Top Mexican drug lord killed in clash with army (AP)

Soldiers guard a street in the area where Mexican drug cartel leader Ignacio Coronel Villareal, aka Nacho Coronel was allegedly killed during an army raid in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday July 29, 2010. Coronel is considered number three in the organization of fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin Chapo Guzman. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)AP - One of the top three leaders of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel, Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel," was killed Thursday in a gunbattle with soldiers, the Mexican army announced.
California pot sweep linked to Mexican drug cartels (Reuters)
Reuters - California authorities said on Thursday they have made dozens of arrests and destroyed marijuana plants worth billions of dollars on farms that officials said are controlled by Mexican drug traffickers.
Top Mexican trafficker Coronel dead (Reuters)

Ignacio Reuters - Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a major Mexican drug trafficker, was killed during an army operation, the government confirmed on Thursday in what may be a coup for President Felipe Calderon's war on drugs.
Top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang killed: reports (AFP)

Handout picture released by Mexico's Attorney General Office in May shows gold and silver-plated, diamond-incrusted guns believed to belong to allies of the powerful Sinaloa drug gang, seized by Mexican security forces in Zapopan, Jalisco. Ignacio 'Nacho' Coronel, a top leader of Sinaloa gang, has been killed during a military raid, according to media reports.(AFP/PGR/File)AFP - Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang, was killed in a military raid in the suburbs of the western city of Guadalajara, according to media reports.
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AP - Mexico's Defense Department says top drug lord Ignacio 'Nacho' Coronel killed in clash.
Canada cancels 2 Mexicana flights on creditor request (Reuters)
Reuters - Airline Mexicana de Aviacion said on Thursday that two Mexico-bound flights were canceled on request from a creditor to Canadian authorities who demands clarification over the company's financial situation.
Top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang detained: reports (AFP)

Handout picture released by Mexico's Attorney General Office in May shows gold and silver-plated, diamond-incrusted guns believed to belong to allies of the powerful Sinaloa drug gang, seized by Mexican security forces in Zapopan, Jalisco. Ignacio 'Nacho' Coronel, a top leader of Sinaloa gang, has been killed during a military raid, according to media reports.(AFP/PGR/File)AFP - Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang, has been detained in a military raid in the suburbs of the western city of Guadalajara, media reports said here Thursday.
Mexican drug gunmen demand media run clips (AP)
AP - Gunmen who abducted four journalists in northern Mexico are demanding their media outlets broadcast videos apparently taped by a drug cartel that accuse officials of favoring a rival gang.
BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage (Reuters)

A large sheen of oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, background, is seen approaching Timbalier Island in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Reuters - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.
Less oil on surface means less work for fishermen (AP)

Captain Vatroslav Garbin stands near his commercial oyster boat while on standby with the vessels of opportunity program in Empire, La., Thursday, July 29, 2010. Garbin signed a contract to participate in the vessels of opportunity program, but he has yet to be called to assist. As less heavy oil is found on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico and commercial fishing waters remain closed, local fishermen who signed up for the program are becoming worried about their futures as they wait dockside for a call to assist in spill cleanup efforts. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Even when the oily sheen starts fading from the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, it manages to become bad news for fishermen.
Fishermen fear for livelihoods as Gulf focus shifts (AFP)

Kerry Parfait, a skimming boat worker, stands near idle boats after they were forced to port because of Hurricane Alex in June 2010 in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. US officials sought Thursday to reassure fishermen they will not lose out in the next phase of the Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up, while legal wranglings began for the BP trial of the decade.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AFP - US spill chief Thad Allen failed Thursday to reassure desperate fishermen about their Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up jobs, while BP began the legal wrangling in a massive civil trial.
Black Eyed Peas join Mexico in protesting Arizona immigration law SB1070 [video] (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Mexico staged a handful of protests today against the new immigration law in Arizona, where up to 530,000 undocumented workers live and 88.6 percent of the Hispanic population is Mexican.
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