If Washington can reach a deal on the border, its success or failure could ultimately depend on the reaction in Mexico City. The U.S. already relies on Mexico to help expel migrants from countries such as Honduras, Colombia, Guatemala, and Venezuela, mostly for logistical reasons. The federal government lacks the fleet of planes and trained […]
25,000 troops were sent to Acapulco to stop the violence after Hurricane Otis
The Mexican government sent 25,000 troops to Acapulco after the resort was hit by Hurricane Otis on Oct. 25, but apparently, that hasn’t stopped the violence this week. The main Acapulco business chamber reported that gang threats and attacks have caused about 90% of the city’s passenger vans to stop running, affecting the resort’s main […]
COVID-19 returns to Mexico: These hospitals are on the limit with 100 percent occupancy
The COVID-19 pandemic has returned to Mexico with force, causing a high demand for hospital beds in several states of the country. According to the latest report from the Ministry of Health, as of January 12, there are 17 states that have more than 70 percent of general hospital occupancy, and six that have more […]
Bloody Mexico: AMLO government 5% away from doubling Calderón’s homicide rate in the same period
The president’s administration has accumulated 86,512 intentional homicides in its first 25 months, while the former president’s six-year term had 102,859 victims The violence in Mexico does not stop and the figures of intentional homicides continue to increase. According to the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), in the first 25 months […]
Mexico in red numbers: impunity reaches 100% in homicides, femicides and sexual abuse
Justice in Mexico suffers from a level of impunity that dangerously approaches 100 percent in the national context, but that has also increased considerably in recent years; the least punished crimes are intentional homicides, femicides, sexual abuse, disappearances and kidnappings. According to the report Findings of the organization Mexico Evaluates, the percentage of general impunity […]
Putin, with everything in the Mexican elections
The triumph of Morena is vital for Russian interests abroad, because it is the way to preserve a point of support and espionage to the US from the house of its neighbor. Impossible not to see it because it is everywhere in the Mexican capital: in the Metro, at the airport, on the Periférico, on […]
Mexico declares state of emergency in the electric system
Mexico City — Mexico’s National Energy Control Center (Cenace) declared an operational emergency state in the electric system. “An operational emergency state is declared in the National Interconnected System,” the Center informed in a document seen by Bloomberg. The declaration was sent at 10:00 pm on January 12, 2024. The electric operator added that it […]
Mexico has 140 thousand asylum applications, only behind Germany and the United States.
The National Migration Institute (INM) reported that Mexico has received more than 140 thousand asylum requests so far this year, a figure that exceeds the total number of requests registered in 2020. According to the INM, from January to September 2021, the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (COMAR) received 140,144 requests for recognition of refugee […]
AMLO’s government declares 20 areas of Mexico as protected natural areas
The federal government declared 20 zones in Mexico as natural protected areas, which will be added to the 182 existing ones, with the aim of preserving the biodiversity and natural resources of the country. The announcement was made by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador during his morning conference, where he was accompanied by the Secretary […]
Some 2,000 migrants regroup in southern Mexico in a new caravan
A group of about 2,000 migrants, mostly from Central America, regrouped in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas and resumed their journey to the United States, local authorities reported on Monday. The migrants, who had been dispersed in recent weeks, gathered on Sunday night in the town of Huixtla, about 40 kilometers from the border […]