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  • Mexico City hosts chili pepper festival

    Chili peppers and sauces will take centre stage at a festival being held this week in Mexico City, where the spicy plant, one of the pillars of Mexican cuisine, will be honoured, organizers said. The first Chilis, Sauces and Mortars Festival, which will be held Friday to Sunday, is being organized by the Enchilada Fair, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said. Mexico ...

  • 84-year-old New Mexico woman with oxygen tank indicted for drug trafficking

    KRQE-TV reports that Lillie Smith was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and possession.Court documents show the charges stem from a warrant served at her apartment in 2011.Deputies suspected that the woman's son, Nathan Jones, was running a small drug operation out of her home. But the ...

  • Alleged drug cartel member pleads guilty to murder attempted murder of 2 ICE agents in Mexico

    WASHINGTON - An accused Mexican drug cartel member has pleaded guilty in the killing and wounding of two U.S. agents in Mexico. Julian Zapata Espinoza pleaded guilty Thursday to the February 2011 shootings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He faces up to life in prison. Agent Jaime Zapata was killed and his colleague Victor Avila was wounded in the highway shooting. Several ...

  • Slims Mexico bank Inbursa says to hold share offer for Caixa

    MEXICO CITY, May 23 (Reuters) - Billionaire Carlos Slim's Mexican bank Inbursa said on Thursday that it would hold a secondary share offering on behalf of Spain' Caixabank. Caixabank said earlier that it was considering selling around 10 percent ...

  • Guilty plea in shooting of ICE agents in Mexico

    Julian Zapata Espinoza pleaded guilty Thursday to the February 2011 shootings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He faces up to life in ...

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The Hit [DVD]

The Hit [DVD]

The Hit marked director Stephen Frears return to the cinema after nearly 13 years of working in television, and it shows in the films simultaneous narrative intimacy and broad visual scope. From a story perspective, the film is well suited to the small screen, with its emphasis on relationshi ... ...

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  • Mexico’s economy Reality bites

    Sailing out of the tourism top ten INVESTORS who were starry eyed about Mexico's economic potential at the start of the year are now having misgivings. From a record high then, the stockmarket fell to an eight-month low on May 21st. Just to rub it in, stocks in Brazil, which Mexico views as its main regional rival, have recently been performing much better. The immediate catalyst for ...

  • Kimco Venture to Sell Mexican Properties for $600 Million

    Kimco Realty Corp. (KIM) , the largest U.S. shopping-center owner, and a joint-venture partner agreed to sell their stakes in 87 Mexican industrial properties to a local real estate investment trust in a $600 million deal. Kimco and American Industries will sell their interests in trusts that hold the buildings to Terrafina, ...

  • Cartel Torches Mexican State Extorts Farmers For Protection

    The AP reports that the Knights Templar cartel is terrorizing the Western Mexican state of Michoacan by burning pretty much everything in sight. The group has so far targeted lumber yards, packing plants and even passenger buses in their reign of terror. Like most organized crime units, this particular cartel is offering to spare farmers if they pay protection money. Some are resisting while ...

  • Born in Mexico Lopez learns English graduates

    Feeling frustrated and unwelcome, Nain Lopez wanted to leave Decatur after state lawmakers passed one of the toughest illegal-immigration laws in the nation in ...

  • Condolence Telegram to Victims of Tragic Explosion in Ecatepec Mexico

    VATICAN CITY, May 08, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is the translation of a telegram sent by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, sent on behalf of the Holy Father to the victims of the gas tanker explosion that occurred in Ecatepec, Mexico.* * *His Excellency Most Reverend Oscar Roberto Dominguez Couttolenc, MGBishop of EcatepecThe Holy Father was saddened to receive news of the ...

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