6 participants in Gulf of Mexico boat race missing

UPDATE: 12:07AM ESTSome information has surfaced about the crew of the missing boat." The six-person crew of a Texas A&M University sailboat was reported missing Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said. A sailboat matching the description of the crew's...

Not a good week for Mexico's former president

The LATimes blog here in Mexico City explains what has been a bad week for former president Vicente Fox.[ url="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2007/10/foxs-meltdown-f.html"]Fox's meltdown fascinates Mexico It's been a very bad week in Mexico for Vicente Fox, the...

El Ejército Mexicano y el Asesinato en Zongolica (II)

Aparecen contradicciones preocupantes sobre la muerte de la anciana En la primera parte de este artículo informábamos sobre la supuesta violación y asesinato de una mujer indígena pobre de 73 años, Ernestina Ascencio Rosario, en el poblado de Soledad Atzompa, estado...

Mexico's Military and the Murder at Zongolica (II)

Major discordances in the death of elderly woman In the first part of this article we reported the news of an alleged rape and killing of an indigenous 73-year-old poor woman, Ernestina Ascencio Rosario, in the town of Soledad Atzompa, state of Veracruz. Atzompa citizens...

Scientist: Pollution destroying pre-Aztec Mexican ruins

"MEXICO CITY, Mexico (Reuters) -- Oil refineries and power stations pumping acid air pollutants along Mexico's Gulf coast threaten to erase carved stone murals at the pre-Aztec ruined city of El Tajin, a scientist said on Sunday. Air pollution specialist Humberto Bravo said...

Earliest Writing in North America

"Stone Writing Earliest Seen in Americas The Cascajal block, pictured here, was found in Veracruz, Mexico, in 1999. Since then archaeologists have confirmed it bears the earliest known writing in the New World."

Mexican Immigrants Cut Children's Necks Until They Were Nearly Decapitated

The family may have been involved with an illegal immigrant smuggling ring.

Immigration battle begins with employers

Undocumented aliens will continue to come north as long as U.S. companies are hiring them, Border Patrol agents say.