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Mexican Authorities Find Six More Bodies in Border Pits

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican investigators found a clandestine grave with six bodies in Tamaulipas state, bringing to 122 the number of bodies found in pits in a region near the U.S. border that is wracked by battling drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday. Tamaulipas state Interior Secretary Morelos Canseco said...

1 US Immigration Agent Dead, 1 Injured in Mexico

MEXICO CITY -- A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was killed and another wounded while driving through northern Mexico Tuesday, in a rare attack on American officials in this country which is fighting powerful drug cartels. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said one agent was critically wounded in...

Six Dead, 37 Injured in Attack on Mexican Nightclub

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Armed men opened fire and hurled a grenade into a crowded nightclub early Saturday, killing six people and wounding at least 37 in a western city whose former tranquility has been shattered by escalating battles among drug cartels. The attack in Mexico's second-largest municipality took place just...

Philadelphia Union's Partnership With Bimbo About More Than Just a Name

The Sept. 1 friendly between the Philadelphia Union and Mexican power Chivas de Guadalajara at PPL park wasn't just your average American soccer marketing ploy. It turns out the game was as much about fishing for dollars with the large logo on the front of the opponent's famous red-and-white jersey as it was about fishing...

Every Cop in Mexican Town Quits After Station Attack

(Oct. 28) -- The entire 14-man police force in a northern Mexican town has resigned en masse after their station came under fire from suspected drug traffickers. The police headquarters in Los Ramones, a rural town about 40 miles east of Monterrey, is pockmarked with bullet holes after gunmen drove up to the station and...

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Mexico Massacre: Zetas Cartel Denies Role In Killing Of 49

Paramedics load a body near the site where dozens of bodies, some of them mutilated, were found on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border found in the town of San Juan near the city of Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, May 13, 2012.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Mexico Drug War: Deadliest Days In Mexican Drug Violence Over Past Year

Forensic experts examine the area where dozens of bodies, some of them mutilated, were found on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in the town of San Juan near the city of Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, May 13, 2012.

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05/19/12 A demonstrator holds a placard next a bus which... Source: AlertNet A demonstrator holds a placard next a bus which displays an advertisement of Enrique Pena Nieto, presidential candidate of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during a protest against him and media censorship in the electoral campaign before the July 1 presidential elections in downtown Monterrey May 19, 2012.
05/17/12 Monterrey Vs. Santos Laguna, 2012 Liguilla Final: The... Source: High School Sports Zoom Santos Laguna travel to Monterrey on Wednesday night for the first leg of the Mexican Primera Liguilla final.
05/16/12 Zetas Cartel Denies Role In Massacre Source: Huffington Post Latino Voices Paramedics load a body near the site where dozens of bodies, some of them mutilated, were found on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border found in the town of San Juan near the city of Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, May 13, 2012.
05/16/12 Mexico Massacre: Zetas Cartel Denies Role In Killing... Source: The Huffington Post Paramedics load a body near the site where dozens of bodies, some of them mutilated, were found on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border found in the town of San Juan near the city of Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday, May 13, 2012.
05/15/12 Mexico boss De la Torre names squad to face Wales in... Source: Goal.com Mexican national team boss Jose de la Torre has named his 23-man squad that will take on Wales in New York on May 27.

Background on Monterrey

Monterrey (), is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation.

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