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A board game born in Mexican prisons is bringing together people from all walks of life
MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a Sunday afternoon in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood, Rosa María Espinosa joins nearly 80 men under a park pavilion to play poleana, a board game requiring mental dexterity that was born in the city's prisons nearly a century ago. Espinosa blows smoke...
US wins ruling in a trade dispute with Mexico over its bid to ban genetically modified corn
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States won a ruling on Friday in a trade dispute with Mexico, which had sought to ban imports of genetically modified corn for human consumption. U.S. growers, who had worried about the potential loss of the single biggest export market for U.S. corn,...
2 more Mexican soldiers killed by an improvised landmine, after 2 died earlier this week
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two more members of Mexico’s armed forces have been killed by an improvised landmine, just days after two soldiers died in a similar blast, officials confirmed Thursday. The blasts, both in the western state of Michoacan, mark an unprecedented one-week death...
Mexico praises its own migrants with a hymn, while abuses continue against those from other nations
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president on Wednesday unveiled a bilingual “hymn” to Mexican migrants living in the United States, even as migrants from other countries continue to suffer abuses, delays and hostility in Mexico. President Claudia Sheinbaum used her morning news...
US shows off $1 billion Mexico City embassy after years of delays
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday dedicated its more than $1 billion new embassy in Mexico, some two years after it was scheduled to be completed. Outgoing U.S. Amb. Ken Salazar said that the largest embassy the U.S. has in the world “highlights the singular...
Blast kills 2 Mexican soldiers and wounds 5 others in suspected booby trap by drug cartel
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others, Mexico's defense secretary said Tuesday. Gen. Ricardo Trevilla acknowledged that the army had already suffered six deaths from such improvised...
Mexico arrests more than 100 local police officers for various abuses and offenses
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in two states in southern Mexico arrested more than 100 local police officers Monday for various abuses and offenses, adding to the long list of police corruption scandals in the country. In the largest of the two incidents, 92 municipal police...
Mexico's regulators impose 10-year special restrictions on Walmart's subsidiary
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's anti-monopoly regulators on Monday imposed special conditions for a period of 10 years on Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary for allegedly pressuring suppliers. The decision follows a related $4.6 million fine handed down by the regulators, known as the...
Gunmen kill the mayor of a small Mexican town and 3 others in a highway attack
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen have killed the mayor of a small Mexican town along with three other people in a highway attack on their vehicle, authorities said Monday. The federal public safety department said the killings occurred late Sunday in the northern state of San Luis Potosi....
An American couple was shot to death in the western Mexico state of Michoacan
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American couple were shot to death while visiting the western Mexico state of Michoacan. Officials confirmed their nationalities on Saturday. State prosecutors said the couple died when their pickup truck was sprayed with bullets. Investigations were underway,...
