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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...
Mexican officials admit secrecy-shrouded border train project had no environmental impact study
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The governor of Mexico’s northern state of Sonora acknowledged Tuesday that a secrecy-shrouded train project was an army undertaking that has not yet submitted any environmental impact statement, months after construction had already started. The rail link...
Biden and López Obrador have talked fentanyl and US-Mexico migration. They pledged solidarity
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged Friday to work side-by-side to confront illicit fentanyl trafficking into the U.S. and to manage the growing number of migrants traveling north to the border between their nation. ...
Texas wants the power to arrest and order migrants to leave the US. Can it do that?
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For two years, Texas has pushed boundaries on the U.S.-Mexico border: Busing migrants across America, jailing thousands for trespass and stringing razor wire along the Rio Grande. In a new challenge to the federal government's authority over immigration, Texas...
Mexican officials send conflicting messages over death of LGBTQ+ magistrate
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities sent conflicting messages Tuesday about the violent deaths of a leading LGBTQ+ figure and partner after thousands marched in the capital demanding justice. Jesús Ociel Baena, the first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial post in...
