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Mexican troops seize 2.6 tonnes of marijuana in bananas

AFP Global Edition 44 days ago

First bricks of cocaine were found stashed in statues of the Virgin Mary, then in a frozen shark. Now, Mexican authorities have seized a load of "over-ripe" bananas bearing 2.6 tonnes of marijuana. Mexico's defense ministry said Wednesday the cargo was found ...

G20 Summit Arrival

AP News 52 days ago

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon arrives at Pittsburgh International Airport in Coraopolis, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. He will be attending the G 20 Summit being held in Pittsburgh.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Copyright 2009 AP News

Gore discusses climate impasse with Mexican leader

AP News 53 days ago

Gore, Mexican president discuss importance of breaking deadlock over climate change treaty Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has met with Mexico's president to discuss the importance of breaking an impasse over a new global warming pact. The office of President Felipe ...

Mexican FM says hardline on drug smuggling working

AP News 54 days ago

AP Exclusive: Mexican Foreign Minister says high violence shows hardline on drugs working Mexico's Foreign Minister said Monday the startlingly high death toll of her government's all-out war against drug trafficking shows the policy is working. But, she conceded, the campaign has ...

World Leaders Gather For G20 Summit In Pittsburgh

Getty Images 57 days ago

PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 25: World leaders pose for a group photo at the G-20 economic summit on September 25, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Standing in the front row (L-R) are South African President Jacob Zuma, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, French PresidentNicolas ...

Gunmen kill 10 patients at Mexico rehab clinic

Reuters US Online Report World News 66 days ago

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen have killed 10 patients in a Mexican rehabilitation clinic, the second such attack this month in the city of Ciudad Juarez on the U.S. border, authorities said on Wednesday. Drug gangs have targeted rehab ...

Mexico's Calderon faces fight over attorney general

Reuters US Online Report World News 67 days ago

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon could struggle to win congressional approval of his nominee for attorney general, further hindering his army-led war against powerful drug cartels. Calderon has named Arturo Chavez as his pick for attorney general in an ...

Mexico charges Bolivian pastor in plane hijacking

AP News 71 days ago

Mexico files sabotage, kidnapping charges in hijacking of Aeromexico flight from Cancun Prosecutors have charged a Bolivian pastor with sabotage, illegal retention of people and attack on a means of transport in this week's hijacking of a plane from the resort city ...

Preacher used juice cans to hijack Mexican jet

AFP Global Edition 72 days ago

A Bolivian preacher who hijacked a Mexican plane saying he was on a divine mission used three juice cans to convince crew members he had a bomb, he later told reporters. Jose Marc Flores Pereira, 44, a Bible-carrying evangelical preacher, singer and ...

Priest on 'divine mission' hijacks Mexican plane

AFP Global Edition 72 days ago

A Protestant priest who hijacked a Mexican plane mid-air with 104 people on board, triggering a brief airport drama, claimed he was on a divine mission, officials said. Bible-carrying Jose Mar Flores Pereira, 44, was said by Mexican officials to have hijacked ...

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