The Week in Mexico


UNION-TRIBUNE

June 1, 2008

Drug kingpin list: The Bush administration added Marcos Arturo Beltrán Leyva of Sinaloa state to a list of suspected drug traffickers under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.

Ford Fiesta factory: Ford Motor Co. said it will build its new Fiesta subcompact near Mexico City. The automaker said it will retool its Cuautitlan Assembly Plant from large-truck to small-car production.

Immigrants in avocado truck: U.S. border agents said they found 51 illegal Mexican immigrants, including a 5-year-old boy, hidden in a refrigerated trailer carrying avocados at a checkpoint north of Laredo, Texas.

Tamayo painting sold: The Rufino Tamayo painting “Troubadourâ€