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US 'concerned' by Mexican seizure of Alabama company's port
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department said Tuesday it was “concerned about the fair treatment of our companies in Mexico” after Mexican police seized a cargo terminal owned by an Alabama-based company. Mexico’s seizure of the Caribbean cargo port stretched into its...
Number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico drops 22%
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central Mexico dropped 22% from the previous year, and the number of trees lost from their favored wintering grounds tripled. Frost and “extreme temperatures” in the United States may have played...
Fireworks explosion leaves 7 dead, 15 injured in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A powerful blast at an illegal fireworks workshop near Mexico City left seven people dead and 15 injured. The explosion occurred late Monday at a house used to make fireworks in the state of Morelos, just south of the capital. Photos distributed...
US company says Mexican police illegally seized property
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. company said Monday that Mexican police and soldiers have illegally entered and seized a cargo port it operates on land it owns on Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Alabama-based Vulcan Materials said police forced their way into the Caribbean coast dock at...
Mexico president holds massive rally ahead of 2024 elections
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador held a massive rally in Mexico City’s main plaza attended by tens of thousands of people Saturday. Though it was called to commemorate Mexico's 1938 expropriation of the oil industry, many of those attending the...
US warns about fake, dangerous pills being sold in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning about dangerous counterfeit pills being sold at pharmacies in Mexico that often contain fentanyl. The travel alert posted Friday says Americans should “exercise caution when purchasing medication in...
Lack of hugs caused US fentanyl crisis, Mexico's leader says
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday that U.S. families were to blame for the fentanyl overdose crisis because they don’t hug their kids enough. The comment by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador caps a week of provocative statements from him about the crisis...
6 women who went missing in Mexico were killed, burned
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico confirmed Friday that six women who went missing on March 7 were killed and their bodies burned by a gang of armed men. It was one of the largest collective killings of a group of women in recent years in Mexico. The women...
3 police dead in Mexico City shootout with cartel gunmen
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three police officers and one suspect were killed and seven suspected drug cartel members were arrested Friday following a dramatic running gun battle on the eastern edge of Mexico City. It was a glimpse into drug cartel violence that the nation’s capital...
14-year-old boy arrested in Mexico for murder of 8
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have arrested a 14-year-old boy nicknamed “El Chapito” for the drug-related killing of eight people near Mexico City, the federal Public Safety Department said Thursday. The boy allegedly rode up on a motorcycle and opened fire on a family...
