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10 Students Gunned Down in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (March 30) -- As Mexico closed down for its annual celebration of Holy Week, officials reacted with anger and a degree of helplessness to the slayings of 10 students from a tiny mountainside hamlet who were mowed down by an armed commando on Palm Sunday. The victims, ages 8 to 21, were killed while driving down...

Mexican Drug Kingpin 'El Teo' Arrested in Baja

(Jan. 12) – A Mexican drug lord, Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, known for allegedly having his rivals dissolved in vats of caustic soda, was arrested this morning by Mexican authorities, The Associated Press reported. With the help of U.S. officials, they had been tracking Garcia for six months and arrested him...

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09/16/11 Mexicans Murdered for Reporting Crimes on Social Media Source: MEDIAWEEK The mutilated bodies of a man and a woman have been found hanging from a pedestrian bridge in Nuevo Laredo, northern Mexico.
08/08/11 Centerville Man Charged with Attempted Murder Source: Barnstable-Hyannis Patch - Barnstable-Hyannis MA On Friday Barnstable Police Detectives who have been investigating a 2009 Hyannis shooting got their break - a gunshot victim agreed to testify and police were able to secure a warrant for Ilya Zinov's arrest.
05/07/11 Golfer Seve Ballesteros dies...Stretch of Mississippi... Source: NBC - KY3.com - Springfield MO Golf great Seve Ballesteros (SEH'-vee by-ehs-TEHR'-ohs), winner of five majors, has died from complications of a cancerous brain tumor.
02/13/11 Mexicans march over drug-violence Source: f2 Network Mexicans have taken to the streets in their hundreds to protest a staggering surge in drug-related violent crime nationwide that claimed at least 45 lives in one weekend.