Reverse remittances: Mexicans are starting to send money to unemployed relatives in the U.S. (via The Latin Americanist)

Business groups in Ciudad Juárez, México, are asking the United Nations to send peacekeeping troops, arguing the 5,000 Mexican troops stationed there are "not enough."

'Ta madre: Mexicans use an estimated 20 curse words a day, according to a survey by Mexican polling company Consulta Mitofsky. Those living closer to the U.S. border were more likely to swear than Mexicans in the south.

The Los Angeles Times profiles Jose Espinoza, an artist who paints murals on the tombs of dead drug traffickers as well as the homes of the wealthy in Sinaloa, México.

Over 300 alleged members of the "La Familia" Mexican drug cartel have been arrested in raids conducted throughout 19 U.S. states, according to Attorney General Eric Holder.

Mexican police say they have confiscated a record-breaking 37 tons of meth in two separate raids. It's the largest meth bust in Mexico's history.

The United States Border Patrol shut down the U.S.-México border for several hours yesterday after a shootout between federal agents and human traffickers who attempted to enter the U.S. in three vans. The caravan was carrying at least 70 people when the smugglers opened fire on federal agents. Three people in the vans and a driver were injured.

Federal authorities in México have shut down 10 drug rehabilitation clinics in Ciudad Juárez after 28 people were killed in two separate incidents this month. Ciudad Juarez spokesman Sergio Belmonte: "They are recruitment centers, because their most faithful soldiers are the addicts."

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Cities throughout Mexico will host low-key Independence Day celebrations to avoid a repeat of last year's grenade attack in Morelia, Michoacan. Mexico City, the nation's capital, will ramp up security and party on. (via Foreign Policy)