Latest Mexico government News

Indigenous Mayans want their sacred cenotes to have personhood status

Dec. 09, 2024 08:08 AM EST

HOMUN, Mexico (AP) — A huge poplar tree stands proud in Maribel Ek's courtyard, adorned with a sign that reads: “Florece desde adentro” ("It blooms from within"). Deep underground, the tree's long roots search for the water that makes this land special: a sinkhole lake, known...

Trump isn't back in office but he's already pushing his agenda and negotiating with world leaders

Dec. 07, 2024 18:54 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — He's making threats, traveling abroad and negotiating with world leaders. Donald Trump has more than a month and a half to go before he's sworn in for a second term. But the Republican president-elect is already moving aggressively not just to fill his Cabinet and...

Chipotle is raising US prices after promising bigger portions

Dec. 06, 2024 13:17 PM EST

Chipotle is raising its U.S. prices to offset inflation and to compensate for a promise to increase portion sizes. Chipotle’s chief corporate affairs officer, Laurie Schalow, confirmed Friday that the Mexican restaurant chain was implementing a 2% price increase nationally. Schalow...

Trump talks up his transition and election victory as he receives Fox Nation award

Dec. 06, 2024 12:02 PM EST

GREENVALE, N.Y. (AP) — Not yet even in office, Donald Trump said Thursday he's already accomplished more than President Joe Biden did in his entire term, an outsized claim by the president-elect just a month out from the election. Trump, who has been largely ensconced at his...

Mexico president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries

Dec. 05, 2024 14:19 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Thursday she will ask President-elect Donald Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries, rather than dumping them at the Mexican border. President Claudia Sheinbaum said she hopes to reach an agreement with...

Mexican troops seize a record fentanyl haul in northern Sinaloa state

Dec. 04, 2024 17:10 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican soldiers and marines have seized over a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids in the north, with officials calling it the biggest catch of the synthetic opioid in the country’s history. The raids came after a sharp drop in fentanyl seizures in Mexico...

Mexico's Senate votes to charge cruise ship passengers $42 per head for port calls

Dec. 04, 2024 14:24 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate has voted to charge cruise ship passengers $42 per head for port calls, drawing sharp criticism from the tourism industry. Mexican business chambers say the immigration charge — from which cruise passengers used to be exempt — may hurt the...

Editorial Roundup: United States

Dec. 03, 2024 20:56 PM EST

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 2 The Washington Post on Joe Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden President-elect Donald Trump is selecting radical MAGA loyalists for top national security positions,...

Jill Biden's final foreign trip as first lady will close with her and Trump at Notre Dame cathedral

Dec. 03, 2024 17:46 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden departed Tuesday on her final solo foreign trip as first lady, a six-day, four-country jaunt through Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar that wraps with her and President-elect Donald Trump joining other dignitaries in Paris to celebrate the reopening of Notre...

A small migrant caravan sets out from southern Mexico but it's unlikely to reach the US border

Dec. 02, 2024 15:05 PM EST

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A small migrant caravan has set out from southern Mexico, heading north, but is unlikely to reach the U.S. border after authorities broke up two other small caravans headed to the United States over the weekend. About 1,500 migrants — mostly from...