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Tropical Storm Erick forecast to make landfall in Oaxaca, Guerrero as powerful hurricane

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Tropical Storm Erick was located almost 700 km off the coast of Guerrero on Tuesday morning and is expected to become a hurricane by tonight or early Wednesday.
Tropical Storm Erick was located almost 700 km off the coast of Guerrero on Tuesday morning and is expected to become a hurricane by tonight or early Wednesday. (NOAA)

Mexico’s Pacific Coast is bracing for another heavy storm as Tropical Storm Erick is expected to make landfall as a Category 2 hurricane later this week.

Authorities have begun implementing precautionary measures as Erick gained strength off the country’s Pacific Coast on Tuesday, the head of Mexico’s National Civil Protection Agency (SNPC) said.

“We are coordinating with local authorities to carry out all preventive activities to ensure the safety of the citizens of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero,” SNPC director Laura Velazquez said.

At 9 a.m. Tuesday, the center of Tropical Storm Erick was moving west-northwest at a speed of roughly 15 km/h, according to the United States’ National Hurricane Center (NHC). It was located almost 700 km off the coast of Guerrero and is expected to become a hurricane by tonight or early Wednesday. 

Guerrero is still recovering from Tropical Storm Dalila, which knocked out a bridge and caused power outages as it swept past the coast over the weekend. 

Tropical-storm-force winds extended outward up to 75 km from the center and maximum sustained winds increased to 75 km/h. The storm is expected to approach the coast of southern Mexico Wednesday night and move inland or be near the coast on Thursday.

Erick could produce rainfall totals of 20 to 40 cm (8 to 16 inches), with maximum totals of 51 cm (20 inches), across the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, according to the NHC. The rainfall may produce life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in areas of steep terrain. 

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Rainfall totals of 8 to 13 cm (3 to 5 inches), with maximum totals of 40 cm (8 inches), are possible across the states of Chiapas, Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco.

Swells and storm surge generated by Erick are expected to begin affecting the coast of southern Mexico in a day or so. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.

The government issued a Hurricane Warning from Punta Maldonado in the state of Guerrero extending 300 kilometers south to the Oaxaca coastal town of Puerto Angel.

A warning (hurricane conditions expected) is typically issued 36 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or dangerous.

A Hurricane Watch (hurricane conditions possible) was issued from Punta Maldonado extending northwest to Acapulco, a distance of 247 kilometers. A Tropical Storm Warning (tropical storm conditions expected within 36 hours) was issued extending 190 kilometers east of Puerto Angel to Salina Cruz.

Watches and warnings are likely to be extended westward along the coast before Wednesday so residents in southern Mexico have been asked to monitor the progress of the storm.

With reports from El Economista, El Financiero, Vanguardia and Aristegui Noticias

Mexican baseball celebrates 100th season with special all-star game

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A professional Mexican Baseball League pitcher on the pitching mound, about to pitch a ball during a game in a stadium. He is wearing a El Aguila de Veracruz team uniform.
Pitcher Dinelson Lamet of El Águila de Veracruz, a contender to play in the Mexican League of Baseball's All-Star Game 2025 on June 29. (LMB)

There aren’t many sporting experiences that rival a summertime ballgame at the park. That’s certainly true in the United States — but it’s also evident in Mexico, where the sport has been a fan favorite since it arrived, likely during the Mexican-American War, with many citing the exact year as 1847.

The nation’s bountiful fandom and history will be on display for the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol’s (LMB) Juego de Estrellas (the league’s All-Star Game) from June 27 to 29 at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in Mexico City, home of the defending national champions and winningest franchise in league history, Diablos Rojos. 

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Mexican baseball has a long and rich history. (Liga Mexicana del Beisbol)

The weekend will include a selection of the top 68 baseballers, spanning the league’s 20 teams, divided evenly by the North Zone and South Zone (i.e. league divisions) in a match-up taking place on June 29. The headliner game will be preceded by a celebrity match and a home run derby on June 28. Times and ticket prices vary, but start as low as US $15.

In the galaxy of international baseball, Mexico has positioned itself as an attractive landing spot for both veteran and hopeful baseball players alike, with players in the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (LMB) hailing from nations like the United States, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Japan, South Korea and, of course, all of Mexico. 

What to expect at the LMB All-Star game

Though the event occurs annually, this year’s festivities are offering more than the usual variety. For starters, the LMB is currently celebrating its centennial season with year-long homages, events and limited-edition fan merchandise that showcase Mexico’s 100-year professional baseball tradition.

Accordingly, this year’s Juego de Estrellas will feature La Gala del Centenario — a special event on Friday, June 27 that will honor the best moments of the past 100 LMB years. 

The 2025 centennial edition of this all-star showdown will also introduce a new format: For the first time ever, the LMB’s best players will compete in a 10-inning tilt against Mexico’s national team — who placed third overall in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, an all-time best finish for the nation. Each inning will represent one of the 10 decades in the LMB’s existence.

On top of that, the game will be hosted at the hypermodern — if not futuristic-looking — Harp Helú stadium (capacity: 20,062) for the first time since the stadium originally debuted in 2019. Before the US $160 million stadium was built, the Mexican baseball powerhouse Diablos Rojos played at Estadio Fray Nano (2018-2015), Foro Sol (2014-2000) and Parque del Seguro Social (1999-1940). 

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The new Harp Helú stadium is probably Mexico’s most impressive modern sports ground. (Diablos Rojos/Cuartoscuro)

The Harp Helú is housed near the Benito Juarez International Airport (AICM) as part of Ciudad Deportiva (Sports City) — a sprawling sports park complex that also features the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, a ritzy F1 race track also often used for Mexico City concerts by major musical artists

It’s the 33rd time that the capital will host the Juego de Estrellas, and the nation’s 91st all-star event. 

The first Juego de Estrellas took place in 1939, then went on hiatus during World War II, and resumed in 1942, occurring during every consecutive season to date. Last year’s celebration took place at Estadio Beto Ávila in the port of Veracruz — the comparatively smaller and charming home of El Águila de Veracruz, which is the league’s oldest continuously operating franchise. 

The Veracruz stadium, incidentally, is one of only two in the entire continent featuring a swimming pool for fans to watch the game from the outfield stands; the other is located at Chase Field in Phoenix, where the MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks play. Though Mexico City’s baseball sanctuary unfortunately doesn’t offer a pool, it’s known for its expansive fan offerings, Aztec-inspired architecture and overall quality, which Major League Baseball has graded as “an ultramodern facility.

Mexico’s baseball league is currently experiencing a swell in its fandom. With more ex-Major Leaguers playing than ever before — due to a rule change allowing up to 20 international players per 38-man roster — there is a renewed interest in “El Rey de Deportes,” or the King of Sports, as the league is colloquially known. 

High-profile players like Robinson Cano and Yasiel Puig have recently passed through — or are currently still playing in — the pro Mexican baseball circuit. The fervor has certainly reached a new pitch: Yahoo! Sports reported that a few Mexican League teams are drawing larger average crowds than some of Mexico’s biggest soccer clubs

Madness at the Alfredo Harp Helu - PowerPlayGO

For U.S.- and international-born players, Mexico is also becoming a viable route with decent salaries, proximity to the Majors and a decently competitive league that current players are referring to as “4-A” ball (alluding to the MLB’s Triple A, Double A and Single A farm system). And with new online shows like LMB Strike Zone, which target a new generation of fans, baseball is regaining the cultural cachet and coolness it once had.

Historically, Mexico’s league has been considered to be a lower-tier professional circuit, offering opportunities to former MLB stars and prospects who have fallen out of favor on more prominent U.S. teams. With over 140 Mexican-born players having crossed the border northward into the MLB, the LMB has been a starting point for U.S. baseball icons like Bobby Avila and Fernando Valenzuela, whose careers began on regional Mexican teams before making the leap to the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers, respectively. 

Indeed, historic Mexican teams like the aforementioned Diablos Rojos, the Sultanes de Monterrey, the Tigres de Quintana Roo and El Águila de Veracruz have helped to launch, or sustain, such historic careers. Meanwhile, the LMB’s growth continues to introduce new expansion teams and broaden its fan base.

Of course, the Mexican League’s tenure hasn’t all been home runs and fireworks. In 2020, the Mariachis de Guadalajara were announced by then-national president Andrés Manuel López Obrador as the latest franchise to join the LMB’s ranks as a symbol of Mexico’s cultural pride and heritage. Just a few seasons later, the team’s players refused to take the field in a series against Sultanes de Monterrey as a protest against not receiving their contractually agreed-upon payments; shortly afterward, the team was again accused of financial mismanagement and then sold off in 2023

But the Juego de Estrellas is about putting on a show and looking toward the game’s future, so only the league’s best will be at bat, with a historic focus on the league’s most prominent players and successes.

Mexican national baseball players at an LMB all star game. They are wearing red and green jerseys and caps.
With baseball bigger than ever in the country, the LMB has a wealth of talent to call upon for the All-Star Game. (La Vida Baseball)

Getting to Harp Helú Stadium

Expect traffic and large crowds. The nearby Metro station drops you off about a quarter mile from the stadium’s front entrance (the walk is lively and crowded with fans, street food, bootleg merchandise, and more — an experience in itself). 

If you prefer to take an Uber or taxi, ask to be dropped off near the stadium stop — you will know when you’re close because everyone will be suddenly wearing baseball gear, and the taxi will lurch to a stop with nowhere to go due to the high concentration of traffic and pedestrians entering the sports complex.

Once inside, there’s a baseball museum dedicated to the Diablos Rojos and an impressive selection of food items. The stadium’s famous tacos de cochinita pibil can be found to the left of the main entrance at Los Famosos del Béisbol, a concession stand with a perennially long wait for an order of Yucatán-style tacos that reportedly have been served at Diablos Rojos by the same family for over 70 years.

If you haven’t been to a baseball game in Mexico yet (or any professional sporting event, for that matter), don’t strike out on this year’s Juego de Estrellas, which promises to be a memorable experience.

Alan Chazaro is the author of “This Is Not a Frank Ocean Cover Album,” “Piñata Theory” and “Notes From the Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge” (Ghost City Press, 2021). He is a graduate of June Jordan’s Poetry for the People program at UC Berkeley and a former Lawrence Ferlinghetti Fellow at the University of San Francisco. His writing can be found in GQ, NPR, The Guardian, L.A. Times and more. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, he is currently based in Veracruz.

The day that Toluca built the world’s longest torta

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The sandwich-making highlighted a three-day festival that also featured craft beer and chorizo exhibitions, concerts and cultural activities from over 20 countries. (Crisanta Espinosa Aguilar/Cuartoscuro)

The central Mexican city of Toluca has claimed a new culinary world record after assembling the largest chorizo torta ever made.

Constructed on Sunday during an art and gastronomy festival, the massive torta was crafted on a bread roll that stretched an impressive 82 meters (269 feet).

A torta is a Mexican sandwich made on a roll, typically a bolillo or telera, which is sliced in half and filled with a wide variety of ingredients. 

The torta in Toluca, the capital of México state, included 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of meticulously layered red and green chorizo, 20 kilos of beans, 42 kilos of avocado, 46 kilos of tomatoes, 20 kilos of chilies and 60 liters of Mexican crema.

Its construction was the result of a community effort: 10 master chefs along with city workers and dozens of volunteers.

The feat was certified by a notary public as surpassing the record 75-meter torta built at the annual Torta Festival in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City in 2023.

However, no mention was made of the 76-meter torta reportedly constructed at the same festival last year, nor did any officials say the new record had been certified by Guinness World Records.

The Toluca torta was assembled at the Eagle Fountain — commonly known as the Águila de Colón — in Toluca’s city center as part of the “Entre Pinceles, Chisels y Sabores” festival.

At 82 meters long, Toluca's torta beat the 75-meter torta of record, assembled at the annual Torta Festival in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City in 2023.
At 82 meters long, Toluca’s torta beat the 75-meter torta of record, assembled at the annual Torta Festival in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City in 2023. (Crisanta Espinosa Aguilar/Cuartoscuro)

Thousands of locals and visitors gathered to witness the preparation and, once completed, to enjoy a slice of the monumental sandwich.

“If you come to Toluca and don’t eat chorizo, it’s like going to the ocean and not swimming,” said Carmen Díaz, who was part of the prep crew.

Indeed, Toluca and México state are indelibly associated with chorizo — a spiced, crumbly ground meat (usually pork) made with chilies, garlic and vinegar, and sometimes encased as a sausage. As long ago as the 16th century, Toluca was considered the chorizo capital of New Spain.

The sandwich-making highlighted a three-day festival that also featured craft beer and chorizo exhibitions, concerts and cultural activities from over 20 countries.

It was also the latest in a long line of record-breaking culinary gallantry in Mexico, from a kilometer-long serving of sashimi in Mazatlán to an 80-meter taco acorazado in Cuernavaca to a ball of Oaxaca cheese weighing 558 kilograms (1,230 lbs.) in the Chiapas municipality of Pijijiapan.

With reports from El Sol de Toluca and Quadratin Edomex

Passenger traffic to Puerto Vallarta on the rise as Cancún reports continued decline

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Will Puerto Vallarta soon become the new Cancún for domestic vacationers?
Will Puerto Vallarta soon become the new Cancún for domestic vacationers? (Miguel Naranjo/Unsplash)

Passenger traffic across Mexico’s airports reached 10.2 million in May, marking an annual increase of 1.8%, the country’s three leading private airport groups reported last week. 

The three firms, Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA), Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (Asur), and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP), experienced a 3.5% monthly growth in domestic traffic. Meanwhile, international passenger traffic fell 1.3%.   

OMA, which operates in Mexico’s northern region, reported the best performance to date this year, with an overall passenger traffic increase of 6.9%. Domestic traffic, which contributes 86% of its total, rose by 5.1%, while international traffic increased by 19.5%.  

The group’s hub in Monterrey, which manages over half of its passenger traffic, saw an increase of 16.1% in domestic flights and 27% in international flights. 

Overall, GAP saw a growth of 2.6% in passenger traffic in May, with a 4.7% increase in domestic traffic. Domestic arrivals were up 1.1% at the Guadalajara airport, 1.5% in Tijuana and 11.2% in Puerto Vallarta. International arrivals to PV, however, were down 0.6% in May.

ASUR, which manages 16 airports in the Americas, had the weakest period. In Mexico, ASUR saw a 3% decrease in passenger traffic in May, including a 0.4% fall in domestic traffic and a 5.6% drop in international traffic. Overall, traffic to ASUR’s hub in Cancún fell by 4.2%.  

ASUR did not speculate on the cause of the decrease, but industry analysts have cited international macroeconomic conditions and rising travel costs for the reduction in passenger traffic. 

Puerto Vallarta is evolving to welcome the next generation of travelers

GAP’s Puerto Vallarta Airport is undergoing a major expansion expected to increase passenger capacity by 130%. According to airport management, construction is 45% complete.

“We are essentially building a new airport: we are only keeping the existing runway, but the terminal, boarding areas and connection systems will be new and more efficient,” said the airport’s director Cryshtian Amador Lizardi.  

During the first five months of the year, the airport handled 3.4 million passengers. Domestic traffic increased by 14.4%, although international traffic decreased slightly, particularly from the United States, which has 26 connections at the airport.  

To help boost passenger traffic, GAP is “working with airlines to reactivate routes, including possible transatlantic destinations, especially with European countries,” according to Amador. 

With reports from Reportur, Expansión and El Economista

In 6 months, more than 56,000 Mexicans deported from US: Monday’s mañanera recapped

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Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez led a comprehensive update on the number of Mexicans deported from the United States since Trump took office and their status within the country.
Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez led a comprehensive update on the number of Mexicans deported from the United States since Trump took office and their status within the country. (Moisés Pablo/Cuartoscuro)

With President Claudia Sheinbaum on her way to Canada to attend the G7 Summit, Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez presided over the federal government’s Monday morning press conference.

Here is a recap of the June 16 mañanera.

More than 56,000 Mexicans deported from US since Trump took office 

Deputy Interior Minister Arturo Medina Padilla reported that 56,298 Mexicans have been deported from the United States to Mexico since U.S. President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20.

He said that 12,183 of that number returned to Mexico on flights that touched down at the Felipe Ángeles International Airport in México state, or at the airports in Villahermosa, Tabasco, and Tapachula, Chiapas.

Medina said that all the deportees who arrive at airports are offered a range of assistance via the “México te abraza” (Mexico embraces you) program.

Those who are “repatriated” via the Mexico-U.S. border and who decide not to go to one of the 10 reception centers set up by the Mexican government in border cities are also “attended to with warmth and humanism,” he said.

Deputy Interior Minister Arturo Medina said on Monday that 24,082 Mexicans have chosen to access shelter and services at the 10 reception centers, located in cities including Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez and Reynosa. (Moisés Pablo/Cuartoscuro)

“They receive their repatriation letter, food, access to telephone calls, legal advice and bus tickets to their places of origin,” Medina said.

He said that 24,082 Mexicans have chosen to access shelter and services at the 10 reception centers, located in cities including Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez and Reynosa.

That figure represents around 55% of Mexicans deported to Mexico via the border with the U.S. in recent months.

Medina said that almost 237,000 individual “services” have been provided to deportees who went to reception centers, a figure that includes the serving of meals, the delivery of medical treatment, the issuance of stored-value “well-being” cards and enrollment in the IMSS social security scheme.

He also said that the National Migration Institute has transported more than 13,000 Mexican deportees to their home states. Medina said that “the main destinations” have been Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, Querétaro, Aguascalientes, Mexico City, Michoacán, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Puebla.

He also said that the government is currently in the process of relocating the deportee reception center in Nuevo Laredo to Tapachula, and that in Nuevo León to Villahermosa.

Rodríguez: Investigations into deaths of mayor and judge are ongoing 

A reporter asked the interior minister what information she had about the murder of the mayor of San Mateo Piñas, Oaxaca, and the murder or suicide of a judge who heard high-profile cases including ones involving Ovidio Guzmán (one of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s sons) and José Luis Abarca, the ex-mayor of Iguala linked to the disappearance of 43 students in that city in Guerrero in 2014.

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The mayor of San Mateo Piñas, Oaxaca, Lilia Gema García Soto. (@trespm/X)

Lilia Gema García Soto, the mayor, was shot dead inside the San Mateo Piñas municipal government palace on Sunday. Everardo Maya Arias, the judge, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in Zinacantepec, México state, on Sunday. A firearm was found next to his body.

Rodríguez acknowledged that “these regrettable events” occurred, and noted that they were discussed at the government’s security cabinet meeting on Monday morning.

“We’re going to monitor the events that occurred in these places,” she said, adding that investigations aimed at apprehending those responsible will continue.

Reports on the outcomes of the investigations will be provided in due course, Rodríguez said.

Top ministers accompany Sheinbaum to Canada 

Rodríguez enumerated the ministers representing Mexico alongside Sheinbaum at the G7 Summit in Canada on Tuesday.

  • Foreign Affairs Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente.
  • Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
  • Security Minister Omar García Harfuch.
  • Finance Minister Edgar Amador Zamora.

Rodríguez, who occupies the position usually considered second most powerful in the Mexican government, said that Mexico’s ambassadors to Canada and the United States and a few other officials will also attend the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.

By Mexico News Daily chief staff writer Peter Davies ([email protected])

What is President Sheinbaum’s agenda at the G7?

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The president was greeted by members of the Tsuut'ina Nation upon her arrival in Calgary on Monday evening.
The president was greeted by members of the Tsuut'ina Nation upon her arrival in Calgary on Monday evening. (@Claudiashein/X)

President Claudia Sheinbaum will hold bilateral talks with several world leaders at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada on Tuesday, but U.S. President Donald Trump will not figure among them.

Sheinbaum was scheduled to meet with Trump on Tuesday. However, the president of the United States will depart early from the Summit due to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

According to Sheinbaum’s official schedule for Tuesday, the president will hold one-on-one talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

In addition, she is scheduled to meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa.

Sheinbaum departed Mexico City on an Air Canada flight on Monday morning and is scheduled to begin her journey back to Mexico on Tuesday night. She was invited to attend the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, by Prime Minister Carney.

The leaders of several other non-G7 nations, including those of India, Ukraine, Brazil and Australia, will attend the annual meeting of the G7, which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Sheinbaum’s full schedule for Tuesday, as reported by Mexican media, appears below.

  • 11:20 a.m. – 11:30 (local Alberta time): Participation in the official G7 photo shoot.
  • 11:40 – 12:10: Meeting with von der Leyen and Costa.
  • 12:20 – 12:50: Bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi.
  • 13:00 – 15:30: G7 plenary session.
  • 15:40 – 16:40: CANCELED: Bilateral meeting with U.S. President Trump.
  • 16:40 – 17:40: Bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Merz.
  • 17:40 – 18:10: Bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Carney.

The New York Times reported that both the global economy and the war in Ukraine will be “difficult topics” at this year’s G7 Summit.

Sheinbaum pledged to defend Mexicans on both sides of the border in meeting with Trump 

Sheinbaum has spoken to Trump by telephone on seven separate occasions since she became president last October. However, the meeting in Canada was to be the first time the two leaders had held face-to-face talks.

At an event in Tlaxcala on Saturday, the president had noted that she would meet with Trump “and his team” in Canada.

“You should know that we will honorably defend Mexicans here and on the other side of the border,” she said.

Sheinbaum said she would be “firm” in her meeting with Trump, but open to dialogue and committed to “seeking agreements for the well-being of our nations and people.”

She also said she would convey the message that “when we’re together we’re stronger” and that “when we respect each other we’re stronger.”

“That’s what we’re going to defend, always with our heads held high, always with valor, because we defend and represent the people of Mexico, a generous, brave, hardworking people, who work here in our country and also on the other side of the border,” Sheinbaum said.

Security, migration and trade would have been other top issues for discussion in the president’s meeting with Trump.

The number of encounters between U.S. authorities and migrants, and fentanyl seizures at the Mexico-U.S. border, have declined significantly since Trump began his second term on Jan. 20, indicating that the northward flow of migrants and fentanyl has fallen in recent months.

Earlier this month, Sheinbaum attributed the “very significant” decline in fentanyl seizures at the border to her government making fentanyl busts on “this side of the border” — including the largest bust in Mexican history last December.

United States officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have acknowledged Mexico’s cooperation on security matters, but trade remains a contentious issue between the two countries.

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Sheinbaum discussed issues including immigration and security policy with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau last week. (Presidencia)

After a meeting last Thursday with Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, Sheinbaum acknowledged that there are a range of “issues” (and tensions) in the Mexico-United States relationship.

“There’s the cattle issue,” she said, referring to the United States’ suspension of livestock imports from Mexico due to the detection of New World screwworm cases in Mexican cattle.

“[There is] the issue of taxes on remittances, there is the steel and aluminum [tariff],” Sheinbaum said.

Prior to Trump’s abrupt departure from the G7 on Monday, Barthélémy Michalon, an international relations professor at the Tec. de Monterrey University, told the news website Expansión that Sheinbaum’s meeting with Trump at the G7 Summit would take place on a “stage” that would be “much less tense” than a meeting at the White House.

“We’ve been witness to receptions of political leaders there with a rather adverse environment toward the guest,” he said, referring to Trump’s meetings at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in February, and with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in May.

“So [the G7 Summit provides] a way to meet with Trump without these conditions of possible hostility,” Michalon said.

Trump has called Sheinbaum a “terrific person” and a “fantastic woman,” but has also accused her of being “afraid” of Mexican drug cartels.

The White House asserted in February that “the government of Mexico has afforded safe havens for the cartels to engage in the manufacturing and transportation of dangerous narcotics, which collectively have led to the overdose deaths of hundreds of thousands of American victims.”

Sheinbaum says ‘the people of Mexico’ will accompany her on trip to Canada

In Tlaxcala on Saturday, Sheinbaum declared that “the people of Mexico” will accompany her on her trip to Canada — her third international trip as president after journeys to Brazil, to attend the G20 Summit last November, and to Honduras, to attend the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in April.

“On Monday, we’re going to a meeting to which we were invited. I use the plural because the people of Mexico are going, all of us together. When the presidenta goes to international meetings, we all go together. We’re going to honorably represent the people of Mexico,” she said.

On Monday morning, Sheinbaum shared photos to social media that showed her at the Mexico City airport and boarding her Air Canada flight to Vancouver, from where she was scheduled to travel to Calgary, Alberta, on Monday afternoon. Foreign Affairs Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente is among the Mexican officials who will be present at the G7 Summit alongside the president.

Rafael Velázquez Flores, president of the Mexican Association of International Studies, told Expansión that Sheinbaum made the “right” decision in taking up Carney’s invitation to attend the G7 Summit.

“Mexico must be present in the main global forums to take advantage of opportunities that promote the national interest,” he said.

“Not every country is invited to this [G7] meeting, so it is a privilege for Mexico,” Velázquez said.

With reports from Radio Fórmula and El Universal 

Foreign investment is up in a key nearshoring state, despite threat of US tariffs

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night in Monterrey
Monterrey's reputation as Mexico's business center has been confirmed statistically, as foreign direct investment in Nuevo León (the state it's the capital of) has been soaring. (Charles Elizondo/Unsplash)

Federal Economy Ministry data indicates that Nuevo León received nearly US $2.7 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) through the first three months of the year, with the United States being the principal source of the funding. 

The new investments in Nuevo León this year represent a 7% increase over the same three months last year, when the state attracted US $2.5 billion from January through March 2024.

U.S. companies were responsible for more than half the total — $1.45 billion — during this time period, according to the newspaper El Financiero. This figure represents 54% of all FDI in Nuevo León during Q1 of 2025 and is 134% greater than during the same quarter in 2024.

The Netherlands ranks second on the FDI list with more than $566 million in new investment from January-May 2025. Argentina is third with $221 million.

In all, the state attracted $32.7 billion in 2024 and, since Governor Samuel García took office in October 2021, Nuevo León has received roughly $73 billion in FDI. The new investment has created 361,500 new jobs in the state. Of the 348 projects funded by investment since 2021, 169 correspond to new developments and 179 were expansion projects.

According to the newspaper El Economista, the $2.7 billion in FDI in Nuevo León — 13% of the national total — was more than any other state in Mexico, coming in only behind the $11.8 billion FDI in Mexico City, which represents 55% of the national total.

Acting state Economy Minister Emmanuel Loo said an additional $9 billion of investments have been confirmed and will be formally announced in the coming weeks, adding that approximately $10 billion is on hold pending U.S. trade and tariff policy decisions.

The manufacturing industry is the No. 1 recipient of the investment, accounting for just over half of the total FDI, followed by commercial investments, financial services and insurance.

With reports from El Economista and El Financiero

Hundreds march in Mexico City, Guadalajara in anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests

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In Guadalajara, U.S. citizens and Mexicans gathered outside the U.S. Consulate to protest against the Trump administration. (X)

Mexico City and Guadalajara were among the Mexican cities where “No Kings” protests against the policies and actions of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration took place on Saturday.

The Mexican “No Kings” protests — which also took place in a number of other cities including Mérida, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, Mexicali and San Miguel de Allende — coincided with “No Kings” protests held across cities and towns in the United States.

They were held to “reject authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics and the militarization of the … [United States’] democracy,” the Associated Press reported, citing a statement by protest organizers.

The protests took place the same day that the U.S. Army’s 250th Anniversary Parade was held in Washington, D.C. They occurred after a week of intense protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles and an accusation from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that President Claudia Sheinbaum had encouraged “violent” demonstrations in the city.

Saturday also happened to be Trump’s 79th birthday.

In Mexico City, hundreds of people, including both U.S. and Mexican citizens, marched from the Luis Cabrera plaza in the Roma neighborhood to the U.S. Embassy, located on the Paseo de la Reforma boulevard.

Fuera racismo, fuera Trump” (Out with racism, out with Trump) was one of the “most-heard slogans” during the march, the newspaper Diario de México reported.

Among the placards held up by protesters were ones that read: “I like my ICE crushed” and “NO FAUX-KING WEY.”

ICE refers to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is carrying out raids targeting undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

The “no faux-king wey” message is a play on words that includes the Mexican slang word güey (also spelled wey).

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In Mexico City, hundreds of people, including both U.S. and Mexican citizens, marched from the Luis Cabrera plaza in the Roma neighborhood to the U.S. Embassy. (Galo Cañas/Cuartoscuro)

The news website Expansión reported that people affiliated with Democrats Abroad were among the protesters in Mexico City. One of the messages they conveyed was that “to migrate is a right, not a crime.”

“No one is illegal on stolen land,” said members of the Revolutionary Union of Art Workers, according to Expansión.

One protester associated with the Juventud Anticapitalista (Anti-Capitalist Youth) collective asserted that Trump’s policies “seek to create an internal enemy with the aim of strengthening his government.”

In Guadalajara, U.S. citizens and Mexicans gathered outside the U.S. Consulate to protest against the Trump administration.

One protester held up a placard that read: “No kings! Stop the fascist! Salva la democracia [Save democracy].”

Another protester in the Jalisco capital, Mercedes Dueñas, told the newspaper Milenio that “the people are against President Trump, who thinks he is a king.”

“We came to the American Consulate to show people that we don’t agree, that we’re in a constitutional crisis in the United States, that we love Mexico and are very ashamed of the way he treats Mexico,” she said.

Another protester in Guadalajara said that Trump’s military parade “for his birthday” was like “something from North Korea” or Russia.

In Puerto Vallarta, where hundreds of protesters gathered on Isla Cuale, a U.S. citizen identified only as Benjamin told the newspaper La Jornada that the purpose of the protest was to “say no” to Trump.

“He wants to install a dictatorship. We’re here to protect democracy and to say that we won’t accept him ruining the United States,” said Benjamin, who has lived in Puerto Vallarta for 22 years, according to La Jornada.

He said that Americans who live in Puerto Vallarta are watching events in the United States very closely.

“People think we’re just here to drink and relax, but we’re paying attention and we don’t accept what’s happening in the United States,” said Benjamin, who highlighted the importance of immigrants to the U.S. economy and described immigration raids as “stupid.”

“Racism in the United States is bad and getting worse,” he said.

 

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In San Miguel de Allende, more than 200 people, including U.S. citizens and other foreigners, joined a “No Kings” protest outside the U.S. Consular Agency, according to the AM newspaper.

In a video filmed and posted online by AM, protesters can be heard chanting, “Hey-hey, ho-ho, oligarchy’s got to go.”

Lucina Kathman, a U.S.-born writer and activist who has lived in San Miguel de Allende for decades, described Trump as a “dictator” in remarks to AM.

“What a sad country the United States is, with a man who thinks he’s a leader but is nothing more than a dictator,” she said.

“I was born there but I chose Mexico for its warmth. Today, more than ever before, I reaffirm that decision,” Kathman said.

Karol Smith, who also attended the protest in San Miguel de Allende, told AM that, “we are happy to be far away from the United States today.”

Trump “should learn from President Sheinbaum,” she added.

An unnamed Mexican-American man who attended the protest in San Miguel de Allende with members of his family told AM:

“We are here because we believe in justice, because we love this country that has taken us in, and because we will not stand by idly watching human rights being trampled on.”

With reports from Diario de México, Expansión, Milenio, La Jornada and AM 

Tropical Storm Dalila swipes Guerrero, damaging infrastructure and beachside businesses

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Tropical Storm Dalila, seen here, brought heavy rain to the Guerrero coast, with Hurricane Erick following shortly after. (Carlos Carbajal/Cuartoscuro)

Tropical Storm Dalila knocked out a bridge, damaged Acapulco’s beaches and caused power outages in the state of Guerrero as it swept past southwestern Mexico over the weekend. 

Dalila formed in the Pacific on Friday and then moved parallel to the Mexican coast, dumping between 75 and 150 millimeters of rain on states from Chiapas to Nayarit. 

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With boat traffic suspended on Saturday due to the storm-tossed waters, authorities told Acapulco residents and visitors to exercise caution. Not everybody heeded the warning. (Carlos Carbajal/Cuartoscuro)

Though the storm never approached hurricane status, it was followed closely by tropical wave No. 3, with the western state of Guerrero receiving the brunt of the meteorological phenomenon. Some areas along the coast — still recovering from Hurricanes Otis (October 2023) and John (September 2024) — received 15 hours of rain accompanied by high winds, while waves as high as five meters pounded the shoreline.

The Omitlán bridge that connects central Guerrero with the Costa Chica region collapsed as flooding inundated several coastal cities. Costa Chica refers to an area of rolling hills and coastal plains along the south coast of Guerrero, extending from just south of Acapulco to the Oaxaca border.

Roofs were blown off houses and trees were felled in the municipalities of Coyuca de Catalán, Ciudad Altamirano and Ajuchitlán in the mountains above Acapulco. Residents were forced to take refuge in shelters, while some towns were cut off as heavy rains made fords impassable. 

The small town of Cerro Prieto de Atoyac, to the northeast of Acapulco, was particularly hard hit, its residents without electricity the entire weekend.

At least five beachside restaurants in Acapulco were damaged and the Acapulco-Pinapotepa coastal highway was shut down for hours on Sunday. At least 50 residences were destroyed in the Diamante district of Acapulco, which is known for a wide array of high-end condominiums and modern hotels and resorts.

Roads in the coastal mountain areas were washed out in the Montaña, Costa Chica and Sierra regions of Guerrero. 

By Sunday night, the rains had subsided in Guerrero and Dalila had been declared a post-tropical storm by the National Hurricane Center (NHC), although local officials warned that high waves and storm surges were still a threat.

At 8 p.m. Sunday, the NHC said Dalila was expected to turn toward the west, away from the Mexican coast, and continue westward another day or two. Maximum sustained winds had decreased to 35 mph and the storm was forecast to dissipate by late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

With reports from Milenio, Proceso, Vanguardia, Excelsior and The New York Times 

Cruise tourism is climbing in Yucatán and Baja California

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The number of tourists disembarking from cruise ships in the Yucatán port city of Progreso, less than an hour from Mérida, increased by 27.2% in the first three months of this year. (Martín Zetina/Cuartoscuro)

Cruise tourism to Mexico has experienced major growth this year at both ends of the country. 

From January through April 2025, Progreso’s Puerto de Altura in the Caribbean state of Yucatán received 74 cruise ships with 200,383 passengers — a 131% increase in ship arrivals and a 110.6% increase in cruise ship passengers compared to the same period in 2024. 

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Ensenada in Baja California has seen 38% more cruise ship passengers this year and recently welcomed, for the first time in its port’s history, Royal Caribbean’s gargantuan Ovation of the Seas. (@PortofLA/on X)

In April alone, the port of Progreso received 26,135 passengers, up 27.2% compared to the same month the previous year.

The state Ministry of Tourism Development (Sefotur) estimates that 158 cruise ships carrying 400,000 passengers will dock in Progreso by year’s end. That would mean an increase of 35% over last year.

To cope with increasing numbers of cruise ship arrivals, the Puerto de Altura in Progreso, a popular beach destination located less than one hour from Mérida, is undergoing an expansion. With an investment of 12 billion pesos (US $634 million), the infrastructure project seeks to renovate the port and increase its capacity from 80 hectares to 116.

Ensenada welcomes 20% more cruise ships

According to the National Ports System, Ensenada in Baja California received 112 cruise ship arrivals — up 20% over 2024 — and 387,846 cruise ship passengers between January and April, an increase of 38%.

In a presentation on June 11, state Tourism Minister Miguel Aguiñiga Rodrígez said the cruise industry generates an estimated US $74.86 million in Baja California. Official figures estimate that Ensenada will register around 351 arrivals and more than 1.1 million cruise passengers this year. 

Ensenada recently celebrated the arrival of the Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the port’s history. Measuring 348 meters in length, it accommodates approximately 4,800 passengers and 1,300 crew members.

“The arrival of the Ovation of the Seas represents a boost to Baja California’s connectivity, while also contributing to the growth of passenger traffic by sea,” the Tourism Ministry said. “This type of cruise reflects the shipping companies’ confidence in the region’s port infrastructure and tourism potential.”

With reports from Yucatán a la Mano and Reporte Índigo