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2010-09-02 21:29

Drug gangs prey on migrants in risky Mexico journey (Reuters)

Major drug trafficker Edgar Reuters - Hermelindo Maquin set out from his home in the Guatemalan countryside in early August, leaving behind his small farm and pregnant wife as he began the long, perilous journey to the United States.


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2010-09-02 21:29

Mexico president defends drug policy, admits violence worse (AFP)

Mexican President Felipe Calderon stands by after the annual government's report at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City. Calderon admitted drug violence was worsening in Mexico but said that the toppling of several major drug bosses had weakened the cartels, in his annual address Thursday.(AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt)AFP - Mexican President Felipe Calderon admitted drug violence was worsening in Mexico but said that the toppling of several major drug bosses had weakened the cartels, in his annual address Thursday.


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2010-09-02 21:29

Despite embargo, Cuba a haven for pirated U.S. goods (Reuters)

Reuters - A few weeks after Ashton Kutcher's latest comedy "Killers" premiered in the United States, the movie was already entertaining the masses in communist Cuba.

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2010-09-02 15:30

Mexico confirms 2nd migrant survived massacre (AP)

Forensic experts inspect the coffins containing the remains of 16 Hondurans who were killed in Mexico while trying to reach the U.S. border, before returning the bodies to family members in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. The bodies of 72 Central and South American migrants, who were allegedly killed by a Mexican drug cartel, were found within 100 miles of the U.S. border on Aug. 24. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)AP - A second migrant survived the massacre of 72 Central and South Americans near the border with the U.S., Mexican authorities confirmed Wednesday, and they said he has given information that helped their investigation.


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2010-09-02 15:30

Chile miners' morale leaps as rescue inches closer (AFP)

A drilling machine crosses the encampment toward the San Jose mine to work in the rescue operation of the miners still trapped inside near Copiapo, Chile. The morale of 33 miners trapped in Chile soared Wednesday after music and hot meals were supplied, while NASA advisers praised their AFP - The morale of 33 miners trapped in Chile soared after music and hot meals were supplied, while NASA advisers praised their "courage" and provided advice on daylight deprivation, as a rescue drill inched closer.


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2010-09-02 15:30

Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti (AP)

AP - The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the earthquake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel.

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2010-09-02 09:28

Video: Captured Mexican drug lord knew top capos (AP)

Federal police stand guard by Texas-born kingpin Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias 'the Barbie,' center, during his presentation to the press in Mexico City, Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. Valdez, who was captured on Monday by federal police, faces drug trafficking charges in the U.S. and has been blamed for a vicious turf war that has included bodies hung from bridges and shootouts in central Mexico. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - A former Texas high school football player and petty street dealer who allegedly rose to become one of Mexico's most savage assassins says he personally knew the country's top drug lords and shipped cocaine from Colombia through Panama.


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2010-09-02 09:28

Ecuador announces second survivor of Mexican massacre (AFP)

The bodies of some of the 72 presumed migrants killed in a ranch in Mexico, lie on the ground in an abandoned warehouse in San Fernando, Tamaulipas State. Ecuador's president and Mexican officials confirmed Wednesday that a second person, a Honduran, had survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico last week.(AFP/File)AFP - Ecuador's president and Mexican officials confirmed Wednesday that a second person, a Honduran, had survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico last week.


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2010-09-02 09:28

Mexico drug kingpin says he received trailers of US cash (AFP)

Edgar Valdez, aka 'La Barbie', of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, is presented to the press at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City, on August 31. Valdez admitted to AFP - A captured Mexican drug kingpin admitted to "investments" in Colombia and said he had received trailers full of dollars from the United States, in a first interrogation video released here.


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2010-09-02 03:26

NASA team advises Chile on trapped miners (AFP)

Handout picture released by the Chilean government of rescuers drilling a new hole with their new Strata 950 excavator at the San Jose mine, Copiapo, Chile. The owners of a Chilean mine which collapsed early this month, trapping 33 men underground, asked forgiveness Tuesday for the accident, as a giant drill slowly bored through the earth to rescue the miners.(AFP/HO)AFP - NASA experts advised Chilean officials to be frank with 33 miners trapped deep underground about how long their rescue will take, as a giant drill slowly burrowed toward the desperate men.


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2010-09-02 03:26

72 dead migrants found in Mexico tip of iceberg (AP)

Paula Cruz Martinez, 77, looks at the last letter she received from her son, who she did not name for security reasons, as she visits the Foreign Ministry in search of her son's whereabouts in San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday Aug. 30, 2010. Martinez has not heard from her son since he traveled through Mexico to reach the U.S. and fears he may be among the 72 migrants who were killed by an alleged drug gang in northern Mexico. (AP Photo/Edgar Romero)AP - Paula Cruz wept quietly at the foreign ministry office in El Salvador's capital after reporting that her son was missing — apparently kidnapped — in Mexico.


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2010-09-02 03:26

Ecuador says 2nd migrant survived Mexico massacre (AP)

AP - Ecuador's president says a second person survived a drug gang's massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico.

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