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mexico marijuana

Mexico’s president proposes marijuana law changes

The Mexican government took the first step in the legalization of marijuana. President Enrique Peña Nieto sent to the Senate an initiative to reform the...
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mexico city

Mexico City lets residents vote on new Constitution

Mexico City is using the internet to allow residents to take part in democracy. The city is asking more than 9 million residents to help...
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us-mexico tunnel

Border agents seize longest Mexico-California drug tunnel

Federal agents have seized a ton of cocaine and seven tons of marijuana smuggled through a clandestine tunnel stretching a half mile beneath the U.S.-Mexico...
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mexico pemex explosion

Blask kills 13, injures dozens at Pemex plant in Mexico

An explosion killed 13 people and injured scores at a petrochemical plant on Mexico's southern Gulf coast. The blast and ensuing fire caused evacuations in...
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mexico earthquake prediction

Mexico tries to quash rumors of imminent earthquake

Mexican authorities are trying to quash rumors that a powerfully destructive earthquake supposedly has been predicted to strike the country. The rumors began spreading on...
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mexico medical marijuana

Mexico to announce new measures on legalizing medical marijuana

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Tuesday he is open to the legalization of medical marijuana in Mexico and that his government would announce...
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ecuador

Mexico sends 112 rescuers to Ecuador

A group of 112 rescuers, men and women, departed Mexico on Monday to Ecuador to assist in rescue efforts after the earthquake that occurred in...
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Popocatepetl

Popocatepetl volcano sends ash over Puebla in dramatic explosion

Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano has seen a dramatic overnight explosion that sent ash blowing over the major city of Puebla directly to the east, forcing closure...
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earthquake ecuador

Mexico pledges aid to Ecuador for earthquake relief

Aid began to flow in Sunday to areas devastated by Ecuador's strongest earthquake in decades and the death toll continued to rise as people left...
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mexico tunnel

Second tunnel in three weeks discovered at U.S-Mexico border

A cross border tunnel was discovered near Calexico Friday, marking the second such discovery in three weeks, according to a news release from U.S. Customs...
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mexico torture

Mexico’s defense secretary formally apologizes for torture

Mexico's defense secretary formally apologized to the country Saturday for a video-recorded incident of torture involving two soldiers and a federal police officer. Gen. Salvador...
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monarch butterfly

Mexico and US working to preserve the Monarch Butterfly and Vaquita Whale

The head of the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), Rafael Pacchiano Alaman, reiterated his willingness to work with the United States on environmental...
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