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- 200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf
A wooden ship believed to be over 200 years old was discovered during a recent exploration of the northern Gulf of Mexico, according to a press release from the U.S. National Oceanic and Astmospheric Administration (NOAA).
- Pioneer graves found at site of new Arizona sheriff's office
 PHOENIX (Reuters) - Workers digging the foundations for a new office of an Arizona sheriff accused of discriminating against Latinos have unearthed the graves of early city founders, some of whom could have been immigrants from Mexico, officials said. Construction workers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's new office came across lines or depressions in the dirt last week that officials believed were a "minicemetery." "When we found the lines of depressions in the ground ... ...
- WTO rules against U.S. "dolphin safe" tuna
GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Trade Organization appellate panel on Wednesday said U.S. "dolphin safe" tuna labeling rules unfairly discriminate against Mexico, raising the possibility of sanctions on U.S. goods if the rules are not modified or dropped. The decision is the second time in less than two months the WTO has found fault with U.S. consumer legislation, sparking some U.S. criticism that the WTO is interfering with U.S. law. Nkenge Harmon, a spokeswoman for the U.S. ...
- Sniffer dog nabs smuggler hiding heroin in rectum
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man who tried to smuggle heroin into the United States concealed in his rectum was caught by U.S. officials - with the help of a drug-sniffer dog named Malone - as he walked across the border from Mexico. Paulo Alfredo Macias, 35, was being held in the El Paso County Jail without bond after being caught on Monday at the Paso Del Norte pedestrian crossing with nearly 5 ounces of heroin, officials said. ...
- Two Mexican generals detained for alleged drug gang ties
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two Mexican generals, including the former deputy minister of defense who helped lead the escalation of the country's war against drug gangs, are being investigated for ties to organized crime, the attorney general's office said on Wednesday. Mexican soldiers on Tuesday detained Tomas Angeles Dauahare, who served as the army's second in command until 2008, and Roberto Dawe Gonzalez, who led an elite unit in the state of Colima, and turned them over for questioning to the country's organized crime unit, military and government officials said. ...
- U.S. loses bulk of appeal in WTO tuna case
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. rules on tuna labeling are inconsistent with World Trade Organization rules, the WTO's Appellate Body said on Wednesday, in a judgment that largely backed Mexico's original complaint against "dolphin friendly" labeling in the United States. The Appellate Body found the U.S. labeling rules were not even handed and meant that competition on the U.S. market was "to the detriment of Mexican tuna products". (Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Alison Williams)
- Two Mexican generals detained for alleged gang ties
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two Mexican generals, including the former deputy minister of defense who helped lead the escalation of the country's war against drug gangs, are being investigated for ties to organized crime, an official at the attorney general's office said on Wednesday. Mexican soldiers on Tuesday detained Tomas Angeles Dauahare, who served as the army's second in command until 2008, and Roberto Dawe Gonzalez, who led an elite unit in the state of Colima, and turned them over for questioning to the country's organized crime unit, officials said. ...
- Appreciating Mexican author Carlos Fuentes
 Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with author Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his patrician good looks and his love affair with language.
- Contractor sent to prison for harboring illegal immigrants
Evans, Ga.-based contractor Hugo Diaz was sentenced Tuesday to 15 months in federal prison for harboring illegal immigrants and employing them in his construction business, reports the Augusta Chronicle.
Diaz will get credit for the six months he has served and will be recommended for deportation to his native Mexico after his release early next year, the newspaper reports.
In November, federal and local law enforcement officers swarmed the home Diaz shared with his wife, Blanca. She later pleaded...
- Two men accused of confining illegals without food, water
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - A federal grand jury has indicted two Mexican nationals on charges they confined dozens of illegal immigrants in houses along the South Texas border with Mexico, some locked inside without food or water for days. A Honduran man who was among a those confined in one of the "stash houses" told a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent the man in charge would greet each newcomer by saying, "Welcome to Hell," according to court documents. ...
- Support for Mexico ruling party candidate at new low: poll
 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Support for Mexican presidential hopeful Josefina Vazquez Mota, candidate of the ruling National Action Party (PAN), has fallen to its lowest level since the campaign began at the end of March, a poll showed on Tuesday. The latest voter survey by pollster Consulta Mitofsky showed Vazquez Mota slipping 0.6 percentage points to 20.8 percent, nearly 18 points behind front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. ...
- Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies
 Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83.
- Wal-Mart results could move investors past bribe probe
 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will try to get investors' minds back on business and away from a Mexican bribery scandal, and continued progress in its U.S. turnaround could do just that. Wal-Mart is expected on Thursday to post its third straight quarter of sales growth at existing U.S. stores, a milestone that could help its lagging shares regain some of the ground that has been lost in recent weeks. But investors will be looking for any details on the bribery investigation, including costs, when the world's largest retailer reports first-quarter earnings. ...
- Who decapitated 49 people?
The 49 decapitated bodies authorities found on a roadside in northern Mexico over the weekend were likely the result of a fierce feud between rival drug cartels, a top Mexican official said Monday.
- U.S. launches ambitious Alzheimer's plan with research push
 CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government launched an ambitious push to develop new treatments for Alzheimer's on Tuesday with a first prevention study of high-risk patients and tests on an insulin nasal spray that has shown promise in earlier studies. The trials, funded by grants of $16 million and $7.9 million respectively, are part of a national Alzheimer's plan, a sweeping effort to find an effective way to prevent or treat Alzheimer's by 2025 and improve the care of those already afflicted with the brain-wasting disease. ...
- Mexican couple admit to 27,000-round ammo cache in Texas
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Two illegal immigrants pleaded guilty in Texas on Monday to possessing 27,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition along the U.S.-Mexico border, where cross-border weapons smuggling has increased in recent years, the Attorney's Office said. Police in Laredo, Texas, discovered the ammunition after they stopped a Dodge Ram pickup truck that failed to stop at a stop sign in March, Attorney Kenneth Magidson said in a statement. Weapons traffickers along the U.S.-Mexico border regularly attempt to evade authorities to garner big payoffs from Mexican drug cartels. ...
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