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Nazarenes in purple robes and crowns of thorns and flowers walk in Mexico City

Mexico’s week in review: A UN rebuke, an export boom and...

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From a historic UN rebuke on enforced disappearances to record Holy Week crowds at Iztapalapa's Passion Play, Mexico's week was anything but quiet.
A white woman strolls the streets of Condesa in Mexico City

How safe really is Mexico for expats? A message from Travis Bembenek,...

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Mexico News Daily introduces a new initiative to provide real answers to the perennial question of safety in Mexico, based on the experiences people who actually live here.
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The MND News Quiz of the Week: April 4th

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Measles, manufacturing and mislabeling: Have you been paying attention to the headlines this week?
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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.
A man walks by a wall of posters of missing people in Mexico City

Mexico rejects UN findings that country’s enforced disappearances are crimes against humanity

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The report found no evidence of a deliberate federal policy to commit disappearances, but said that public officials at all levels of government have participated in or allowed the crimes to take place.

Sea turtle egg poachers caught on video at Oaxaca sanctuary, prompting federal investigation

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The sacking of the sanctuary, as caught on video, was so blatant that Profepa rushed out a press release assuring angry internet users that their personnel has already been out to the beach and were investigating.

102 arrested, 67 properties seized in bust of fraud network disguised as call centers

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"Operation Disconnect" was an elaborate four-week sting collaboration involving three levels of government, aimed at shutting down an extortion network operating through fraudulent call centers.

US accuses Mexico of shutting out US energy companies in new trade barriers report

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The report revives a dispute that has simmered since 2022, when the U.S. and Canada formally accused Mexico of violating the USMCA free trade pact with its energy policies.

Mexico in Numbers: Fertility rate and the modern Mexican family

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In this week's edition of Mexico in Numbers, chief writer Peter Davies looks at how the dropping fertility rate and rising age of marriage for women are reshaping Mexican families.

MND Local: San Miguel de Allende news roundup

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A spate of fires has been reported in and around San Miguel, and a local university’s viticulture program facilities have been updated and expanded.

Fish fraud on the rise: Over one-third of seafood sold in Mexico isn’t what it claims to be

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A new report by the globally respected ocean conservation group Oceana found that 38% of 1,262 fish and seafood samples collected in restaurants and markets in the 10 largest Mexican cities were mislabeled or sold fraudulently — nearly double the global average.