14Aug2013
In Mexico, a Healer Who Asks for Nothing in Return
The New York Times
Crowded hospitals and clinics in the Chiapas region of Mexico cannot absorb many poor patients. Sergio Castro taught himself how to treat those in need.

14Aug2013
Attorney General to Fight Release of Drug Lord Behind US Agents Murder
Big Pond
Mexico's attorney general says the government will appeal the court ruling that set free Rafael Caro Quintero, a drug lord convicted of killing a US drug agent in 1985.

14Aug2013
Government Critic Arrested on Drug Charges in Chiapas, Mexico
Global Voices Online
Twitter user Gustavo Maldonado was arrested and charged with minor drug-related offenses in Chiapas on August 9. His arrest took place just hours after he shared a video on YouTube, exposing a corruption scandal related to local water supply services and other social problems.

14Aug2013
Family Rescued in South Pacific After Sailing 'Where God Led Us'
NPR.org
A leap of faith that sent an Arizona family bound for the South Pacific in a sailboat has returned them in an airplane after a harrowing ordeal at sea that saw them adrift and nearly out of food in one of the remotest stretches of ocean on the planet.

14Aug2013
New Rules Make Much of Mexico Off-Limits to US Military Personnel
Marine Corps Times
Much of Mexico is now off limits to Marines and other troops looking to travel there, and one expert said it provides a clear message that the U.S. can’t rely on Mexican authorities to protect American military personnel.

13Aug2013
President, Officials Move Quickly to Reassure Mexicans Over Oil Plan
WSJ.com
One day after Mexico's government announced plans to end the state monopoly on oil and gas production by inviting private companies to take part, it launched a public relations effort to convince a skeptical populace that Mexico won't be selling out to foreigners.

13Aug2013
SoCal Raids Cripple 'Budding' Mexican Mafia, Drug Cartel Joint 'Project'
Eastern Group Publications
Twenty-two people named in two federal grand jury indictments outlining an alliance between the Mexican Mafia prison gang, a South Los Angeles street gang and a drug cartel were arrested Tuesday in a series of Southern California raids.

13Aug2013
Mexico to Open Up Oil to Foreign Investment
Al Jazeera
The Mexican president has said he wants to open up the state run oil company, Pexmex, to private and foreign investment.


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