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Juarez Killings: Mexico's Calderon Steps Up Drug War
(Time.com)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:55:00 GMT
Time.com - The vicious attack on individuals connected to the U.S. consulate in the border city may be a reaction to improved coordination between Mexico City and Washington
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FBI joins Mexico probe into consulate slayings
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:32:23 GMT
 AFP - US agents on Tuesday probed the deadly attacks on US consular staff and their families in Mexico's bloodiest city, that brought condemnation from both governments.
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Killing of Americans pressures Mexico in drug war
(Reuters)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:40:56 GMT
 Reuters - The killing of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Mexico's bloodiest drug war hotspot has thrown President Felipe Calderon a major test as he heads to this border city on Tuesday to try to contain spiraling violence.
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Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:25:35 GMT
 AP - The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the world's most dangerous cities, the other toward a bridge to El Paso, one of America's safest.
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Journalist killed in southern Mexico, 4th in 2010
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:02:40 GMT
AP - A journalist has been killed in southern Mexico, the fourth slain in the country so far this year.
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Mexico violence factors in spring break plans
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:57:24 GMT
AP - Marquette University senior Kelly Magennis wasn't even up prepping for the start of the biggest spring break week on Texas' South Padre Island when the first text message arrived from her mom forbidding her from crossing into Mexico.
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Decision on Americans' departure was before deaths
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:05:21 GMT
AP - After deciding last week to help family members of U.S. consulate employees in northern Mexico leave the area, the State Department waited until Sunday to announce the move.
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Will Mexico shootings kill spring break buzz?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:45:00 GMT
 The Christian Science Monitor - Next week MTV hosts its annual spring break blowout – this year in Acapulco on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. When the week is over, it will have aired massive beach parties and college kids doing things they’ll probably blush about after they graduate.
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Mexico killings: How the drug war crippled the Juarez economy
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:47:00 GMT
 The Christian Science Monitor - Mexican officials in the violence-wracked border city of Cuidad Juarez are working hard to determine a motive for this weekend's brazen drive-by shootings of a US consulate employee, her American husband, and a Mexican citizen affiliated with the consulate.
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Slim a maverick tycoon in Mexico's business elite
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:44:35 GMT
 Reuters - Carlos Slim, the world's richest man according to Forbes, has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in Mexico, but he also is seen to typify a business elite that amassed fortunes by exploiting the poor.
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Mexico killings spotlight Juarez as Mexico's worst drug war city
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:46:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - The Mexico killings of a US consulate employee, her American husband, and a Mexican citizen affiliated with the consulate in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, could represent a disturbing ratcheting up of the drug trafficking violence that has taken more than 18,000 lives in just over three years.
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US consular worker in Mexico shot by hitmen: govt
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:13:56 GMT
 AFP - Hitmen working for Mexico's Juarez drug cartel were believed to be behind the assassination of a US consular employee here, the government of Chihuahua state has said.
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Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:34:16 GMT
 Reuters - Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate and President Barack Obama expressed outrage at the attack.
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U.S. consulate employee slain in drug-ridden Mexican city
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:09:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Mexican government pledged Sunday to investigate the brutal killings of a U.S. consulate employee and two family members of consulate employees in violent, drug-plagued Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.
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Mexico killings: Gunmen kill 3 with ties to US consulate
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:30:42 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - Two Americans and a Mexican citizen affiliated with the United States consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, were shot to death Saturday in this violent border town, across from El Paso, Texas.
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(AP)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:07:43 GMT
AP - Family identifies slain US consular employee in Mexico; Obama says outraged at death.
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2 Americans killed in drive-by shooting in Mexico
(AP)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:15:38 GMT
 AP - Three people with ties to the American consulate in a drug-plagued Mexican city were killed in a drive-by shooting, a U.S. official said Sunday.
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17 killed in Mexico drug violence
(AFP)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:24:18 GMT
 AFP - Drug-related violence left 17 people dead in Mexico's southern Guerrero state, including four people who were decapitated, authorities said.
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Thirteen killed in crime wave in Mexico's Acapulco
(Reuters)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:54:22 GMT
Reuters - Thirteen people were killed in and around the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco early on Saturday in apparent drug-related violence, with four victims found beheaded, security officials said.
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New border violence erupts with Mexico cartel rift
(AP)
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:30:32 GMT
AP - This border city and others near the eastern end of the U.S. border escaped the worst of Mexico's bloody drug war for years, but now the bodies are piling up, several journalists are reportedly missing or dead and once-busy streets are empty after dark.
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