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  • Mexican telecom firm in talks to restructure debt

    Mexico's Maxcom Telecomunicaciones said Tuesday it was looking to raise new capital and restructure debt after failing to make an interest payment. In a filing with the Mexican Stock Exchange, Maxcom said it would use a 30-day grace period with respect to Tuesday's scheduled interest payment of roughly $11 million to continue talks with a new investor and certain of its bondholders with a view ...

  • Mexico arrests man on FBIs top 10 Most Wanted list

    Walter Lee Williams , an alleged child sexual predator on the FBI's list of top 10 Most Wanted criminals. Williams was arrested in Playa del Carmen, a seaside resort town just south of Cancun on ...

  • Tropical Depression Two moving over southern Bay of Campeche NHC

    (Reuters) - Tropical Depression Two that formed over the northwestern Caribbean Sea was moving over the southern Bay of Campeche, home to key Mexican oil operations, U.S. government forecasters said early Wednesday. The depression was located ...

  • Most Wanted US Fugitive Arrested in Mexico

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  • Escape valves in the Mexican elections

    In his day, Cantinflas symbolized people’s criticism of politicians. His personality represented the average person, ignorant but honest. Faced with the dishonest ignorance of politicians, the protest movement identified an honest comedian as the best option. Just recall the beginning of his speech in the movie If I were a congressman: "I’m here because I don’t belong to ...

Movie Review

The Frighteners

There is rarely a peaceful moment in Peter Jackson's new horror-comedy "The Frighteners." I don't know if there is a single scene in the whole film where the camera stays still for more than a second, and I'm quite positive that never more than a minute transpired before some form of special effects filled the screen. The fact is, this manic send-up of the ghost story genre is almost too manic for ... ...

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  • Azerbaijani envoy to Mexico visits Ireli Youth Centre

    Azerbaijani Ambassador to Mexico Ilgar Muxtarov and member of the Guatemalan Parliament Jose Ines Castillo have visited Ireli Public Union. Welcoming the guests, Ireli Chairman Rauf Mardiyev, Secretary General Narmin Mammadova and Chairman of the Supervision Commission Khagani Farajov provided detailed information about the activities and projects of the organization. Then, the guests ...

  • Mexican steelmaker AHMSA eyes shale gas opening

    - Mexico's top steelmaker is hoping to tap the country's ample shale gas reserves if an energy sector overhaul expected this year provides an opening, a senior executive with the company, Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA), said on ...

  • FBI fugitive arrested in Mexican resort

    Walter Lee Williams, a former university professor seen here in a 2011 handout photo released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has become the 500th person to be named to the Ten Most Wanted list, according to an FBI statement. (REUTERS/FBI/Handout via Reuters) CANCUN – Mexican authorities on Tuesday arrested a former U.S. university professor, who recently was added to the ...

  • Mexico nabs most wanted American sex predator at resort town

    (42 mins ago) Mexican officials said they arrested Walter Lee Williams, a US citizen and alleged child sexual predator who was on the FBI's list of top 10 Most Wanted criminals. Williams was arrested in Playa del Carmen, a seaside resort town just south of Cancun on Mexico's Caribbean coast, said Gaspar Armando Garcia, the Quintana Roo state ...

  • Professor on US FBIs most wanted list nabbed in Mexico

    This 2011 image provided by the FBI shows Walter Lee Williams. He is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of children and traveling abroad for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with ...

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