Mexico

Report shows most Mexican prisons controlled by inmates

MEXICO CITY - Six out of 10 Mexican prisons are "self-governed" by prison gangs or drug cartels, according to a report issued Monday by the country's human rights commission.

Mexico's Ferrari urges U.S. not to tear up tomato pact

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Commerce Department should renegotiate a 16-year-old tomato trade agreement with Mexico rather than give in to election-year demands from Florida growers to tear up the pact, Mexico's Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari said on Monday.

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Seven mutilated, burnt bodies found in western Mexico

MEXICO CITY - Seven decapitated bodies that had been chopped into pieces and burnt were left on a highway in western Mexico on Saturday in a region where rival drug gangs are waging a bloody dispute.

World, 22 Sep 2012

Delaware Supreme Court won't revisit record $305 million attorneys' fee

Wilmington, Del - Two law firms were poised on Friday to collect a blockbuster $305 million in legal fees for their work on a lawsuit, after Delaware's Supreme Court declined to consider a challenge to the payout.

21 Sep 2012

Mexico jobless rate rises more than expected in August

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's jobless rate rose in August, breaking a five-month streak of declines and adding to expectations of a deceleration in Latin America's second-largest economy in the second half of 2012.

21 Sep 2012

Mexico's next leader wants more trade with Brazil, not less

BRASILIA - Latin America's two largest economies should be expanding rather than curbing trade flows, Mexico's President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto said on Thursday in veiled criticism of a Brazilian restriction on Mexican car imports.

Mexico deploys troops to outskirts of Mexico City

MEXICO CITY - Mexico has sent soldiers to patrol a suburb of Mexico City for the first time to combat a rise in drug-related violence that is beginning to encroach on the capital.

World, Mexico Election, 20 Sep 2012

Mexico deploys troops to outskirts of Mexico City

MEXICO CITY - Mexico has sent soldiers to patrol a suburb of Mexico City for the first time to combat a rise in drug-related violence that is beginning to encroach on the capital.

World, Mexico Election, 20 Sep 2012

Analysis: China worries spur Mexico stock market flows

MEXICO CITY - Mexico has been on the wrong side of China's economic boom for the last decade, but is now seeing an upturn in its fortunes as the Asian powerhouse's economy slows and international stock pickers look to hedge their bets.

China, Brazil, 20 Sep 2012

Exclusive: Brazil mulls raising Mexico car trade quota - sources

MEXICO CITY - Brazil is considering raising a three-year bilateral auto trade pact quota it agreed to with Mexico in March, potentially allowing Mexican exporters to sell around $350 million worth of additional vehicles to the Brazilian market annually.

Brazil, 19 Sep 2012
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In New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be "eliminated"

NEW YORK - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated," ignoring a U.N. warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric ahead of the annual General Assembly session. | Video

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A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones

A new report about the Haqqani network's business interests raises questions about the anti-drones narrative in Pakistan