18Dec2012
New Paramilitary Force to Battle Narco Gangsters in Mexico
McClatchy Newspapers
President Enrique Pena Nieto laid out a security strategy Monday that creates a new national force, or gendarmerie, to combat organized crime and restore law to the most distant corners of Mexico.

18Dec2012
Oscar De La Hoya Says Holiday Charity Work 'Feeds the Soul'
The Fix
There was a time, says "Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya, when he had millions of fans, but only one true friend: “the bottle.” Now 19 months sober, the former champ, who defeated 17 world champions and took ten world titles in six different weight classes, says he’s in a different place.

18Dec2012
Work in Progress: Mexican Graduates Struggle to Find Employment
Al Jazeera
More than 70 per cent of Mexicans never get the chance to go to university - many of those are either unemployed or working poorly paid jobs. But even those lucky few who graduate have to struggle to find well paid employment.

17Dec2012
Rumors of Links to Organized Crime Surround Jenni Rivera's Death
InSight
The plane crash in which Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera and five others died last week may have been related to a spat she allegedly had with the Zetas, an unidentified source told the Huffington Post.

17Dec2012
10 Reasons Homeless People Sleep Out in the Cold - and Die
Care2.com
You can’t miss them when you walk around a city: shapeless masses pressed up against buildings or into corners. Homeless people sleeping outside, even now when the temperature is cold and dropping.

17Dec2012
Petition Asks Harvard President to Rescind Former Mexican President Calderon's Fellowship
OpEdNews.com
The petition at Change.org asking Harvard President Faust to rescind former Mexican President Calderon's HKS fellowship has now surpassed over 6,300 signatures.

17Dec2012
Interior Secretary Government Says Country's US-Backed Anti-Crime Policy Failing
Associated Press
The top national security official for Mexico's new president has delivered a blistering critique of the country's U.S.-backed anti-crime policy, saying the strategy of capturing drug cartel leaders has fragmented their organizations and made them more violent and dangerous.

17Dec2012
Diane Dimond: It's Time for US to Flex Muscle with Mexico for Jailed Ex-Marine
Noozhawk
By the time you read this, I earnestly hope that ex-Marine Lance Cpl. Jon Hammar is a free man. I hope that our State Department has stepped up to help this military hero in his time of need. I’m not optimistic.


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