Potters’ town booming in northern Mexico
For decades this dusty high-plains Mexican village of ranchers and railroad workers was rich only in burial sites and ruins left by the area’s long-dead Paquime Indians.
But now almost every family in Mata Ortiz, a collection of 300 adobe houses and ranches several hours drive southeast of Tucson, Arizona, is making coil pots inspired by Paquime traders and artisans who once lived in a nearby city of two-story homes and open plazas. They disappeared in the 15th century.
Worked up from local clay deposits that range from creamy white to red, green and blue, the colorful pots form a canvas for abstract geometric designs, animal motifs and delicately engraved patterns.
Some are hawked fresh from firewood kilns by local artisans for a few pesos (about $3). Others are showcased in art galleries in the dusty main street where they sell for up to $4,000 to collectors from the United States, Europe and Asia.
The striking revival is because of one man, Juan Quezada, who set out to recreate the Paquime style after finding a stash of brightly decorated pots in a sealed burial cave while scouring the high sierra for firewood as a youngster in the 1950s.
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Explosion traps dozens of miners in northern Mexico
An explosion Sunday at a mine in northern Mexico injured several miners and trapped dozens more below ground, an emergency official said.
The explosion occurred just before dawn at a coal mine near the town of Sabinas, 85 miles southwest of Eagle Pass on the Mexico-U.S. border, said Daniel Romo of Coahuila state's emergency services.
Seven miners were being treated in hospital with bruises, broken bones and burns, he said, adding their injuries were not life-threatening.
Dozens more miners were still trapped underground, he said, although he didn't have an exact figure.
Tropical storm Gert kills one, affects thousands in northern Mexico
One person had been killed in floods in Mexico's northern state of Nuevo Leon caused by tropical storm Gert which touched down in the Tamaulipas state Sunday, local media reported Tuesday.
The victim's body was found entangled in branches and trees, one km away from the spot where he was caught by water of La Silla River, the report said.
According to the Civil Protection Office in Nuevo Leon, rains will continue affecting several states in northern Mexico in the coming hours.
One female police officer has been killed and another badly hurt in a drive-by shooting in the northern Mexican town of Nuevo Laredo.
The killing takes the number of police murdered in the town this year to 15, with about 110 killed during 2005.
The assassination took place close to the border with the US state of Texas.
Violence in Nuevo Laredo is the result of a vicious turf war being fought between two powerful drug cartels for control of the lucrative drug trade.
This brazen assassination, in the middle of the afternoon, took place in central Nuevo Laredo, just
Rivers & creeks overflowing in parts of northern Mexico
Mexico Hundreds of people in northern Mexico were evacuated today after heavy rain caused rivers and creeks to overflow.
Nuevo Leon Governor Natividad Gonzalez declared a state of emergency for Benito Juarez, Cadereyta and Guadalupe.No deaths have been reported in flooding in Benito Juarez, located 12 miles east of Monterrey.But three people are reported missing and about 600 people are in shelters.Mayor Julio Cantu told reporters that the area received nearly one foot of rain overnight.
T-V video showed piles of vehicles that were dragged from Cadereyta, a farming town just east of
Church bells, fireworks mingle in Mexico
Vibrant atmosphere greets visitors to old city of Cholula
A lot has changed since this town was founded on a flat plain in the valley of Mexico.
But no wonder -- that founding was 1,800 years ago. Cholula's residents have learned over the years how to blend their ancient history with their modern lives to create a community that is deeply religious yet modern -- and often very noisy with fireworks, church bells and the music of religious processions.
Cholula, in central Mexico, is said to be the oldest continuously occupied town in all of North America. Anthropologists
Mexico Reports First Death From Hurricane
Mexican authorities on Friday reported the first death from Hurricane Emily, which destroyed thousands of buildings and drove 90,000 people from their homes as it tore through northern Mexico this week.
The report of a woman swept away by floodwaters in the northern city of San Pedro Garza Garcia came just as President Vicente Fox toured the devastation caused by the hurricane.
Officials said the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in the Yucatan area and along Mexico's northern Gulf coast helped avoid more extensive tragedies.
``You see what preparation and foresight are: No
N.M., Mexico Agree to Raze Lawless Town
The dusty Mexican community of Las Chepas is home to only about 35 full-time residents, but U.S. border patrol agents say a caravan of old school buses and vans hauls people into the town every day. Las Chepas, authorities say, is a staging ground for would-be immigrants and drug and human smugglers.
Gov. Bill Richardson and Chihuahua Gov. Jose Reyes Baeza also said they hoped to establish a police presence in Las Chepas.
Friday‘s agreement was a partial victory for Richardson, who had asked Reyes Baeza to raze the town.
Richardson also has pledged
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Mexico reports death from Emily
After enduring four days of battering from Hurricane Emily, Mexican authorities on Friday reported the first death from a storm that destroyed thousands of buildings and drove 90,000 people from their homes.
The report of a woman swept away by floodwaters in the northern city of San Pedro Garza Garcia came just as President Vicente Fox toured the devastation caused by the hurricane, whose winds began raking the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday.
The evacuation of tens of thousands of people in the Yucatan area and along Mexico's northern Gulf coast helped avoid
Reuters Summit-Mexico's Homex to see free cash flow in 2006
Homex, one of Mexico's largest homebuilders, expects to see positive free cash flow in 2006 for the first year ever, and may use some of the funds to pay down debt, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
Homex (HOMEX.MX: Quote, Profile, Research) (HXM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and other large, fast-growing players in Mexico's booming housing industry have plowed money into growth in recent years, but some firms are now beginning to produce positive free cash flows.
CEO Gerardo de Nicolas said in an interview at the Reuters Latin America Investment Summit
