14Nov2013
Sister Consuelo Morales on Crusading Against Mexican Cartels, Corrupt Police
Democracy Now!
Democracy Now! looks at the drug war in Mexico and efforts to demand accountability in thousands of cases of people who have been kidnapped, tortured, disappeared and killed.

14Nov2013
Mexican Congress Completes 2014 Budget Approval
Reuters
Mexico's lower house of Congress early on Thursday passed the federal spending plan for next year, completing approval for the budget, which proposes running a deficit in 2014 to lift the country's struggling economy.

14Nov2013
Fisherman Who Found and Lost Aztec Treasure Now Faces Eviction
The Associated Press
Gulf-coast fisherman Raul Hurtado is a local legend, the man who found and lost millions of dollars' worth of Aztec gold almost four decades ago, was tossed in prison, then found peace making $150 a month selling octopus and other seafood from a thatched-roof shack.

14Nov2013
Master Pickpocket Reveals the Tricks of the Trade
New Yorker
Professional pickpocket Apollo Robbins demonstrates some of his theft techniques on writer Adam Green.

14Nov2013
Mexico Accused of Suppressing Freedom of Speech Over Hit Documentary
The Guardian
Roberto Hernandez, director of Presumed Guilty, which exposed miscarriage of justice in Mexico City, awaits rulings on claims for compensation.

14Nov2013
Why is Latin America the Only Region with Rising Homicide Rates?
InSight Crime
A new United Nations report has found Latin America is the only region in the world where overall homicide rates increased between 2000 and 2010, with the violence rates recorded reflecting changes in drug trafficking and the region's underworld.

14Nov2013
Near the US-Mexico Border, Exploding Poverty and Obesity Tip the Scales
The Washington Post
Hidalgo County, Tex., is one of the fastest growing, and poorest, places in the nation. Although 40 percent of the county's residents are enrolled in the food stamp program, diabetes and obesity have exploded in the region.

14Nov2013
Bishop Patino Becomes Unlikely Anti-Crime Crusader in Michoacan
GlobalPost
After decades of watching varied gangsters and government officials prey upon his faithful, this farming city’s Roman Catholic prelate finally has had enough.


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