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Deadly Sonora heat wave expected to intensify over next 3 days

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The dangerous heat wave, which has lasted more than six weeks, has already caused 22 deaths and sickened 350 as of Tuesday morning.
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Supply-demand squeeze could push Mexico home prices up 8% by the...

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By metropolitan area, Guadalajara experienced the highest housing price increase, at 11%, followed by Monterrey, 8.3%, and Puebla-Tlaxcala, 8.5%. 
El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in Tamaulipas

‘The Forgotten Ones’: Mexico’s mysterious forest guardians

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Mexico's most mysterious creatures are said to dwell in the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in Tamaulipas, writes Robert Santacroce. But who are they and what are they sworn to protect?
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US border wall expansion threatens memory of Porvenir massacre

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An access road for construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall in West Texas threatens the archaeological landscape of Porvenir, the site of a 1918 massacre of ethnic Mexican villagers.
Coahula murder suspect arrested

An American is caught fleeing to the US border after fatal shootings in Saltillo

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The ex-Texas cop allegedly shot his former domestic partner and two other women and one man in the Coahuila state capital, leaving three dead and another seriously wounded before kidnapping his estranged son.

US task force breaks up an Arizona cross-border arms trafficking ring

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It's the latest example of the increasing U.S. response to Mexico’s demands that its northern neighbor do more to stop the flow of weapons from its territory to Mexico's cartels.
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Reuters: Sheinbaum weighing pilot fracking projects in Coahuila, Tamaulipas

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Pilot fracking projects could begin in northern Mexico as soon as next month, according to a person with knowledge of government discussions who spoke to the Reuters news agency.
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Taiwanese AI firm Inventec announces US $450M expansion in Ciudad Juárez

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The company’s expansion is expected to support the creation of up to 6,000 specialized jobs.
Chihuahua governor presenting at the opening of Embraer factory in the state

Brazilian aerospace giant Embraer begins manufacturing in Chihuahua

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The company’s first manufacturing plant in Mexico will produce cabin interior components, such as overhead luggage compartments, kitchens, bathrooms and floor panels.
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Earthquake monitoring is coming to Mexico’s historically underserved northern states

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The northern states have few seismic monitoring systems because of the misconception that there is no earthquake activity there. Though severe damage is rare, the dozens of new monitors will provide significant information for research.
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Why is Chihuahua working on water projects with Israel?

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A water cooperation agreement between the Chihuahua state government and the Israeli international cooperation agency MASHAV has become the center of social conflict and the cause of growing protests amid extreme water stress in the state.
Railroad trestle in Batopilas, Chihuahua

The Batopilas story: 50 years in a Mexican silver mine

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In the early 20th century, even reaching Batopilas, Chihuahua, was an adventure. Then there was its historic silver mine, writes John Pint of the remote town, which was located deep in the canyons of the Sierra Madre.
A Ferromex train

Rain hampers cleanup of a hazardous chemical spill after a train derailment near the...

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The derailment, which spilled 59,000 liters of sodium hydrosulfide, involved Ferromex, the largest train network in Mexico, and its parent company Grupo México, one of the biggest copper producers in the world.