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Attacks on Mexico journalists surge, says rights group

MEXICO CITY – Attacks on journalists in Mexico have surged during President Enrique Peña Nieto's first two years in power, with assaults reported every 26.7 hours, a press freedom group said Tuesday.

Mexico’s lucha libre in shock over wrestler’s death

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The flying kicks that make lucha libre one of Mexico's most popular events turned into tragedy after a wrestler died in the...

Costa Rica’s Heredia triumphs 3-0 over América, closing in on Concacaf final

The game was hard fought and América was left with one player down after Michael Arroyo was kicked out of the match in the first half for sending a Costa Rican player to the hospital.

Mexico journalist who revealed first lady’s mansion fired

Carmen Aristegui, one of Mexico's most influential broadcast journalists, had been publicly feuding with her employer, MVS Radio, in recent days after two of her investigative reporters were fired by the company.

Mexico nabs Zetas drug cartel leader ‘Z-42’

Omar Treviño, 41, took the helm of the Zetas after his brother, Miguel Ángel Treviño, or "Z-40," was captured by marines in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas in July 2013. The U.S. State Department had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest. Mexico offered $2 million.

How chocolate cake led to Mexican drug kingpin’s arrest

TUMBISCATIO, Mexico – He traveled by four-wheeler and on horseback. He lived in caves and on secluded mountain ranches, surrounded by his bodyguards and logistics men who kept his meth-dealing cartel dominant for years in the western state of Michoacán. When authorities finally caught up with Servando Gómez Martínez, they got him with chocolate cake.

Latin American trafficking ring disrupted after death of minor in Mexico

Twelve-year-old Noemi Álvarez, from Ecuador, took her life at a shelter in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico in March 2014, several days after she was raped, allegedly by traffickers.

Latin America ‘presente’ at the Oscars

The Nicaraguan documentary short "The Reaper" is one of the Latin American films up for an Oscar this year.

Argentine team casts doubt on Mexico’s investigation into students’ disappearance

In a 16-page report, the Argentine team, hired by the victims' families as independent investigators, cited several problems in the government's investigation, including lax security at the site and the procedures by which the evidence was collected and interpreted.

Mexico seeks crematorium owner after 60 bodies found

ACAPULCO, Mexico – Mexican police launched a manhunt Friday for the owner of an abandoned crematorium after 60 bodies, including children, were found rotting in the facility that closed a year ago in Acapulco.

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