Mexico City - A criminal commando killed 12 people in the south-western Mexican Tabasco province in an act of revenge against a police officer and his family for arresting a gang of murder suspects, officials confirmed Sunday.
The extraordinary gruesome attack on Saturday evening took the lives of six children in Monte Largo, 50 kilometres south of the Tabasco capital Villahermosa.
Officials believed the motive was revenge against a police officer who helped arrest four suspected killers on Tuesday who were members of a criminal gang.
Mexico City - It started with small groups of students demonstrating against the Mexican Army. A few days later the protestors were 200-strong and growing increasingly aggressive.
Officials in Mexico claim that powerful drug cartels are paying protestors to block streets in protest and disrupt life in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.
In exchange for demonstrating against the military presence, recruiters are apparently handing out school backpacks and 500 pesos (about 35 dollars) in cash per person, the Mexican daily Reforma reported.
Geneva - Mexican Interior Minister Fernando Gomez Mont said Tuesday that while his country had progressed in terms of democracy and human rights in recent years it still had to strengthen the rule of law and overcome the challenges of poverty.
Specifically, the country needed to better combat human trafficking, prevent torture, protect indigenous peoples and end forced disappearances, said Gomez Mont said during his country's periodic review at the United Nations' Human Rights Council.
Mexico City - Mexican Labour Minister Javier Lozano rejected Tuesday the "alarmist" outlook of Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim, who has warned of impending economic doom for the country.
"It frankly alarmed me to see the way that he goes about his outlook," the fuming minister said in an interview with Mexican television channel Televisa.
Lozano and Slim both atteended the same "Mexico before the crisis" forum on Monday that was sponsored by Mexican legislators.
Mexico City - Experts from 31 teams of private financial analysts have estimated that Mexico's GDP is set to shrink by 1.16 per cent during 2009, the country's Central Bank said Tuesday.
The same group, consulted by the Mexican Central Bank last month, estimated 1.62 per cent negative growth for the quarter ending in March.
In early January the bank estimated that the Mexican economy would shrink by 0.8-1.8 per cent this year, amid the severe global financial crisis.
Mexico City - A criminal commando killed 12 people in the south-western Mexican Tabasco province in an act of revenge against a police officer and his family for arresting a gang of murder suspects, officials confirmed Sunday.
Mexico City - It started with small groups of students demonstrating against the Mexican Army. A few days later the protestors were 200-strong and growing increasingly aggressive.
Geneva - Mexican Interior Minister Fernando Gomez Mont said Tuesday that while his country had progressed in terms of democracy and human rights in recent years it still had to strengthen the rule of law and overcome the challenges of poverty.
Mexico City - Mexican Labour Minister Javier Lozano rejected Tuesday the "alarmist" outlook of Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim, who has warned of impending economic doom for the country.
Mexico City - Experts from 31 teams of private financial analysts have estimated that Mexico's GDP is set to shrink by 1.16 per cent during 2009, the country's Central Bank said Tuesday.
