Many Mexicans who lived most of their lives in the United States have been forced to return to a country they hardly know.
Mexico
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Mexican bishops don’t see explosion as attack on church
The motive for the explosion on July 25 remains a mystery, though some in the conference said it reflected the violence suffered by society at large in a country with soaring homicide rates and a decade-long drug cartel crackdown.
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Explosive device detonated outside Mexican bishops’ offices
An explosive device was detonated outside the offices of the Mexican bishops’ conference, directly across the street from the country’s most visited religious site, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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Mexican Catholic Church: Mexicans can’t feel safe anywhere
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Roman Catholic Church said in an editorial that Mexicans can’t feel safe anywhere, as homicides rise throughout the country. The statement Sunday by the Mexican Council of Bishops came on the same day that the bodies of two men and a woman were left at the entrance to a once-quiet, […]
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Gasoline theft becomes major criminal enterprise in Mexico
Thieves are puncturing fuel pipelines in Mexico and siphoning profits from the national oil company.
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Empathy was his greatest weapon; remembering Mexican journalist Javier Valdez
I regularly report on violence against journalists in Mexico. But Javier’s death came as a personal blow to me.
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Mexican bishops call for action on 31,000 missing people
Many of the graves have been discovered by desperate family members acting on their own and without the assistance of the authorities.
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Mexico’s runaway governors help a tradition of corruption thrive
Mexicans are no stranger to widespread corruption, which costs the country a staggering $100 billion per year, according to last year’s National Corruption Forum. Governors are especially likely to become involved with graft.
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Wave of murders rattles Mexican journalists
Four attacks on reporters in such a short timespan have shocked Mexico, already a country press freedom organizations say is one the most dangerous in the Western Hemisphere for journalists.
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Third time might be the charm for Mexico’s leftist ‘eternal candidate’ running for president
As next year’s presidential election draws ever closer, former Mexico City mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador may be the number one candidate.