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Ex-Texas Officer Gets Prison For Conspiracy To Export Rifles To Mexico

A former South Texas police officer has been sentenced to more than five years in prison in a guns case with ties to Mexico.

2013/05/02

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Mother’s Day Celebrations From Around The World

Ever wanted to know how and when Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world? We take a look at the annual traditions of five countries to find out.

2013/04/29

Young men and boys from Mexico jump into the Rio Grande from the United States side of the border with Mexico (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Mexico Releases Water Into Rio Grande; More Wanted

Mexico has agreed to release more water into the Rio Grande for use by agriculture and other interests on the Texas side of the river, according to the international commission that arbitrates water-rights disputes between the two neighbors.

2013/04/06

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Texas Man Arrested For Smuggling 8,600 Ammo Rounds, $1M In Military Equipment To Mexico

The ex-owner of a law enforcement uniform shop in West Texas has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for smuggling ammunition into Mexico.

2013/02/28

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Armed Men Break 12 Out Of Mexico Jail On Border

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say a group of armed men broke into a prison and freed 12 prisoners in the state of Tamaulipas on the border with Texas. The state attorney-general’s office says […]

2013/02/26

A video on YouTube shows a tiger tamer being killed by the large cat during a Mexican circus show. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

Video: American Trainer Killed By Tiger In Mexico Circus Show

A tiger killed its trainer during a circus performance in northern Mexico on Saturday.

2013/02/05

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Mexico Man Confesses To Barbecuing Neighbor’s Dogs

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A municipal police official in northern Mexico says officers have arrested a man who confessed to killing his neighbor’s three dogs and barbecuing them. Police spokesman Adrian Sanchez says the […]

2013/01/24

Mexico City Wal-Mart

Opinion: Walmart Bribery And Mexico

According to news reports, the allure of building a Wal-Mart near ancient pyramids in Mexico, and thus gaining access to global tourists nearby, was so strong that Wal-Mart circumvented democratic institutions and bribed the right people to get their way.

2012/12/19

An assault rifle, semiautomatic pistols, ammo and other stuff seized in the arrest of ten alleged members of the drug cartel 'Los Zetas', are presented to the press in Monterrey, Mexico, on February 9, 2012.  (credit: Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP/Getty Images)

13 Bodies Found In Vehicles In Northern Mexico

Police found the mutilated bodies of 13 people inside two vehicles abandoned in separate towns of the northern border state of Tamaulipas, an official said Friday.

2012/12/07

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Texas Man Convicted For Housing More Than 30 Immigrants

A South Texas man has been convicted in a human smuggling case in which more than 30 suspected illegal immigrants were found in an apartment.

2012/12/07

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