04Oct2015
Rito del Pasesito: Viral Video Challenge Encourages Mexican Teens to Snort Cocaine
The Fix
A truly morbid version of the ice bucket challenge is starting to go viral throughout Mexico, only this variant challenges teenagers to snort cocaine.

04Oct2015
Microsoft to Invest $1B in Tech Education in Mexico
Agencia EFE
Microsoft Corporation CEO Satya Nadella said here during a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto that the technology giant would invest around $1 billion to promote digital education and inclusion in the Latin American country.

04Oct2015
InSightCrime Explains Mexico's Decision to Extradite Alleged Drug Lords
InSight Crime
Mexico has extradited two alleged drug lords and nearly a dozen other suspected drug traffickers to the United States, a decision that was likely influenced by the escape of notorious kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in July.

04Oct2015
Formula One Racing: Mexico City Promises World's Second Fastest Track
IBTimes
The Rodriguez Brothers race track in Mexico City opened to the public on 3 October ahead of the Formula One race to be held there next month. Mexican Formula One racer Sergio Perez joined Mexico City mayor Miguel Mancera who led the ribbon cutting ceremony.

03Oct2015
Diminished Citizen Confidence in Armed Forces, Federal Police and Prosecutors Office
Aristegui Noticias
According to the 2015 National Survey on Victimization and Perception of Public Security conducted by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics, citizens expressed diminished confidence in the Armed Forces, the Federal Police and the Attorney General's Office.

03Oct2015
Trump's Immigration Plan is Much Like President Eisenhower's 'Operation Wetback'
Ring of Fire
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s aggressive anti-immigration plan is modeled after Eisenhower’s. That plan was called “Operation Wetback,” which consisted of rounding up approximately 1 million Mexican immigrants and shipping them back across the border.

03Oct2015
Slim Foundation Gives $2.6M to Fight Chagas Disease
Houston Public Media
This week, the Carlos Slim Foundation in Mexico announced a $2.6 million grant to scientists at Baylor who are working on a therapeutic vaccine for Chagas. Although a therapeutic vaccine won’t stop someone from getting the parasite, it could slow down the damage to the heart.

03Oct2015
Remittances to Mexico Rise More Than 6 Percent in First 8 Months of 2015
Agencia EFE
Remittances sent to Mexico by emigrants totaled $16.6 billion in the first eight months of 2015, up 6.07 percent compared to the same period last year, when they came in at $15.6 billion, the Bank of Mexico said.


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