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Rain hampers cleanup of a hazardous chemical spill after a train...

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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.

US resumes cattle imports from Mexico, with plans to reduce screwworm...

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Both sides praised Mexican ranchers for bringing the parasite under enough control to resume exports, a win for Mexican ranchers who need the U.S. market, and for U.S. ranchers who've struggled with low herd counts.
One of the derailments in Naco, Sonora, caused a chemical spill whose contents and extent remain unclear.

2 separate freight derailments prompt emergency responses

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In two separate incidents in Sonora and Tamaulipas on Saturday night, tanks carrying toxic substances derailed, prompting evacuation and cleanup measures.
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Nuevo León leads all Mexican states in announced investments so far this year

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Nuevo León has lived up to its reputation as an investment magnet by accumulating more private funds pledged to future projects than runners up Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Hidalgo and México state.
Chipotle

Chipotle, the US fast food chain, opens its first restaurant in Mexico this week

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Despite its Mexico theme, Chipotle has never ventured south of the border, where its rival Taco Bell has tried and failed. But its Monterrey-area restaurant opens this Thursday, with a Mexico City Chipotle planned for 2027.
a sinkhole swallowing a pickup truck

Sinkhole swallows pickup truck while stopped on Hermosillo boulevard

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The incident began when a motorcyclist fell onto the road while trying to avoid a large pothole. Shortly after, his rescuer found himself in an even bigger predicament.
An OMA sign at the entrance of Monterrey airport

Vinci Airports eyes more Mexico investment as it braces for slower global growth

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Vinci Airports, the world's largest private airport operator and majority owner of Mexican airport group OMA, is planning further investment in Mexico even as it braces for slower global air traffic growth this year.
vert building

Data center firm Vertiv will expand its Reynosa plant, investing US $150M

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The investment will help establish Reynosa as a leading hub for advanced manufacturing in northern Mexico and further Mexico's leadership among Latin American nations in data center development.
The US Treasury building

US Treasury and Mexico’s UIF team up to target cross-border fuel theft by the...

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The new sanctions take aim at the CJNG's most lucrative black market business venture outside of drug sales, according to the U.S. Treasury.
dog celebrating

Lost dog reunited after live stream shows it celebrating Mexico’s win

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President Sheinbaum has expressed pleasure at how Mexico's World Cup performance is uniting the nation. Now we see that the uniting applies across species.
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US authorities seize 43,000 rounds of ammunition headed for Mexico

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More than half of the ammunition that the as-yet unidentified suspects were trying to smuggle into Mexico was of the 7.62x39 type used in automatic weapons such as the AK-47.

Discovering Mexico: San Carlos

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Mexico's beach hubs are usually sprawling, riotous affairs. Not so in the Gulf of California, where the sleepy town of San Carlos shows tourists a different side to oceanside living.
Construction materials, including steel bollard, for new border wall near Big Bend

Trump’s newest border wall planned in West Texas is news to locals

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Trump's latest border wall project is already facing backlash, not only from environmental activists but from surprised residents in West Texas.