Crime
Alert: Cuban doctor kidnapped in Tapachula, Mexico, ransomed for $10,000
ADN spoke with Iván Maceo Silva, a childhood friend of the abducted Cuban doctor and resident in Texas, who explained that the young man was kidnapped on Nov. 5
Mexico
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Immigration
U.S. and Mexico hold transnational cooperative meeting to tackle migrant smugglers
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met this week with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Mexico City and said the two sides came to “important agreements”
Politics
López Obrador accuses Abbott of passing state immigration law to land GOP vice presidential nomination
López Obrador told the press he intended to protect “our countrymen and migrants,” explaining that Mexico was planning on passing a law that would act as a countermeasure to the new Texas law
Crime
Biden celebrates arrest of Sinaloa cartel faction security chief, thanks López Obrador
The Mexican National Guard has arrested Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, the reputed security chief of a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. Pérez Salas is known widely throughout the country as “El Nini”
Entertainment
Latina "Scream" queen Melissa Barrera reportedly fired after accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing
The Mexican-American actress suddenly started publishing comments about the Middle Eastern conflict in October, writing in one Instagram story, “I too come from a colonized country” beside a Mexican flag icon
Politics
Christian conservatives find hope with soap opera actor Eduardo Verástegui in Mexico presidential race
Verástegui hopes to energize evangelical conservatives with his opposition to LGBTQ inclusion and abortion.
Culture
Latin American LGBTQ+ community rocked after Mexico's first non-binary magistrate found dead
Ociel Baena considered himself “non-binary” and was recognized as the first “non-binary” member of the Mexican judiciary. He was killed alongside a second person whom police believe was his partner.
Entertainment
Luis Miguel to the rescue: Singer donates 10 million pesos to help hurricane victims in Acapulco
The Fundación Banorte announced Thursday morning that the world famous singer had made a generous donation of $10M pesos and would double his contributionto rebuild homes in the Acapulco area
Politics
López Obrador tries to offer calm, hope on Mexico's Pacific coast after dozens killed by Hurricane Otis
At least 27 people died in the midst of Hurricane Otis, a significant Category 5 storm that made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday, according to national officials
Climate
Acapulco resort town hammered by Hurricane Otis
Mexican officials are trying to determine the level of damage, but little information has surfaced since 30% of Guerrero homes lost power, and the storm effectively knocked out communications in the area
Crime
Gunmen ambush Mexican police in southern Guerrero state, handcuff victims and open fire
Several area drug cartel related enterprises have been fighting one another for control since the area is considered to have lucrative drug routes along the north Pacific corridor
