During Mr. Fox's administration, for instance, a handful of protesters with machetes successfully derailed the government's biggest public works project, a new Mexico City airport.

WSJ: Mexico Arrest of Union Chief Sends Warning

Three Mexican policemen have been killed in a shootout with two other officers at Mexico City's main airport.

BBC: Mexico City airport shootout leaves three police dead

Roberto Sol Cabrera, a Mexican citizen, was stopped at a random check at Mexico City's international airport after arriving from Lima.

BBC: Mexico arrests man with 18 monkeys around his waist

Ms Cassez, 38, was driven to Mexico City's international airport and landed in Paris on Thursday after an overnight Air France flight.

BBC: Florence Cassez released in Mexico

Had Foster built the airport in Mexico City, would he have said that it looked like an iguana?

NEWYORKER: Situation Terminal

Elba Esther Gordillo, who has led Mexico's high-profile national teachers union for more than two decades, was in federal custody after she was arrested at an airport outside Mexico City on Tuesday, the country's attorney general told reporters.

CNN: Mexican union leader accused of embezzling millions

The U.S. Border Patrol polices Phoenix's bus station and airport some 175 miles from Mexico because the city has become an unofficial port of entry, says agent Shannon Stevens.

NPR: A Backlash in Phoenix over Immigration from Mexico

This year the airport will add new long haul nonstops to and from Tokyo, Mexico City and Reykjavik.

BBC: Business trip: Denver