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The accident occurred on a busy highway in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City when a gas tanker crashed and exploded, sending out huge flames that engulfed dozens of vehicles.

Mexico will increase the tariff on Chinese cars to the maximum level permitted by the World Trade Organization, Economy Minister Ebrard said Wednesday.
The president discussed a tragic explosion in Mexico City, US political violence, protectionism and Mexican Independence Day at her Thursday presser.
It’s another sign that Mexico’s second-largest phone carrier may have one foot out the door.
The pride of Mexican boxing usually makes sure that his fights are televised on free TV in Mexico, but the middleweight championship bout on Saturday is for Netflix viewers only.
More than 48 metric tons of cocaine have now been confiscated since President Sheinbaum took office last October, authorities say.
The Baja California native is ony 21 but has already earned his place among cycling’s elite with 15 major races won since turning pro last year, including the three this…

Some of the capital’s neighborhoods continue the traditions — and language — of the past. Andrea Fischer goes in search of life before Cortés.
However far away life takes you, there’s no place like home — as one Mexican-American writer discovered.
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