Archive for the ‘Mexico City News’ Category

US indicts Mexican cartel leaders on drug trafficking charges

Friday, August 21st, 2009

US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [official websites], the cartels combined to smuggle over 200 metric tons of cocaine in the US between 1990 and 2008. In the investigations that…

Mexico holds key rate steady at 4.5%, as expected

Friday, August 21st, 2009

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Mexico’s central bank on Friday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.5%, a decision that had been widely anticipated by market participants. The central bank cu…

Coca-Cola to Invest $5 Billion in Mexico

Friday, August 21st, 2009

The Coca-Cola Company plans to invest $5 billion over the next five years in Mexico to bolster its presence in that country, the soft-drink titan’s No. 2 market after the United States. Coca-Cola’s CE…

LGO Notes Byron’s Acreage Expansion in Gulf of Mexico

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Leni Gas & Oil has been advised by Byron Energy Pty Ltd (”Byron”) that Byron has been confirmed as the highest bidder on four leases in the Central Gulf of Mexico (”GOM”) Miner…

State lawmaker murdered in Mexico

Friday, August 21st, 2009

The speaker of the legislature in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero was gunned down Thursday by some unidentified gunmen outside his house, officials said.