Travel-Write.com: Mexico News

Economic developments around the globe:

November 21st, 2009

World stock markets fell amid mounting concerns about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery following a disappointing earnings update from computer maker Dell Inc.

Teen pleads guilty to murdering Border Patrol agent during robbery try:

November 21st, 2009

A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times while chasing suspected illegal immigrants in the mountains east of San Diego.

Mexico shifts strategy in border city violence:

November 20th, 2009

Mexico's top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.

Oasis of the Seas an escape from reality:

November 20th, 2009

You have only to read the actual schedules of the new, 220,000-ton, 6,000-passenger Oasis of the Seas to understand the revolutionary nature of the changes it will bring about.

Does evolution favour religious belief?:

November 20th, 2009

In the Oaxaca Valley of Mexico, the archaeologists Joyce Marcus and Kent Flannery have gained a remarkable insight into the origin of religion.

Today In History November 20, 2009:

November 20th, 2009

Share + Nov 20, 2009 12:00 am US/Eastern Today is Friday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2009.

Four State Police Officers Killed In Ciudad Juarez:

November 20th, 2009

Police in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez say four state police officers were killed and two others were injured in two separate attacks Thursday.

Trying to get ahead in the slow lane:

November 19th, 2009

Reporting from Tijuana - El Churrero -- the Churro Man -- sidesteps tamale carts, squeezes between bumpers and beggars, working 24 lanes of idling vehicles.

Cash strapped Mexico City pushes ahead with transit, bike improvements:

November 19th, 2009

Cash-strapped Mexico City is pressing ahead with new bus lines and bike lanes in 2010, buoyed by prestigious recognition for a world-class transit system that has reduced pollution in one of the globe's largest cities.

El Paso restaurant owners' kin slain in Ju rez:

November 19th, 2009

The violence in JuA rez claimed the life of a member of a prominent El Paso business family.

Mexico approves $244 billion budget:

November 19th, 2009

LTMexico Budget,0099 Mexico approves $244 billion budget Eds:APNewsNow. MEXICO CITY Mexico's leaders have approved a $244 billion budget for 2010, a slight increase from 2009 despite an economic crisis.

The Zetas: brutal narco-state kings:

November 19th, 2009

In his final dispatch from the drug-fuelled war along the US-Mexican border, our correspondent profiles the deadly army which rules its territory through murder and ruthless intimidation of public officials a ' with the multibillion-dollar narcotics trade as its prize Gabriela was riding the Number 20 bus into Reynosa in north-eastern Mexico when ...

Mexico anti-abortion fight moves to federal lev ...:

November 18th, 2009

Lawmakers in Veracruz made it Mexico's 17th state to pass legislation declaring life begins at conception, then adopted a proposal that requires Congress to consider amending the constitution to outlaw abortion.

Reporting: Mexico11 are Killed in 20 Hours. So Where's the Media?:

November 18th, 2009

By early Sunday, 11 more residents of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, had been slain in a 20-hour period, including the sixth police officer killed this year in growing drug cartel violence.

Famed Southwest artist Jose Cisneros dies:

November 18th, 2009

Artist Jose Cisneros, known for his vivid depictions of the people and culture of the Southwest, has died in El Paso.

El Paso student shot, killed in Mexico:

November 18th, 2009

A 7-year-old boy who attended school in El Paso has been slain in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in shootings that also left his father dead.

78-year-old arrested in 'witch' killing:

November 18th, 2009

Mexican police arrest Santiago Iniguez Olivares. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Santiago Iniguez Olivares accused of bludgeoning Modesta Navarro Nieves because he thought she put a spell on him Olivares had been on the run until recently, when he returned to the area because he thought murder had been forgotten Authorities arrested a woman in June 2008 in ...

Mexicana to drop Edmonton-Mexico City flight in January:

November 18th, 2009

Mexicana Airlines is dropping its non-stop service between Edmonton and Mexico City in January, and adding an extra flight from Calgary.

Travel Co. Defends New Orleans Mayor Nagin For Mexico Trip, Blasts Paper:

November 17th, 2009

The travel company president who has arranged Mayor Ray Nagin's upcoming trip to Merida Mesico which was reported in the Times Picayune has responded angrily to the TP story.

Mexico: Highest H1N1 deaths in elderly:

November 17th, 2009

This spring when H1N1 flu first surfaced in Mexico younger people were hit the hardest, however, the elderly had a higher risk of dying, researchers said.