Mexico

Crime

Mexico's former Attorney General charged in connection with 43 missing students

The AG’s arrest coincided with charges against police officers and Mexican military soldiers

Crime

State Department: Americans risk being kidnapped or murdered in Mexico

The U.S. government issued a stern warning this week, strongly urging Americans to reconsider travel to its neighbor that has long been popular as a tourist and vacation getaway

Crime

U.S. travel advisory warns of violent crime and kidnappings in parts of Mexico 

“Violent crime – such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery – is widespread and common in Mexico”

Business

Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases can continue despite court victory

Despite a court victory, President Joe Biden's signing of the so-called Inflation Reduction Act means his administration's attempt to halt oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska won't go into effect at least for the next few years

Human Rights

Mexican press attacked or threatened every 14 hours, says human rights group

There have been 2,304 attacks against the press in almost four years of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's government

Sports

Panic in Mexico! Tecatito misses World Cup after fracture

Mexican soccer player Jesús Corona left training at the Sánchez-Pizjuan stadium in an ambulance on Thursday due to a serious ankle injury 

Crime

U.S. consulate employees in Tijuana told to shelter-in-place amid wave of violent crime

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel threatened violence against anyone who was seen on the streets of Baja California this weekend

Crime

Mexican Cartel violence sends U.S. Consulate workers to shelter

Prison violence reportedly spilled out into streets; nearly a dozen dead.

Crime

Mexico: 10 miners trapped underground for a week after clandestine shaft collapsed

A tunnel collapsed during excavation work causing the flooding of three shafts at the El Pinabete mine

Culture

Mexico City locals pushing back against California immigrants