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MND Local Guadalajara: State competitiveness, electric scooter rules and SIAPA director...
Jalisco’s competitiveness ranking falls to sixth as scooter rules change and SIAPA’s director faces pressure to appear before Congress.
Latest Citi poll of Mexico-based analysts sees weakened peso through 2027
The super peso that made headlines in the summer will give way to an exchange rate of 18 to the dollar this year and 18.50 by the end of next year, though some anlaysts still hold out for a rate of 17 to the dollar.
Mexico’s trade surplus with the United States is up more than...
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Tuesday that Mexico's exports to the United States totaled $419.34 billion between January and August, while its imports from the U.S. were worth $263.47 billion.
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Environment minister: ‘The conditions for proceeding with fracking do not exist’
Minister Bárcena spoke before Mexico's Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday evening about the government's ongoing feasibility study of fracking, which could potentially be carried out in the Sabinas-Burro-Picachos basin. However, the country's current environmental regulations hinder further development.
Iván Cazarín, regional CJNG boss known as ‘El Tanque,’ is captured in Zapopan
Cazarín is a major figure in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and ran a major fuel theft operation in the states of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco and Puebla, though the charges could also include homicide, kidnapping, money laundering and drug trafficking.
Mexico’s fixed capital investment grew 6% in July, the fastest pace in 2 years
The overall FCI growth rate was up slightly from a 5.9% annual expansion in June, whereas annual private-sector FCI growth increased 2 percentage points from June to reach its highest level in 30 months, a sign that businesses' confidence in their long-term economic prospects is improving.
Activists condemn felling of ancient trees for border wall
Federal contractors felled a centuries-old cottonwood on the U.S.-Mexico border Monday after U.S. Border Patrol agents removed protesters who had spent about 70 days trying to save it from President Donald Trump’s border wall expansion.
Even more security reinforcements are coming to Mazatlán as crime keeps climbing
The popular resort and port city has found itself on the receiving end of more cartel-related violence, prompting the federal government to increase its military support.
Mexico and US send troops to border in joint ‘mirror operation’ after gunfire episode
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 purpose 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 alleged Sinaloa Cartel network
According to the U.S. Treasury Department, "Sinaloa Cartel-enabled narco-corruption has reached the highest levels of the Baja California state government."
