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Mexican Crime Reporter Shot to Death in Matamoros; 10th Press Slaying This Year

(Nov. 5) -- A Mexican crime reporter was killed this morning when he was caught in the middle of a gunfight in Matamoros, making him the 10th journalist to be killed in Mexico this year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. That's six more journalists than have been killed in Iraq in all of 2010. Carlos...

Another Mayor Slain in Mexico, This Time By Stoning

(Sept. 28) -- A Mexican schoolteacher-turned-mayor was stoned to death along with one of his aides in the western state of Michoacan, authorities said Monday, making him the fifth mayor in less than six weeks to be killed in Mexico. Gustavo Sanchez, 29, became the interim mayor of Tancitaro in December after the town's...

Mayor's Death Caps Another Bloody Week of Mexican Drug Violence

(Sept. 24) -- Mexican authorities say the mayor of a northern Mexico town was gunned down Thursday, making him the second mayor to be killed this month. Prisciliano Rodriguez, mayor of Doctor Gonzalez, a town about 30 miles east of Monterrey, was shot while driving to his ranch, MSNBC reports. A person who was with...

Report: 90 Percent of Drug War Guns Originate in US

(Sept. 7) -- A bloody, drug-fueled war is being waged just across the border in Mexico and a report out Tuesday finds that 90 percent of the guns traced from Mexican crime scenes since 2006 have originated in the United States. The report was released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group of more than 500 mayors from...