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Video: Mexican day laborers are ‘Los Bastardos’ in fictional work

Video: Mexican day laborers are ‘Los Bastardos’ in fictional work

| August 7, 2009 | Comments (1)

At first glance, “Los Bastardos” seems a surprising film for a Mexican director to make.

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Video: “Tracing Aleida” director on making the film and Mexico’s “dirty war”

Video: “Tracing Aleida” director on making the film and Mexico’s “dirty war”

| June 29, 2009 | Comments (0)

This is a longer version of an edited interview with the director Christiane Burkhard about her documentary film project, “Tracing Aleida”.

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Journalists reporting, and surviving, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Journalists reporting, and surviving, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

| June 24, 2009 | Comments (1)

The Committee for the Protection of Journalists reports on journalists working in the northern border town of Ciudad Juarez.

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BorderReporter: God's Gonna Cut You Down

BorderReporter: God's Gonna Cut You Down

| June 11, 2009 | Comments (1)

What happened here last week was a sheer massacre.

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First Stop in the New World: the Reality of Crime

First Stop in the New World: the Reality of Crime

| June 11, 2009 | Comments (1)

This week MexicoReporter.com is publishing a series of extracts from David Lida’s book “First Stop in the New World,” which has just come out in paperback. The book is divided between long chapters that deal with topics of great importance in Mexico City (crime, inequality, food, sex and even shopping), and shorter chapters that provide [...]

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Video: Military’s drug museum shows narco tactics

Video: Military’s drug museum shows narco tactics

| May 11, 2009 | Comments (0)

The installation was designed as an educational tool for military personnel who have been tasked with fighting Mexico’s narco-trafficantes and organized crime networks.

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Media non-profit appeals for asylum for journalists escaping Mexico

Media non-profit appeals for asylum for journalists escaping Mexico

| November 20, 2008 | Comments (2)

Reporters Without Borders issued an appeal to the international community today to provide asylum for journalists fleeing Mexican cities such a Ciudad Juarez.

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Video: Mexico’s Military Marches as Citizens React to Yesterday’s Bombings

Video: Mexico’s Military Marches as Citizens React to Yesterday’s Bombings

| September 17, 2008 | Comments (0)

Two explosions during Mexican Independence Day celebrations in the western state of Michoacan killed eight people Monday night and injured dozens more, we reported yesterday.

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