Tag: "blood"

Mexico to remember massacre 40 years later

Mexico to remember massacre 40 years later

| October 2, 2008 | Comments (1)

Today, people of all ages will march in memory of a massacre that took place forty years ago in Mexico City – an event that remains one of the darkest in the country’s recent and bloody history.

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Video: Mexico Bomb Victim Tells His Story

Video: Mexico Bomb Victim Tells His Story

| September 19, 2008 | Comments (0)

Rafael Bucio, a 30 year old car-parking attendant, was out with his wife and two small children in Morelia, Mexico on Monday night enjoying the Independence celebrations when two grenades went off.

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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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Mexican police in "torture" class?

Mexican police in "torture" class?

| July 1, 2008 | Comments (1)

A story emerged here in Mexico today surrounding the emergence of a couple of videos which apparently depict the Mexican police, in the city of Leon, being instructed in the art of “torture” by an unidentified, English-speaking foreigner.

The videos are posted below – some viewers might find them offensive.

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April update: Violence against journalists continues

April update: Violence against journalists continues

| April 14, 2008 | Comments (0)

April is shaping up to be a bad month for journalists in Mexico.

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Reading the newspapers leaves blood on your hands…..

Reading the newspapers leaves blood on your hands…..

| August 15, 2007 | Comments (0)

Walking around the streets of Mexico City, it’s hard to miss the corpses all around. I’m not talking about dead bodies on the street, but rather the bloodied corpses in the hands of street vendors and shoe shiners taking a break from their work to flick through their daily newspapers. Accustomed to the rather gore-shy [...]

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