Verified explains: How poverty is measured in Mexico
On August 13, 2025, the official figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) on the status of multidimensional poverty in the country were published. This is the first time that INEGI has assumed responsibility for measuring poverty after the disappearance of the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL), […]
They warn of possible setbacks in the air category if Mexico does not improve security.
If Mexico does not strengthen its protocols related to air security, including those to prevent terrorist risks, “then obviously there will be questioning from the United States” and it could lose its Category 1 status again, said José María Ramos García, research professor at the Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Colef). Participating in the symposium […]
Mayo Zambada will plead guilty in the United States.
Ismael El Mayo Zambada will plead guilty before a US court in a hearing initially scheduled for next Monday in New York. One of the long-time leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, Zambada has been imprisoned in the US since July 2024, when he was arrested at an airfield a few kilometers north of the Mexican […]
In a historic agreement, Mexico, Guatemala and Belize created the Great Mayan Forest Biocultural Corridor, the largest of its kind in the world.
In a historic meeting, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo signed a trilateral agreement with her counterparts from Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, and Belize, John Antonio Briceño, to preserve 5.7 million hectares of the heart of Mesoamerica through the creation of a new Biocultural Corridor of the Great Maya Forest (CBGSM). This agreement aims to […]
Participation is invited to the Puerto México Half Marathon in Coatzacoalcos.
The Coatzacoalcos government, through the Municipal Sports Directorate and the Education Directorate, joins the invitation to the entire region’s population to register and participate in the 5, 10, and 21-kilometer “Puerto México Half Marathon,” which will take place next Sunday, November 9, on the Coatzacoalcos boardwalk, with a guaranteed purse of 60,000 pesos. This Monday, […]
A new cyclone is forming in the Atlantic. Will it affect Mexico?
A low-pressure zone formed over the Atlantic Ocean at noon this Monday, which could generate a tropical cyclone in the following days, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) reported. The agency detailed that this new system has a 60% probability of cyclonic development in the next seven days. If it develops, it will be named Fernand. […]
Mexico will increase its exports to the United States due to tariff advantages, according to Comce.
The Mexican Council for Foreign Trade, Investment, and Technology (COMCE) projected that Mexico will increase its exports to the United States due to its projected tariff advantage compared to other supplier countries. According to COMCE estimates based on information from the Yale Budget Lab, Mexico will increase its share of imports to the United States […]
Trump urged in the WSJ: ‘Don’t bomb Mexico’
A potential US military intervention against cartels in Mexico would be counterproductive and would not help eliminate the drug trafficking problem, columnist María Anastasia O’Grady argued in an article published this Sunday in The Wall Street Journal. In her view, a US military operation in Mexico would weaken an ally such as Secretary of Public […]
DEA launches Project Portero, in collaboration with Mexico; they target the “cartel gatekeepers.”
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced a new initiative, Project Portero, in collaboration with Mexico, to combat drug trafficking on Monday. The DEA described Project Portero as “DEA’s flagship operation aimed at dismantling cartel ‘gatekeepers,’ operatives who control smuggling corridors along the southwest border.” In a statement, it explained that these “gatekeepers are essential […]