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Strong Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Mexico
March 20, 2012 The quake was centered 120 miles east of Acapulco.
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Mexico's Second-Highest Official Dies In Crash
November 11, 2011 Secretary of the Interior Francisco Blake Mora ran the ministry that oversees police agencies forces battling drug cartels. Mexico's president said the accident may have been caused by bad weather.
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'People Of The Clouds': A Story Of Ghost Towns And Great Migrations
June 24, 2011 Once upon a time, photographer Matt Black heard a mysterious language that led him to ghost towns in remote Mexico.
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VIDEO: Brave Teacher In Mexico Has Kindergartners Sing During Shootout
May 31, 2011 Martha Rivera Alanis and her students had practiced for what to do in case of gunfire outside their school. And as she got her little people down on the floor, Rivera kept keep them from getting too scared by singing.
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Texas Says For Spring Break, Don't Mess With Mexico
March 2, 2011 It's March — and that means spring break is around the corner for many college students. But Texas officials are advising students to avoid going to Mexico, saying that drug violence there isn't isolated to border areas.
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Mexico Holds Teen Suspected Of Life As Drug-Cartel Killer
December 3, 2010 A 14-year-old boy suspected of acting as a drug-cartel assassin has been taken into custody by the Mexican government, according to an army official there.
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Gunmen Strike Car Wash; At Least A Dozen Dead In Mexico
October 27, 2010 Gunmen killed at least 13 people this morning at a car wash in Mexico's Pacific coast state of Nayarit. The attackers pulled up in three SUVs and opened fire on the employees in Tepic, the capital of Nayarit.
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Memories Of A Former Migrant Worker
October 8, 2010 In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, NPR producer Felix Contreras interviews his father, a former migrant worker, about labor leader Cesar Chavez.
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Another Mayor Slain In Mexico
September 24, 2010 Prisciliano Rodriguez Salinas was the mayor of a small town outside of Monterrey. He is the tenth Mexican mayor to be killed by assassins so far this year. The Mexican military has pushed into the area, sparking huge firefights.
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Obama Rejects Hillary Clinton Mexico-Colombia Comparison
September 9, 2010 President Obama rejected Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's comparison of Mexico to Colombia during the years when the South America was racked by drug and insurgent violence, with the government having lost control of swathes of the country.
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Mexican Police Display Drug Kingpin 'La Barbie'
August 31, 2010 Mexican police put alleged drug king Edgar Valdez Villarreal, aka, La Barbie, on display.
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Mexico Violence Forces Ban On US Diplomats' Kids In Monterrey
August 27, 2010 The State Department has banned its personnel posted to Monterrey from bringing their children. The move came after a shooting at the American Foundation School in Monterrey last week.
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Grisly Find: 72 Bodies On Mexican Ranch
August 25, 2010 Grisly Find: 72 Bodies On Mexican Ranch
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FAA Downgrades Mexican Aviation System
July 30, 2010 FAA downgraded Mexico's aviation system because of deficiencies with that nation's air regulators.
