Mexico

Mexico nabs ‘El Marro,’ fuel theft king blamed for surge in drug violence

Aug 03, 2020 08:46

Mexican security forces on Sunday captured Jose Antonio Yepez, a notorious drug gang leader and fuel thief blamed for fanning a sharp surge in violence that has severely tested the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Gunmen attack drug rehab center in Mexico, kill 24

Jul 02, 2020 10:06

Gunmen killed 24 people at a drug rehabilitation facility in the central Mexican city of Irapuato, police said on Wednesday, July 1, underlining the government's challenge in fulfilling its pledge to stop gang violence.
Major quake shakes southern Mexico, at least 6 killed

Jun 24, 2020 07:38

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck southern Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday, killing at least six people and seriously injuring others in isolated villages, while causing damage to buildings hundreds of miles away in Mexico City.
15 killed in savage attack on indigenous Mexican village

Jun 23, 2020 08:13

Assailants have killed 15 inhabitants of an indigenous village in southern Mexico that has been plagued by local disputes, in one of the most brutal attacks to shake the countryside in recent years.
Iran says ready to work with new members of UNSC

Jun 19, 2020 07:26

Iran’s Foreign Ministry welcomed the election of India, Ireland, Mexico, and Norway as the new non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
Saudi Arabia says final accord on oil production depends on Mexico

Apr 10, 2020 14:32

Major oil producers have reached a partial agreement on the reduction of their production to prop up prices hammered by the coronavirus pandemic but Saudi Arabia says the final accord depends on Mexico’s consent to go along with the proposed cuts.
19 states sue Trump administration over border wall funding

Mar 04, 2020 10:21

A coalition of 19 states is suing the Trump administration over its new diversion of $3.8 billion in defense funds to the border wall, arguing that the move is unconstitutional and ignores possible environmental impacts.
Trump says US 'strongly' considering closing its Mexico border over corona virus

Mar 01, 2020 10:33

US President Donald Trump has vowed that his administration is “very strongly” considering shutting the country’s southern border with Mexico to purportedly prevent the spread of the corona virus despite detection of only three such infections in the Latin American country – much fewer than the number of cases in the US or in its northern neighbor, Canada.
US judge says conditions in overcrowded border holding cells violate Constitution

Feb 20, 2020 11:50

A US judge has ruled in favor of refugees, held in overcrowded border detention centers under inhumane conditions, banning authorities from holding asylum seekers for more than 48 hours in a facility in the state of Arizona.
Trump administration taking $3.8 billion more from military for Mexico border wall

Feb 14, 2020 07:49

The US Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly $4 billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico, a central promise of President Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term.