Friday, May 9, 2025

MND_NORTHERN BORDER ZONE

a dog lies down by a dry reservoir

Drought conditions affect 46% of Mexico, marking improvement from 2024

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In May 2024, drought affected 70.76% of Mexico’s territory, with 51% experiencing severe, extreme or exceptional drought.
firearms bound for Mexico

In 4 months, US seized nearly 10,000 firearms bound for Mexico

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) credited the surge in seizures to a renewed focus on dismantling transnational criminal organizations and cartels.
Persons in red standing in front of Bulkmatic facility

Rail logistics company Bulkmatic to invest US $250M in northern Mexico

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Bulkmatic's announcement is part of a greater $600-million expansion strategy to improve supply chain infrastructure in the country.
DEA fentanyl bust

US seizes 400 kg of fentanyl in sting to Sinaloa Cartel network

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The historic bust was the result of a six-month-long investigation that crisscrossed five U.S. states and confiscated nearly US $5 million in cash.
cows grazing

Mexico receives more than 8,000 dairy cows from Australia

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Mexico has historically imported cattle from the United States to repopulate its herds, but economic conditions led the Agriculture Ministry to prefer cows from down under.
A Unilever logo at the entrance of an office

Unilever announces US $1.5B investment to complete Nuevo León factory and expand Mexico operations

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The company plans to produce Dove, Rexona and Sedal personal care products at the Monterrey-area factory.
Foto of large oil refinery

Utah family arrested after allegedly smuggling US $300M in oil from Mexico

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The family orchestrated 2,881 illegal shipments of oil since May 2022 through their Texas-based company, Arroyo Terminals, using falsified customs documents.
sewage has been flowing into the Tijuana River from Mexico for years, contaminating beaches in Southern California

EPA demands Mexico act to end long-standing Tijuana River sewage crisis

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"We don't want the 70% solution or the 90% solution. ... We all need to be on the same page on the 100% solution," the EPA administrator said.
Satellite image of massive dust storm over Chihuahua

Satellite captures colossal dust wall as it moves over northern Mexico

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The impressive dust storm, which occurred earlier this week, was triggered by seasonal high winds in the Chihuahua Desert.
Heat wave this week in Mexico

Cold front and heat wave collide, bringing high winds and hot temps

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Northern states will get hit with chilly winds of up to 30 km/hr this week, while Mexico's central and southern states should prepare to feel the heat.
Cabrito being cooked over hot coals

State by Plate: Cabrito of Nuevo León

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Mexico's northern border takes a turn in the spotlight this week, with a tale of history, reinvention and imagination with every bite.
Defense Minister General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo in a video call with General Gregory M. Guillot, commander of the United States Northern Command, on Wednesday.

Fact check: Border crossings and drug seizures are down, but Mexico and US can’t...

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Both the United States and Mexico have cited high percentages when discussing border data, but what are the numbers behind the recent reductions in border crossings and fentanyl seizures?
The La Boquilla dam half full under sunny skies

Drought paralyzes northern states’ water deliveries to US: ‘No one is obligated to do...

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In the past five years, Mexico has sent less than 30% of the water required by a 1944 treaty with the U.S., in good part because resources are increasingly scarce.