680-list-1000s-missing-raises-doubts-mexico.html 2012-12-22T19:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1774644-mexico-80-cartels-work-country.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's new attorney general said Tuesday that as many as 80 small and medium-size drug cartels are operating in the country, a number far higher than the last formal government assessment. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam's critique extended an attack by the new Mexican government on the security policy of former President Felipe ... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1774644-mexico-80-cartels-work-country.html 2012-12-18T22:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1773348-too-big-to-jail-execs-avoid-laundering-charges.html NEW YORK (AP) — When the Justice Department announced its record $1.9 billion settlement against British bank HSBC last week, prosecutors called it a powerful blow to a dysfunctional institution accused of laundering money for Iran, Libya and Mexico's murderous drug cartels. But to some former federal prosecutors, it was only the latest case of the govern... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1773348-too-big-to-jail-execs-avoid-laundering-charges.html 2012-12-18T19:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1757370-ap-interview-mexico-leader-to-continue-drug-fight.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Newly elected President Enrique Pena Nieto says he will continue combatting all illegal drug production and trafficking in Mexico, including marijuana, despite its legalization in two U.S. states and liberalized use for medical purposes in others. In an interview with The Associated Press late Monday on goals for his new administration,... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1757370-ap-interview-mexico-leader-to-continue-drug-fight.html 2012-12-11T06:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757090-mexican-leader-proposes-sweeping-education-reform.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto is proposing sweeping reforms to a public education system widely seen as moribund, taking on an iron-fisted union leader who is considered the country's most powerful woman and the main obstacle to change. Flanked by the leaders of Mexico's three major political parties, Pena Nieto said Monday that he would... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757090-mexican-leader-proposes-sweeping-education-reform.html 2012-12-10T22:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736000-mexico-swears-president-amid-violent-protests.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Enrique Pena Nieto took the oath of office as Mexico's new president Saturday vowing to restore peace and security and take on the vested interests that have hindered economic prosperity. As several hundred protesters threw fire bombs at police and smashed plate glass windows, Pena Nieto marked the return of the Institutional Revolution... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736000-mexico-swears-president-amid-violent-protests.html 2012-12-02T01:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731976-mexicos-president-calderon-fell-short-goals.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — When he came to power six years ago, President Felipe Calderon set goals to alleviate poverty, create jobs and increase public safety. As he winds up his term at the end of this week, Calderon leaves Mexico with fiscal stability that saved the country from collapse during the world's economic crisis, but with far greater violence, very ... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731976-mexicos-president-calderon-fell-short-goals.html 2012-11-30T01:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1728902-dallas-trucker-talks-time-mexican-prison.html DALLAS (AP) — Jabin Bogan spent seven months sleeping on the floor of a cell in a maximum-security Mexican prison, detained after he accidentally crossed the border at El Paso with 268,000 bullets in his truck. Nine people lived in Bogan's cell, with just five beds. Only one spoke English. Bogan said he didn't eat for three weeks. He constantly wondered i... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1728902-dallas-trucker-talks-time-mexican-prison.html 2012-11-28T21:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1721408-immigrants-struggle-to-cope-sandys-aftermath.html NEW YORK (AP) — Superstorm Sandy plunged some immigrants living illegally in the U.S. into darkness and even deeper into the shadows. Some of those who need help to get temporary housing and food are afraid to come forward because they risk deportation. And many have returned to damaged, powerless, moldy homes because they have no other place to stay. ... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1721408-immigrants-struggle-to-cope-sandys-aftermath.html 2012-11-24T18:29:00Z