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Mexico opens disputed memorial for drug war victims

April 6, 2013 13:00
Mexico opened a memorial Friday honoring tens of thousands of victims of a brutal drug war, but the garden of towering steel walls has been rejected by some relatives of the dead and missing. Built with funds seized from drug cartels, the memorial was built during the administration of president Felipe Calderon, whose six-year term ended in December and was marked by an escalation of the violence. Although it was completed months ago, the $2.4 million monument was only unveiled on Friday in a park of the sprawling Mexican capital, well after Calderon left office.

Foreign wind farms cause uproar in Mexican villages

April 6, 2013 02:15
Foreign energy firms have flocked to a narrow region of southern Mexico, known as one of the world's windiest places, to build towering wind turbines, but some projects have angered and torn indigenous villages. The construction of wind farms has soared across Mexico, with the gusty Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the state of Oaxaca attracting investors from as far as Europe, Japan and Australia.

Mexico opens disputed memorial for drug war victims

April 5, 2013 21:15
Mexico opened a memorial Friday honoring tens of thousands of victims of a brutal drug war, but the garden of towering steel walls has been rejected by some relatives of the dead and missing. Built with funds seized from drug cartels, the memorial was built during the administration of president Felipe Calderon, whose six-year term ended in December and was marked by an escalation of violence. Although it was completed months ago, the $2.4 million monument was only unveiled now in a park of the sprawling Mexican capital, well after Calderon left office.

Mexico foils plot to kill two leftist lawmakers

April 5, 2013 00:45
Mexican authorities Thursday broke up a plot to assassinate two brothers, both leftist lawmakers, including the former campaign manager of the runner-up in last year's presidential election. Mariana Benitez, a senior prosecutor, said an unspecified number of people were detained in a Mexico City hotel over plans to kill Senator David Monreal and his brother Ricardo, who managed Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's campaign.

Mexico breaks up plot to kill two leftist lawmakers

April 4, 2013 18:45
Mexican authorities Thursday broke up a plot to assassinate two brothers, both leftist lawmakers, including the former campaign manager of the runner-up in last year's presidential election. Mariana Benitez, a senior prosecutor, said an unspecified number of people were detained in a Mexico City hotel over plans to kill Senator David Monreal and his brother Ricardo, who managed Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's campaign.

4 Dead, 17 wounded in attacks on bars in western Mexico

April 1, 2013 16:15
Mexico City, Apr 1 (EFE).- Four people, including a U.S. citizen, were killed and 17 others wounded in attacks staged by gunmen on two bars in Guadalajara, the capital of the western Mexican state of Jalisco, state officials said Monday. The first attack occurred Sunday night when a gunman fired shots and threw a grenade into the Ruta 66 bar in Guadalajara's Cristobal de Oñate district, the Jalisco Attorney General's Office said in a statement.

Mexican consumer protection agency files suit against Telmex

March 31, 2013 20:30
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government's consumer protection agency said on Sunday it had opened a class action lawsuit against Carlos Slim's fixed line phone company Telmex for making illegal charges. Rafael Ochoa, a legal expert at the federal prosecutor's office for the consumer (Profeco), said Telmex had made unwarranted charges for a privacy service and that Profeco had filed the suit with a federal civil court in Mexico City.

Mexican president grants citizenship to 178 foreigners

March 28, 2013 13:46
Mexico City, Mar 28 (EFE).- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto attended the naturalization ceremony for 178 foreign citizens, including people from Chile, Uruguay, the Czech Republic and Morocco. "Today, they receive this certificate and with it they become proud Mexicans. The door opens for new opportunities and great expectations with it, and I am sure that each of you have this in your hearts," the president said.

Mexico says Obama to visit in May

March 27, 2013 16:46
US President Barack Obama will visit Mexico in May, accepting an invitation from President Enrique Pena Nieto to discuss security, immigration and trade, the Mexican government said Wednesday. The two leaders, who held telephone talks on Wednesday, will meet during the first week of May in a gathering that will "reaffirm the strategic importance of the bilateral relationship," the foreign ministry said.

Mexican state oil company takes delivery of tanker from South Korean shipyard

March 26, 2013 13:47
Mexico City, Mar 26 (EFE).- Oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said it took delivery of the third of four ships it ordered from South Korea's SPP Shipbuilding Group to overhaul its fleet. The Texistepec arrived Monday in Salina Cruz, a port in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, joining the Centla and the Jaguarundi, which were delivered in February, in Pemex's tanker fleet. The new vessel will be used to deliver fuel to the terminals in the Pacific port cities of Acapulco, Lazaro Cardens, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Topolobampo, Guaymas, La Paz and Rosarito, Pemex said.
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