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Hundreds of people in Mexico City stretch out for a 'mass nap' to commemorate World Sleep Day

Mar. 16, 2024 02:45 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City on Friday were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight. Lolling with bright blue yoga mats, sleeping masks and travel pillows, hundreds of Mexicans laid sprawled out on the ground at the base of...

Another mayoral hopeful is killed in southern Mexico, one of a half-dozen murdered this year

Mar. 13, 2024 17:12 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in southern Mexico said Wednesday that a mayoral candidate was killed in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, one of a half-dozen local politicians murdered so far this year ahead of the June 2 national elections. Tomás Morales was hoping to become...

Mexico's presidential candidates sign commitment for peace with church leaders concerned by violence

Mar. 13, 2024 01:58 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s presidential candidates on Monday signed a commitment for peace with Catholic Church leaders that proposes strategies to reduce the violence in the country. During the meeting led by the Episcopal Conference of Mexico, presidential front-runner and...

Republican New Mexico Senate and House leaders won't seek reelection

Mar. 12, 2024 22:59 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The top-ranked Republicans in the New Mexico House and Senate won't seek reelection this year as their party seeks a stronger footing in the Democrat-led Legislature. Senate Republicans are reckoning with the first election since a redistricting plan from...

A student from Mexican teachers' college where 43 disappeared dies in a confrontation with police

Mar. 08, 2024 20:34 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A student from a rural Mexican teachers’ college where 43 youths disappeared in 2014 has died in a confrontation with police, officials said Friday. Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero said the confrontation occurred late Thursday on a roadway near...

Mexico's most dangerous city for police refuses to give up or negotiate with cartels

Mar. 07, 2024 08:29 AM EST

CELAYA, Mexico (AP) — A dead man lay on his back in the parking lot of a convenience store in late February when journalists rolled in to the north-central Mexico city of Celaya to interview police. A spray of bullet casings and spent projectiles lay around the corpse, a sight all too common in...

Texas approves land-swapping deal with SpaceX as company hopes to expand rocket-launch operations

Mar. 06, 2024 19:24 PM EST

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — SpaceX would acquire public land in Texas to expand its rocket-launch facilities under a tentative deal that is moving forward after months of opposition from nearby residents and officials near the U.S.-Mexico border. The tentative land-swapping deal moved...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Texas' state and presidential primaries

Mar. 04, 2024 17:19 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than a week after staging rival events on the banks of the Rio Grande River along the U.S.-Mexico border, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face voters on the Texas primary ballot in a state that has openly clashed with the Biden administration over...

Mexican president acknowledges that 7 National Guard recruits drowned in an army training accident

Mar. 04, 2024 16:02 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president acknowledged for the first time Monday that seven National Guard recruits drowned in an army training accident in February — the worst military training accident in recent memory in Mexico. The drownings on Feb. 20 raised questions about...

5 key issues at stake in the upcoming 2024 Mexican elections

Mar. 04, 2024 00:21 AM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is almost certainly about to get its first woman president. Ruling-party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum leads in polls on the race leading to the June 2 vote. The second-place candidate is also a woman. A man running for a small third party essentially has...