All news on the topic: Mexico

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Mexico employs national security powers to extradite high-profile criminals to the U.S.
When Mexico sent 26 high-profile suspected cartel members on a plane to the U.S. this month to face charges including drug trafficking and money laundering, they did not use normal extradition proceedings. Instead, the suspects were expelled under a national security law.
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64,000 jobs lost: how the U.S. trade war is crippling Mexico’s maquiladoras
For 11 years, Fabiola Galicia worked her way up the ranks at a factory that produced decorative ribbons in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. Starting as a production line worker, she was eventually promoted to manager overseeing 30 employees.
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Over 130,000 missing: Mexicans march nationwide for justice
Thousands of people have held protests across Mexico to highlight the country’s many enforced disappearances and demand more action by officials to tackle them.
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TikTok star Esmeralda FG found murdered with husband and children in Mexico
A TikTok star has been found murdered along with her family inside a pickup truck in Mexico.
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Ex-sinaloa cartel boss “El Mayo” Zambada pleads guilty to U.S. drug trafficking, faces life in prison
Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, saying he was sorry for helping to flood the U.S. with cocaine and other illicit substances.
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Mexico extradites 26 suspected CJNG and Sinaloa cartel members to US
Mexico extradited 26 alleged members of the CJNG and Sinaloa cartels to the United States, with President Claudia Sheinbaum insisting the move was a sovereign decision amid growing pressure from Washington to crack down on drug trafficking.
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Mass grave with 32 bodies uncovered in Mexico during search for missing persons
Mexican police have uncovered a concealed mass grave containing 32 bodies on a deserted property in Guanajuato state, central Mexico.
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SSU investigates Latin American drug cartels infiltrating Ukrainian Armed Forces for drone training
The SSU, Ukraine’s domestic intelligence service, is investigating whether Spanish-speaking volunteers linked to Latin American drug cartels have infiltrated the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the hopes of receiving FPV drone training.
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Phantom "Grupo Omni", fake offices, and $1.9 million in debts: who really stands behind the digital bank Bankaool
A fugitive wanted by Costa Rican authorities in connection with a massive fraud investigation known as the Madre Patria case was caught on wiretap boasting about buying into a bank in Mexico.
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Trump announces 30% tariffs on imports from EU and Mexico: Trade war begins August 1
Donald Trump announced on Saturday that goods imported from both the European Union and Mexico will face a 30% US tariff rate starting August 1, in letters posted on his social media platform, Truth Social.
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Financial network of death: three Mexican banks deemed a threat for laundering money for CJNG, Sinaloa, and Gulf cartels
The U.S. Treasury issued its first actions under the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, designating three Mexico-based financial institutions as primary money laundering concerns tied to drug cartels and synthetic opioid trafficking.
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Leader of Mexican drug cartel with a $1 million bounty on his head killed in gunfight
Jorge Humberto Figueroa, who went by the nickname "El Perris", was shot and killed Friday in a raid carried out to arrest him
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Mexican blogger shot dead while livestreaming on TikTok
Mexican beauty influencer Valeria Márquez shot dead during livestream — case investigated as femicide
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Mexico sues Google over renaming of Gulf of Mexico
Mexico has filed a lawsuit against Google for disregarding multiple requests not to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for users in the US on its maps service, Claudia Sheinbaum stated.
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U.S. establishes new military zone along the border with Mexico
The number of apprehensions for attempted illegal border crossings into the U.S. in March dropped to the lowest level ever recorded.
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Unilever to invest $1.5 billion in Mexico amid Trump’s trade war
British consumer goods giant Unilever said Friday that it would invest $1.5 billion in Mexico, which is wooing foreign companies in the face of US President Donald Trump’s trade war.
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Rains after drought destroyed pyramid in Mexico
Extreme weather events and rising seas are putting precious heritage sites around the world in harm’s way.
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Second aviation incident in 24 hours: private jet crashes in Mexico
A private jet travelling from New York to Mexico has crashed – in what is the second aviation incident in 24 hours after a helicopter plummeted in the Hudson River, killing six people on board.
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In Mexico, a cartel tortured and burned victims on a ranch
The local police had already raided this ranch in September last year, but at that time, they either failed to find or did not report any evidence of mass violence.
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"American Pie" star detained in the U.S. and sent to an immigration jail
A Canadian actress who appeared in one of the American Pie movies says she was locked up and put in chains by ICE while trying to enter the US from Mexico after her visa was revoked.
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Trump vows to impose 25% tariffs on the EU and claims the bloc was ’formed to undermine the US’
President states at the first cabinet meeting that levies would be applied ‘generally’ and that more details would be provided soon.
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Fyre Festival 2 confirmed as the fraudulent founder causes outrage with $1,000,000 tickets
Billy McFarland, the founder of the infamous 2017 Fyre Festival, has shocked the world by confirming a sequel event, Fyre Festival II.
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The most wanted European drug kingpin was killed in Mexico after faking his own death to evade arrest
One of Europe’s most wanted drug kingpins has been gunned down in Mexico after years of evading arrest.
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UK ’at risk of £24bn tariffs’ as Donald Trump fuels trade war with sweeping executive order
The United Kingdom is facing £24 billion in tariffs after President Donald Trump signed a comprehensive reciprocal tariffs deal targeting the trading partners of the United States in his latest executive order.
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British man who works for FIFA arrested on suspicion of having sex with underage boy in US
FIFA says it is aware of "ongoing legal proceedings in Miami" and added that the "alleged offences are serious and of a personal matter" with no link to his work at FIFA.