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New State Tourism Minister Assassinated In Mexico

AP | Posted 03.10.2013 | World
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GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- The recently appointed tourism minister in western Jalisco state was shot to death Saturday while driving in a suburb of Guadal...

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True Age Of 9-Year-Old Mom Revealed

AP | Posted 02.14.2013 | Crime
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MEXICO CITY -- Authorities in the Mexican state of Jalisco say tests have revealed that a girl who gave birth two weeks ago is between 12 and 13 years...

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Mutilated, Naked Bodies Dumped On Highway

AP | ARTURO PEREZ NAVARRO | Posted 11.16.2012 | World
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JALISCO, Mexico — The dismembered bodies of 17 men were found Sunday on a farm in a part of central Mexico disputed by violent drug cartels, off...

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Andrew Burmon

The War Next Door

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Burmon | Posted 08.28.2012 | Travel
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This post is part of the HuffPost Shadow Conventions 2012, a series spotlighting three issues that are not being discussed at the national GOP and Dem...

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Mexico Makes Historic Meth Bust

AP | By MARK STEVENSON and ARTURO PEREZ | Posted 04.10.2012 | World
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GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- The historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in western Mexico, equal to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009...

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Tasting Mexico's 'Tequila Trail'

Peter Mandel | Posted 04.09.2012 | Travel
Read More: The Tequila Express, Jose Cuervo, Jalisco, Margaritas, Mexico, Patron, Tequila, Blue Agave, Mariachi Music, Guadalajara, Sauza, Cazadores, Tlaquepaque, Herradura, Travel News
Peter Mandel

It's an ancient tradition in Jalisco, Mexico. The jimador in his wide hat and boots, the elegant arc of attack, the final swift plunging of the sword. Bullfight? Not exactly. It's harvest time for blue agave plants

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Mexican Authorities Unravel Mind-Blowing Child Trafficking Scheme

AP | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 03.24.2012 | World
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ZAPOPAN, Mexico — The Irish couples ensnared in an apparent illegal adoption ring in western Mexico thought they were involved in a legal proces...

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Sexual Abuse Alleged In Mexican Child-Trafficking Ring

AP | By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 01.19.2012 | World
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GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Four of the 10 children seized in western Mexico as part of a child-trafficking investigation involving Irish couples show sign...

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3 Women Busted In Child-Trafficking Ring

AP | By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 01.16.2012 | World
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican investigators detained three more women in the city of Guadalajara in connection with an apparent child-trafficking ring that a...

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Tequila 101

Liquor.com | Posted 12.07.2011 | Home
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Contrary to popular belief, tequila is not cactus juice. The spirit is distilled from blue Weber agave. (And for the record, it should never come with...

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Tequila Grows Up and Gets Real

Jennifer Ceaser | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Read More: Agave, Jose Cuervo, Hangover, Tequila, Don-Julio-1942, Mexico, Herradura Tequila, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Travel News
Jennifer Ceaser

Tequila's reputation has long suffered in the U.S., where it's mainly been thought of as a way to get as drunk as possible as quickly as possible. That's changing though, as premium tequilas have made their way across the border.

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Sip, Don't Slam: A Dozen Aged Tequilas To Savor

Tony Sachs | Posted 07.04.2012 | Home
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Tony Sachs

It must be getting awfully crowded in the highlands of Jalisco, the Mexican state where the blue agave from which tequila comes must, by law, be grown.

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