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Marisela Morales is Mexico's First Female Attorney General

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Marisela Morales is Mexico's First Female Attorney General

By Fox News Latino | 04/01/2011 - 16:15 | 3 Comments

Mexican President Felipe Calderón has nominated his top organized crime prosecutor, Marisela Morales, to become attorney general. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to hold the post.

In nominating Morales, Calderón said the current head of the organized crime special investigations unit "enjoys prestige inside and...

Technology Fills Gap in Reporting Mexican Drug Cartel Violence

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Technology Fills Gap in Reporting Mexican Drug Cartel Violence

By Mariela Rosario | 09/29/2010 - 09:30 | 0 Comments

Journalists have been murdered at an alarming rate in Mexico over the last few years, and the frightening trend has effectively paralyzed the local news industry. After the murder of a photojournalist at Ciudad Juarez's biggest paper, the Diario de Juárez, the staff responded with a front page editorial pleading with the cartels: "We need you to...

The Most Dangerous Job in the World: Grupero Singer

By Grace Bastidas | 07/10/2010 - 10:00 | 0 Comments

On June 26, Mexican crooner Sergio Vega, known as “El Shaka,” was gunned down in Sinaloa state, just hours before dismissing rumors that he had already been killed.

The 40-year-old is just one of at least seven musicians of the Grupero genre from south of the border who have been murdered in the past three years. They all sing...