| Trial of Mexican drug gang opens in San Diego
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AP - Two members of a breakaway Mexican drug gang dissolved their victims' corpses in vats of acid in a gruesome display of Mexican cartel tactics played out on U.S. soil, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday. |
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| El Paso residents accustomed to gunfire in Mexico
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AP - El Paso residents say they're accustomed to hearing gunfire across the border in Juarez, Mexico, and won't be taking any additional safety measures after a woman shopping in the West Texas city was struck by one of the bullets. |
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| Biden to travel to Mexico, Honduras
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AP - Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Mexico and Honduras next month. |
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| Medical officials find mercury in lightening cream
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AP - California health officials became alarmed when a 39-year-old Mexican-American woman in Alameda County was diagnosed with mercury poisoning, giving her headaches, numbness, depression and forgetfulness. |
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| Inmates start fire inside Mexico prison
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AP - Inmates set fire to mattresses and trash Tuesday after officials announced that three prisoners would be moved from the prison where 44 gangs members were massacred this week to a maximum security jail in western Mexico. |
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| 3 Texas gun-trafficking suspects sentenced
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AP - Three Texas men whom federal officials say were linked to a gun used in a U.S. agent's death in Mexico were sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to weapons charges. |
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| Mother pushing stroller in Texas hit with bullet from Mexico
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Reuters - A woman pushing her child in a stroller in downtown El Paso, Texas, was struck by an assault rifle bullet fired from across the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Tuesday, mayor John Cook said. |
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| Wolf reintroduction in Mexico off to rocky start
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AP - The reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves to a mountain range just south of the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an effort to re-establish the endangered species is off to a rocky start. |
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| Zetas break out of prison in Mexico. Who are they?
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| Authorities searching for Idaho woman and 3 kids
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AP - Authorities say an Idaho woman accused of taking her three children in a custody squabble may be in the Phoenix metropolitan area on the way to Mexico. |
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| Latino group seeks probe into Ariz. sheriff
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AP - A Latino rights organization has asked for a federal investigation into an Arizona sheriff seeking the GOP nomination for a congressional seat who was forced to confirm he is gay amid allegations of misconduct made by a Mexican immigrant with whom he had a relationship. |
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| Inmate massacre highlights Mexico jail corruption
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 AP - Nine guards have confessed to helping Zetas drug gangsters escape from prison before other Zetas slaughtered 44 rival inmates, a state official said late Monday, underlining the enormous corruption inside Mexico's overcrowded, underfunded prisons.
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