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Mexico US Extraditions

2010-02-24T17:18:34Z

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 20, 2007 photo released by the Mexican Attorney General's Office taken at an undisclosed location, alleged Gulf cartel leader Osiel Cardenas-Guillen, is moved during his extradition to the Mexico's Attorney General's Office, Arturo Beltran Leyva is seen. A Mexican navy official said alleged drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva was killed in a shootout with sailors Wednesday Dec. 16, 2009. The official says Beltran Leyva and three other suspected members of his cartel were killed in a shootout with sai...

Shell To Pay California $19.5 Million For Gas Station Violations

2010-02-24T07:35:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Company allegedly violated state environmental regulations</div><div><p> Shell Oil has agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle charges that it violated California environmental laws at its company-operated gas stations across the state. </p><p>California Massachusetts Appeals Court, in affirming an injunction blocking Option One M...

Indonesia president under fire over corruption fight

2010-02-24T12:20:02Z

<div><p>Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono vowed Friday to defend the country's anti-graft agency after the arrest of two senior investigators, amid growing doubts about his war on corruption.</p><p>The president, re-elected in July on the back of promises to stamp out rampant graft in one of the world's most corrupt countries, also ordered his police...

New York Sues Debt Collector For Threats, Harassment

2010-02-25T18:21:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Attorney General alleges threats of sexual violence against consumers</div><div><p> New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is going after another Buffalo-based debt collection operation. </p><p>In June the Attorney General's Office obtaine...

Mexico commission slams US reporter's death report

2010-02-25T23:22:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Mexican human rights commission says report on US journalist's slaying based on 'opinion'</div><div><p>Mexico's National Human Rights Commission on Thursday criticized a report commissioned by federal prosecutors that supports the official assertion that ...

Correction: Mexico-US Arms Trafficking story

2010-02-25T23:40:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Correction: Mexico-US Arms Trafficking story</div><div><p>In a story published July 13 about Mexican and U.S. plans to share information on arms trafficking, The Associated Press, relying on a statement from the Mexican Attorney General's Office announced Sunday.</p><p&am...

Rights groups: Venezuela punishing protesters

2010-02-26T03:11:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Rights activists say Venezuela govt punishing protesters, union leaders</div><div><p>Venezuelan rights activists said Wednesday that President Hugo Chavez's government is using the courts to stifle protests.</p><p>Marino Alvarado of Provea, a prominent rights group, said more than 2,200 peopl...

Mexico detains 10 in killings of federal agents

2010-02-26T10:02:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Mexico detains 10 police officers in federal agents' killings, charges ex-mayor with drug ties</div><div><p>Mexican investigators have detained 10 police officers in the torture and killings of 12 federal agents whose bodies were found dumped along a highway in western Michoacan state.</p><p>The federa...

Progressive Settles Rate Quote Complaint

2010-02-27T03:57:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Massachusetts consumers complained quotes were inaccurate</div><div><p> Progressive Insurance saturates the airwaves with its commercials for vehicle coverage, promising lower rates by comparing coverage offered by other companies. But Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley<...

Jenni Rivera fined for failing to declare cash

2010-02-27T08:55:09Z

<div id="subtitle">Singer Jenni Rivera fined for failing to declare more than $50,000 at Mexico City airport</div><div><p>Singer Jenni Rivera was freed Tuesday after spending 15 hours in detention and paying a fine for failing to declare more than $50,000 in cash at Mexico City's international airport, her publicist said.</p&...

Indonesia's anti-corruption czar a murder suspect

2010-02-27T16:46:01Z

<div><p>Indonesia's high-profile anti-corruption czar has been named a suspect over the murder of a state company executive, officials said.</p><p>Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) head Antasari Azhar was formally declared a suspect in the drive-by shooting murder of company executive Nasrudin Zulka...

Mexico detains 12 officers in corruption probe

2010-02-28T10:02:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Mexico detains 12 federal investigators for allegedly helping hit men kill 8 officers</div><div><p>Mexican authorities have detained 12 federal police investigators accused of leaking information to hit men who ambushed and killed eight officers in a failed attempt to free a high-level drug cartel member, the Mexican Florida warns</div><div><p>Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is warning Florida homeowners affected by Chinese drywall to avoid scams related to the situation.</p><p>At least two types of fraudulent activity involving the defective drywa...

4 arrested in attack on Mexican governor's convoy

2010-03-03T09:00:38Z

<div id="subtitle">4 suspects arrested in attack on Mexican governor's bodyguards</div><div><p>Four men are under arrest for allegedly attacking a Mexican governor's convoy, killing one of his bodyguards and wounding two agents.</p><p>Gunmen fired at a vehicle two cars behind the one carrying Chihuahua state Gov. California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Ventura District Attorney Gregory D. Totten today clamped down on two companies —Imergent, Inc. and Stores On Line — that "falsel...

Mexico finds pickup truck with cocaine panels

2010-03-01T23:04:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Pimp my ride? Mexico police find pickup truck with panels made of fiberglass _ and cocaine</div><div><p>Police at a Mexican seaport say they have found a pickup truck with body panels and a bumper made from fiberglass — and cocaine.</p><p>The Attorney Gen...

Mexico Arrested Beauty Queen

2009-04-23T19:18:11Z

In this two-image combo made from photos released by Mexico's Attorney General's Office on Friday Dec. 26, 2008, the 2008 beauty queen of the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa, Laura Zuniga, left, and one of the alleged leaders of the powerful Juarez drug ...