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Carlos Fuentes, Latin American Literary Giant, Dies in Mexico
KTLA NewsMEXICO CITY -- The prize-winning writer Carlos Fuentes, modern Mexico’s greatest novelist and indefatigable author of screenplays, stories and often-scolding commentaries, died Tuesday at a hospital in Mexico City. He was 83. The national culture council...Tags: Mexico, Gregory Peck, Carlos Fuentes, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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Cinco De Mayo 'As American As July 4,' UCLA Prof Says
CNNLOS ANGELES -- Cinco de Mayo -- the unofficial U.S. holiday long believed to have been imported, with celebratory beer, from Mexico -- isn't a Mexican holiday at all but rather an American one created by Latinos in the West during the Civil War, according...Tags: Marketing, Wars and Interventions, American Civil War (1861-1865), Social Issues, Political Systems
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USGS: Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Rocks Mexico
KTLA NewsMEXICO CITY -- A strong earthquake rocked Mexico Wednesday, measuring a magnitude 7.0. The USGS says the quake was centered in a sparsely populated mountainous area in Mexico's Michoacan state about 209 miles west-northwest of Acapulco. The quake was...Tags: Mexico, Earthquakes, CNN (tv network), Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics
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Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano Shoots Glowing Rocks
CNN/KTLA NewsMEXICO CITY -- Glowing red rocks were thrown from the top of the active Popocatepetl volcano at dawn Friday, producing more spectacular (and slightly frightening) images from the peak southeast of populous Mexico City. But authorities did not raise the...Tags: Mexico, Landforms, Volcanoes, Volcanic Eruptions, Felipe Calderon
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Man Gets Prison for Raping Wife, Beating Infant Daughter to Death
KTLA NewsSOUTH GATE (KTLA) -- A 21-year old man has been sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison for the beating death of his 10-month-old daughter. Jose Deras was convicted February 7 of second degree murder for the Jan. 2011 killing. The Salvadoran...Tags: Murder, Mexico, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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Cyber Attacks by 'Anonymous' Crash Papal Websites
KTLA NewsMEXICO CITY -- The upcoming visit to Mexico by Pope Benedict XVI is the latest target for the computer hacking group that calls themselves "Anonymous." Anonymous in Mexico crashed at least two of the websites dedicated to the Pope's upcoming visit to...Tags: Mexico, The Pope, Benedict XVI, Computer Crime, Communist Party
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Husband of Slain San Diego Student Arrested in Tijuana
KTLA NewsTIJUANA, Mexico (KTLA) -- San Diego police on Sunday arrested the estranged husband of a San Diego City College student found killed in October 2010 in a campus restroom. Police arrested Armando Perez, 37, on suspicion of murder about 3:30 a.m. on...Tags: Murder, Mexico, Lawyers, Police Arrests, Prisons
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Three Killed After Powerful 6.5 Quake Rattles Mexico City
KTLA NewsACAPULCO, Mexico (KTLA) -- A powerful earthquake struck north of Acapulco, Mexico Saturday, killing at least three people officials said. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 6.5 quake struck at 7:47 p.m. local time (5:47 p.m. PST). It was first...Tags: Travel, U.S. Geological Survey, Mexico, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters
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Transplant Team Drops Heart on Way to Hospital
KTLA NewsMEXICO CITY -- Medics rushing a human heart to a hospital in Mexico City for a life-saving transplant dropped it. A helicopter was used to deliver the heart in what's called "a rapid, precision maneuver." But after getting out of the helicopter, the...Tags: Mexico, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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Missing Teen Reunited with Family 4 Years Later
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A 19-year-old Oxnard girl has been reunited with her family 4 years after she was allegedly kidnapped and taken to Mexico by a convicted rapist. Chioma Gray arrived in Los Angeles Wednesday night from Mexico City and was greeted...Tags: Mexico, Kidnapping, Human Interest, Juvenile Delinquency
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Tropical Storm Rina Weakens, Batters Cancun
CNNCANCUN, Mexico -- A weakened Tropical Storm Rina whipped the Mexican resort communities of the Yucatan Peninsula early Friday as it lost more of its punch. The storm was buffeting the Mayan Riviera area with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph),...Tags: Hurricane Damage, Tropical Storms, Chicago Hotels, Weather, Tourism and Leisure
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Family: Arrest Made in Murder of U.S. Airways Flight Attendant
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- An arrest has reportedly been made in the death of a U.S. Airways flight attendant who was found murdered in his Mexico City hotel room. Nick Aaronson, 33, was found dead by his colleagues in his room at the Hilton Hotel just...Tags: Facebook, Murder, Human Body, Mexico, Lawyers
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