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Monterrey, Mexico at sunset

Going to the World Cup in Monterrey? Here’s where to eat...

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Soccer is king in Monterrey this June thanks to the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup. But visitors will also want to explore the city's thriving dining and drinking scene.

Tijuana welcomes Iran’s World Cup team as it crosses the border...

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The move is welcomed by the border city and the Sheinbaum administration, but it has sent local and federal officials scrambling to ensure logistics and security.

Bees need a place to stay, so Durango local officials built...

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80% of flowering plants depend on pollinators like bees for their survival, but habitat loss, pesticides, monoculture farming and drought are putting many bee populations at risk.
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A mug shot of Isaí "El Chinacate" Martínez Cepeda with his eyes blacked out for privacy

Mexico arrests El Chapo’s nephew in Nogales on drug trafficking charges

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Isaí Martínez Cepeda, known as "El Chinacate" and identified as a nephew of imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel founder, faces extradition to the U.S. after being detained in a Sonora border town.
Monterrey International Airport

Monterrey International Airport to undergo US $400M renovation

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Upgrades like automated immigration processing will be in place in time for the World Cup, which starts in two weeks, Nuevo León Gov. Samuel García said.
carne asada

Sonora, known for carne asada, moves onto National Geographic’s ‘Best of the World’ list...

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While aficionados might claim that the border state's carne asada alone could put it at the top of the list, it's an agave-based spirit that earned Sonora the recognition from National Geographic.
Samuel García

Nuevo León Gov. García starts his 27th business tour, this time to Europe

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European trips are nothing new for García, but this one's context includes his state's hosting of World Cup games, shifting relations between Mexico and Spain and reports of an FGR investigation.
Maru Campos

In video message, Chihuahua governor insists she did not know of CIA’s presence in...

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Governor Maru Campos has been framed as a traitor by the Morena party after her state government apparently failed to follow the law regarding foreign involvement in domestic security tasks. She claims she had nothing to do with it.
bison calf

Coahuila welcomes 3 baby bison, underscoring the species’ return to northern Mexico

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The births follow the reintroduction of 44 bison in November 2025 to the Sierra de Menchaca near Cuatro Ciénegas, part of a long-term effort to restore degraded grasslands and biodiversity.
fuel theft tunnel leading from a Pemex facility to an adjacent property near Monterrey, Mexico

‘El Chapo-style’ tunnel found inside Pemex facility in Nuevo León

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The tunnel connected an 18-inch pipeline within a Pemex facility in Santa Catarina with an adjacent property, from which federal agents seized 205,418 liters of fuel, 23 tractor-trailers, 10 tanker trucks, a tow truck and three other vehicles.
tetra fish

Sighted and blind fish share the same cave in Tamaulipas — and scientists want...

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A new study presents the genetic evidence of how some underground fish lose their sight and others don't. Either way, Mexico's cenote populations are well-equipped to survive with the amount of light available to them, if any.
tim hortons fundidora park

Tim Hortons, the pride of Canada, opens its 200th coffee shop in Mexico

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The 200th site in Mexico of the restaurant chain of "Always Fresh" coffee may be the perfect symbol of the Canada-Mexico friendship, beloved as it is in both countries.
A Scania cargo tractor trailer

How driverless semi-trailers are starting to change Mexico-US border trade

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Mexican companies are working to catch up as use of Texas-based driverless trucks expands along Mexico–U.S. border routes, changing the speed, cost and logistics of moving goods.