The most populous city in North America is in the grips of a severe water crisis, as lingering drought and years of low rainfall push the already-strained system that supplies Mexico City with running water to its limit. More than 21 million residents across the Mexico City metropolitan area have endured weeks of water shortages, […]
The PT candidate for Mayor of Atoyac de Álvarez is murdered in Guerrero
Alfredo González Díaz, a candidate of the Labor Party (PT), for the mayor’s office of Atoyac de Álvarez, in Guerrero, was shot dead, the Guerrero State Prosecutor’s Office reported Sunday, March 3, 2024. The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Guerrero reports that it initiated an investigation against those responsible for the crime of […]
Tourists are being “wiped off the face of Earth” in the Mexican Caribbean (The Stock Dork)
Private investigator Jay Armes III revealed to Fox News Digital the grim reality unfolding along an 80-mile stretch of resorts on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, where four rival drug cartels are locked in a brutal struggle for dominance. This battle for control, aimed at tapping into Mexico’s lucrative $30 billion tourism industry, has resulted in indiscriminate […]
4 soldiers killed in an ‘ambush’ in Michoacan, Mexico
An improvised explosive device killed at least four soldiers in what President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday was a “trap” likely set by a drug cartel. The soldiers were killed Thursday, Feb. 29, on the outskirts of the city of Aguililla in the embattled Mexican state of Michoacán, López Obrador said in a weekly […]
Ecuador asks Mexico’s permission to enter the embassy and arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas
Ecuador has requested Mexico’s permission to enter that country’s embassy in Quito and arrest former Ecuadorean Vice-President Jorge Glas, the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry said on Friday, March 1st. Glas, convicted twice for corruption, asked Mexico for political asylum in December, arguing he is being persecuted by the attorney general’s office. “We confirm that the Foreign […]
Presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez starts her campaign in Fresnillo, a city plagued by insecurity
Xóchitl Gálvez begins the campaign with a night walk and promises of security from Fresnillo, Zacatecas, the most insecure municipality in Mexico. Xóchitl Gálvez began his presidential campaign with a speech focused on his security strategy and a minute of silence for the murdered people. At midnight, and with candles in hand, the Xochitl Galvez […]
American couple arrested in Rosarito on freeway shooting charges
A Los Angeles couple was arrested in Mexico and brought back to Southern California to face charges of attempted murder related to a freeway shooting in Boyle Heights last year. Lorraine Covarrubias, 23, and Robert Sarabia, 25, were connected to a Dec. 19 early morning shooting on the 10 Freeway east of Soto Street, the California Highway Patrol said […]
“Imposing tariffs on steel is not convenient for either the United States or Mexico” (Economy Minister Raquel Buenrostro)
Mexico will impose tariffs on steel if its biggest trading partner, the United States, enacts such measures first, Mexican Economy Minister Raquel Buenrostro said at a news conference on Tuesday. U.S. calls to impose tariffs on steel imports from Mexico have been politically motivated and are not good for trade, Buenrostro said. The Mexican minister […]
251 homicides registered in Mexico during the last weekend of February
During the last weekend of February, Estado de Mexico was the state with the highest number of murders, adding 26. Last weekend in February he recorded 251 murders, making him the most violent so far in 2024. According to the Security Report of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) on Friday, February 23, […]
14 politicians and candidates murdered in Mexico on the eve of the election
In just three months, 14 politicians have been murdered in Mexico, ahead of that country’s elections to be held in June, according to the newspaper El Universal. The most recent crimes were reported on Monday, Feb. 26, when unknown individuals killed Armando Pérez Luna, pre-candidate of the National Action Party (PAN) for the municipal presidency […]