Mexico

A marriage of music plays in Columbia

2013-05-16 03:00:00

Chamber music players typically spend so much time together that it can seem like a professional marriage. In the case of Duo Amaral, it's an actual marriage. These husband and wife guitarists perform for the Sundays at Three series on May 19 at Christ...

Wedded: Ashley Cook and Phillip Plymouth

2013-05-06 09:28:00

Wedding date: March 23, 2013 Her story: Ashley Cook, 30, grew up in Woodbridge, Va. She is a literary academic content liaison for Baltimore City Public Schools. Her mother, Sherry, is a facilities manager for a government contracting agency in...

Bracing for an invasion of tourists in Havre de Grace [Community]

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Uh, oh, dear readers, the British are coming! Planned for many months, the War of 1812 re-enactment will reoccur this weekend (May 3-5) all over Havre de Grace. Unlike the surprise British attack on the city, May 3, 1813, during which it was sacked...

Espinoza Perez sentenced to life in prison in child killings

2013-04-29 16:06:11

A Baltimore judge sentenced Policarpio Espinoza Perez to life in prison Monday for conspiring to murder his brother's two children and their young cousin nearly a decade ago in a killing described as the "most horrific" to ever come before the court. The...

Rain chances for Opening Day increasing

2013-04-01 07:15:00

Rain chances for Opening Day at Oriole Park at�Camden Yards may be increasing, but there is still some uncertainty on how significantly a moist system from the Gulf of Mexico could affect the region. Even so, rain could start to clear in time for the 3:...

Espinoza Perez acquitted of murder, guilty of conspiracy

2013-03-26 16:07:00

A Baltimore jury found Policarpio Espinoza Perez guilty of murder conspiracy charges Tuesday in the grisly deaths of three young relatives in 2004, a conviction that could put him in prison for the rest of his life. While jurors found that he played a...

If you go: Tips for visiting San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

2013-03-21 13:26:00

Even if you're not yet ready to retire, San Miguel de Allende is perfect for a vacation or long weekend getaway. Getting there United and American airlines offer connecting flights (via Texas) to San Miguel's two closest airports, Leon/Guanajuato (BJX),...

Espinoza Perez murder case sent to jury a third time

2013-03-21 16:55:33

A turbulent spring among a family of immigrants nine years ago led to a plot to slash the throats of three young children, prosecutors said Thursday in closing arguments in the murder trial of Policarpio Espinoza Perez. "There was something terribly...

Baltimore's population up, following decades of loss

2013-03-14 00:00:00

Baltimore, coming off six decades of population decline, grew by 1,100 residents in 12 months, according to government estimates released Thursday. "It's such amazing news. … It's huge psychologically," said Seema D. Iyer, a former research chief...

Caton heir was a great patriot as well as a painter

2013-03-13 04:30:00

In a review of the Walters Art Museum show of paintings by 19th-century American artist Richard Caton Woodville, reporter Mary McCauley writes that "the real mystery ... is why so little about the painter is known today — even in his hometown" ("...

Third trial starts for Perez in 2004 child throat slashings

2013-03-12 18:11:40

A few months after Maria Andrea Espejo Quezada arrived in Baltimore from Mexico nine years ago, her son and two of his young relatives were beaten, strangled and almost decapitated. She was the first witness to take the stand as the state tries for a...

Third trial set to start in slashing of three children's throats

2013-03-10 19:18:00

Policarpio Espinoza Perez and Adan Canela have been mentioned in the same breath since they were charged nine years ago in Baltimore with slashing the throats of three young relatives, ages 8, 9 and 10. They have sat side-by-side at two trials, but as...

El Pinacate is located in the Sonoran Desert in northern Mexico, south of Arizona. The site includes 10 large and visually prominent circular volcanic craters, including El Elegante crater (pictured), which measures about 4,593 feet wide.

2013-05-13 15:32:44

Vehicles burn along a highway in Ecatepec near Mexico City after a gas tanker truck exploded.

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Residents search amid the wreckage after a gas tanker exploded in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec.

2013-05-07 00:00:00