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TX authorities free Mexican human rights advocate

Immigration authorities released a Mexican human rights official Wednesday, after detaining him last week as an asylum seeker even though he had not sought U.S. protection, his attorney said.

US customs detains Mexican human rights activist

A Mexican human rights official is in U.S. customs detention, apparently for his own safety, after he reported 170 instances of Mexican soldiers allegedly torturing, abusing and killing innocent people in Chihuahua.

Meltdown 101: Cash to Mexico and the US economy

With the economy struggling through the longest recession since the Great Depression, the steady flow of dollars that immigrants send back to Mexico has also taken a serious hit.

Mexican genomes show wide diversity

The most detailed look yet at the genetics of Mexicans is showing significant diversity, a finding that could help point the way to customized drugs and identification of people prone to certain diseases.

Chile rejects hosting Mexican clubs for Copa Lib

Columbia and Chile turned down a proposal Friday to host two Mexican clubs' Copa Libertadores matches, fearing the players might bring swine flu with them.

Mexican laborers from WWII-era settle backpay case

After years of political pressure and legal wrangling, a court settlement reached Friday allows Mexican laborers brought in to stem World War II-era labor shortages to collect on pension funds they earned decades ago.

Mexican football club owner faces drug charges

A judge charged the alleged owner of third-division Mexican football club Mapaches and four other team members with drug trafficking.

Mexican government looking beyond remittances

As the United States economic crisis worsens, the money that Mexicans living here send home to their families has declined — reaching record lows over the summer.

Mexican ministry satisfied with braceros agreement

Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry said Thursday that it is satisfied with a multimillion dollar settlement allowing Mexican laborers who were part of a World War II-era visitor working program in the U.S. to collect money that had been withheld from their paychecks.

Mexico quietly helps emigrants to US learn Spanish

For more than a decade, as the immigration debate has swelled on both sides of the border, the Mexican government has been quietly providing money, materials and even teachers to American schools, colleges and nonprofit organizations.

Mexican citizen asks high court to block execution

Four months after losing his case at the Supreme Court, a Mexican citizen facing execution next week in Texas asked the justices Friday for a last-minute reprieve.

San Diego drivers appreciate Mexico's cheap gas

If there's pain at the pump in the U.S., Mexico may just have a remedy. A gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in San Diego retails for an average price of $4.61 a gallon. A few miles south, in Tijuana, it's about $2.54 — even less if you pay in pesos.

Mexico asks World Court to stay executions in US

Mexico appealed to the U.N.'s highest court Thursday to block the executions of Mexicans in the United States, arguing U.S. officials have failed to comply with a judgment ordering a review of their trials.

Wildlife groups call for end to Mexican wolf removal policy

Two wildlife conservation groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday to keep federal agencies from aggressively removing endangered Mexican gray wolves that have attacked livestock more than twice from a recovery program in Arizona and New Mexico.

Court Backs Texas in Dispute With Bush

Texas can ignore President Bush and an international court in refusing to reopen the case of a Mexican on death row for rape and murder, the Supreme Court said Tuesday.

Mexican Returned to US on Drug Charges

A Mexican man suspected of distributing hundreds of pounds of cocaine each year to California, Alaska and other states has been extradited to the U.S. to face drug charges.

US Could Not Catch Mexican With TB

For the second time this year, the federal government has failed to stop a man infected with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis from traveling in and out of the United States.

Suit Dismissed Against Mexican Cardinal

A judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday against Mexico City Cardinal Norberto Rivera, who had been accused of conspiring with Roman Catholic officials in the U.S. to transfer a priest accused of sexual abuse.

Death Case Pits Texas Against Bush

President Bush and Texas, the state he once led, were on opposite sides of a Supreme Court dispute Wednesday over the role of international law and claims of executive power in the case of a Mexican on death row for rape and murder.

Bush, Texas at Odds Over Death Case

To put it bluntly, Texas wants President Bush to get out of the way of the state's plan to execute a Mexican for the brutal killing of two teenage girls.

Protesters Defend Carrying Mexican Flags

Hundreds of protesters gripped Mexican flags as they marched for immigration reform in the past few weeks, but they say a display of cultural unity is being mistaken as a lack of loyalty to the United States.

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Artist Paints Intuit, Aztec and Mexican Mythology
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"The Inuit people believed that the Pleiades that we see in our skies is actually the polar bear followed by seven wolves, and that the snow they kick up becomes the Milky Way," De la Sota says, explaining each of the faint hieroglyphics seen throughout the painting.

BBC News - United Arab Emirates footballer Saad dies at training
Source: BBC News

A striker with the national United Arab Emirates football team has died of a heart attack suffered during a club training session. Salem Saad, 31, collapsed while training with his club Al Nasr and could not be revived in hospital.

YouTube + Univision = TuTube
Source: The New York Times

YouTube said Monday that it reached an agreement with Univision, the most-watched Spanish language television network in the United States, to make a wide range of its programs available on the video sharing site.

A look at Anacostia Community Museum exhibit 'The African Presence in Mexico'
Source: The Washington Post

The raison d'etre of the small museum, part of the sprawling Smithsonian Institution family, remains the same, but as the Afro-Mexican faces just behind the lapis doors to the main gallery attest these days, its newest show is also a strong indication that the institution is evol …

Food racism
Source: CNN

Instead, the radio host was talking about the latest tempest -- a taco in a teapot.

U.S, Cuban, Mexican Scientists Plan Joint Gulf of Mexico Research
Source: Reuters

"U.S., Cuban and Mexican scientists have drawn up plans for joint research in the Gulf of Mexico."

Mexico plane hijacking: Bolivian priest behind midair 9-9-9 attack
Source: Telegraph

A Bolivian priest hijacked a Mexican flight from the resort city of Cancun after receiving "divine inspiration", officials said.

Hijackers hold Mexican plane on runway
Source: Yahoo! News

Hijackers are holding a flight from Cancun to Mexico City" Mexico Communications Secretary Juan Molinar says the plane is sitting on the runway at the Mexico City international airport"

Mexico nabs suspect in border breach, deaths
Source: msnbc.com

Mexican soldiers arrested a suspected drug gang leader linked to a 2006 border incursion by armed traffickers into Texas and the killing of an anti-crime activist in July, the army said late Saturday.

French prisoner's parents seek Mexico boycott
Source: msnbc.com

The parents and supporters of a Frenchwoman convicted of kidnapping by a Mexican court are urging French travelers to boycott Mexico, just as the vacation season is at its peak.

Racist Web Postings Traced to Homeland Security
Source: The New York Times

After federal border agents detained several Mexican immigrants in western New York in June, an article about the incident in a local newspaper drew an onslaught of vitriolic postings on its Web site. Some were racist.

Migrant work may harm wives left behind in Mexico
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The wives of Mexican migrant workers may suffer poorer mental well-being -- even if they feel freed of traditional gender roles in their husbands' absence, a small study suggests.

Homeland Security, Pentagon Clash on Military's Role at Mexico Border - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

A proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a bureaucratic standoff between the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security over the military's role in domestic affairs, according to officials in both departmen …

CREOLE FOLKS: Illegal Aliens are bad for business in America! Millionaire Illegal Immigrants Scam System!
Source: Creolene New Orleans

NYC issued a statement saying that illegal immigrants, have rights to access our courts (wasting our tax money) and can seek civil damages against U.S. businesses.

The White Supremacist in Us
Source: The Huffington Post

Over the past two weeks, Americans struggled to make sense of tragic shootings that seemed disconnected at first glance. Anti-Semite James Von Brunn killed Stephen T. Johns, a black security guard at the Holocaust Museum.

Police not following policy on migrants
Source: The Arizona Republic

The police in Phoenix, Arizona have been supposed to have been questioning illegal immigrants about their status already but have failed to do so.

7 mayors charged in Mexico drug cartel probe
Source: msnbc.com

Mexico levied organized crime and drug charges Thursday against seven mayors, the former state attorney general and 19 other officials in the state of Michoacan for allegedly aiding a drug cartel.

Texas girl mourned after being killed in Mexico
Source: msnbc.com

A middle school student visiting from San Elizario, a small farming community east of El Paso, was gunned down Saturday along with a family friend as she stood in front of a Mexican hamburger stand.

10 Aliens Killed In Ariz. SUV Rollover
Source: CBS News

Ten undocumented immigrants "stacked like wood" in the back of a sports utility vehicle crammed with at least 22 people were killed when the driver lost control and rolled over on a remote southern Arizona highway, authorities said Sunday.

Hispanic Pro-Life Advocate Challenges Sotomayor to Reflect Culture on Abortion
Source: Life News

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has drawn the ire of some opponents for comments saying that she can make better legal decisions as a Hispanic woman than white males.

Talk To Action | Evangelical Latino Politicians/Pastors Lead Fight Against Same-sex Marriage in New York
Source: Talk2action.org

Mega-evangelical Samuel Rodriguez joins with Senator Ruben Diaz to rally opponents to gay marriage.

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