Mexico

Mexico’s election race heats up

8 Feb 2012

MEXICO CITY : Mexico’s ruling party has chosen a female candidate for the first time for a tough race to a presidential vote on July 1 currently led by the powerful PRI , which ruled Mexico for more than 70 years.

Mexico road project sets up fight over ruins

8 Feb 2012

When neighbors in the hills east of Mexico City saw backhoes ripping up pre-Hispanic relics for a highway, they did something unexpected in a country where building projects often bulldoze through ruins: They launched protests to stop the digging and demanded an accounting of what is there.

TV producer extradited to Mexico on murder charge

8 Feb 2012

Reality TV producer Bruce Beresford-Redman was extradited to Mexico to face trial for the murder of his wife, according to his spokesman.