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Bloody clash in Mexican hamlet kills 4 villagers and 10 gunmen, including drug cartel's leader
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A clash between gunmen from a notoriously violent drug cartel and residents of a small farming community in central Mexico left 14 people dead, including the cartel's leader, authorities said Saturday. Seven others were injured and still being treated for...
Mexico focuses on looking for people falsely listed as missing, ignores thousands of disappeared
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's government is pouring resources into detecting what it suggests are “fake” missing people — cases reported by political opponents to embarrass the government, or kidnapped people who return home but don't notify authorities. Yet officials make no...
Mexico halts deportations and migrant transfers citing lack of funds
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The head of Mexico’s immigration agency has ordered the suspension of migrant deportations and transfers due to a lack of funds amid a record-setting year for migration through the country’s territory. The suspensions were outlined in an agency memo dated...
The bodies of 5 university students are found in a car in a violence-wracked city in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The bodies of five university students were found stuffed in a vehicle on a dirt road in north-central Mexico, authorities said Monday. Diego Sinhue Rodríguez, the governor of the state of Guanajuato, pledged an “exhaustive” investigation into the killings. ...
Third-party candidate leaves Mexico's 2024 presidential race. Next leader now likely to be a woman
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A third-party candidate announced Saturday he is leaving Mexico’s 2024 presidential race, practically ensuring the country ’s next president will be a woman. Samuel García, the governor of the northern border state of Nuevo Leon, said Saturday he won’t...
Court orders Texas to move floating buoy barrier that drew backlash from Mexico
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas must move a floating barrier on the Rio Grande that drew backlash from Mexico, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, dealing a blow to one of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's aggressive measures aimed at stopping migrants from entering the U.S. illegally. ...
Mexico's minimum wage will rise by 20% next year, to about $14.25 per day
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday the country’s minimum wage will rise by 20% in 2024, to the equivalent of about $14.25 per day. About one-third of Mexico’s registered workers report earning the minimum wage, which will amount to about $1.75 per hour...
Protesters shove their way into congress of Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon, toss smoke bomb
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The legislature of Mexico's northern border state of Nuevo Leon said Thursday protesters broke through doors, took over the floor of the state congress and launched a smoke bomb. The chaotic scene took place late Wednesday after the state legislature named an...
Mexico's arrest of cartel security boss who attacked army families' complex was likely personal
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government thanked Mexico for arresting a hyper violent alleged Sinaloa cartel security chief, but according to details released Friday, the detention may have been highly personal for the Mexican army. Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said...
5 killed, including 2 police officers, in an ambush in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least two police officers and three civilians were shot dead in an ambush in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, authorities said Thursday. The ambush took place Wednesday afternoon near a bird sanctuary in the Mixteca region, the latest in an escalating...
