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Hitmen Kill Second Mexican Mayor in Two Weeks

(Aug. 30) -- The Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, known for drug-related violence, saw more bloodshed when the mayor of Hidalgo was shot dead by suspected cartel hitmen. The killing of Mayor Marco Antonio Leal Garcia, 46, on Sunday comes just a few days after a wave of car bombs were set off in the state capital and...

Mexicans to Vote Amid Drug-Fueled Violence

MEXICO CITY (June 30) -- As drug-trade violence mars the run-up to a brace of elections in Mexico, a troubling figure has resurfaced as the leading mayoral candidate in Mexico's murder capital. Hector "Teto" Murguia Lardizabal, 57, a former mayor of the violent border city Ciudad Juarez, left office in 2007 under a cloud...

Mexican Governor Candidate Killed, Cartels Blamed

MEXICO CITY (June 28) -- Gunmen assassinated the front-running candidate for governor of a Mexican border state Monday in what President Felipe Calderon called an attempt by drug gangs to sway local and state elections this weekend. The assailants ambushed Rodolfo Torre's vehicle as he headed to the airport in Ciudad...

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WATCH: Rebecca Black's Latest Disaster

Rebecca Black couldn't make up her mind about where to sit in her now-infamous YouTube hit/disaster "Friday" ("Kickin' in the front seat/Sittin' in the back seat/Gotta make my mind up/Which seat can I take?").

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Mexico's PRI repudiates pol linked by U.S. to cartel

Mexico's PRI, poised to retake the presidency this year after more than a decade in opposition, sought on Wednesday to distance itself from a prominent party member accused by U.S. authorities of taking bribes from drug cartels.

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Mexico's Most Famous Playmate Strikes Back

Mexican presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Enrique Pena Nieto, speaks during a rally in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State, Mexico on April 28, 2012.

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Mexico Presidential Election: Candidates Face Off In Heated Debat

The front-runner in Mexico's presidential race fended off rivals' attempts to paint him as a liar with corrupt backers, emerging from the first of two debates with analysts saying his large lead appeared safe.

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Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico President Candidate, Has Big Lead For PRI

A month into Mexico's breakneck campaign season, the movie-star handsome candidate of the former ruling party is 20 percentage points ahead of his two main rivals and drawing tens of thousands of cheering supporters to tightly choreographed rallies that feel as much like victory celebrations as campaign events.

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06/03/12 Mexico's election countdown begins Source: Aljazeera.com Just one month to go for general elections in Latin America's second largest economy and it is turning out to be a contested election after all.
05/31/12 Mexico gears up for tight election Source: Al Jazeera Mexico's presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has reduced the gap on front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto to just four percentage points according to a new poll, raising doubts about the outcome of the July 1 election.
05/31/12 Rebecca Black, YouTube sensation, supports candidate... Source: ABC - KABC 7 - Los Angeles CA Rebecca Black, a YouTube sensation known for the 2011 song "Friday," made headlines on May 31 when she supported a candidate for the Mexican presidential election.
05/31/12 The 'Mexican spring:' A new student movement stirs in... Source: The Christian Science Monitor "Welcome to the Mexican spring," says a young student over a microphone on the campus of Mexico 's most famed university, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
05/31/12 Mexican youth protest in streets against corporate... Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC The only problem with this narrative is that more young people support PeÃ±a Nieto than his challengers, according to the polls, which may make the protests here, led by urban university students, a well-meaning but ultimately meaningless blip.