Tuesday, April 15, 2025

MND_NEWS

The La Boquilla dam half full under sunny skies

Drought paralyzes northern states’ water deliveries to US: ‘No one is...

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In the past five years, Mexico has sent less than 30% of the water required by a 1944 treaty with the U.S., in good part because resources are increasingly scarce.
The Justice Department repatriated 13 Mexican convicts who were serving sentences relating to the distribution of controlled substances, including cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl

DOJ returns 13 convicted nationals to Mexico, highlighting cost savings

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The 13 Mexicans were handed over by U.S. authorities at the border between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez, and subsequently transferred to a prison in Nayarit.
Tomato prices

US announces 21% tariff on Mexican tomatoes starting July

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Nearly 100% of Mexico's tomato exports go to the United States, generating over US $2.56 billion in annual revenue.
schoolchildren with masks

Whooping cough outbreak prompts new alert from health officials

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There have been so far this year 133 confirmed cases in Mexico of the respiratory disease, which can be fatal for very young children.
Officials in construction vests and hard hats place a block of cement to celebrate a new phase in Mexico's affordable housing plan

Mexico announces plan to build 1.1M new homes by the end of Sheinbaum’s term

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As housing prices have skyrocketed around the country, the government is aiming to boost new home construction and increasing access to government-backed home loans.
A snow and glacier-capped volcano with an old church in the foreground

UNAM: Mexico’s last remaining glaciers likely to disappear within 5 years

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For years, Mexico’s glaciers have clung to existence against the odds. Now a leading researcher says their time is almost up.
Detained cartel leader Ernesto Fonseca Carillo "El Neto" in sunglasses

94-year-old Guadalajara Cartel founder ‘Don Neto’ released in Mexico

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The "Narcos: Mexico" capo is still wanted in the U.S. for a DEA agent’s murder.
A dry river in Nuevo León, Mexico, a state at risk of having its water resources confiscated by the federal government for delivery to the U.S.

Mexico scrambles to boost US water deliveries ahead of next year’s USMCA treaty review

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Northern states could see their water resources seized by the federal government as it strives to find water to send to the U.S.
A tiger is relocated after being rescued from abandonment

Tigers rescued in Sinaloa’s ‘Golden Triangle’ arrive at their new home

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The tigers were rescued in northern Mexico's Golden Triangle, a mountainous region controlled by the Sinaloa Cartel.
trump and singer

Trump administration seeks to revoke US visas of all ‘narcocorrido’ singers

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The recent plight of the Mexican group Los Alegres del Barranco may be a precursor as U.S. officials warn of free speech "consequences."
Sheinbaum at CELAC in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Sheinbaum turns her gaze toward Latin America at CELAC summit in Honduras

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The Mexican president's speech at the summit of the 33-nation bloc came at a time when the U.S. is increasingly seen as an unreliable trade partner.