Mexico

Carlos Slim firm files California complaint against detractors

2013-05-21 06:30:00

SACRAMENTO -- Mexican telecom billionaire Carlos Slim is punching back at an advocacy group that's been criticizing him across the country and on the steps of the California Capitol building. Slim's Miami-based subsidiary, TracFone Wireless Inc., on...

Opposition dispute rivets Mexico, threatens reforms

2013-05-20 17:18:00

MEXICO CITY -- A dramatic rupture in Mexico’s main opposition political party has aired the group’s dirty laundry and also could trip up President Enrique Pe�a Nieto’s ambitious agenda of reform. The political fireworks riveted Mexicans...

Mexico: Hands-on kitchen and spa, for $300

2013-05-21 08:15:00

If you look — and feel — like you need a massage and a day at the spa, Rancho La Puerta has a deal for you. The Baja resort, an hour’s drive south of San Diego, is offering Saturdays at the Ranch, a one-day visit that includes...

What to drink with a chicken in Oaxacan yellow mole? Something that takes the edge off

2013-05-21 09:00:00

Recently, I was invited to a friend’s house in Patzcuaro (Michoacan), Mexico, and we spent the week madly cooking. The market there was so fantastic --� fat yellow chickens, fresh chayote, baby jicama, a rainbow of fresh and dried chiles, heaps of...

Prosecutor retaliated against Fast and Furious whistle-blower

2013-05-20 20:53:00

WASHINGTON — The former top federal prosecutor in Arizona retaliated against the lead whistle-blower in the Fast and Furious gun-smuggling scandal by leaking an internal report that suggested the whistle-blower once favored allowing illegal gun...

Guatemalan court action revives questions about Rios Montt's fate

2013-05-21 13:45:00

MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic...

Mexico launches military push to restore order in Michoacan state

2013-05-21 16:25:00

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government poured army troops -- and high-level delegations -- into western Mexico on Tuesday in a bid to take back control of a region long besieged by a deadly drug cartel. The operation in the Pacific state of Michoacan...

Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled

2013-05-21 18:15:00

MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...

In a border town, a newspaper forced to be silent

2013-05-18 22:11:00

LAREDO, Texas -- A recent wave of kidnappings in Nuevo Laredo was prominently featured in a recent Sunday edition of El Ma�ana, one of the largest and most long-standing Spanish-language newspapers on the border. But the story carried no byline, and...

Apron maker finds profitable recipe catering to chefs

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Ellen Bennett launched an apron company last year not knowing how to sew and not knowing how to run a business. Now she has the world, so to speak, by the strings. "There was just the idea," says the diminutive, consistently buoyant 25-year-old who also...

Mexico president fires agency head over restaurant scandal

2013-05-15 16:48:00

MEXICO CITY -- He’s got to be wishing that� his daughter had just ordered takeout and gone home. The head of Mexico's consumer protection agency, Humberto Benitez Trevi�o, was fired Wednesday by President Enrique Pe�a Nieto, nearly three weeks...

Mexico: St. Anthony's Chapel to celebrate 100 years

2013-05-14 07:30:00

Desperate to find your great-grandmother’s wedding ring -- the one you lost while cleaning house one day? You might try asking St. Anthony, the patron saint of lost items, to help. Or take your plea one step further and visit the good friar&...

EDINBURG, TX - MAY 20: Special Operations agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection train for upcoming operations on May 20, 2013 near the U.S.-Mexico border in Edinburg, Texas. The Rio Grande Valley area has become the busiest sector for illegal immigration on the whole U.S.

2013-05-21 00:00:00

Mexican soldiers enter a village in Michoacan state during an operation to take control of areas where drug cartels threaten the population.

2013-05-21 00:00:00

A cloud of ash belches out of Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano, some 55 km from Mexico City, as seen from Paso de Cortes, in the Mexican central state of Puebla, on May 20, 2013.

2013-05-20 00:00:00