Thursday, February 26, 2026

MND_NEWS

President Sheinbaum in focus, talking to a couple of men in business suits

Nearly half of Mexicans view Sheinbaum more favorably after CJNG takedown

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A new survey shows broad public support for the operation that took down the CJNG's founding leader.
voting booth

Morena’s electoral reform would shrink the Senate, cut election budget and...

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It would also support the use of electronic voting, reduce political parties' permitted per-day advertising time on TV and radio and eliminate the free ride that "plurinomial" candidates now enjoy.
aid shipment leaving on a boat to Cuba

Mexico sends 1,200 tonnes of food to Cuba in second major...

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The latest shipment of aid comes after the Papaloapan and another Navy vessel, the Isla Holbox, transported 814 tonnes of provisions to Cuba earlier this month.
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Tapalpa Country Club

Inside El Mencho’s last hideout in Tapalpa, Jalisco

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Luxury furniture, neatly folded clothes, plenty of food, an altar — and a handwritten version of Psalm 91. Here's what else reporters found inside the property where the CJNG cartel boss was found.
Blockades and arson attacks have been reported everywhere from the Jalisco highlands to Guadalajara and the state's southwestern border with Colima.

Arson attacks and narco-blockades continue in Jalisco as CJNG responds to El Mencho’s death

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Various acts of violence and vandalism were committed in Guadalajara and other parts of Jalisco on Monday night in an apparent continuation of the hostile reaction to the death on Sunday of CJNG leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes.

CDMX ‘at peace’ as authorities take measures to prevent cartel violence

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Mayor Clara Brugada convened a “permanent” Security Cabinet session and sent 5,000 agents to guard the Mexico City International Airport following Sunday's operation against the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
burned out car Puerto Vallarta

MND Local: How is Puerto Vallarta today?

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The Pacific city is cleaning up and returning to normality as businesses and tourism reopen. Here's the latest on cleanup operations and flight schedules.
Cartel member captured by Mexican army

What is a cartel? Mexico’s most powerful criminal organizations — history, structure and making money

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Mexico's cartels are associated with drugs, but that's just one of many criminal enterprises these organized crime groups use to fuel profits.
Black and white photos of Mexican tequileros caught on the border in Texas in the 1920s. The three tequileros are posed with two border authorities with the confiscated sacks of alcohol in front of them.

A look back at the days when tequila was the drug smuggled across the Mexico-US border

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Prohibition launched the era of the tequileros, Mexican men from border towns who saw an opportunity to make a quick buck smuggling contraband alcohol into the U.S.
el Mencho

Here’s what to know about ‘El Mencho’ and the cartel he created

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El Mencho forged his power by combining accelerated national expansion, large-scale diversification of criminal businesses (drugs, human traffic, extorsion, etc.) and brazen acts of violence toward the authorities.
INEGI, Mexico's official statistics agency, revisits its monthly and quarterly economic data to solidify the findings, and for the fourth quarter of 2025, the adjustment indicated that Mexico's 2025 GDP was a tick better than originally thought.

Revised figures boost Mexico’s 2025 GDP growth to 0.8%

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The national statistics agency INEGI reported that Mexico’s gross domestic product (GDP) advanced 0.9% in Q4 2025 due to a favorable revision of primary activities, bringing final 2025 growth up from 0.7% to 0.8%.