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Mexico's surveillance scandal widened Wednesday to encompass a pair of prominent human rights attorneys probing a multiple homicide case whose victims include a photojournalist and an activist. The internet watchdog Citizen Lab said Karla Micheel Salas and David Pena were targeted in 2015, weeks after they questioned prosecutors ' handling of the killings of activist Nadia Vera , journalist Ruben Espinosa and three other women in a Mexico City apartment in July that year. The victims were tortured and shot to death. The lawyers' cellphones were targeted by messages designed to infect them with the same spyware that Citizen Lab previously determined was sent to 19 Mexican individuals or groups, the cyber-sleuths said in a research note. One said she believed she was infected by it. Other Mexican targets of the sophisticated Pegasus spyware , made by Israel- based NSO Group , have included journalists investigating high - level corruption , opposition ...

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. I suspect that when Americans think about retiring abroad, they focus on Latin American countries , due to proximity and because places like Panama, Belize, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic usually show up on Best Places to Retire Abroad lists . Well, you won’t find any of those four countries in the Top 10 of The World’s Best Places to Retire in 2017 from Live and Invest Overseas . What you will find is a preponderance of Europe (six of the Top 10) plus a smattering of Mexico (two places) and Asia (two places, both in Malaysia). Another surprise: eight of those didn’t even make the Top 10 in the 2016 list from Live and Invest Overseas . “That surprised me too,” said Lief Simon, investment editor at Live and Invest Overseas and husband of the group’s founder and publisher, Kathleen Peddicord. In this year’s Top 10, the Algarve region of southern Portugal ranked No. 1 (for the fourth year in a row). Rounding out the...

By Nancy Sarnoff , Houston Chronicle Updated 3:41 pm, Tuesday, May 9, 2017 Image 1 of / 6 Caption Close Image 1 of 6 Image 2 of 6 Image 3 of 6 Rendering of first phase of Buffalo Heights District . Rendering of first phase of Buffalo Heights District . Image 4 of 6 The Memorial Heights apartment complex Dec . 13, 2016, in Houston. ( James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle ) The Memorial Heights apartment complex Dec . 13, 2016, in Houston. ( James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: James Nielsen, Staff Image 5 of 6 The Memorial Heights apartment complex Dec . 13, 2016, in Houston. ( James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle ) The Memorial Heights apartment complex Dec . 13, 2016, in Houston. ( James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: James Nielsen, Staff Image 6 of 6 The Memorial Heights apartment complex Dec . 13, 2016, in Houston. ( James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle ) The Memorial Heights apartment complex Dec . 13, 2016, in Houston. ( James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle ) Photo: Jame...

Verginia Ghobrial-Said feels as though City Hall is stealing from her and her family. It's hard to blame her. In May, she and her husband Ramez Said received their utility bill from Enmax for a whopping $4,070.44. More than $3,800 of that bill is for water that Vergina says her family never used. The 31-year-old investment adviser assistant says she received the usual email from Enmax one morning, informing her that her bill for May 15 was available. When she opened it, however, she was shocked. "I was on my way to work when I read the amount on my phone and it was $4,000," she said. "I thought it must have been an error, but I was getting fast heartbeats until I could phone Enmax at 8:30 a.m. I had two hours of severe anxiety." Those two hours have turned into four months of tears and frustration with Enmax and Calgary's Water Services, with no satisfactory resolution for the young couple and their 14-month-old son, Sebastian, other than a huge bill they m...

1660 Bay St, San Francisco, CA 94123 Description The Marina is a walker's delight - nice and flat and full of Golden Gate views . When the sky begins to hint at sunset, festive crowds hit the Marina's streets. Bring your pooch out for a drink at pet- friendly Black Horse London Pub , take your entourage to play pool at the Marina Lounge or beers at country bar, Jaxson.Full of personality, this beautiful Marina retreat draws inspiration from colonial Mexico. From the Spanish tile roof to the Mariachi murals in the lobby, there is more than a little south of the border charm to go around. Each apartment boasts above average dimensions - we're talking huge living room concert . Dance floor sized living room and dinette set kitchen are just waiting for a fiesta.Iconic Charm. Modern Living. At RentSFNow, we pride ourselves on our network of lovingly restored classic buildings throughout San Francisco. Fill out just one application to unlock our extensive inventory of thor...

Editor’s note: The following has been excerpted from a longer chapter featuring the Arroyo family : Maria Ayala Arroyo (46), Pedro Ayala Hernandez (55) and Guadalupe Ayala Arroyo (21). Read more oral histories like it in Chasing the Harvest by Gabriel Thompson (2017 Verso Press). Read our interview with Thompson here. Farmwork is often a family affair. Parents bring their children to labor alongside them in the fields. Workers learn about a job opening and tell their relatives, the word spreading quickly from uncle to aunt to cousin. If a crew sticks together long enough, it may find that most members are related to each other in one way or another. Such is the case for the crew of the Arroyo- Hernandez family . Maria and Pedro came to the United States in 1994, 10 days after getting married in Mexico. Their plan was to stay for a couple of years, save money, and return to Mexico to open a business. Then they had their first child, Guadalupe, and those plans changed. For more tha...