Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced the details of 4,000 job losses on Wednesday at plants in Hungary, Mexico and Finland.

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Nokia to carry out 4,000 job cuts

Two fundraisers for President Obama are brothers of a casino magnate linked to violence and corruption in Mexico who is seeking a pardon.

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Major Obama Donors Are Tied to Pepe Cardona, Mexican Fugitive

On the eve of U.S. Attorney Eric H. Holder Jr.’s appearance before Congress, a senior Justice Department official said the department cannot meet the deadline Republican lawmakers have set to turn over more documents on the Fast and Furious gun operation or be held in contempt of Congress .. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole said that the February 9 deadline to submit all documents on the botched gun operation set this week by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, was “impossible to meet.” “We will continue in good faith to produce materials, but it simply will not be possible to finish the collection, processing and review of materials by the date sought in your most recent letter,” Cole wrote in a five-page letter to Issa on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Issa threatened to hold Holder in contempt if the Justice Department does not turn over the documents, which the committee subpoenaed in October. Holder is scheduled to testify before Issa’s committee Thursday morning. According to partial testimony released by the Justice Department late Wednesday, Holder is expected to say that the “gunwalking” tactic used in Fast and Furious is “wholly unacceptable,” was used in a “misguided effort” and will not be employed in the future. Holder is likely to be grilled extensively about the Phoenix operation , in which federal agents targeting a Mexican drug cartel allowed more than 2,000 guns to flow illegally onto U.S. streets and into Mexico between 2009 and January 2011. Read full article > >

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Justice official says congressional deadline for more Fast and Furious documents ‘impossible to meet’

BALUARTE GORGE, Mexico — High in the wicked folds of the western Sierra Madre, Mexican transportation officials have launched one of the most ambitious road-building projects in history — an experiment in social engineering as much as a structural one. Read full article > >

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New bridge in Mexico loaded with big dreams

Accidental delivery from Mexico.

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UN Sent 35 Pounds of Cocaine

BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean’s liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge rules.

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BP ordered to share spill damages

BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean’s liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge rules.

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BP ordered to share spill damages

MEXICO CITY — With the Iraq war over and the American presence waning in Afghanistan, U.S. security contractors are looking for new prospects in Mexico, where spreading criminal violence has created a growing demand for battle-ready professionals. Read full article > >

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Security contractors see opportunities, and limits, in Mexico

Romney’s dad was from Mexico.

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Mitt’s Mexican Clan Rooting for Him

Mexico wasn’t going to move, so I had only one option: bang into it. Canoeing along the Rio Grande in West Texas requires quick reflexes and international diplomacy. After crashing into Mexico’s banks and shredding a small patch of Carrizo cane, I quickly U-turned and did the same thing to the U.S. side. Viva binational boating! Read full article > >

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Near Texas’s Big Bend National Park, Rio Grande trip can slow currents of life

Mexico wasn’t going to move, so I had only one option: bang into it. Canoeing along the Rio Grande in West Texas requires quick reflexes and international diplomacy. After crashing into Mexico’s banks and shredding a small patch of Carrizo cane, I quickly U-turned and did the same thing to the U.S. side. Viva binational boating! Read full article > >

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Near Texas’s Big Bend National Park, Rio Grande trip can slow currents of life

The drug carnage is spreading to Mexico’s interior and south, a trend believed to be linked to a widening turf war between the country’s two biggest criminal organizations.

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Mexico Drug War Bloodies Areas Thought Safe

Called “transfronterizos,” these students migrate between two nations every day, straining the resources of public school districts and sparking debate among educators.

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Young U.S. Citizens in Mexico Up Early to Learn in the U.S.

When a former employee in 2010 accused a California company called Sempra Energy of paying bribes to advance its interests in Mexico, the U.S. government responded as it often does in white-collar cases : It asked the company to investigate itself. Read full article > >

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U.S. probe relied heavily on firm’s own investigation, FBI memos show

Regardless of who wins this summer’s presidential election in Mexico, the outcome will have a big financial impact on Texas as well.

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The Texas Tribune: Mexico’s Election Will Have Big Impact on Texas