Armed men began shooting outside the Cantina 25 bar in the east of the city at around 3:30 a.m. Three people died at the scene.
Stories by Ben Wein
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4 arrested in Friday attack by gunmen near Mexico City airport
Two men and two women were arrested Sunday for an attack on a businessman near Mexico City Airport on Friday.
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New Park Royal hotels planned in 2 states
Mexican hotel chain Royal Holiday plans to invest US $400 million to build new hotels in Baja California Sur and Quintana Roo.
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Querétaro biology teacher named one of world’s top 10
A high school teacher in Querétaro has been named by the Varkey Foundation as one of the 10 best teachers in the world.
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Firefighter hailed after removing flaming gas tank from building
The Mexico City firefighter ran out of the building with the tank — shooting out flames about three meters long — over his shoulder.
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USA, yachts, Oxxo in knots: the week at the morning press conferences
Baseball star Julio Urías, explorer Christopher Columbus and Kamala Harris all found their way into the conferences.
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Deputy health minister proposes ban on all tobacco marketing
Hugo López-Gatell proposed an outright ban on tobacco advertising Wednesday during a Senate forum on smoking addiction.
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Government announces amnesty for illegally-imported used cars
President Lopez Obrador told reporters at his Wednesday press conference that the cars are enabling criminality.
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New law says restrictions against breastfeeding in public are discriminatory
The reform affirms Mexican women’s freedom to feed their babies naturally — a practice the United Nations considers a human right — anywhere.
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Replica of mystery statue of indigenous woman to replace Christopher Columbus
A Mexico City statue of Christopher Columbus will be replaced with a replica of a pre-Hispanic sculpture of an unknown indigenous woman.
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US to reopen borders to nonessential traffic to fully vaccinated travelers
The US will accept travelers who have been vaccinated with any of the vaccines approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization.
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Candidate for mayor who ran in place of her slain mother takes office in Guanajuato
Alma Sánchez Barragán, daughter of murdered mayoral hopeful Alma Barragán Santiago, won in the most violent campaign season on record.
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More self-defense forces appear in Chiapas; 5 have formed since July
The most recent group announced its presence in a video featuring camouflaged indigenous Tzotziles from Santa Martha Chenalhó.
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Canceled last year by COVID, Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade is back
Mexico City’s International Day of the Dead parade will return this year in all its splendor and color after being forced online in 2020.
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Hurricane warning for Sinaloa as Pamela gains strength
Hurricane Pamela is forecast to be near major hurricane strength before it makes landfall in Sinaloa on Wednesday morning.
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3 nights in a migrant detention center—for the crime of not carrying passport
Mexico News Daily writer Ben Wein went to southern Mexico to meet migrants on their northward journeys. He never envisioned he’d become one.
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Cartel recruited, kidnapped youths through shoot ’em up video game
Five youths in Oaxaca were rescued after they were recruited through a shooter videogame to go and work for the Northeast Cartel.
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Porfirio put right, the pope contrite, feminist spite: this week at AMLO’s press conferences
An Italian policeman, the Yaqui community and a late newspaper editor all found their way into this week’s conferences.
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‘Conservative feminists’ behind violent abortion protest, AMLO says
The president blamed ‘conservative feminists’ after a pro-abortion demonstration in Mexico City turned violent.
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State search commission finds new extermination camp in Nuevo Laredo
Fifty-seven extermination sites have been found and documented in Tamaulipas, 53 of them in just five municipalities.
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Mexico, Russia sign accord to cooperate on space exploration
Areas of cooperation could include astrophysical research and planetary studies, remote observation of Earth and satellite communications.
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Auditor questions 3.6 billion pesos in questionable spending in Michoacán
The governor of Michoacán only has one full day left in office, but is set to leave without explaining the use of 3.65 billion pesos.
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Nothing will stop ban on use of glyphosate, insists Greenpeace
The ban on the controversial herbicide cannot be averted, the environmental NGO said, despite 26 legal challenges.
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Ex-drug lords unite against ‘harassment’ in maximum security prison
Three jailed ex-leaders of drug cartels have banded together, claiming they’ve undergone ‘psychological torture’ in Altiplano federal prison.
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Remains identified of 5 Yaqui men who disappeared in July in Sonora
DNA tests on six sets of skeletal remains found in Sonora were identified Monday as five of seven Yaqui men who disappeared in July.
