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Gangs blamed for killing 3 with US consulate tie

AP News 3 hours ago

Authorities seek motive in 3 slayings after US consulate party in Mexico; drug gangs suspected The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of ...

Killing of Americans pressures Mexico in drug war

Reuters US Online Report Top News 3 hours ago

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - The killing of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Mexico's bloodiest drug war hotspot has thrown President Felipe Calderon a major test as he heads to this border city on Tuesday to try to contain ...

US sends FBI to probe consular slayings in Mexico

AFP Global Edition 3 hours ago

Faced with a brazen challenge from drug cartels, US FBI agents have joined a Mexican probe into attacks on US consular staff and their families that left three dead in this border city, officials said Monday. Mexican authorities blamed the drive-by murders ...

Decision on Americans' departure was before deaths

AP Features 3 hours ago

After deciding last week to help family members of U.S. consulate employees in northern Mexico leave the area, the State Department waited until Sunday to announce the move. On Saturday three people associated with the consulate in Ciudad Juarez were gunned down. ...

A 13,000-mile drive south: NYC to Argentina

AP Features 6 hours ago

Driving the Americas on a trip around the world: 4 months, 13,000 miles, NY to Buenos Aires It was just like driving to work, except that I kept on going: From New York to Argentina, through 12 countries, for four months and ...

Slim a maverick tycoon in Mexico's business elite

Reuters Life! Online Report 9 hours ago

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Carlos Slim, the world's richest man according to Forbes, has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in Mexico, but he also is seen to typify a business elite that amassed fortunes by exploiting the poor. Slim, whose Telmex ...

Obama outraged by consulate killings in Mexico

AFP American Edition 10 hours ago

Suspected drug gang "hit teams" killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to a US consulate in coordinated shootings that marked an ominous turn in Mexico's drug war. US President Barack Obama said he was "outraged" by the latest killings in the ...

Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff

Reuters US Online Report World News 11 hours ago

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate and President Barack Obama expressed outrage at the attack. An American woman working at ...

Mexico drug war worsens as US consular staff hit

AFP Global Edition 12 hours ago

Suspected "hit teams" from Mexico's powerful Juarez Cartel killed two Americans and a Mexican man linked to the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez in coordinated weekend shootings that marked an ominous turn in the drug war ravaging northern Mexico. US officials said ...

'Hit teams' attack US consular staff, families in Mexico: US

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Suspected drug cartel "hit teams" gunned down an American consular employee and her husband in a Mexican border city and killed a co-worker's Mexican husband in a separate attack, a US official said Sunday. The victims -- two Americans and a Mexican ...

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