Tuesday, August 5, 2025

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Three schoolboys drinking sugared drinks

More than one-third of Mexico’s schoolchildren are overweight or obese

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According to an ongoing government study, the states with the highest rates of overweight in children are Campeche (56%), Quintana Roo (52%) and Tabasco (51%).

Federal prosecutor fatally attacked in Reynosa

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Ernesto Cuitláhuac Vázquez Reyna came under attack on Monday evening while traveling alone in a black Cadillac SUV on the Miguel Hidalgo Boulevard in Reynosa.
ABC Daycare protest

Mexico asks US to extradite former daycare owner convicted of manslaughter

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The co-owner of ABC Daycare Center, where a fire in 2009 claimed the lives of 49 young children and babies, was a fugitive in the United States until her recent arrest in Arizona.
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Drug bust on boat in French Polynesia

Sailboat carrying US $381M in drugs from Mexico intercepted in French Polynesia

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French Polynesia’s vast maritime zone comprises 5.5 million square kilometers, making it a popular route for traffickers to ship their drugs from South American and Mexican sources to the Australian market.
sending remittances via Western Union

Remittances to Mexico plummet 16.2% in June, the biggest drop in over a decade

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The double-digit drop was the most of any June on record, bringing the annual decline in remittances in the first half of 2025 to nearly US $2B.
A woman takes a product off a grocery store shelf

Post-AMLO, Mexican household income is up and inequality is slightly down

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The survey, which covered the end of Peña Nieto's term plus all of AMLO's, attributed the income gains to minimum wage increases, social programs and the growth of formal employment.
A red, white and green train speeds through a field.

What’s next for Mexico’s growing rail system? Officials share advances in Nuevo León, Guadalajara, SLP, Sinaloa and more

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Construction is expected to begin this month on lines connecting Saltillo and Monterrey to the U.S. border.
Adan Augusto Lopez, former Tabasco governor and ex-federal interior minister

Opposition formally accuses AMLO’s ex-interior minister of ties to Tabasco crime gang

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One of ex-President López Obrador's closest allies is tangled up in a corruption scandal with roots in the pair's home state of Tabasco.
A man with an umbrella rides a bicycle in the rain in Mexico City

It’s official: June was the rainiest month ever recorded in Mexico

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The June numbers are the highest the country has seen since Conagua began recording monthly rainfall totals in 1941.
Tijuana beaches

No damages reported from tsunami effects; 8 ports remain closed

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The president ruled out damages but warned of rising sea levels along Mexico’s Pacific coast after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia prompted a tsunami warning on Wednesday morning.
aerial tram transport

Not just in CDMX: Oaxaca announces aerial cable car network to boost transportation and tourism

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Oaxaca is following the leads of Mexico CIty and México state by offering aerial cable cars to move locals and tourists to and from key points in the metropolitan area.