Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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A stack of tortillas with a hand at the top, pulling a couple of tortillas off the stack.

UNAM designs a supertortilla to fight malnutrition in Mexico

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According to Mexican government data, over 18% of Mexicans lack access to nutritional, quality food, while obesity and diabetes are endemic in Mexico.
Mexican soldier and ship

Navy seizes over 17 million liters of stolen fuel in double...

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Two separate operations netted enough stolen diesel and hydrocarbons to represent one of Mexico’s biggest fuel theft busts over the past decade.
Soft drinks and chips on display in a store

Junk food ban goes into effect in Mexican schools

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Chicharrones, hot dogs and juice boxes are a few of the items that will no longer be welcome in Mexican public and private schools.
Police and security agents escort a handcuffed suspect onto a plane

Suspect arrested in case of Tulum security chief’s assassination

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The state attorney general said "El Rayo" acted on the instructions of a criminal leader from the northern state of Tamaulipas.
Tourists walk down a Riviera Maya beach past piles of sargassum seaweed

Sargassum is back: Riviera Maya sees major increase in seaweed on beaches

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After a reprieve in 2024, the amount of sargassum seaweed washing ashore in Quintana Roo is on the rise again.
A person shields themself from the sun with a newspaper

Heat wave to hit most of Mexico this week

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As the first week of April gets underway, temperatures are forecast to reach 35 degrees Celsius (95 F) in 27 states.
Sheinbaum and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem

US Homeland Security Secretary meets with Sheinbaum, says ‘much work’ needed on border issues

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President Sheinbaum and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem met at the National Palace in Mexico City on Friday after Noem visited El Salvador and Colombia.
A phone showing the logo of Shein, the Chinese e-commerce app. Wood background

China vs. USA, embassy edition: Diplomats go head-to-head over e-commerce apps in Mexico

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Does Mexico have a Shein problem? That's the question that spawned a social media spat between two foreign embassies.
A close-up shot shows a person adjusting an irrigation line in a field to reduce agricultural water waste

Amid deepening drought, Mexico works to reduce agricultural water waste

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Currently, 76% of water in Mexico used for agriculture — a number the government is working to reduce.
Mexican soldier in camouflage rests with gun

Soldiers involved in 2023 Nuevo Laredo extrajudicial killings sentenced to 40 years in prison

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Four Mexican soldiers have been sentenced to over 40 years in prison for a shooting in Nuevo Laredo that killed five men in 2023, a rare instance of Mexican military personnel facing civilian trials for human rights abuses.
Tug boats pull the USS Spruance warship out to sea in San Diego

The US has sent a second warship to patrol off the coast of Mexico

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The U.S. continues dedicating increasing numbers of naval and other military assets to security on its border with Mexico.