Culiacan

Cocaine Capital

Time (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008

In CuliacÁn, the heart of Mexico's drug country, narco gangs massacre cops and one another - and are then celebrated in song

11 killed in gang-plagued Mexican city of Culiacan

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

Gunmen killed nine people at an auto repair shop and two police investigators were shot dead near police headquarters in the gang-plagued Mexican city of Culiacan, prosecutors said Thursday.

Whack-jobs

The Mex Files (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008

What does the artistic and creative hit man do for an encore? Michael Marizco reviews Mexican gangland’s greatest hits (The News 2-Sep-08 ): Everybody´s jumping onboard with the head chopping. In Culiacán, the headless corpse was found with a message to Arturo Beltrán Leyva to get out of town. Then 12 more materialized in Yucatán. The Get Shorty [...]

PUR/ISV - Gold for Puerto Rico in the 2008 Centrobasket Tournament

FIBA (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008

CANCUN (Centrobasket) - Puerto Rico won Gold at the 2008 Centrobasket Tournament by defeating US Virgin Islands 87-70 in the final game of the 2008 Centrobasket Tournament. This was their ninth title and their third in the last five editions. All three of them were in Mexican territory. In 2001 Puerto Rico won in Toluca and 2003 in Culiacan. Now they won ...

Gun Control at Work

Journal (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008

(h/t ColtsFan) Works just like you'd expect : - As part of Joint Operation Culiacán-Navolato, the Mexican military, searching an uninhabited house in Culiacán, discovered and seized an arsenal consisting of 8 rifles, 18 pistols, 21 ammo clips for pistols, 9 ammo clips for AK-47s, R-15s and M-16s as well as drum cartridge loaders and 1,283 cartridges of different calibers. Five of the...

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico Reports Passenger Traffic Decrease of 12.3% for July 2008

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008

... decline was principally due to a reduction in traffic on the routes to Guadalajara, Mexico City, Culiacan, Guanajuato, Morelia, Hermosillo, Aguascalientes, La Paz, Los Cabos, Acapulco, Uruapan, Tepic and Colima. These decreases were mainly due to the decline in operations from Aviacsa, Aeromexico, Mexicana, Avolar and Aerocalifornia in routes to and from the previously mentioned cities. ...

WP - Court Orders U.S. to Halt Execution of 5 Mexicans

Consul-At-Arms (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008

Washington Post Court Orders U.S. to Halt Execution of 5 Mexicans By Manuel Roig-Franzia Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, July 17, 2008; A14 CULIACAN, Mexico, July 16 -- A U.N. court ruled Wednesday that the United States should halt the executions of five Mexican nationals -- including a convicted killer sentenced to die in three weeks -- until their cases can be reviewed.

Homex Second Quarter 2008 Erratum

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

CULIACAN, Mexico, July 23 -- Desarrolladora Homex, S.A.B de C.V. (Homex or the Company) (NYSE: HXM) (BMV: HOMEX) informed that the number of square meters provided for land reserve on its Second Quarter 2008 press release should have be...

• Homex Second Quarter 2008 Erratum - PR News Wire

Axtel Reports 2Q08 Earnings

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

... continued during the second quarter, with operations commencing in Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Culiacan, Mazatlan, Coatzacoalcos and Minatitlan, reaching thirty-three cities with integrated voice, data and Internet services. -- During the second quarter, AXTEL became the first telecommunications company in Mexico to provide data, Internet and voice services to business and residential customers...

Boca Starts Game Strong but Only Draws with Tecos

Argentina's Travel Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

... for the approaching Argentine soccer season. Their next game will be against the Dorados of Culiacan. Similar Posts: Argentina and USA Tie in Anticipated Soccer Match-Up Boca Juniors Travel to Washington DC for Preseason Training Argentine Soccer Team Soundly Defeats Mexico in San Diego Another Tie for Argentina, This Time with Brazil Boca and Estudiantes Tie for Second in Argentine Soccer...

Homex Second Quarter 2008 Erratum

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

CULIACAN, Mexico, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Desarrolladora Homex, S.A.B de C.V. (Homex or the Company) (NYSE: ) (BMV: HOMEX) informed that the number of square meters provided for land reserve on its Second Quarter 2008 press release should have been 71 million square meters instead of the 140 million square meters stated. The 71 million square meters are equivalent to 347,855 homes, of which...

Homex Delivers a Solid Top Line Growth of 19.5% and a Strong 16.5% Net Margin

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

CULIACAN, Mexico, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Desarrolladora Homex, S.A.B. de C.V. ("Homex" or "the Company") [NYSE: HXM, BMV: HOMEX] today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008(1). New Mexican Accounting Reporting Standard for 2008: As companies in Mexico no longer follow inflation accounting (Bulletin B- 10), 2Q08 figures are presented without inflation...

Mexican Civil War Update 07.21.08

One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

... unfailingly, one two or all three elements of that unhealthy trio are present.” ———— El Debate (Culiacan, Sinaloa) 7/20/08 Another broad daylight, car-to-car gunfire assault claimed two more victims in Culiacan. One of the victims was a pregnant woman. (This is the second day in a row that a pregnant woman has been killed in car-to-car assaults in Mexico) ———— El Diario (Ciudad Juarez,...

Police find shocking load inside diaper pack

IOL (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

... cash was likely a stash of narco-dollars destined for money-laundering, as the truck had come from Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state in Mexico's north-west, a region known for trafficking by major drug cartels.The driver of the truck was arrested.

• NEWS OF THE WEIRD - What a Load! Half Million Dollars Found in Baby Diapers! - AstroChicks

NEWS OF THE WEIRD - What a Load! Half Million Dollars Found in Baby Diapers!

AstroChicks (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

... cash was likely a stash of narco-dollars destined for money-laundering, as the truck had come from Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state in Mexico’s northwest, a region known for trafficking by major drug cartels.The driver of the truck was arrested.Now that’s a diaper I would have liked to change! Tags: , , , This entry was posted on Saturday, July 19th, 2008 at 10:09 pm and is filed under...