mexico

Do Stomach-Turning Cover Photos Sell Magazines?

Hamilton Nolan · 07/29/10 01:00PM

In your wicked Thursday media column: Time gets graphic, the New York Post doesn't know how to apologize, reporters kidnapped in Mexico, even more sex-related troubles for Sumner Redstone, and a PR service is advertising with Fox News' reputation.

Eight Human Heads Found in Northern Mexico

Max Read · 07/27/10 10:14PM

Police found eight heads in four different places outside of Durango. They had received an anonymous tip that two heads were located beside each of three roads leaving the nothern Mexican city. Roadside cleaners found the other two. [AFP]

Man Arrested with More Than a Dozen Monkeys in His Girdle

Brian Moylan · 07/20/10 11:09AM

When airport authorities in Mexico City noticed a strange bulge in Roberto Cabrera's shirt they decided to investigate. They found he had 18 rare monkeys in his pockets, and he wasn't happy to see them.

Crab Meet

Max Read · 06/29/10 09:25PM

[Blue crabs head toward the city along the main seaside avenue of Cancun, Mexico, disoriented by ongoing public works along the road. I bet they're feeling pretty... wait for it... wait for it... pissed off. Pic via AP]

Mexican Singer Sergio 'El Shaka' Vega Murdered

Max Read · 06/27/10 08:49PM

Sergio "El Shaka" Vega, a narcocorrido singer, was shot in Sinaloa while driving his red Cadillac, becoming at least the seventh musician murdered in Mexico in three years. He had denied rumors of his death hours before the killing. [BBC]

Mexico's Bloody Summer: Drug War Spins Out of Control

Jeff Neumann · 06/19/10 01:07PM

It was a bloody week in Mexico. On Monday alone, 96 people were killed in drug related violence, and yesterday police found 12 decomposing bodies inside a cave in Cancun. It could easily get worse.

Yellow-Bellied Matador Arrested for Fleeing Angry Bull

Jeff Neumann · 06/15/10 07:29AM

A young Mexican matador was arrested for breach of contract Sunday after he dropped his cape and fled the horns of a raging half-ton bull. After his release he said, "I didn't have the balls, this is not my thing."

Armed Flying Robots Coming Soon To Friendly American Skies

Jeff Neumann · 06/14/10 04:52AM

Unmanned drones are convenient: You can kill bad people from thousands of feet in the air without having to see the whites of their eyes, or track down the license plate number of a speeding car... let law enforcement decide!

Journalists Kidnapped On Mexico Tourism Junket

Jeff Neumann · 06/13/10 05:04PM

Nahua Indians armed with machetes kidnapped 13 reporters in southwestern Mexico, but released them and instead grabbed the film crew from Grupo Modelo that was shooting a beer commercial on their land without permission. All were eventually released unharmed. [AP]