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                    [Title] => Happily alone
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Today is my 71st birthday. Yes, yes, thank you for your greetings but let’s face it  — I am old.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-07 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135494 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805260 [AuthorName] => Barbara Gonzalez-Ventura [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 945429 [Title] => Mexico cartel dominates, torches western state [Summary] =>

The farm state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of terror.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-23 07:31:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500188 [AuthorName] => Mark Stevenson [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 798263 [Title] => Gunmen kill 8 men in Mexico town accosted by drug gang [Summary] =>

Authorities in western Mexico say two men wielding automatic rifles have opened fire on a group of men from a town that last year defied illegal loggers and drug traffickers, killing eight.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-19 13:14:42 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 789457 [Title] => Police find 7 mutilated bodies in central Mexico [Summary] =>

Authorities in central Mexico State have found the mutilated bodies of seven men near a shopping mall.

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One of Mexico's drug cartels hung banners in several towns in central Guanajuato promising there will be no violence during next weekend's visit to the state by Pope Benedict XVI, an official said Sunday.

 

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Mexico said Friday that it seized 229 metric tons of precursor chemicals used to make methamphetamine, the third such huge seizure this month at the Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas, all of which were bound for a port in Guatemala.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-24 11:25:07 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 744932 [Title] => People at Mexican volleyball game targeted [Summary] =>

Gunmen who killed eight people and wounded seven at a pickup volleyball game in the Mexican state of Sinaloa were targeting the men at the game, authorities said yesterday.

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Mexican authorities say at least 21 people were killed Friday in three shootouts between soldiers and gunmen and a fight between rival drug gangs.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-29 08:46:35 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 733164 [Title] => 12 killed in drug-related violence in two Mexican tourist sites [Summary] =>

Twelve people have been killed in two of Mexico's tourist resorts in two states that have long been plagued by drug-related violence, authorities said Sunday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-03 12:13:16 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 729107 [Title] => Gunmen dump 35 bodies on busy avenue in Mexico [Summary] =>

 Masked gunmen blocked traffic on a busy avenue in a Gulf of Mexico coastal city Tuesday and dumped the bodies of 35 slaying victims as horrified motorists watched, authorities said.

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