Friday, June 20, 2025

MND_NEWS

A screwworm fly, possibly

Fight against screwworm ramps up with reopening of sterile fly plant...

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Sterile flies were key to Mexico's past success in exterminating screwworm. Now that the pest is back, the US is offering $21 million to reopen the production facility.
CJNG cartel leaders El Mencho and Ricardo Ruiz

US sanctions CJNG leaders, citing TikTok influencer’s murder

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People in the United States are now blocked from any transaction involving property that the five sanctioned cartel leaders have an interest in.
A clandestine oil refinery in Veracruz

Security forces shut down clandestine oil refinery in Veracruz

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Officials also seized 1.2 million liters of stolen fuel in Nuevo León, as the government steps up the fight against fuel trafficking.
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Silvia Delgado, former lawyer to El Chapo, poses for a photo in business attire

El Chapo’s former lawyer wins judgeship in Chihuahua

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As authorities debated how to vet judicial candidates, a former Sinaloa Cartel lawyer was elected to preside over a local criminal court near Ciudad Juárez.

After rapid intensification, Hurricane Erick makes landfall in Oaxaca as a Category 3 storm

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No injuries or loss of life have been reported so far, though beachfront areas of Puerto Escondido saw extensive damage as the storm passed by offshore.
people collecting seaweedat the beach

Is sargassum a problem today along the Quintana Roo coast? Yes and no

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Even with all the gloomy predictions of a sargassum invasion, there are some Riviera Maya beaches, including in Cancún, that are sargassum-free this summer.

Hurricane Erick gaining strength as it heads for Guerrero and Oaxaca coasts 

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The Category 2 hurricane is expected to make landfall somewhere between Acapulco and the Oaxaca city of San Pedro Mixtepec on Wednesday night.
At the G7, Sheinbaum appeared between French President Macron and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in an official leaders' photo.

Mexico-Canada relations take center stage during Sheinbaum’s G7 visit

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Both President Sheinbaum and Prime Minister Mark Carney emphasized their support for the USMCA and said they were interested in the idea of holding a trilateral meeting that included Trump.
Trial marriage? Jalisco lawmakers say short-term marriage contracts are a practical solution to today's high divorce rates.

Jalisco considers temporary marriage contracts to reduce divorce court burden

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The initiative would allow couples to enter marriage contracts lasting two to five years. At the end of the term, couples could renew the contract or let it dissolve automatically.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum raising her arm while standing at a podium with the sigil of the Mexican government. She is looking out to an audience off camera. She is delivering Baja California Sur news.

From hospitals to water plants, big infrastructure projects promised in Baja California Sur

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President Sheinbaum's recent Los Cabos visit brought news to residents of new and stalled infrastructure projects she promised to expedite. Meanwhile, the Fonatur roundabout project got a cash infusion.
The Tomás Garrido Park is an extension of the La Venta Museum-Park, one of the few open-air museums in Latin America, and features over 30 Olmec heads.

Villahermosa residents protest National Olmec Museum in beloved Tomás Garrido Park

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Construction of the National Olmec Museum would occupy the grounds of the Tomás Garrido Park in Villahermosa, relocating the park's Olmec monuments and potentially killing the city's "green lung."