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Limes are a hot commodity in US as prices skyrocket
Sitting in a Mexican bar in the US capital, Maria complains that "using lemon instead of lime in a margarita is like using onions instead of garlic." But lemon margaritas just might be coming to a cantina near you, thanks to the skyrocketing price of limes.
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Mexican cartel earns more from mining and logging than drugs
Forget crystal meth. The pseudo-religious Knights Templar drug cartel in western Mexico has diversified to the point that drug trafficking doesn't even rank among its top sources of income. The cartel counts illegal mining, logging and extortion as its biggest moneymakers, said Alfredo Castillo, the Mexican government's special envoy sent to restore the rule of law in Michoacan, the state controlled by the Knights Templar the last several years.
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Inside Mexico's feared Sinaloa drugs cartel
Some of Mexico's leading drugs traffickers have been killed or captured in recent months, including the head of the powerful Sinaloa cartel. But inside the secretive world of this feared criminal organisation it's clear that it remains as active as ever. Hector is not what you might expect a drugs smuggler for the Sinaloa cartel to look like. There is no flashy truck and chrome-plated Kalashnikov. Instead, the spry 68-year-old drives a tiny Honda and runs a small convenience store.
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In Mexico, notorious for bad education, teachers make big bucks
We already know about the abysmal state of education in Mexico, where students routinely score near the bottom of international testing. But a new report by a Mexico-based think tank has revealed some real zingers, including 70 teachers who haul in more pesos than the president of the nation (the equivalent of about $15,000 a month). One impoverished state, Hidalgo, was said to have more than 1,000 teachers listed as 100 or more years old.
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Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab Accounts Linked To Mexican Drug Cartels
U.S. regulators are investigating Charles Schwab Corp and Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch brokerage over whether they are doing enough to police their clients' identities, sources said, the latest sign a crackdown on money laundering is expanding. Specifically, the regulator is looking into whether the brokerages missed red flags that could indicate attempts to move money illicitly or to feed proceeds from illegal activities into the financial system, the sources said.
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Mexican man, once world's heaviest, dies at 48
A Mexican man once listed as the world's heaviest human being died Monday at the age of 48. Manuel Uribe had slimmed down to about 867 pounds (394 kilograms), well below his then-record peak weight of 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms), which was certified in 2006 as a Guinness World Record.
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A Bloody War for Water in Mexico
Residents of a town outside Mexico City injured 100 police in a fight to defend their natural spring from being tapped.
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No water, no toilet paper, no tampons: how the US treats border detainees
A new lawsuit reveals the awful conditions migrants face in Customs and Border Protection custody.
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How a drug cartel hid millions behind a horse farm
Three brothers used an Oklahoma horse farm as a front for their notorious Los Zetas drug cartel. Here's how investigators unraveled the years-long crime.
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How a Mexican Drug Cartel Makes Its Billions
Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel is a complex, multi-billion-dollar business operating in more than a dozen countries.
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World Cup Produces Arrest of Mexican Drug Lord Going to Game
Brazil arrested a suspected Mexican drug trafficker on his way to watch his national soccer team play in the World Cup. He bought a ticket under his name. Jose Diaz-Barajas, 49, was arrested at Rio de Janeiro’s Tom Jobim airport last night as he boarded a plane to Fortaleza, where Mexico plays Brazil today, Luiz Cravo Dorea, head of international cooperation at the Federal Police, said.
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Leader of Tijuana drug cartel captured in northern Mexico
Mexican soldiers have captured the leader of the Tijuana cartel in the northern border city, government officials said on Tuesday, in a fresh blow to the once powerful drug gang. Luis Fernando Sanchez Arellano, known as 'the engineer', was arrested in an army raid on a house in Tijuana on Monday afternoon, shortly after Mexico qualified for the last 16 of the soccer World Cup by beating Croatia, the officials said.
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Hundreds of Immigrants Are Rushing the Border Just to Get Caught
Groups of as many as 200 immigrants have been crossing in broad daylight, told by smugglers they'll face better conditions if nabbed by the Border Patrol.
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Mexican authorities recover radioactive load stolen from truck
Mexican authorities found a load of dangerous radioactive material that was in a stolen pickup, a top civil protection official said on Friday The load of iridium 192 was found abandoned on a street a few miles from where the truck was stolen in the industrial Mexico City suburb of Tlalnepantla, Luis Felipe Puente, the head of the country's civil protection agency, said on Twitter.
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5 things you need to know about the immigration crisis
Partisan hyperbole has ratcheted up as the Obama administration grapples with thousands of young undocumented immigrants surging the U.S.-Mexico border and facing angry protesters on the way to overcrowded detention centers.
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North Korean Ship Tests the Waters Near America's Shores
It’s not often that North Korean-flagged freighters turn up near America’s shores, but when they do, they deserve attention. North Korea has a prolific record of arms smuggling, narcotics dealing, counterfeiting, terrorist ties and missile and nuclear proliferation. So, let’s hope U.S. authorities are keeping a close eye on a North Korean cargo ship called the Mu Du Bong, which late last month called at Cuba, then vanished from the commercial shipping grid for more than a week.
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450 'Abused children' rescued in Mexico
Mexican police have rescued more than 450 children they believe were abused at a children's home in Zamora in the western state of Michoacan.
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Dismembered Body Found in Mexico Is Missing US Traveler Harry Devert
Devert had quit his job to ride a motorcycle from the US to the World Cup in Brazil. But he disappeared in a dangerous region of Mexico.
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Missing Trader Who Wanted To Motorcycle To The World Cup Found Dead In Mexico
The remains of 33-year-old stock trader Harry Devert were discovered in Mexico, NBC New York reports, citing authorities. Harry Devert, a Westchester native who worked as a trader for H&H Capital, was riding his motorcycle from New York to Brazil for the World Cup.
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Texas Attorney General: Immigrants Crossing Border Illegally Are Raping, Killing In Texas
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says up to 1,000 National Guard troops will be deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border to stop the immigrants who are crossing the border illegally for criminal purposes.
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