Thursday, March 20, 2025

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Two young Mexican women sitting in a crowd in a stadium or hall, each with a child on their lap. One of the women is smiling as she talks to the woman next to her.

Mexico is now one of the top 10 happiest countries in...

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Two new unrelated studies found Mexicans to be among the world's happiest people, with one study showing a 15 point jump from 2024's ranking.
Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero stands at a podium giving a report on the Jalisco extermination camp case, next to a Mexican flag as reporters raise their hands in the foreground

Attorney general exposes failures of Jalisco authorities in ‘extermination camp’ case

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Attorney General Gertz provided new details Wednesday about the ranch where activists uncovered ashes, clothing and bone fragments six months after authorities declared the site secure.
Mexican men and women at a protest in Mexico City, holding up laminated missing persons posters of their loved ones. All the posters say at the top "Desaparecido" (Disappeared/Missing)

Search collectives issue scathing response to Sheinbaum’s missing persons reforms

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The president's proposed actions "reflects a lack of knowledge about the institutional mechanisms ... that already exist," a group of over 150 collectives, activists and family members wrote.
Smoggy skies over Mexico City

Mexico City enters third day of environmental contingency due to high pollution levels

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Residents of the metropolitan area have been advised to take precautions as air pollution levels soared for the third straight day.
Two police officers with their backs to the camera standing in front of a police sedan. Their jackets say "SSPC Investigacion." Between them is a man facing the camera with his arms cuffed behind his back. His eyes are digitally covered with a black bar to hide his identity.

Mexico arrests alleged MS-13 leader on FBI’s most wanted list

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Francisco Román, arrested in Veracruz Monday, is wanted in the U.S. for drug trafficking and ordering numerous of acts of violence. He was allegedly in Mexico to liaise with cartels.
Woman in a Mexican supermarket holding cans of food in her hands while a little boy with her sits on the floor next to her and grabs a can on the lowest shelf.

OECD forecasts Mexico recession in 2025-2026; Sheinbaum pushes back

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The new prediction is based on the expectation that 25% U.S. tariffs on most Mexican imports will begin in April. 
The USS Gravely

US destroyer ship in Gulf waters is ‘not an attack on Mexico,’ says Sheinbaum

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The USS Gravely departed Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia, on Saturday and is headed toward the northern Gulf of Mexico, per the Pentagon.
Mexico's Environment Minister, Alicia Barcena, a middle-aged woman with graying hair stands next to an unidentified Mexican man holding a framed enlarged document of certification of Sacpukenha as one of three new Maya protected areas. Around them are other people smiling into the camera.

Environment Ministry declares 3 Maya communities natural protected areas

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Environment Minister Bárcena cited the new protected areas were examples of Indigenous peoples, social organizations and committed citizens stepping up to become "guardians of our environment."
An illegal fishing net used to fish totoaba

Authorities seize 9 kilometers of illegal totoaba fishing nets in the Gulf of California

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The nets, found near the town of San Felipe, Baja California, had recently captured close to 80 totoaba fish.
People holding signs seeking missing persons in Jalisco

Sheinbaum announces 6 ‘immediate’ actions to combat Mexico’s missing persons crisis

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Sheinbaum declared on Monday that "attending to the problem of missing persons" — there are more than 100,000 in Mexico — is a "national priority" for her government.
Close-up of a Coke can.

Coca-Cola stops marketing in Mexican schools

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The bottler is responding to a federal government campaign aimed at improving the health of Mexico's young students and lowering the rate of overweight children.