Mexican authorities have arrested a second migrant for his alleged involvement in a March fire set inside a border detention center that left 40 migrants dead and dozens injured, two federal officials said Friday. One of the officials, who both…
Judge drops sentence for Mexican woman convicted of killing rapist
An indigenous woman in Mexico who was sentenced to six years and two months for killing her rapist may not go back to prison, as a judge suspended her sentence. The judge suspended criminal proceedings at the request of the…
Mexico police rescue 34 migrants kidnapped from bus
Authorities on Thursday, said Mexican police rescued 34 migrants in a farm, who were kidnapped from a bus in the northeastern state of Nuevo Leon bordering the U.S. The migrants were kidnapped in Los Medina, a village near the city of…
2 dead, 2 alive after Americans kidnapped in Mexico
Two of the four Americans kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico last week are dead and two are alive and now safe in the US, Mexican officials said. Four US citizens were kidnapped by armed men on 3 March while driving…
Kidnapped Americans were in Mexico for tummy tuck
Four Americans kidnapped by heavily armed men in Matamoros, Mexico, had travelled there for cosmetic surgery, relatives told US media. One of them was to have a tummy tuck – removing abdominal fat – in a border town, said the…
FBI: 4 Americans shot at, kidnapped in northeast Mexico
Four American citizens were shot at and kidnapped by armed men after driving across the U.S. border into northeastern Mexico, the FBI said Sunday. The Americans crossed into Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state, on Friday, driving a white minivan with North…
FIFA officially confirms Canadian men’s automatic 2026 World Cup qualification
The Canadian men’s national soccer team has officially qualified for the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup. Soccer’s international governing body confirmed that Canada — along with the U.S. and Mexico — have secured automatic berths as co-hosts of the 2026…
1st phase of Mexican solar project to be operating in April
Mexico was pushed to accelerate its turn toward renewable energy after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year drove a sharp increase in global energy costs, Mexico Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said late Thursday. Ebrard made the comments after taking…
Mexico tightens ban on smoking in public places
Mexico has brought into force one of the world’s strictest anti-tobacco laws by enacting a total ban on smoking in public places. The step, which was first approved in 2021, also includes a ban on tobacco advertising. Several other Latin…
Mexico’s Supreme Court elects 1st female chief justice
Mexico’s Supreme Court elected the first female chief justice in its history Monday. Justice Norma Lucia Pina was sworn in for her four-year term at the head of the 11-member panel, pledging to maintain the independence of the country’s highest…