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April 19, 2023

Americas

Mexico condemns US ‘interference’ in drug war

The DEA’s infiltration of the Sinaloa Cartel without state permission amounts to espionage, the Mexican president says

By Editors Desk

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, April 14, 2023. © Global Look Press / Keystone Press Agency/Carlos Santiago

April 08, 2023

Americas

Trump backs ‘military options’ against Mexican cartels – media

The former president has vowed to deploy US special forces to “inflict maximum damage” on drug cartels if he is reelected

By Editors Desk

Former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, April 4, 2023. © AP / Evan Vucci

March 10, 2023

Society

Investigation into deadly kidnapping of Americans in Mexico continues after cartel issues apology letter and hands over members

CNN cannot confirm the authenticity of the photos and has asked Mexican and US authorities for comment.

By Editors Desk

March 10, 2023

Americas

Shock revelation after Americans kidnapped

Law enforcement officials have made a big claim about the brutal kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico last week.

By Editors Desk

March 09, 2023

Americas

Mexican president rejects ‘irresponsible’ calls for US military action against cartels

López Obrador says proposals from US lawmakers in wake of killings of two Americans ‘an offense to the people of Mexico’

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President Amlo said on Thursday: ‘We are not going to permit any foreign government to intervene in our territory.’ Photograph: Mario Guzmán/EPA

March 08, 2023

Americas

Mexico kidnapping: Why a million Americans a year risk Mexico medical tourism

Americans often travel to Mexico for low-cost medical services. But bargain shopping for healthcare can be risky.

By Editors Desk

REUTERS / State police officers stand guard near a crime scene in Matamoros, Mexico

March 07, 2023

Americas

Tummy tuck tourists killed after kidnapping

By Editors Desk

Four kidnapped US citizens were forced into the back of a pick-up truck after being shot at in Mexico in a possible case of mistaken identity.

March 07, 2023

Americas

Official: 4 Americans kidnapped in Mexico found; 2 are dead

Federal and local Mexican authorities are participating in the effort to locate the missing Americans, Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica said Monday.

By Editors Desk

March 07, 2023

Americas

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.

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REUTERS / Mexican authorities search for evidence in Matamoros

March 05, 2023

Americas

4 US citizens missing after being assaulted and kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico, FBI

The US citizens were driving a white minivan with North Carolina license plates, according to the FBI.

By Editors Desk

January 09, 2023

Americas

Biden visits border for first time as critics condemn his migrant crackdown

President makes brief stop in El Paso, ground zero for the consequences of US system that he acknowledges is deeply broken

By Editors Desk

Joe Biden looks to the Mexican border during visit to the border to assess border enforcement operations in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

January 08, 2023

Americas

Mexico resists EU pressure to approve trade deal after legal changes

Adviser to president raises concerns over amendments, saying deal should not be split for separate approvals

By Editors Desk

Hector Vasconcelos denies Mexico is holding up the trade agreement © Ginnette Riquelme/Reuters

January 08, 2023

Society

Joe Biden heads to frontline of US border crisis with trip to El Paso

President has faced persistent criticism that he has failed to address a surge of migrants from the south

By Editors Desk

A family of migrants preparing to sleep on the street near the US border with Mexico in El Paso, Texas, last month © JUSTIN HAMEL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

January 05, 2023

Americas

Mexico captures Ovidio Guzmán, son of El Chapo and major fentanyl trafficker

The U.S. government has sought the extradition of Ovidio Guzmán, one of several sons of El Chapo who have allegedly assumed prominent roles in the Sinaloa cartel since their father was extradited to the United States in 2017.

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Ovidio Guzmán at the moment of his detention in Culiacan, Mexico, on Oct. 17, 2019, from video provided by the Mexican government. (CEPROPIE via AP)

December 09, 2022

Americas

Peru's ousted President Pedro Castillo seeks exile in Mexico

Mexico has started consultations with Peruvian authorities regarding former President Pedro Castillo's request to seek asylum in the country, Mexico's foreign minister said on Twitter on Thursday.

By Editors Desk

File photo: Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo in Lima, Peru on 11 October, 2022. © Martín Mejía, AP

October 06, 2022

Americas

Mexico mayor assassinated in town hall massacre

Gunmen have shot dead the mayor of a small town in western Mexico, and at least 17 others, officials say.

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Mayor Conrado Mendoza Almeda's party condemned his "cowardly" assassination

August 03, 2022

Americas

Mexico investigating former president Peña Nieto for suspected money laundering

Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday that it was investigating former president Enrique Peña Nieto for suspected crimes including illicit enrichment and money laundering.

By Editors Desk

The then president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 29, 2018. © Martin Bernetti / AFP

July 17, 2022

Americas

Extradition process begins for Mexico drug lord wanted in US

During this period, Caro Quintero’s lawyers will probably file appeals to try to delay the extradition process.

By Editors Desk

(Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy via AP)

July 16, 2022

Americas

Mexico Captures Drug Lord Rafael Caro Quintero, Convicted in Killing of DEA Agent

U.S. to seek his extradition; cartel boss evaded authorities for nearly a decade after a Mexican appeals court freed him

By Editors Desk

Mexican federal police on patrol in 2013, outside the prison where Rafael Caro Quintero learned of his release. PHOTO: HECTOR GUERRERO/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

MEXICO

Law enforcement officials have made a big claim about the brutal kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico last week.