Three policemen died in a shootout with two other officers suspected of drug trafficking at Mexico City’s airport on Monday
Mexico's top Cabinet secretary dies in crash - AP
Authorities located the bodies of the secretary and seven others
Till two years do us part: Mexico City considers temporary 'marriages' - TheDC
Catholic Church: Reform ‘absurd,’ ‘contradicts the nature of marriage’
Shooting is not a referendum on Arizona -- or on conservatism
Loughner is a lunatic who would have committed this act regardless of his physical address.
NFL talks to Sainz about Jets behavior - AP
The ‘Hard Knocks’ stars are being investigated by the NFL for the way Jets players and coaches carried on when they were visited by a female reporter from a Mexican TV network
Man arrested for monkey business - AP
Mexico City’s international airport after authorities found 18 tiny endangered monkeys in a girdle Roberto Cabrera was wearing
U.S. banks: drug lord accomplices - Bloomberg
Wachovia and Bank of America fail to monitor and report suspected money laundering by narcotics traffickers; allow Mexican drug trade to thrive
6.5-magnitude earthquake rattles Mexico - AP
A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca Wednesday, and was felt at least as far away as Mexico City
Border fencing
While the Arizona immigration law causes national controversy, missing from many local conversations is any mention of ethnicity. In hardscrabble towns on or near the border, Hispanics understand that safety and security are fundamentally American problems
Is soccer ruining the world? - THE DAILY CALLER
Soccer, as it turns out, has a long history of aggravating tensions and igniting conflicts, both internal and international
Prison warden kidnapped and chopped up - CNN
Mexican prison warden abducted and dismembered by suspected drug cartel members
Photo circulating may be of missing political leader Fernandez de Cevallos
Photos that first appeared on Twitter late Thursday show a bare-chested, grim-faced, bearded man
Ex-candidate's disappearance rattles Mexico - AP
The mysterious disappearance of a former presidential candidate is stoking fear in Mexico that nobody may be safe from relentless kidnapping and rampant drug violence
Delta Airlines loses dog, offers owner free flight - CNN
While most airline typically lose luggage, Delta Airlines reportedly lost a man’s dog
Of flags and Cinco de Mayo
The sight of the American flag in America—even on Cinco de Mayo—should not be a source of offense to Americans of Mexican descent, but pride, providing of course that one sees him or herself as an American first
How to get re-elected with 33 percent
If you asked me, “check your papers?” I’d say, “Kiss my ass.” And it really doesn’t get any more American than that.
First Lady lands in Mexico - THE NEW YORK TIMES
Children greatly outnumbered adults on the tarmac when Michelle Obama touched down Tuesday night, and that was to continue to be the case for much of her first solo foray out of the United States as first lady
Kidnapped Mexican jounalist found with throat slit - AP
Reporters Without Borders said in a statement Sunday that federal law enforcement officials must do more to protect journalists in Mexico
Mexico: Hollywood producer suspect in wife's death - AP
A Mexican official says ‘Survivor’ producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is a suspect in his wife’s death after reporting her missing in the resort city of Cancun
Drug traffickers attack Mexican army - LA TIMES
In northern states this week, gunmen fought troops and sought to confine some to their bases by cutting off access and blocking roads. The aggression shows they are not afraid to challenge the army
