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# Mexico

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# Mexico
Drug probe after eight shark fishermen from the same family are massacred
Last week, the navy recovered 900 kg of cocaine floating off the coast.
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Jul 19th 2016, 9:56 PM
# Torture
'You are going to jail coz you're a stupid f***ing whore': Raped, tortured and beaten by their protectors
Mexican women have suffered abuse at the hands of police, army and navy forces after their (often unjustified) arrests.
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Jul 3rd 2016, 7:15 AM
# stop the hating
Protesters holding Mexican flags storm Trump golf course in Scotland
The group were holding signs reading ‘Love Trumps hate’ and ‘Stop the hating’.
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Jun 25th 2016, 6:11 PM
# Oaxaca
Six dead, hundreds injured after gunmen open fire on Mexican teachers' protest
The protest was against educational reform.
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Jun 20th 2016, 12:42 PM
# Magnificent 7
Holders Chile make big statement by putting 7 past Mexico in Copa America quarter-final
Hoffenheim’s Eduardo Vargas netted four times.
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Jun 19th 2016, 5:48 AM
# Football Crazy
The town dying because the world stopped using its footballs
Hundreds work in Chichihualco, a town famous for hand-stitching colourful footballs.
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Jun 18th 2016, 11:00 AM
# Jesus Walks
Mesmeric dribble beating 5 men saves a point for Mexico in Copa America
Chicharito did well to get out of the way.
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Jun 14th 2016, 8:33 AM
# The Great Escape
Mexican footballer beat his kidnapper up in order to free himself
He threatened and beat his captor while on the phone, demanding to be told where they were.
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May 31st 2016, 8:22 AM
# alan pulido
Olympiakos footballer rescued after being kidnapped in Mexico
Alan Pulido was reportedly kidnapped by armed men yesterday.
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May 30th 2016, 7:46 AM
# vanishing vaquita
Mexico is struggling to save the world's smallest porpoise
The five-foot sea creatures are being caught as bycatch in illegal fishing nets.
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May 21st 2016, 11:15 AM
# tunnel of drugs
Underground drug tunnel into the US from Mexico discovered beneath bin
The tunnel was equipped with a rail system and an elevator hidden in a closet in a Mexican house.
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Apr 21st 2016, 8:16 AM
# coatzacoalcos
Three workers injured in explosion at oil facility in Mexico
The evacuation of hundreds of people has taken place.
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Apr 20th 2016, 10:44 PM
# Fundraising Appeal
Irish dad and Kiwi partner stranded in Mexico with their surrogate babies
Friends of a gay couple have appealed for funds to help bring their newborn babies home.
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Mar 29th 2016, 3:56 PM
# help us and save us
This Mexican island populated entirely with decomposing dolls is TERRIFYING
La Isla de las Muñecas (island of the dolls) is located just outside Mexico City.
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Mar 12th 2016, 8:30 PM
# On the Lam
Drug lord El Chapo snuck into the US twice while on the run, daughter claims
She claims that while a fugitive from the law, Guzman crossed the border twice to visit family, with the help of politicians.
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Mar 4th 2016, 9:43 PM
# Tommy O’Malley
Watch Ted Cruz describe how he will deport illegal Irish immigrants from the US
Donald Trump’s rival pulled no punches on the topic.
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Feb 24th 2016, 8:56 AM
# topo chico
Aquariums, saunas and a pub found in Mexican prison
49 people were killed in the prison on Thursday.
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Feb 15th 2016, 12:12 PM
# Mexico
Donald Trump's latest target? Pope Francis
Trump thinks the pontiff doesn’t understand America’s problems.
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Feb 12th 2016, 9:36 AM
# topo chico
49 people have died in an enormous prison brawl in Mexico
The prisoners involved fought with sticks and blades and ignited a fire. 12 others were injured, five of them seriously.
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Feb 11th 2016, 7:40 PM
# Michoacan
Gun massacre at teen's birthday party in Mexican drug war capital
Eleven people were shot dead at the party.
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Feb 1st 2016, 8:53 AM
# Mexico
Video footage shows violent raid on safe house of drug lord 'El Chapo'
Marines found a tunnel that led to Mexico’s storm sewer.
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Jan 12th 2016, 8:21 AM
# Drug Lord
Sean Penn met with El Chapo in a jungle for an exclusive interview
The meeting eventually led to the drug lord’s capture.
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Jan 10th 2016, 7:48 AM
# Biopic
Recaptured Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' wanted to make a film about himself
Joaquin Guzman had even contacted actresses and producers.
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Jan 9th 2016, 8:38 AM
# Hippopotamus
Headless hippo found at Mexico ranch
The nine-year-old hippo was found headless and skinned.
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Jan 7th 2016, 8:54 PM
# totally on purpose
Trump ad footage of 'Mexicans storming US border' is actually from Morocco
His campaign manager’s response? “No s***.”
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Jan 5th 2016, 3:27 PM
# on the run
'Affluenza' teen who killed four people in crash caught after ordering a Domino's pizza
Ethan Couch remains in Mexico, while his mother arrived back in the US today.
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Dec 31st 2015, 12:20 PM
# Ethan Couch
'Affluenza' teen who killed four people in car crash arrested in Mexico
During the sentencing phase of Ethan Couch’s trial, a defence expert argued that Couch’s wealthy parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility — a condition the expert termed “affluenza”.
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Dec 29th 2015, 2:21 PM
# Controversy
Watch: Christmas Coke ad under fire for 'insulting' indigenous Mexicans
An ad meant to “break down prejudice” has been criticised as offensive to indigenous groups.
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Dec 2nd 2015, 11:37 AM
# Mexico
Missing Australian surfers' van found burnt out in drug cartel territory
Adam Coleman and Dean Lucas had been travelling to Mexico from Canada when they disappeared ten days ago.
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Nov 30th 2015, 6:16 PM
# Mexico City
Passengers treated for 'nervous crisis' after landing wheel collapses on runway
No one was injured in the incident.
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Nov 27th 2015, 8:28 AM
# freeing the weed?
'I found that nothing worked, except cannabis': Who are Ireland's marijuana users?
Users tell TheJournal.ie about their experiences.
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Nov 22nd 2015, 9:30 PM
# sexy donald trump
Donald Trump and a notorious drug lord dominate Mexico's Halloween costume market
Trump and Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman are public enemy numbers one and two in Mexico at present.
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Oct 24th 2015, 9:45 AM
# hurricane patricia
The strongest hurricane ever has made landfall... but it wasn't as bad as expected
Emergency services are still on standby as the storm weakens.
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Oct 24th 2015, 9:22 AM
# the big one
Mexico is bracing for the most dangerous hurricane EVER, tonight
The Category 5 Hurricane Patricia is expected to bring 200 mph winds, and potentially catastrophic rainfall.
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Oct 23rd 2015, 8:56 PM
# Mexico
This sunken 400-year-old church has emerged from a reservoir
The church was abandoned in the 1770s.
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Oct 19th 2015, 9:30 PM
# El Chapo
Leader of world's most dangerous drug gang hurts face and leg, but still manages to slip away
He has been on the run since breaking out of prison in July.
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Oct 17th 2015, 8:51 AM
# Mexico
Man on the run for 24 years arrested after featuring on a TV programme
The man had been living in Mexico under an assumed name.
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Sep 30th 2015, 2:30 PM
# United States
Family pet has lucky escape after $10k worth of cannabis falls from the sky
It fell straight onto a family’s dog house.
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Sep 28th 2015, 10:03 PM
# Mexico
The mystery of 43 trainee teachers who disappeared without trace
It is exactly one year since the men went missing.
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Sep 26th 2015, 7:45 AM
# Kidnapping
Mexico's government says corrupt cops kidnapped 43 students and burned them - investigators disagree
The medical and legal experts from Spain and Latin America said they don’t believe the official story.
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Sep 7th 2015, 6:03 AM
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