Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/world/latin-america/mexico world World - Mexico en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:32:53 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/world/latin-america/mexico http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico ap/20100210/lt_drug_war_mexico AP world Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:32:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.3c46baf89b2d4b7da665702616c15a41.mexico_drug_war_mxam106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LXZQbsFfz2y8o09hX.kzQg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A suspect man wearing a police officer uniform who alleged was working for a drug cartel in Tijuana, center, is guarded by federal police as he is presented to the press in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The man was arrested yesterday in Baja California, along with other alleged key members of a drug cartel operating in the border town of Tijuana. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0" /></a>AP - A crackdown on a vicious Mexican drug gang has led to the arrest of five Tijuana police officers, including two who had been at the forefront of the border city's efforts to rid the force of corruption.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.3c46baf89b2d4b7da665702616c15a41.mexico_drug_war_mxam106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LXZQbsFfz2y8o09hX.kzQg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A suspect man wearing a police officer uniform who alleged was working for a drug cartel in Tijuana, center, is guarded by federal police as he is presented to the press in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The man was arrested yesterday in Baja California, along with other alleged key members of a drug cartel operating in the border town of Tijuana. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/usmexicotrade afp/20100209/usmexicotrade AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:35:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/usmexicotrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265751298927-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=J3tOufh1R2tER7TA_NWPAg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Mexico's Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Gerardo Ruiz Mateo (L) give a press conference in Mexico City. Mateo said a trade spat with the United States would be resolved this year, as Kirk visited the Mexican capital on Tuesday.(AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Mexico's economy minister said a trade spat with the United States would be resolved this year, as top US trade envoy Ron Kirk visited the Mexican capital on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/usmexicotrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265751298927-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=J3tOufh1R2tER7TA_NWPAg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Mexico's Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Gerardo Ruiz Mateo (L) give a press conference in Mexico City. Mateo said a trade spat with the United States would be resolved this year, as Kirk visited the Mexican capital on Tuesday.(AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/us_nm/us_mexico_drugs_rehab nm/20100209/us_mexico_drugs_rehab Reuters us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:27:30 GMT Reuters - A Mexican entrepreneur is luring U.S. drug addicts to plush rehabilitation centers south of the border, even as shoddier Mexican clinics earn a reputation for attracting cartel shootouts. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_earthquake ap/20100209/lt_mexico_earthquake AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:08:43 GMT AP - A magnitude 5.7-earthquake shook southern Mexico near the Oaxaca coast Monday, setting off evacuation alarms and swaying buildings as far away as Mexico City. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_mexico_trucks nm/20100209/us_usa_mexico_trucks Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:46:09 GMT Reuters - Congress could be moving closer to allowing Mexican trucks to haul cargo through the United States, helping to end a trade dispute hurting some exporters, the U.S. Trade Representative said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_apnewsalert ap/20100208/lt_apnewsalert AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:17:28 GMT AP - A US official says Mexico has arrested top 2 alleged leaders of a violent Tijuana drug gang. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_not_so_dangerous_mexico ap/20100208/lt_drug_war_not_so_dangerous_mexico AP world Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_not_so_dangerous_mexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100207/i/r293068019.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UqpCY1xNowIUypgoO2fM3g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="People lie down with crime scene markings around their bodies during the "Acuestate por la Paz" (Lie down for peace) protest against the violence resulting from drug trafficking and organized crime in Mexico City February 6, 2010. Drug gang killings have risen sharply this year. A murder toll of around 900 last month made January the deadliest month since President Felipe Calderon came to power in late 2006 and launched an army-led war on smuggling cartels. REUTERS/Jorge Dan (MEXICO - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)" border="0" /></a>AP - Decapitated bodies dumped on the streets, drug-war shootings and regular attacks on police have obscured a significant fact: A falling homicide rate means people in Mexico are less likely to die violently now than they were more than a decade ago.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_not_so_dangerous_mexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100207/i/r293068019.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UqpCY1xNowIUypgoO2fM3g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="People lie down with crime scene markings around their bodies during the "Acuestate por la Paz" (Lie down for peace) protest against the violence resulting from drug trafficking and organized crime in Mexico City February 6, 2010. Drug gang killings have risen sharply this year. A murder toll of around 900 last month made January the deadliest month since President Felipe Calderon came to power in late 2006 and launched an army-led war on smuggling cartels. REUTERS/Jorge Dan (MEXICO - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_afp/mexicoanimalsbullfightingprotest afp/20100207/mexicoanimalsbullfightingprotest AFP world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:50:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_afp/mexicoanimalsbullfightingprotest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265507070693-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wORJlHhX1dRGRvXwQsaAMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Members of the Anima Naturalis organization protest against bullfighting in front of the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City. The sign reads "No bullfights!".(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Some 200 activists soaked in fake blood and with colorful banderilla stakes attached to their backs staged a symbolic "die-in" Saturday demanding a ban to bullfighting in Mexico.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/wl_afp/mexicoanimalsbullfightingprotest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265507070693-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wORJlHhX1dRGRvXwQsaAMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Members of the Anima Naturalis organization protest against bullfighting in front of the Fine Arts Palace in Mexico City. The sign reads "No bullfights!".(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_mexico_drugs nm/20100207/us_mexico_drugs Reuters world Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:27:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_mexico_drugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r311896534.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=zHVWRXBaixBX52aNIazZfg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Members of Mexico's Federal Police stand during the presentation of arrested suspects Jose Manuel García Simental, nicknamed "El Chiquilin", and Raydel Lopez Uriarte, nicknamed "The Crutches" in Mexico City February 9, 2010. Garcia Simental and Raydel Lopez Uriarte lead the cartel formerly headed by Garcia Simental's older brother, drug lord lieutenant Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, who was captured last Monday and charged with the wave of violence affecting the northern city of Tijuana, according to the DEA. REUTERS/Jorge Dan (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Gunmen stormed into a nightclub in the Mexican beach resort of Mazatlan and shot dead six people in what looked like the latest in a flurry of drug cartel attacks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100207/wl_nm/us_mexico_drugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r311896534.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=zHVWRXBaixBX52aNIazZfg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Members of Mexico's Federal Police stand during the presentation of arrested suspects Jose Manuel García Simental, nicknamed "El Chiquilin", and Raydel Lopez Uriarte, nicknamed "The Crutches" in Mexico City February 9, 2010. Garcia Simental and Raydel Lopez Uriarte lead the cartel formerly headed by Garcia Simental's older brother, drug lord lieutenant Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, who was captured last Monday and charged with the wave of violence affecting the northern city of Tijuana, according to the DEA. REUTERS/Jorge Dan (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/wl_nm/us_mexico_mudslide nm/20100206/us_mexico_mudslide Reuters world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:03:54 GMT Reuters - A mudslide in central Mexico has killed at least 11 people after days of heavy rain that had already caused flooding and fatalities elsewhere in the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_flooding ap/20100206/lt_mexico_flooding AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:47:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_flooding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.43c83dc99e564d3a9bd248769d6e73d7.mexico_flooding_mxev108.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=IhbgI.nGdT3fj_WS.9OPmA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Workers place sand bags to prevent more flooding after heavy rains in Nezahualcoyotl, a town adjacent to Mexico City,Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photos/Eduardo Verdugo)" border="0" /></a>AP - A landslide killed at least 11 people in central Mexico on Friday, adding to 18 deaths this week from severe and unseasonable winter storms that closed schools and freeways and flooded thousands of homes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_flooding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100205/capt.43c83dc99e564d3a9bd248769d6e73d7.mexico_flooding_mxev108.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=IhbgI.nGdT3fj_WS.9OPmA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Workers place sand bags to prevent more flooding after heavy rains in Nezahualcoyotl, a town adjacent to Mexico City,Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photos/Eduardo Verdugo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/wl_nm/us_mexico nm/20100206/us_mexico Reuters world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:17:18 GMT Reuters - When the Mexican Navy gunned down notorious Mexican drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva in December, tribute videos started popping up on YouTube almost immediately. They showed pictures of Beltran Leyva, aka "el Jefe de Jefes" (the Chief of Chiefs), with stacks of money, guns and bags of cocaine as the backdrop to catchy corridos (narrative ballads) exalting his life and times. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_mexico_cuisine ap/20100206/lt_mexico_cuisine AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:27:43 GMT AP - Mexico already has many of its monuments on UNESCO's list of protected sites. Now the government is asking for international recognition for the country's cuisine. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100206/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_guatemala ap/20100206/lt_drug_war_guatemala AP world Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:51:03 GMT AP - Guatemalan police say they have destroyed about 1,200 acres (500 hectares) of opium poppies along the border with Mexico. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/ts_alt_afp/usmexicocrimedrugs afp/20100205/usmexicocrimedrugs AFP us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:50:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/ts_alt_afp/usmexicocrimedrugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265413781946-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=cv5Y1mBzXFdRfV8eqBjx7Q--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Picture taken in 2005 of Miguel Angel Caro Quintero. Quintero, brother of 1980s cartel kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in Colorado, a statement said. Quintero's sentence will be followed by two years of supervised release.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The brother of a notorious Mexican drug baron was jailed for 17 years in the United States for his part in a marijuana smuggling racket, US justice officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/ts_alt_afp/usmexicocrimedrugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100205/capt.photo_1265413781946-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=cv5Y1mBzXFdRfV8eqBjx7Q--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="Picture taken in 2005 of Miguel Angel Caro Quintero. Quintero, brother of 1980s cartel kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in Colorado, a statement said. Quintero's sentence will be followed by two years of supervised release.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_re_us/us_cartel_leader ap/20100205/us_cartel_leader AP us Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:56:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_re_us/us_cartel_leader"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.90db56405dd94fe1838fb50db7fd8037.cartel_leader_dx201.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=m8BWRox2HTH240FB9sN3nA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="FILE - This 2005 file photo provided the Mexican Federal Police shows Miguel Angel Caro Quintero, 46, a Mexican drug kingpin who led a fearsome cartel for more than a decade. He was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, to 17 years in prison by a U.S. District Judge in Denver for trafficking drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border. Caro Quintero pleaded guilty last fall to one count of racketeering in Colorado and one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana in Arizona. (AP Photo/Federal Police, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - It started with a forgetful hotel guest &mdash; $42,000 left in a room in Boulder, Colo. It ended two decades later with the leader of a fearsome Mexican cartel sent to prison for 17 years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100205/ap_on_re_us/us_cartel_leader"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.90db56405dd94fe1838fb50db7fd8037.cartel_leader_dx201.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=m8BWRox2HTH240FB9sN3nA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="FILE - This 2005 file photo provided the Mexican Federal Police shows Miguel Angel Caro Quintero, 46, a Mexican drug kingpin who led a fearsome cartel for more than a decade. He was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, to 17 years in prison by a U.S. District Judge in Denver for trafficking drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border. Caro Quintero pleaded guilty last fall to one count of racketeering in Colorado and one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana in Arizona. (AP Photo/Federal Police, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_drug_war_cartel_trial ap/20100204/us_drug_war_cartel_trial AP us Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:29:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_drug_war_cartel_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.74b1e0abe2b74cda89c3fe40b560b448.drug_war_cartel_trial_txlar101.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=LMmb25zjf3ppZeOfxbaq8g--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="This undated photo provided by the Laredo Police Department shows Gerardo Castillo Chavez in Laredo, Texas. Castillo &mdash; indicted in 2008 under the assumed name 'Armando Garcia' and known as 'Cachetes,' or 'cheeks' in Spanish, faces up to life in prison if convicted in U.S. District Court on conspiracy, drug and weapons charges. Jurors deliberated for about five hours Wednesday and were scheduled to resume discussions Thursday morning Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Laredo Police Department via Laredo Morning Times)" border="0" /></a>AP - A federal judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of an alleged drug cartel hit man after a jury in the Texas-Mexico border town of Laredo acquitted him on a gun charge and deadlocked on other charges.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_us/us_drug_war_cartel_trial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100204/capt.74b1e0abe2b74cda89c3fe40b560b448.drug_war_cartel_trial_txlar101.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=LMmb25zjf3ppZeOfxbaq8g--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="This undated photo provided by the Laredo Police Department shows Gerardo Castillo Chavez in Laredo, Texas. Castillo &mdash; indicted in 2008 under the assumed name 'Armando Garcia' and known as 'Cachetes,' or 'cheeks' in Spanish, faces up to life in prison if convicted in U.S. District Court on conspiracy, drug and weapons charges. Jurors deliberated for about five hours Wednesday and were scheduled to resume discussions Thursday morning Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Laredo Police Department via Laredo Morning Times)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_no_refuge ap/20100204/lt_drug_war_no_refuge AP world Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:39:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_no_refuge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.08fafaa65b164457bdbd7460a2c2b6fc.mexico_drug_war_no_refuge_mxga306.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=m5q3gzrWG2_p4t5ZKRdQ4w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this Nov. 20, 2009 photo, a recovering drug addict guards the entrance door at the CDLDA rehab center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Mexico's powerful drug cartels have been operating drug rehabilitation clinics, turning some into bloody killing fields and forcing recovering addicts into their ranks of hit men and smugglers. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mexico's powerful cartels have taken to running drug rehabilitation centers, turning recovering addicts into hit men and smugglers and giving some an ultimatum: Work for us or we'll kill you.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_no_refuge"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100203/capt.08fafaa65b164457bdbd7460a2c2b6fc.mexico_drug_war_no_refuge_mxga306.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=m5q3gzrWG2_p4t5ZKRdQ4w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Nov. 20, 2009 photo, a recovering drug addict guards the entrance door at the CDLDA rehab center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Mexico's powerful drug cartels have been operating drug rehabilitation clinics, turning some into bloody killing fields and forcing recovering addicts into their ranks of hit men and smugglers. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/wl_nm/us_mexico_drugs_avocados nm/20100204/us_mexico_drugs_avocados Reuters world Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:53:20 GMT Reuters - This sunkissed corner of western Mexico is the source of an annual bounty of guacamole dip for U.S. Super Bowl fans, but extortion and kidnapping by drug gangs has cast a grim shadow over its avocado farmers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mexico/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100203/ap_on_re_us/us_new_mexico_domestic_partnerships ap/20100203/us_new_mexico_domestic_partnerships AP us Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:53:03 GMT AP - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is pushing for a vote by all state senators on a proposal to allow domestic partnerships.