mexico

  • Man Gets Caught Trying to Escape Prison in a Suitcase

    Here honey, get in the suitcase. I’m sure you’ll fit. That might have been the conversation just before Juan Ramirez decided he was going to try to break out of a Mexican jail. After a conjugal visit with his girlfriend, he hid inside the woman’s suitcase and she tried...
  • Mexican soccer players blame tainted beef for positive drug test.

    Five CONCACAF soccer players from the Mexican Gold Cup team were suspended after testing positive for clenbuterol, a drug used for promoting lean muscle mass and boosting overall muscle. Clenbuterol is illegal in farming animals for human consumption, because its residues can cause health problems later in life. The...
  • Mexican Teen goes on Hunger Strike for Royal Wedding Invitation

    People are hungry to see Prince William wed Kate Middleton but probably not as hungry as 19-year old Estibalis Chavez. The Mexican woman went on a hunger strike after being told she couldn’t get an invitation. Losing 17 pounds during her protest outside the British Embassy in Mexico City,...
  • Twenty-year-old student becomes Chief of Police in violent Mexican town

    I’m sure that more than a few people were left scratching their heads when a Marisol Valles, 20-year-old criminology student became the top cop in the town of Praxedis Guadalupe Guerrero. People normally devote years of fighting their way up the chain of command to become Chief of Police...
  • Matador’s cowardice lands him in litigation

    Facing off half a ton of enraged muscle and horns intent on doing you serious damage dangerous, dangerous work; so when you hear that a Mexican matador got cold feet you can kind of appreciate the place he is coming from. That is the situation that...
  • Kevin Costner may yet save the day

    Robin Hood actor Kevin Costner has appeared before a Congressional committee, urging them to consider a technology he invested more than $US20 million ($24 million) in that could be used to separate oil from water in the disastrous Gulf of Mexico spill. Costner joked, referring to his role in...