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Mexican Supreme Court Recognizes Gay Marriage

All the country's states must recognize Mexico City unions

(Newser) - Mexico's Supreme Court ruled yesterday that all 31 states must recognize same-sex marriages performed in the capital, though its decision does not force those states to begin marrying gay couples in their territory. In a 9-2 decision, the tribunal cited an article of the constitution requiring states to recognize legal...

Mexico Ex Prez: Legalize Drugs

Legalization will reduce cartels' power: Fox

(Newser) - Mexico's war on drugs has been a failure and the country should consider legalizing them, according to former President Vicente Fox. Fox—in a blog post sharply critical of his successor Felipe Calderon's hardline policies—stresses that he doesn't believe drugs are good, but that he believes legalizing them will...

Baby Who Revived in Coffin Dies

Premature Mexican girl woke during her own wake

(Newser) - Authorities in central Mexico say a newborn baby girl who was declared dead but later revived inside her coffin has died. Hidalgo state attorney general Jose Rodriguez says the baby died of asphyxia, three days after being declared dead the first time by a doctor in the town of Tulancingo....

Dead Baby Comes Back to Life Inside Her Coffin

She begins crying at her wake

(Newser) - A newborn declared dead at a Mexico hospital disagreed with the diagnosis during her wake. An odd noise began to come from her tiny coffin during the service, prompting her parents to open it, only to find the infant crying, and very much alive, reports AP . She's now in stable...

Eight Severed Heads Dumped in Mexican City

4 journalists reported missing in Durango

(Newser) - Police acting on tips have found eight severed heads dumped in pairs along roads in Durango, Mexico. The victims all appear to be males between the ages of 25 and 30, but cops haven’t identified them or found their bodies, the BBC reports.

Global Warming Could Push 6.7M Mexicans to Migrate to US

Crop failures, cuts in food production projected to boost relocation

(Newser) - Rising temperatures due to climate change could result in mass migration from Mexico to the US, according to a study. Based on the assumption that climate projections are correct, experts estimate that up to 6.7 million Mexicans could migrate by 2080 as a result of crop failures and reduced...

Illegal Immigrants Aren't Really Criminals
Illegal Immigrants Aren't
Really Criminals
Francis Fukuyama
Jul 26, 2010 9:49 AM CDT

Illegal Immigrants Aren't Really Criminals

They're hard-working poor people who didn't enjoy legal protection at home, either

(Newser) - Illegal Immigration hawks like to paint immigrants as hardened criminals, conflating them with the drug traffickers hopping over the border to sell their wares to a hungry American populace. But in truth the vast majority of illegal immigrants are hardworking people who “come from societies in which legal rules...

Mexican Prison Guards 'Freed Inmates to Kill'

Inmates given guns to carry out party massacre

(Newser) - Mexican prison guards let inmates out of their cells, gave them guns, and sent them off in official vehicles to carry out killings on behalf of drug cartels, according to Mexican authorities. Four prison officials have been placed under house arrest as the killings—including the massacre of 17 people...

US Troops Headed to Mexican Border

National Guard presence to be especially strong in Arizona

(Newser) - National Guard troops are headed to the Mexican border next month to beef up security along the border fence. As part of President Obama's new border plan, the 1,200 troops will spend a year in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, where they'll help border patrol agents monitor and...

Family Abandons Son With Dead Sister

They flee to Mexico, leaving toddler's body

(Newser) - A family has fled back home to Mexico with their three biological children, abandoning their adopted 4-year-old son in their house with his dead toddler sister, according to law enforcement authorities. The girl's body showed signs of extreme trauma when it was found in a southern California home, said police....

17 Machine-Gunned at Mexican Party

Drug hitmen blamed in gruesome attack

(Newser) - Gunmen stormed a birthday party in the northern Mexico city of Torreon yesterday, killing 17 people and injuring 10. The attackers, reported to be drug hitmen, sprayed more than 200 bullets at partygoers inside a walled garden, reports the BBC. "They came in, opened fire and shot against everything...

Americans Allege Torture by Mexican Soldiers

Jailed Texans say army planted drugs

(Newser) - It sounds like the script of a B movie, but it's very real for two Americans behind bars in Mexico: They tell the Wall Street Journal that Mexican soldiers stopped their pickup near the border, planted two suitcases of drugs, then beat and tortured them with electric shocks. The Texas...

Cartel Shootout Kills 21 Just 12 Miles From Arizona Border

Gangs clashed over control of smuggling corridor

(Newser) - A massive shootout between rival drug and people-smuggling gangs left 21 people dead just 12 miles south of the border with Arizona, Mexican authorities say. The clash erupted in a remote area along a prime smuggling corridor in Sonora state, AP reports. All the dead are believed to be gang...

Mexico Busts Cop Boss Turned Cartel Hitman Chief

'El Tyson' masterminded assassination plots

(Newser) - Mexico has arrested a former police commander who changed sides to rise through the ranks of the La Familia drug cartel. Miguel Ortiz Miranda—alias "El Tyson"—is accused of organizing teams of hitmen for the cartel. He has been linked to the attempted assassination of a security...

Hurricane Alex Slams Mexico
 Hurricane Alex Slams Mexico 
Jul 1, 2010 1:20 AM CDT

Hurricane Alex Slams Mexico

Storm spawns Texas tornadoes

(Newser) - Hurricane Alex has hit northeastern Mexico, walloping the nation's Gulf coast with winds up to 100 miles per hour and spawning tornadoes in Texas. Thousands of people have been evacuated on both sides of the border, AP reports. The storm is weakening as it moves inland, but authorities warn that...

6.5 Quake Hits Mexico
 6.5 Quake Hits Mexico 
Jun 30, 2010 4:20 AM CDT

6.5 Quake Hits Mexico

No casualties reported yet, epicenter in Oaxaca

(Newser) - A 6.5-magnitude quake in southern Mexico early this morning shook buildings as far away as Mexico City. The epicenter of the earthquake, which struck at 2:22 am local time, was 75 miles west-southwest of Oaxaca City. So far, no casualties, injuries or damaged buildings have been reported, but...

Popular Mexican Governor Candidate Assassinated

Cartel blamed for highest-level hit in 14 years

(Newser) - Gunmen believed to be from a drug cartel have assassinated a leading politician running for governor in Mexico's Tamaulipas state. Rodolfo Torre Cantu, his campaign chief, his chief of staff, and at least one bodyguard were killed when their convoy was ambushed en route to an election rally, the Wall ...

Mexican Singer El Shaka Shot Dead by Drug Thugs

Rival gang kills crooner who praised dope lord

(Newser) - Just hours after Mexican singer Sergio "El Shaka" Vega denied reports he had been murdered, he was shot dead by a suspected drug crew on his way to a concert. The popular star was a Grupero or narcocorrido singer who extolled the exploits of drug barons and their crews,...

Obama Asks Congress for $600M Border Security Boost

Calls funds for staffing, fence repairs an 'emergency'

(Newser) - With Arizona's controversial new anti-illegal-immigrant law being blamed on weak federal enforcement, Barack Obama has formally asked Nancy Pelosi for $600 million to beef up security along the US/Mexico border. The president says the request will address “urgent and essential needs” and should be considered an emergency. The money...

Mexico Joins Arizona Immigration Lawsuit

Mexican government backs ACLU challenge to immigration law

(Newser) - The latest party jumping on the Arizona anti-illegal immigration lawsuit bandwagon? The Mexican government. Joining the Obama administration, the ACLU, and several other organizations' legal challenges to the yet-to-be-enacted law, the Mexican government submitted papers in US federal court as a "friend of the court" in support of the...

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