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A golden eagle nest, with a breeding pair of Mexico’s national...

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The golden eagle is a threatened species and not especially numerous in Mexico today, so any discovery of an occupied nest of Mexico's national symbol is a major development.
According to the Treasury, Casino Centenario in Nuevo Laredo and Diamante Casino in Tampico are "involved in a money laundering and cash smuggling enterprise" operated by the Northeast Cartel.

US Treasury sanctions casinos and human rights activist linked to Northeast...

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The three individuals sanctioned include the president of the Nuevo Laredo Human Rights Committee, Raymundo Ramos, against whom the Ministry of National Defense used Pegasus spyware during Andrés Manuel López Obrador's presidency (2018-24).
narcotunnel

Authorities find narcotunnel leading to the US in Sonora

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It's the second such discovery since January of last year, when a tunnel was found crossing directly under the Río Bravo (Rio Grande) from Ciudad Juárez in Chihuahua to El Paso, Texas.
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Members of several search groups on Sunday organized pick-up soccer matches at the Glorieta of the Disappeared on the iconic Paseo de la Reforma avenue in Mexico City.

Search groups plan pick-up soccer matches to keep Mexico’s disappeared in public eye

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In the lead-up to a major demonstration outside of Banorte Stadium on June 11, the groups say they will stage informal soccer games on Sundays in the streets of Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, Mexico’s three World Cup host cities.
Deer Park refinery

Pemex activates emergency protocols after diesel spill at Deer Park refinery in Texas

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Pemex said that the leak site had been "isolated" and that its oil spill team was "working to deploy oil booms to contain the spill."
Laguna San Ignacio

‘Whales or gas’: Opposition builds against LNG projects in Gulf of California

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A liquified natural gas project that would use the Gulf of California as a shipping lane threatens massive and irreversible environmental damage. But artists and activists are fighting back.
Four American and six Mexican border states form an economy worth roughly US $7 trillion: the third-largest on the planet.

Opinion: What would a regional utopia look like? Part 3

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For too long, the U.S.-Mexico border has been framed in mainstream media almost exclusively as a problem. That narrative misses the deeper truth, Pedro Casas writes.

CFE greenlights grid connection for 130-MW wind project in Tamaulipas

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Vancouver-based clean energy developer Revolve Renewable Power is at the mid to advanced stage on two wind energy projects in Mexico’s northeast: EL24 in Tamaulipas and the 400-MW Presa Nueva project in Nuevo León, with two more projects in development.
Kia investment announcement with Governor of Nuevo León Samuel García

Kia to invest US $600M in Nuevo León, boosting EV production

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The announcement came during a working visit to South Korea and Japan by Nuevo León Governor Samuel García, who was busy promoting Nuevo León as a destination for industrial and technological capital — as well as World Cup tourists.
Bioblitz volunteer

Border BioBlitz is back! Here’s how you can help document biodiversity in the borderlands

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Past editions have documented rare or little-known plants, such as Tecate cypress and carpets of common goldfields growing right up against a portion of border wall.
Farmers in Costa Rica, Sinaloa, protested unfair prices for their harvests and insecurity on the highways.

Blockade update: Protests still impacting 4 Mexican highways

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As of 1 p.m. on Tuesday, blockades were reported in the states of Guanajuato, Baja California, Tamaulipas and Michoacán.
Monterrey skyscrapers

Dueling skyscrapers: Monterrey’s Torre Rise will soon pass the T.OP Tower 1 as Mexico’s...

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The newcomer, still growing, has equaled the height of Mexico's current tallest building on its way to reaching 101 stories and 484 meters, making it the second tallest in the Americas.
tech equipment

Mexico’s soaring tech exports have taken the lead over the automotive sector

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A perfect storm of reduced U.S. imports from China, USMCA protection from new tariffs and increasingly sophisticated local manufacturing has sent Mexico's tech exports skyrocketing.