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Nuevo Laredo Municipal Police detained while helping pregnant US citizen

Nuevo Laredo Municipal Police detained while helping pregnant US citizen

Eight Policemen of the Directorate of Public Safety, (Policia Municipal) were detained last night by US Customs Agents, after giving assistance to an American Citizen who was about to give birth in Nuevo Laredo.
Shortly before 2000 hours last night, officers assigned to patrol unit SC-111 were on routine patrol in the central business district when [...]

Former President Vicente Fox - Champion of Democratic Values

Former President Vicente Fox - Champion of Democratic Values

SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico - Eighteen months after leaving office, former President Vicente Fox is taking a page from Jimmy Carter’s playbook and engineering his legacy as a champion of democratic values and government transparency at home and abroad.
In a wide-ranging interview at his ranch near historic Guanajuato, Fox discussed his new projects and chided the [...]

Mexican Federal Police Bust Drugs, Guns in Reynosa House

Mexican Federal Police Bust Drugs, Guns in Reynosa House

Ninety-five percent chance guns came from U.S.
REYNOSA, Mexico - Federal police in Reynosa made a bust at home and now several hundred pounds of drugs and lots of guns are in their custody.
An anonymous tip led authorities to the house. No one was home at the time of the raid. But police did find 10 [...]

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ISSUES PROVISIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT IMMINENT VIOLATION OF U.S. TREATY OBLIGATIONS

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ISSUES PROVISIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT IMMINENT VIOLATION OF U.S. TREATY OBLIGATIONS

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (MTN) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) today determined that the United States must take “all measures necessary” to prevent the executions of José Medellín and four other Mexican nationals sentenced to death in the state of Texas. The order will remain in effect until the ICJ resolves Mexico’s request for [...]

FDA destroying business on both sides of border

FDA destroying business on both sides of border

And no closer to a cause for the Salmonella SaintPaul outbreak
McALLEN — The Food and Drug Administration’s attempt to target a source for the nationwide salmonella outbreak has effectively shut down Texas border tomato traffic — and that of cilantro, jalapeños, other peppers and other produce — even as tainted ones have yet to be [...]

Mexico City Police Chief ousted over fatal night club raid

Mexico City Police Chief ousted over fatal night club raid

MEXICO CITY (MTN) — Mexico City’s police chief and its top prosecutor were forced out of office on Tuesday following a botched nightclub raid that resulted in the deaths of 12 people, including a 13-year-old girl.
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said the resignation of Police Chief Joel Ortega was the first step in a plan to reconstruct [...]

Lucano Bus crashes, 2 dead, 10 injured south of Nuevo Laredo

Lucano Bus crashes, 2 dead, 10 injured south of Nuevo Laredo

A bus owned by Autobuses Lucano of Dallas Texas, traveling from San Luis Patosi, SLP to Houston Texas crashed 35 miles south of Nuevo Laredo Thursday morning, killing 2, including a pregnant 19 year old woman whose body was found under the bus and injuring 10.
The injured were taken to hospitals in Sabinas Hidalgo NL [...]

UPDATED: 12 people trampled to death in Mexico nightclub raid

UPDATED: 12 people trampled to death in Mexico nightclub raid

MEXICO CITY (MTN) — A police raid on a crammed Mexico City nightclub turned into a deadly stampede that killed 12 people, including nine youths and three police, officials said.
Police entered the New Divine nightclub, where around 1,000 people had gathered to fete the end of the school year, on Friday to break up the [...]