MEXICO CITY - Suspected drug traffickers detonated hand grenades in a square packed with Independence Day celebrators in President Felipe Calderon's hometown of Morelia, killing eight and injuring 100 in what officials said Tuesday was an act of terrorism. One of the grenades exploded about 200 yards from where Gov. Leonel Godoy was ringing a bell as part of the "cry of independence" around 11 p.m. Monday as hundreds in the capital of Michoacan state blew horns and waved flags in...

Descendents of ancient Native Americans tribes will meet to listen and debate the devastation to the towns, the land, and the people due to the militarization of the Mexican-American border area and the construction of the border fence. The debate is being organized by Chabad de San Francisco on August 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM at the Shalom School (834 Avenida 28, San Francisco, CA). The cultural debate at the Shalom School is known in Yiddish as a “Farbrengen.” The debate will...

Congressmen from both the PAN and PRI parties requested the Iranian Ambassador, Mohammad Hassan Ghadiri, and all his diplomatic entourage accredited in Mexico to respect Mexico’s internal affairs. Rubén Camarillo (PAN) insisted they behave within the limits of all international treaties, respect the Mexican State and to not participate in issues and events outside their area. “We know they - foreign diplomats- should be respected and given the same warranties we expect...

The German newspaper "Die Welt" reported last month that Venezuela is becoming a safehaven for Islamic terrorists. The close friendship between the leftist Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and his Iranian colleague Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a hardline Muslim radical, resulted into ever closer cooperation between the two countries. Western intelligence services have reason to believe that Iran's fundamentalist regime is sending terrorists and Muslim radicals to an increasing number...

WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- A top official from the U.S. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs says that narco-terrorism is spreading into North America. David Johnson, assistant secretary for the INL, says that the illicit drug trade is directly linked to known terrorist groups in the Western Hemisphere and that these groups are employing terrorist tactics to traffic drugs into North America. Johnson spoke before the Attorneys General of the Americas, who were...

In a Friday sermon that aired on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV on April 11, 2008, Yunis Al-Astal, Hamas MP and cleric, told worshipers that Rome, "the capital of the Catholics, or the Crusader capital," would soon be conquered by Islam, just as Constantinople was. It then, he said, would become "an advanced post for the Islamic conquests, which will spread through Europe in its entirety, and then will turn to the two Americas, and even Eastern Europe." The following are...

In a little notice meeting reflecting growing ties between South America and the Islamic world, Mexican President Felipe Calderon welcomed former Iranian President Mohamed Khatami to Mexico City. The two leaders met Wednesday at Los Pinos, Mexico's official presidential residence, to discuss deepening cultural bonds with the Islamic world in the face of Western notions of a "clash of civilizations. The visit drew virtually no mention in the press outside of Mexico, even in Iran. Khatami...

Osvaldo Aldrete Davila is an admitted Mexican drug dealer who regularly transports Marijuana and other illegal narcotics across the US-Mexico border. In February 2005, US Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, who said Davila had a gun, fired on Davila and the drug dealer fled back across the border. It was later discovered that Davila had been hit, in one of his buttocks, by a bullet. The US Border Agents, not Davila, were convicted of "violating Davila's civil...

Islam is on the move in Mexico and throughout Latin America, making dramatic gains in converting the native population, increasing immigration, establishing businesses and charities and attracting attention from U.S. government officials who have asked their neighbors to the south to keep an eye on foreign Muslim groups. The monitoring of foreign groups is intended to "avoid problems in Mexico that have an impact in the United States," said the head of the Attorney General Office's...

MEXICO CITY, 18 February 2005 - The colonial town of San Cristobal de las Casas in the highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas is a much-loved tourist destination, known for its colorful Indian market. Eleven years ago it made news across the world when the indigenous Indian population in the form of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) occupied the town and declared war on the Mexican government. The bishop of San Cristobal at the time, Samuel Ruiz, became a figure on the...