• Mexican Journalists’ Captors Demand Broadcast of Videos
  
  Three television cameramen and a newspaper reporter were being held by kidnappers in the state of Durango.
  By Elisabeth Malkin.  International Herald Tribune.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:09:49 GMT.
• World Briefing | THE AMERICAS: Mexico: Army Kills Cartel Leader
  
  One of the senior leaders of Mexico’s most powerful drug gang, the Sinaloa cartel, was killed in a clash with soldiers near Guadalajara.
  By The Associated Press.  International Herald Tribune.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:01:26 GMT.
• US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez closes for security
  
  The U.S. closed its consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday pending a security review, an unexpected decision that comes months after drug gangs killed three people tied to the consulate.
  Miami Herald.  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:05 EDT.
• US Closes Consulate in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez
  
  Consulate closes for security evaluation, three months after drug gangs killed three people linked to diplomatic post.
  Voa News.  Voice of America.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:44:45 GMT.
• Mexican Government Says Top Drug Cartel Leader Killed
  
  Authorities confirm reports that Inacio 'Nacho' Coronel, senior member of Sinaloa cartel, was killed in military raid near Guadalajara.
  Voa News.  Voice of America.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:01:39 GMT.
• Mexico wants 'pink tourism'
  
  MEXICO CITY - MEXICO City's gay community has in recent decades turned the capital into a relative oasis in a strongly Catholic country renowned for its conservatism and machismo. ...
  Straits Times.  29 Jul 2010 03:27 GMT.
• Despite anger over BP spill, Washington might not act on it
  
  WASHINGTON — As the Gulf of Mexico focuses on cleaning up the mess left by the BP oil spill, the question facing the nation's capital is: Will Washington clean up its act, too?
  McClatchy.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:17 EDT.
• New oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
  
  A new oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has created a mile-long slick after a tug boat struck an abandoned well off the Louisiana coast.
  Irish Independent.  Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:36:28 GMT.
• Web of lawsuits over BP spill takes center stage
  
  More than 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of US judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.
  Reuters.  Zaman.  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:00:00 GMT.
• Arizona's outdoor jails ready for new immigration law
  
  The sheriff of Arizona's most populous county is making room in a vast outdoor jail and determined to round up illegal immigrants to fill it. Police from the United States-Mexico border to the Grand Canyon are getting ...
  New Zealand Herald.  Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:16 +1200.

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