· October, 2010

Stories about Mexico from October, 2010

Americas: Virtual Memorial for 72 Victims of Migrant Mass-Killing

  31 October 2010

Over the last two months, renowned journalist Alma Guillermoprieto has led an online project in response to the mass killing of seventy-two migrants that took place in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas in August 2010. 72migrantes.com is a virtual memorial for the slayed migrants.

Mexico: Thirteen residents executed at Tijuana rehabilitation center

  25 October 2010

Gancho reports that, “Thirteen residents at a Tijuana rehab facility were executed yesterday, in apparent retaliation for the seizure of 134 tons of marijuana last week. […] This is not the first time rehab center residents have been targeted (often, rehab centers are said to double as gangs’ centers of...

Mexico: Poster Child for Child Labor Still Working on the Street

  20 October 2010

Burro Hall posted a picture of Jesús, a boy that plays the accordion in the street, next to a newspaper article on child exploitation that shows a picture of him: “[he] is still sitting right outside the Governor's office playing the accordion for money rather than attending school so he...

Mexico: The Lerma River is Dying

  15 October 2010

The Lerma Santiago River is Mexico’s second longest river. It used to be a source of drinking water for the capital and the central part of the country, but today the river is infected by a considerable number pollutants.

Mexico: Remembering the Pasta de Conchos Mine Disaster

  13 October 2010

Pepe Flores, from Vivir Mexico [es], says Mexicans watching the rescue of 33 miners in Chile are remembering the Pasta de Conchos mine disaster from February 19, 2006, when 65 miners were trapped underground.  In the case of Pasta de Conchos, no miners were rescued.