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15-Aug-2009
What's riding on Wednesday's U.S.-Mexico World Cup qualifier? Ask a Mexican, and the answer often goes way beyond soccer. "This goes back to Santa Anna," said T-shirt vendor Roberto Hernandez, referring to the 19th-century Mexican president whose military losses to the USA cost Mexico half of its territory. "This isn't just a game. We're talking real resentment here."
Miguel Sabah scored in the 82nd minute for Mexico to beat the United States 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
Mexico on Wednesday freed 20 prisoners jailed for more than a decade in connection with a massacre of dozens of indigenous villagers in a case that has become emblematic of failings of the Mexican justice system.
Mexico's Supreme Court ordered freedom for 20 men convicted in the 1997 massacre of 45 Indian villagers in southern Chiapas state and new trials for six more, ruling Wednesday that prosecutors used illegally obtained evidence.
Three quick thoughts after Mexico's 2-1 victory over the U.S. in Wednesday's World Cup qualifier:
United States-Mexico Summary
The United States men?s senior national team is still without a victory in Mexico?s Estadio Azteca after a loss in a World Cup qualifier Wednesday.
American wildlife officials and ranchers are raising questions over a plan to release a rare North American gray wolf to its historic range in northern Mexico: Will it stay south of the border and what can be done if it threatens livestock?
Mexico CITY (AP) -- Miguel Sabah scored in the 82nd minute, lifting Mexico to a 2-1 victory over the United States in a World Cup qualifier Wednesday.