Mexico
28 Dec
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said he achieved "important agreements" with senior US officials on surging migration and other issues. Lopez Obrador hailed the outcome of talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, held in Mexico City to "directly address issues of economic cooperation, security and…
19 Dec
The death toll from a weekend gun attack in central Mexico has been revised down to 11, the prosecutor's office said Monday. About 100 young people had gathered for a "posada" -- a religious Christmas gathering -- when the assault unfolded. Authorities in the state of Guanajuato reported at the time that 11 people were…
7 Dec
Actress and singer Vanessa Hudgens has officially tied the knot with her fiancé, professional baseball player Cole Tucker. The couple exchanged vows in a stunning ceremony held in Tulum, Mexico, earlier this week. News of the wedding broke over the weekend when several photos surfaced online showing Hudgens and Tucker celebrating their union with close…
26 Nov
Nine people were killed on Saturday when gunmen shot at a pickup truck in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, the local prosecutor's office said, indicating that peasant conflicts over land may have sparked the violence.
26 Oct 2023
Hurricane Otis killed at least 27 people as it lashed Mexico's beach resort city of Acapulco as a scale-topping category 5 storm, officials said Thursday, in what residents called a "total disaster." The storm crashed into Acapulco with furious winds of 165 miles (270 kilometers) per hour, largely cutting off communications and road links with…
5 Oct 2023
A second suspect in a kidnapping, torture and murder investigation in Mexico has been arrested, prosecutors said Wednesday, after grisly images of them leaked, prompting public fury.
3 Oct 2023
The death toll from a roof collapse at a church in northeastern Mexico rose to 11 on Monday, with dozens more injured, as a shocked community mourned the victims of the disaster.
16 Sep 2023
Mexico on Friday extradited the son of Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States to face narcotics charges, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
14 Sep 2023
The alleged bodies of two "non-human beings" were presented during a congressional hearing in Mexico, generating a mixture of surprise, disbelief and ridicule on social media on Wednesday.
18 Aug 2023
Hurricane Hilary strengthened into a major storm in the Pacific on Friday and was expected to further intensify before approaching Mexico's Baja California peninsula over the weekend, forecasters said.
12 Jul 2023
Three police officers were killed and 10 other people wounded Tuesday in an "unprecedented" explosives attack in the Mexican state of Jalisco, the state governor said.
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