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Court Oks Ex-guatemalan Leader's Extradition To Us Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
GUATEMALA CITY — A Guatemalan court has approved former President Alfonso Portillo's extradition to the U.S. to face money laundering charges. Portillo does not face imminent extradition, h...
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Court Oks Ex-guatemalan Leader's Extradition To Us Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
GUATEMALA CITY -- A Guatemalan court has approved former President Alfonso Portillo's extradition to the U.S. to face money laundering charges.Portillo does not face imminent extradition, however. Un...
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Guatemala To Resume International Adoptions Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
(Getty Images/file) GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — International adoptions will resume in Guatemala this June after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold, ...
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Fear Grips Mexican Border Families Amid Violence Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
(AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)A child peers from behind a fence outside his home on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. The violence has risen to such levels in Ciudad Juarez t...
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Despite Drug Violence, Mexican State Still Expects Easter Tourists Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
MORELIA -- Authorities in the Mexican state of Michoacan said Tuesday they expect some 500,000 tourists to visit over the Easter holidays next month, despite a surge in drug-related violence.
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Fear Grips Mexican Border Families Amid Violence Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - Elodia Ortiz drops her children at school in the morning, picks them up in the afternoon and makes an occasional trip to the supermarket. Anything else, she says, is too d...
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Fear Grips Mexican Border Families Amid Violence Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
drug cartels that has left more than 4,500 people dead during the past two years. Their fears spiked last weekend when hit men attacked two white SUVs leaving a birthday party, killing parents from t...
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Guatemala And Un Launch Scheme To Fight Organized Crime Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 March 2010
The top United Nations drug and crime official and Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom oversaw the destruction of some 6,000 illegal firearms today at the launch of a national programme to fight organiz...
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Fear Grips Mexican Border Families Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Parents in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, are afraid to venture into the streets amid a turf war between two powerful drug cartels that has left more than 4,500 people dead...
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New Gold Says Full Operations To Resume At Mexican Mine Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
(Reuters) - Canadian gold miner New Gold said full operations will resume at its Cerro San Pedro mine in Mexico after a federal district court lifted restrictions on the use of explosives at the mine.
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Mexican Border Violence Affecting Local Travelers' Plans Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Violence on the Mexican border is having an effect on local travelers' plans, making some people reconsider their vacations and affecting travel agencies.Violence there has topped national news as thr...
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Mormon Among Those Killed At Mexican Consulate Shooting Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
EL PASO, Texas — The brutal murders of a Mormon and his pregnant wife have left local LDS Church members in a state of sadness, shock, disappointment and concern. Arthur H. Redelfs, 34, and his...
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Continental Sets Up New Mexican Flight Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
is planning twice-weekly flights between Houston and Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico beginning June 9. The flight, operated as Continental Express, will leave from Houston’s George Bush Inter...
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Mexican Stray Dogs Flown To Calgary Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
A non-profit organization is flying Mexican strays into Calgary, but the humane society says potential dog owners should first look at adopting abandoned local pets. Pawsitive Match flies about 15 do...
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Kiska Consolidates Ownership Of Mexican Assets Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Kiska Metals Corporation, (TSX VENTURE:KSK) ("Kiska") announces that it has reached an agreement with Azure Minerals Limited to dissolve the Kiska-Azure Joint Venture covering nine exploration proj...
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Pura Verde Costa Rica Properties Announces Los Pelicanos Ocean Club As The Newest Property To... Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
The newest Pura Verde Costa Rica Property, Los Pelicanos Ocean Club, is an ideal location for boating and fishing enthusiasts. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (
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Ohka Released From Mexican League Team Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
TOKYO — Tomokazu Ohka, who last week reached an agreement to play for the Quintana Roo Tigers of the Mexican League after leaving the Cleveland Indians as a free agent, has been released, U.S. ...
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Costa Rica's President-elect Unveils Cabinet Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Costa Rica's President-elect Laura Chinchilla Tuesday announced the names of the ministers that will be part of her "economic team" when she takes office on May 8.Chinchilla said that Carlos...
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Mexican navy rescues eight Americans adrift in sea Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
The Mexican navy rescued eight Americans who were drifting in the Pacific on board a pleasure boat after one of its engines caught fire, stranding them eight miles off Cabo San Lucas, officials said.
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Mexican Hit Men May Have Gone To Wrong Party Print E-mail
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
(3/16/2010) Confused hit men may have gone to the wrong party, the FBI said Tuesday as it cast doubt on fears that the slaying of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate shows that Mexican drug...
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