Saturday, March 7, 2026

MND_NEWS

A view of a Mexican street in Tapalpa, Jalisco

Mexico after El Mencho: The ‘Confidently Wrong’ podcast shares insider perspectives

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Mexico News Daily's podcast takes a break from its season 2 programming to share two new episodes on the state of Mexico after El Mencho's fall — including firsthand accounts from Jalisco residents.
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Mexico announces kick-off of formal USMCA negotiations — without Canada

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Holding bilateral sessions during the trilateral process is not unheard of in USMCA negotiations, and the Canadians are expected to join the early talks at an unspecified future date.
Mexican peso 500-peso bills and a chart

Peso continues to slide amid Iran war risks, nearing 18 to...

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The Mexican peso continued to lose value against the dollar as Trump continued to threaten Iran and unemployment rose in the U.S.
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Mexico City’s Zócalo will glow in purple Sunday for International Women’s Day

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The capital's decorative support for the Women's Day march and rally shows how far the event has come, but protective measures have still been installed around the government palace.
"Los mineros están en luto," reads a banner carried by a group protesting miners marching down a road

2 more Vizsla Silver miners identified as 3 remain missing in Sinaloa

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Mexican authorities confirmed the identification of two bodies recovered in El Verde, more than a month after 10 employees of a Canadian mining company were kidnapped from their homes in Sinaloa.
Two shelter dogs press their noses through fence holes

Pick it up: CDMX’s new animal welfare policy targets dog poop on sidewalks with...

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Mayor Brugada's goal of a "very animal-friendly" capital faces three challenges: the prevalence of biting, feces left on sidewalks and the proliferation of unregistered street dogs.
A car drives down the flooded ocean-front malecón of La Paz in 2022 after Hurricane Kay

Mexico expands emergency phone alerts to include extreme rain ahead of hurricane season

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As tropical hurricanes become increasingly powerful and unpredictable, Mexico is launching a new cell phone alert system to warn the public about risks related to extreme rainfall.
Mexican security officials meeting with FIFA representatives at a long meeting table showing the Mexican seal with the word "seguridad"

Security cabinet meets with FIFA to coordinate World Cup safety plans

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Mexican officials met with FIFA in Mexico City this week on President Sheinbaum's orders, as Mexico looks to reassure visitors ahead of the June competition.
tar on a beach in Veracruz

Pemex denies responsibility in Veracruz oil spill

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First detected off the coast of Pajapan on Monday, the spill has since spread to the municipalities of Tatahuicapan, Mecayapan, Coatzacoalcos and Cárdenas, Tabasco, affecting at least 150 km of coastline.
Attacks on Isfahan, Iran, on Wednesday.

With war on Iran intensifying, 279 Mexicans have been evacuated from the Middle East

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Evacuation has been complicated by the number of countries in the region that have closed their airspace, and by the need to identify safe land routes.
Container yard at the port of Manzanillo, showing stacked shipping containers, cargo trucks, and heavy equipment in operation. Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, May 2, 2025.

Mexico’s export revenue was up 8% in January

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Reported by the national statistics agency INEGI last Friday, the year-over-year increase was the largest for the month of January since 2023, when export revenue surged 25.6%.