Felipe Calderon

In the hot land, Mexicans just say no to drug cartels

2013-06-11 03:00:00

COALCOMAN, Mexico — Rafael Garcia slaps the oversize wooden desk where he sits, one of the last mayors still in office in this region of Mexican farm country known as Tierra Caliente — hot land. Mayors from a couple of the nearest towns fled...

Mexico creates task force to search for the missing

2013-05-27 21:29:00

MEXICO CITY — Responding to anguished families and mothers on a hunger strike, the government of President Enrique Pe�a Nieto on Monday created an investigative task force to search for thousands of missing Mexicans. The new effort comes as...

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...

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...

Police testing in Mexico inspires little confidence

2013-05-08 15:32:00

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Guadalajara police commander Juan Carlos Martinez took Mexico's national police vetting exam in April 2012. He failed. But no one in government would tell him why. A few months later, he received a phone call from a man...

Obama, visiting Mexico, shifts focus from drug war

2013-05-02 18:19:00

MEXICO CITY — Against the backdrop of a deadly drug war and shifting security cooperation, President Obama joined his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Pe�a Nieto, here Thursday to promote economic integration, trade and jobs. The two leaders sought to...

Obama welcome in Mexico City; his entourage, not so much

2013-05-02 13:34:00

This post has been updated. See below. MEXICO CITY — President Obama arrived for his two-day diplomatic mission to Mexico on Thursday afternoon with a 54% favorability rating among Mexicans, according to one national poll [link in Spanish]....

A Mexican father's plea to two presidents

2013-05-02 00:00:00

President Obama has much to discuss with Mexico's new president, Enrique Pe�a Nieto, when they meet in Mexico City this week. No issue, however, is more urgent than the search for peace, justice and dignity for and between our peoples. For seven years,...

Mexican columnists ponder Obama visit, wisdom of drug war

2013-05-02 12:35:00

MEXICO CITY — When President Obama arrives in Mexico on Thursday, he and his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Pe�a Nieto, are expected to focus on economic issues. But in the Mexican press, many columnists this week have been more interested in...

Mexican prison melee leaves 11 dead, dozens injured

2013-04-27 14:09:00

MEXICO CITY — A massive early-morning prison brawl Saturday in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi left 11 inmates dead and more than 65 wounded, officials said, the latest in a string of violent episodes that have plagued this country&...

Activists urge Obama to speak out on Mexico's human rights record

2013-04-30 16:29:00

MEXICO CITY -- Activists are attempting to spotlight human rights issues during President Obama's visit this week to Mexico, urging him to publicly condemn what they describe as Mexico’s abysmal record of torture, killings and forced...

President Obama's Mexico visit comes with backdrop of uncertainty

2013-04-28 20:30:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama travels to Mexico this week amid signs that the relationship between the United States and its southern neighbor's new government faces a new period of uncertainty after years of unprecedented closeness forged by the...

Outgoing President Felipe Calderon, right, and his successor, Enrique Pe�a Nieto, shake hands during Pe�a Nieto's swearing-in ceremony this month in Mexico City.

2012-12-01 00:00:00

A banner with a defaced picture of Mexican President Felipe Calderon was hung by demonstrators protesting violence in Mexico City on Nov. 28, 2012. Mexico will inaugurate a new president Saturday after Calderon's six-year militarized offensive against drug cartels.

2012-11-30 00:00:00

Outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderon submitted legislation to change the country's official name to Mexico.

2012-11-23 07:39:33