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Mexico and US send troops to border in joint ‘mirror operation’...
The immediate cause of the twin troop deployments is the gunfire aimed from the Mexican side of the border at U.S. Coast Guard personnel, but the larger purpuse is military cooperation to combat drug and human trafficking.
IMF now predicts Mexico’s economy will grow 1.5% this year
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its projections for Mexico’s economic growth on Friday to 1.5% in 2026 and 1.8% in 2027, just three months after the organization had lowered this year’s growth forecast to 1.2%.
Tijuana and Mexicali businesses at center of latest US sanctions targeting...
According to the U.S. Treasury Department, "Sinaloa Cartel-enabled narco-corruption has reached the highest levels of the Baja California state government."
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Mexico and US FDA offer conflicting accounts of recent cyclospora outbreak
The FDA confirmed that the source of the contamination was a Guanajuato farm, but offered no final determination on how the lettuce became contaminated. Mexico's Cofepris disputes even the naming of the farm as the source, calling it inconclusively proven.
Suspicious package on Mexico City Metro turns out to be churros
When a passenger noticed the possibly dangerous box, he did the right thing — notifying Metro security. But the only blast from what turned out to be a stash of deep-fried pastries was an explosion of mocking posts on social media.
Playa del Carmen starts October with new sargassum arrivals, though seasonal decline is underway
The threat of sargassum remains active along Quintana Roo's coastline, but a progressive reduction is expected heading into November and December.
Mexico’s week in review: Peso sinks to 18 as school safety, storms and trade talks dominate
Attacks on and by students collided with the anniversaries of past violence this week, while the peso behaved as erratically as the weather. Here's what happened the week of Sept. 28 in Mexico.
Mexico’s fastest-growing states aren’t the ones having the most children
Why are Quintana Roo and Baja California Sur leading the country for population growth, even as their birth rates plummet?
Former Navy officer ‘Capitán Sol’ arrested in Jalisco for fuel smuggling
After months on the run, former Navy captain Miguel Ángel Solano Ruiz was arrested in a Guadalajara suburb on Thursday night.
Vice principal killed, 3 injured in attack by former students at Torreón school
A vice principal was killed and three people injured Thursday when two former students allegedly attacked a Torreón secondary school.
Hurricane Rachel and the season’s first cold front bring heavy rain to central and northern Mexico
Rachel strengthened to Category 3 early Thursday afternoon and is already bringing heavy rain to coastal states. At the same time, an advancing cold front is causing temperatures to drop and rain to fall in northern and central states.
