Tag: Mexico
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Mexican fans blast horns outside hotel to disrupt England players’ sleep
Despite police blockades, dozens of Mexican fans gathered outside the England national team’s hotel until the early hours of yesterday (Macau time), hoping to disrupt players’ sleep ahead ... -
Co-host Mexico seeks to reach quarterfinals for first time in 40 years
Mexico is counting on a huge home-field advantage to help it reach the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in 40 years. England stands in the way. ... -
Iran’s soccer team arrives in Mexico for training ahead of the World Cup
Iran defender Ehsan Hajsafi criticized soccer’s governing body after the team arrived in Mexico yesterday (Macau time) with some members of their entourage still lacking U.S. ... -
The Mexican baby monkey finding comfort in a plush companion
Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a ... -
Cartel violence fuels doubts about World Cup games in Mexico
Hugo Alejandro Pérez was in his house a few miles from the Mexican stadium that is slated to host FIFA World Cup games when gunfire and ... -
Mexican president tells Trump that US intervention against cartels is ‘unnecessary’
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said she had “a very good conversation” with U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday [Macau time] and that their two governments will continue ... -
Chinese drug trafficking suspect handed to the US by Mexico pleads not guilty in NYC
A Chinese drug trafficking suspect who escaped custody in Mexico only to be recaptured in Cuba has been turned over to the U.S. to face charges ... -
Thousands protest crime and corruption in Mexico City as ‘Gen Z’ protests gain momentum
Several thousand people took to the streets of Mexico City on Saturday to protest crime, corruption and impunity in a demonstration organized by members of Generation ... -
FIFA opens 2nd phase of ticket sales with exclusive slots for US, Canada, Mexico
FIFA began the process of selling another 1 million tickets for next year’s World Cup yesterday, with the opening of a new ticket draw marking the ... -
Tariffs, migration and cartels will top Rubio’s trip
Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration — all hot-button issues for the Trump administration and its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere — will top Secretary ... -
First Mexico’s female president takes stock after a year in office
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated her government’s handling of its tumultuous relations with the Trump administration, progressive gains and controversial judicial reforms in her first state ... -
Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. to stand trial in Mexico over alleged cartel ties
A judge in Mexico said boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. will stand trial over alleged cartel ties and arms trafficking but could await that trial outside ... -
Mexican long-nosed bats are no strangers to southeastern Arizona
Scientists have long suspected that Mexican long-nosed bats migrate through southeastern Arizona, but without capturing and measuring the night-flying creatures, proof has been elusive. Researchers say ... -
A pastry brought to Mexico by British miners is still popular after 200 years
Isabel Arriaga Lozano carefully fills a small pastry with a savory mix of meat, potatoes and chili pepper. She is crafting a “paste” (pronounced PAH-stay), a ... -
US arrests at Mexico border are expected to drop 30% in July to a new low for Biden’s presidency
Arrests of migrants for illegally crossing the border to the United States from Mexico plummeted about 30% in July to a new low for Joe Biden’s ... -
Hundreds in Mexico City stretch out for a ‘mass nap’ to commemorate World Sleep Day
Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City last week were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight. Lolling with bright blue yoga mats, ... -
Organized crime attacks on local candidates raise fears may face its bloodiest elections ever
As Mexico prepares for the largest elections in its history, organized crime is once again preying on local candidates across swaths of the country where cartels ... -
Trade: Mexico overtakes China as the leading source of goods imported by US
For the first time in more than two decades, Mexico last year surpassed China as the leading source of goods imported by the United States. The ... -
Mexican startup is illegally selling health drink from an endangered fish
Environmental watchdogs accused a Mexico-based startup Thursday of violating international trade law by selling a health supplement made from endangered totoaba fish to several countries including ... -
Native ethnic groups promote their heritage during Oaxaca’s biggest cultural festival
Leticia Santiago carries her ancestral heritage wherever she goes. Every time she addresses the crowds during the Guelaguetza, the biggest cultural event in southwestern Mexico, her ... -
Mexico develops own Covid-19 vaccine, two years late
Mexican officials celebrated yesterday [Macau time] the announcement that the country finally developed its own COVID-19 vaccine, more than two years after inoculations from the U.S., ... -
Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches
Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago in what was the isolated frontier of the Spanish empire, tiny mountain communities like ... -
Survivors of deadly abduction returned to US
A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two dead and ... -
Activist appears targeted at Mexican president’s press brief
A human rights activist in Mexico’s dangerous northern border city of Nuevo Laredo yesterday [Macau time] said that he suspects the Mexican army — and the ... -
Handicraft vendors block roads to Mexico’s Chichen Itza ruin
Hundreds of handicraft vendors in southern Mexico blocked access roads to the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza for the third day this week. The vendors are ... -
President to bypass congress to keep army in streets
Mexico’s president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of the National Guard to the army, a move that could extend the ... -
Pope blasts violence in Mexico as he mourns two slain Jesuits
Pope Francis on yesterday blasted the violence that plagues Mexico as he mourned the slayings of two of his “brother” Jesuits who were gunned down in ... -
Mexico | Investigation shows that all 43 students dead
Investigators are now certain that 43 college students missing since September were killed and incinerated after they were seized by police in southern Guerrero state, ... -
Organized crime | Mexico offers USD110,000 reward for info on missing students
The Mexican government announced rewards yesterday of 1.5 million pesos (USD111,000) for information on 43 students from a rural teachers’ college who have been missing since ... -
MEXICO | Governor: Some bodies aren’t of students
The governor of the southern Mexico state where 43 college students disappeared after a confrontation with police said Saturday that some of the bodies recovered from clandestine graves ... -
Mexico pollution, water disputes turn political
Water pollution disasters in Mexico have turned into political battles as officials struggled last week to blame each other for the problems. A town in western ...
