Thursday, August 7, 2025

MND_NEWS

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Mexican health authorities recall a popular Colgate toothpaste

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Consumers had been reporting adverse reactions after using Colgate Total Clean Mint, leading Mexican health authorities to remove it from the market.
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Mexico adds record 1.26 million formal jobs in July as gig...

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The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) reported that 1.353 million formal sector jobs were created between January and July, an increase of 6.1% since the end of 2024.
Migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and African and Central American countries departed Tapachula on foot early Wednesday

Migrant caravan of 300 departs Tapachula, but not for the US

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Unlike many previous migrant caravans, the group of foreigners who began their journey from Tapachula, Chiapas, on Wednesday is aiming to end their journey in Mexico City.
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MND Local: Los Cabos news roundup

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Nudity, vendor crackdowns and blue flags are all hot topics in a beachy collection of local stories in Los Cabos and La Paz.
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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.
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.