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"wenty-four corpses were found bound and shot execution-style in the Mexican city of Atlapulco on Friday, according to Humberto Benitez, secretary-general of government in the State of Mexico. A criminal investigation is now under way to determine if the killings were a result of organized crime, a news release from Mexico's attorney general said Friday. Atlapulco is just south of Mexico City. The killings come roughly two weeks after tens of thousands of Mexicans marched on the nation's capital calling for greater government action to prevent the wave of violent crime sweeping the country. Non-governmental groups estimate there have been...

MEXICO CITY -- Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches against daily kidnappings and killings.

Mexico City, Official Residence The Presidency reported that President Felipe Calderón met Arizona Senator John McCain, who will be nominated as the US Republican Presidential Candidate in September, at the official Los Pinos residence today. The President remarked that Mexico trusts the United States will value the priority given to bilateral work on migration, trade, development, regional competitiveness and security as the means for promoting the well-being of both societies. President Calderón confirmed his government’s intention of continuing to collaborate on all issues of common interest, including the prevention of and response to natural disasters and pandemics, food security and...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday will join governors from both sides of the border in Mexico City to push for more action on crime-fighting and border security, a visit that comes as Mexico is facing unprecedented violence. Schwarzenegger will offer support to Mexican President Felipe Calderon for his crackdown against the drug trade, in which he has deployed more than 20,000 federal troops across Mexico. Cartels have responded with increasingly bold attacks against security forces, including beheadings and assassinations of top police officials and soldiers. On Tuesday, seven federal officers were killed in a shootout with one cartel. Beyond policy...

President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper and Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon carry shovels of dirt at a tree planting ceremony in honor of Earth Day Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at Lafayette Square in New Orleans. White House photo by Chris Greenberg President George W. Bush joins Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper and Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon as they stand over a monument commemorating the leader’s tree planting in honor of Earth Day Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at Lafayette Square in New Orleans. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

Mexico's President Felipe Calderón comes to Dallas on Tuesday with bridge-building credentials. He has a Harvard master's degree, English fluency – and relatives who work illegally in the U.S. All three attributes should serve him well when he meets separately with Mexican immigrant leaders and Texas business executives. A crackdown against illegal immigrants is roiling Texas and much of the U.S., and its scope and fury haven't been seen in this country in at least 50 years, historians have said. Dallas is the setting this week for a three-day conference of an advisory board to the Institute for Mexicans Abroad...

Mexico’s President Felipe Calderón denounced the U.S. Government’s increased deportation of Mexican nationals to his country as “a crime against humanity.” “These people have endured great hardships to escape the poverty that plagues Mexico,” Calderón pointed out. “Many have paid large sums to be smuggled into Norte America. They have survived dangerous journeys across the desert. All they want is a better life—decent schools, free health care, the kind of things they can’t get here. We can’t deal with this flood of humanity. It is cruel beyond measure to send them back.” Calderón said he would ask the United Nations...

...Angry at the fact that grassroots Americans have been able to stop the pro-illegal immigration lobby from giving amnesty to illegals in the U.S., the Mexican government is doing something unheard of: Mexico is launching a "public relations" advertising campaign -- across the United States of America -- to "change American opinions" on illegal immigration! According to news reports from both MSNBC and the Spanish-language network "Telemundo", Mexican President Felipe Calderon has announced "that the [Mexican] government would finance a public relations campaign aimed at reversing Americans' negative perceptions" of illegal immigrants… and illegal immigration. Reports say that Mexico "would...

You’ll be glad to know that not all elected officials are willing to allow a foreign leader to land on American soil and trash our nation’s immigration laws and the character of its citizens. You won’t hear President Bush stand up to Mexican president Felipe Calderon. As I’ve been reporting, they’ve been quietly hashing out the $1.4 billion Mexican stimulus/border security package known as the Merida Initiative. With virtual silence from Congress. Two Republicans did speak up during Calderon’s tour of the U.S. this week.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he had a productive meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon that focused on economic development on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border. Villaraigosa said the hour-long meeting produced an agreement to bring more Mexican goods into the Port of Los Angeles. In most cases, Mexican products are brought into the United States by truck or train. The men also discussed developing geothermal energy in Baja California, but Villaraigosa labeled those talks as preliminary. Villaraigosa said the issue of illegal immigration was not a major element of the discussions. "There is a need to build bridges,...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who has has publicly stated his concern for the "growing harassment" and "frank persecution" of Mexicans in the United States, will make his first official visit to California Wednesday and will meet with immigrant leaders among others. Speaking to the Mexican government's migrant assistance agency in November, his comments about "persecution" appear to have been aimed at U.S. presidential candidates who voiced their desire to curb illegal immigration. He also expressed disappointment at Congress' inability to agree on an immigration reform measure. While in the Golden State, he will address the state Legislature and attend a...

During a private meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, about 30 Mexican immigrant leaders Tuesday pushed for more aggressive economic development in Mexico, calling on the president to double the country's "3 for 1" program that invests remittances from abroad in new schools, roads and other government projects. "We asked him to make it a $1 billion program in the next two years," said Salvador Pedroza, chairman of the Little Village Chamber of Commerce and a local leader of Calderon's National Action Party, or PAN. "He was very receptive." Jose Artemio Arreola, not affiliated with PAN, called the private meeting...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday decried anti-immigrant perceptions in the United States and argued that Mexican immigrants complement American workers. On his first trip to the U.S. as Mexico's president, Calderon said he is working to combat anti-Americanism in Mexico and to improve job prospects there to reduce migration. He said he hopes that Americans resist anti-Mexican sentiments. "The worst thing that happened in this country is this anti-Mexican or anti-immigrant perception of people. We need to contain this," Calderon said after a speech at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. "I need to...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said he is buoyed by the fact that Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) has a virtual lock on the Republican presidential nomination. “The anti-immigrant candidates have been put in their place by their own electorate,” Calderon boasted after the Super Tuesday primaries. “Now, no matter who wins next November, the way will be open for our people to reclaim the lands taken from us by Yankee aggression in the 1800s.” Calderon said he is about to embark on a five-day U.S. trip that will end in California, where he is scheduled to meet with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,...

Mexican President Felipe Calderón will visit Sacramento on Wednesday to meet with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers, his first such appearance since taking office in December 2006. Besides attending a private lunch hosted by Schwarzenegger and first lady Maria Shriver, Calderón will visit privately with Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles, and address a joint session of the Legislature. --snip-- Schwarzenegger met with Calderón in November 2006, ... During that trip, Schwarzenegger called a planned $1.2 billion, 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexico border "an incomplete way of solving the problem" of illegal immigration and said a guest-worker program would...

President Felipe Calderon is preparing for his first trip to the United States as head of state, after canceling a September visit to attend to catastrophic flooding in southern Mexico. The Feb. 10-14 tour includes stops in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and the California state capital of Sacramento, according to a statement from the Senate, which still must approve the president's trip in what is usually a formality. Further details were not available from the Senate or the president's office. Last year, Calderon said he had a special interest in meeting with the Mexican community in the U.S....

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.

MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon on Friday told Mexican consuls to the U.S. and Canada that they must work to "neutralize" anti-immigrant attitudes north of the border. Calderon's instructions came two days after he accused U.S. presidential candidates of "swaggering, macho and anti-Mexican" posturing. He also warned the U.S. Congress not to impose conditions on a $1.4 billion anti-drug aid package. On Friday, the Mexican leader asked his diplomatic representatives in the U.S. to participate in the public debate on immigration by appearing at public events, talking more to the media and working with nonprofit groups to promote Mexican...

Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, denounced “the growing harassment” of Mexicans in the United States. “They’re treating our people like outsiders who have no right to be there,” Calderon complained. “They are arresting them, deporting them, denying them their basic human rights.” Calderon cited the recent flap over New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s proposal to grant illegal immigrants driver’s licenses as “an example of the lengths to which the American right wing will go for political advantage. Here was a simple plan to ensure that Mexicans’ human rights to drive and vote would not be denied because of lack of documentation....

MEXICO CITY: President Felipe Calderon decried Wednesday what he called "the growing harassment" of Mexicans in the United States and said his government will work to counter it by funding a media campaign to show migrant success stories. Mexican officials have expressed concern over a recent wave of immigration raids and a U.S. political climate perceived as anti-migrant. Calderon said U.S. presidential candidates were using migrants as "symbolic hostages..." "I am especially worried about the growing harassment and frank persecution of Mexicans in the United States in recent days," Calderon said at a meeting of the Mexican government's migrant assistance...

The question of how to deal with the hundreds of thousands of illegal Mexicans entering the United States each year has become a divisive issue across the country. President Bush signed a bill last year that authorized the construction of a 700-mile fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, which would cost billions of dollars. Related Stories Mexican President Felipe Calderon has called the idea of building the fence "deplorable," and said today on "Good Morning America" that he wanted to strengthen the Mexican economy to keep Mexicans there. "Let me tell you, I think that the only way to stop migration...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized the planned U.S. border fence designed to stem illegal immigration, saying countries should be "building bridges, not fences" in an interview broadcast on Monday. On ABC television's "Good Morning America," Calderon lauded President George W. Bush's failed attempt to get the U.S. Congress to approve comprehensive immigration reform, and said the way to stop illegal immigration is to build economic growth and opportunities in Mexico, not fences. "The world is open in new ways," he said. "We are building fences instead of bridges." The U.S. Congress last year authorized construction of 700...

El Presidente Calderon claims that immigration from Mexico into the U.S. is inevitable. This comes after his earlier comment that "Wherever there is a Mexican, there is Mexico".

PUERTO PENASCO, Mexico — Mexican President Felipe Calderon told U.S. governors Thursday that immigration is an inevitable, natural phenomenon and he urged the U.S. Congress to approve reforms that would allow more Mexicans to work legally north of the border. Calderon demanded that the United States respect "the right to work wherever one can make the greatest contribution." "Immigration is a natural phenomenon that is economically and socially inevitable," he told the meeting in this Sonora seaside resort town. In a rare acknowledgment of the costs of migration for Mexico, Calderon said his country "doesn't not celebrate migration ... our...

I keep waiting for someone to defend the U.S. against the persistent, arrogant and insolent attacks by Mexican leaders. It hasn't happened. In fact, there's no elected official on any level of government who has spoken up and defended us – the U.S. I'd like to know why. There's history to this. An ad in an area paper touting an upcoming lecture series featured their lead speaker, former Mexican President Vicente Fox. He's touted as having done a good job in office including, having "achieved the lowest unemployment rate in all of Latin-America." When I saw that, I choked on...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon demanded that the United States surrender its sovereignty, abandon the rule of law and accede to Mexico's inherent supremacy. In his state of the union address to the Mexican nation, Calderon established his imperialistic imperatives: "I have said that Mexico does not stop at its border, that wherever there is a Mexican, there is Mexico. And, for this reason, the government action on behalf of our countrymen is guided by principles, for the defense and protection of their rights." Calderon protested the U.S. government's increased raids on illegal employers of illegal alien employees and work site...

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon Sunday demanded the United States surrender its sovereignty, abandon the rule of law and accede to Mexico's inherent supremacy. In his state of the union address to the Mexican nation, Calderon established his imperialistic imperatives: "I have said that Mexico does not stop at its border, that wherever there is a Mexican, there is Mexico. And, for this reason, the government action on behalf of our countrymen is guided by principles, for the defense and protection of their rights." Calderon protested the U.S. government's increased raids on illegal employers of illegal alien...

And where there is an utterly depraved nincompoop, there is the President of Mexico: President Felipe Calderon blasted U.S. immigration policies on Sunday and promised to fight harder to protect the rights of Mexicans in the U.S., saying “Mexico does not end at its borders.”

MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Felipe Calderon blasted the United States on Sunday for immigration policies that have divided families and slowed the amount of money sent home by Mexicans living north of the border. The criticism earned Calderon a standing ovation during his first state-of-the nation address. «We strongly protest the unilateral measures taken by the U.S. Congress and government that have only persecuted and exacerbated the mistreatment of Mexican undocumented workers,» he said. «The insensitivity toward those who support the U.S. economy and society has only served as an impetus to reinforce the battle ... for their rights....

After One Year, Pro-Life Mexican President Gets 75% Positive Rating MEXICO CITY, August 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) -- After one year in office, Mexico's pro-life president Felipe Calderon is receiving positive poll ratings from a majority of Mexicans, according to a recent survey. The survey, sponsored by the Mexican publication Milenio, asked recipients "Has Felipe Calderón fulfilled his campaign promises?".  Eleven percent said "yes" and sixty-four percent said "Yes, to a certain extent", for a total of 75%.  Only 18% responded "No."  When asked if Calderon had performed better or worse than expected,  50% responded "better" and only 31% responded "worse"....

TRANSLATION FROM ORIGINAL SPANISH (EXERPT):"Bank Remittances from USA to Mexico Down 1.3%"Slowdown in USA and Tightened Immigration Actions [Against Illegals] Are Main Causes During the first six months of the year, Michoacán became the state that had the greater decrease remittances from the USA, said the Bank Of Mexico....

MONTEBELLO, Quebec — President Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico yesterday ridiculed the notion that their countries are conspiring to create a regional supergovernment similar to the European Union. "I'm amused by the difference between what actually takes place in the meetings and by what some are trying to say takes place," said Mr. Bush, responding to concerns raised by conservative and liberal groups and some U.S. lawmakers. "It's quite comical actually, to realize the difference between reality and what some people on TV are talking about." Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper joked that a superhighway rumored to...

Joint Statement by Prime Minister Harper, President Bush, and President Calderón We, the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States, have met in Montebello to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing North America and to establish priorities for our further collaboration. As neighbours, we share a commitment to ensure North America remains a safe, secure and economically dynamic region, and a competitive player in global markets. We also discussed opportunities to cooperate globally and within our own hemisphere. The values and principles we share, in particular democracy, the rule of law and respect for individual rights and freedoms, underpin...

ue Aug 21, 5:46 AM OTTAWA (CBC) - After a day of protests that Prime Minister Stephen Harper dismissed as "sad," many protesters planned to continue their demonstrations in the Quebec resort town of Montebello on the second and final day of the summit meeting of the three North American leaders on Tuesday. Harper will meet with U.S. President George W. Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderon for formal trilateral talks Tuesday after one-on-one sessions the previous day. Outside the heavily guarded resort on the banks of the Ottawa River, where the trio was meeting to discuss the Security and...

MONTEBELLO, Quebec — President Bush, tending to relations with two border nations, sought Monday to invigorate his partnership with like-minded leaders of Canada and Mexico. Bush arrived by mid-afternoon in the Canadian countryside, where he will promote North American integration with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Police in riot gear pushed back dozens of protesters marching just outside the gate of the resort compound, where a few hundred people gathered in demonstration. "I heard it's nothing," Harper said, dismissing the protests as Bush arrived at the posh Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello. Bush ducked a question...

Bush listens to neighbors' leaders By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 27 minutes ago MONTEBELLO, Quebec - President Bush's summit with the leaders of Canada and Mexico is likely to produce little more than promises of cooperation — and some signs of disunity. Bush came to this resort town on the Ottawa River to strengthen his ties with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon. They were poised to announce at least one wrinkle, an effort to clarify border security plans in emergencies. Yet for all the gestures of unity, there were differences that were...

As the President boarded AF1 at Waco today I would assume he and the First Lady spent the weekend in Crawford Texas at their ranch. Today the President departed for Ottawa, Canada, to attend a two-day summit with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

WASHINGTON — Never fond of interrupting his Texas vacations, President Bush is doing it this year to bolster ties with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, two friendly neighbors and vital partners. Bush joins Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday in Montebello, Quebec, in hopes of expanding cooperation among their countries, which enjoy the largest trading partnership in the world. The two-day North American Leaders’ Summit appears to lack a signature issue, except perhaps a new U.S. push to halt Mexico’s bloody drug wars. Instead, the broad theme is economic prosperity, built around several...

A Texas congressman is leading discussions with the White House to develop a military plan to assist Mexico in the war President Felipe Calderón is waging against the drug cartels. Yolanda Urrabazo, spokeswoman for Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, told WND the discussions involve the possibility of utilizing the U.S. military directly in the effort in addition to providing military assistance.

The way U.S. and Mexican authorities describe 44-year-old Zhenli Ye Gon, he might have sprung from some pulp novelist's overheated imagination. Born in Shanghai, he lived in Mexico and ran a pharmaceuticals company -- a front, authorities allege, that supplied Mexican drug cartels with massive quantities of a chemical used to make the street drug methamphetamine. Police raided his luxurious Mexico City home in March, carting off what they said was $207 million, most of it in $100 bills that had been stashed behind false walls and in closets. The U.S. government called it "the largest single drug cash seizure...

OTTAWA–Rising concerns about continental integration and opposition to U.S. President George W. Bush's war in Iraq may bring protesters to Montebello, Que., in large numbers next month when Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with his American and Mexican counterparts. Thousands of demonstrators turned out in Ottawa the last time Bush visited Canada in 2004. But those opposing Iraq or the tightening of relations among Canada, Mexico and the U.S. are unlikely to get very close to the Aug. 20-21 summit at a luxury resort 80 kilometres from Ottawa. Police are planning to throw up a security cordon extending several kilometres...

Mexico takes gloves offPresident gambles with use of military in drug crackdown By Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post Article Last Updated: 07/09/2007 07:25:29 AM PDT MEXICO CITY — Every Monday morning, President Felipe Calderon settles in at the head of the table in the presidential library at Los Pinos, Mexico's fortresslike chief executive's compound. Calderon presides over strategy sessions with the leaders of Mexico's army and navy, key players in the centerpiece initiative of his seven-month-old presidency: a military assault against drug cartels. No Mexican president in recent history has convened his security council with such regularity, but few of his...

MEXICAN President Felipe Calderon is a lot like an uninvited dinner guest who arrives empty-handed and has the gall to complain about the food. When the immigration-reform bill collapsed last Thursday, he wasted no time criticizing the Senate's "grave error." He warned that "by closing the door to legal immigration, the only thing the U.S. Senate is doing is opening the door to illegal immigration, which is precisely what Americans do not want." Pass the potatoes, Mr. President, and kindly listen. Yes, Americans are sick of this problem, and many shared your desire to see the reforms pass. But the...

MEXICO CITY: The Mexican government vigorously denied this week the accusations of a Chinese-Mexican businessman who is wanted on drug charges here but who asserts that $150 million found hidden in his mansion came from members of President Felipe Calderón's party, including the secretary of labor.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The leftist who a year ago was a hair's breadth from winning Mexico's presidency was reduced to political artifact on Sunday, drawing a fraction of his old crowds to an anniversary rally. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who insists his razor-thin defeat to Felipe Calderon in the July 2, 2006, election was rigged, has spent most of the past year crisscrossing Mexico to declare himself the "legitimate president." While Sunday's rally attracted tens of thousands of people, numbers were far fewer than the estimated 300,000 who turned out for Lopez Obrador in the run-up to the election...

MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon of Mexico blasted the U.S. Senate's rejection of the immigration bill on Thursday, calling the senators' action "a grave error" that avoided a "sensible, rational and legal solution." "It's a mistake," Calderon said. "First, because it's a problem that's not being confronted. And with this evasive action the U.S. Senate is making it worse. "Secondly, by closing the door on legal immigration, the only thing the Senate does is open the door to illegal immigration." Calderon, appearing at a joint news conference with the visiting President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, said he continues to...

President Felipe Calderon of Mexico reacted sourly to news of the Senate's rejection of the proposed immigration law overhaul, calling the senators' action "a grave error." "It's a grave mistake first because it's a problem that's not being confronted, and with this evasive action the U.S. Senate is making it worse," Calderon told reporters in Mexico City during a joint news conference with President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, who is finishing a two-day visit to the Mexican capital. "Secondly, because to close the door on legal immigration, the only thing the Senate does is open the door to illegal immigration"...

The White House has confirmed that U.S. President George W. Bush will travel to Canada this summer to meet Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Mexican president in Quebec. The announcement says Bush will be in Montebello, Quebec, on August 20 and 21 to meet Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon. The White House says the three leaders will discuss global and hemispheric issues at the North American summit. News of the meeting first came out last month when it was reported that the summit would be held at a luxury rural hotel resort in Montebello. Officials have said the...

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina called U.S. policies on drugs and firearms "cynical" and "absurd," some of the toughest language used by Mexican officials prodding Washington to cut U.S. drug demand and stem the flow of guns they say fuel violence here. "American law to me is absurd because people can easily acquire firearms," the newspaper El Universal newspaper quoted Medina as saying at a conference on Wednesday. Medina's office on Thursday confirmed he had made the statements. Mexican officials have repeatedly complained that the U.S. must do more to stop the flow of potent weapons...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Washington's failure to change its immigration laws is a blow to pro-U.S. Mexican President Felipe Calderon as he faces his toughest challenges since taking office in December. Winning a relaxation of U.S. immigration laws has been the main foreign policy goal of Mexico for years and would earn credit for Calderon, a conservative with a Harvard degree who only won last July's election by under a percentage point. While not as close to Washington as his predecessor Vicente Fox, Calderon is an advocate of free trade who is seen as a natural ally of Bush against...