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Nov. 4th plane crash

omegar — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:41:11 -0800

While most of the world was watching* Obama win, people in Mexico (specially in Mexico City) were busy watching news that a plane had just crashed near one of the busiest intersections of the City, killing all its passengers and wounding at least 40 others in the street and nearby office buildings. The plane, a Lear jet, had eight people on board, among them Juan Camilo Mouriño, Secretary of the Interior [link in Spanish] and at least two other high ranking officials in the mexican federal government. Mouriño had been involved in capturing drug lords, combating the rise of violence throughout the country and in an unconfirmed medium-sized corruption scandal [link in Spanish] involving PEMEX, so the crash is being investigated [link in Spanish] to rule out sabotage. * I hated that mexican TV cut into Obama's speech to give some further non-news about the crash, which had taken place three or four hours earlier.

Stynxno — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:33:02 -0800

kingmissile — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:40:11 -0800

fluffycreature — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:25:04 -0800

Mexico publishes Migrant/Illegal Immigrant Guide A new comic-book-style guide for migrants produced by the Mexican government is designed to help immigrants cross the border illegally into the United States. (NPR) This is proving a little controversial. Deaths are common on the crossing.

cowboy_sally — Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:24:45 -0800

Narco corridos ("drug ballads") , the modern variant of the traditional Mexican corrido, are often likened to gangsta rap-- the songs tend to glorify drug traffickers, the most famous performers are mysteriously murdered, and Mexican radio stations have banned them entirely, hoping to curb drug-related violence. (And while I must sheepishly admit that I hadn't even heard of them until I heard this segment--an interview with Elijah Wald[RA link] on NPR last week, I'm now obsessed.)

Postroad — Sat, 14 Jul 2001 16:09:38 -0800

Bush people considering making all Mexican illegals citizens. Three million Mexican illegals to be made citizens under this possible move. Guess who they will vote for?