TOLUCA, Mexico—Masked gunmen set fire to a public market in the central Mexican city of Toluca on Monday, killing nine people, authorities said. Prosecutors said the attackers arrived, opened fire, and then doused part of the market with a flammable substance before setting it on fire and fleeing. They said three of the dead appeared…
Masked Men Burn Market in Mexican City Plagued by Gang Violence, Killing 9 People
ANALYSIS: CCP Poised to Expand Security Footprint in Latin America With New Port in Argentina
China’s rapidly expanding military and surveillance initiatives across Latin America have become more than just a thorn in the side of Washington. In Argentina’s southern tip, Tierra del Fuego, on June 5, Governor Gustavo Melella greenlit a”multi-purpose” Chinese-operated port facility through decree 3312/22, which entered the provincial legislature the same day. The country currently houses a Chinese…
Peru Declares National Health Emergency Over ‘Unusual Increase’ in Rare Neurological Syndrome
Peruvian authorities declared a 90-day emergency over an “unusual increase” in Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a disorder that is linked to certain vaccines, the Zika virus, COVID-19, and other viruses, according to reports. President Dina Booluarte issued a decree over the weekend that about $3.2 million will be used to improve patient care, increase control on detections, and other…
Condemned Building Used by Homeless People Falls in Brazil, Killing 14 People
RIO DE JANEIRO—An apartment building condemned for more than a decade but used by homeless people collapsed in Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco, killing 14 people, including six children, firefighters reported Saturday. The building in Recife’s Paulista suburb crumbled in the early hours of Friday, prompting a frantic search for victims. Searchers combed through the…
At Least 8 Dead After Apartment Building Crumbles in Brazil
SAO PAULO—An apartment building collapsed in northeastern Brazil on Friday, leaving at least eight people dead and five missing, according to officials, as rescue workers scoured the rubble in a frantic search for survivors. Two young children, including an 8-year-old and a 5-year-old, were listed among the victims. But four others were pulled out alive,…
A Gas Platform Explosion Off Mexico Injures 6 Workers and Leaves Several Missing, Officials Say
MEXICO CITY—An explosion at an offshore gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico left six workers injured and several others missing, Mexican officials said Friday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his daily morning press briefing that “three or four” people were missing following the fire at the Nohoch gas transfer platform. The state-owned…
A Bus Careens Into a Gulch in Southern Mexico, Killing 29 People
MEXICO CITY—A passenger bus lost control and veered off a road and into a 75-foot-deep (25 meter-deep) gully in southern Mexico early Wednesday, killing at least 29 passengers, officials said. The crash occurred in the largely indigenous Mixteca region of the southern state of Oaxaca. The state’s interior secretary, Jesús Romero, said 27 people had…
‘Three Amigas’ Meet in Cancun to Review Ongoing Trade Agreement Between Canada, Mexico, US
Three government representatives from North America’s trading partners are in Cancun, Mexico, for two days to discuss trade agreements. Canada’s International Trade Minister Mary Ng is meeting with Mexico’s Economy Secretary Raquel Buenrostro and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to review the last three years of the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement (CUSMA), a trade agreement between all…
Body Parts Strewn Around State Capital Outside Mexico City, Apparently Left by Violent Cartel
TOLUCA, Mexico—A violent drug cartel is suspected of leaving a severed human leg found hanging from a pedestrian bridge Wednesday in Toluca, just west of Mexico City. Before the day was out, parts of at least two bodies had turned up around the city. At the bridge, the trunk of the body was left on…
Gold Cup roundup: Guatemala wins Group D; Canada to face US
Guatemala stormed back from down a pair of one-goal deficits to defeat Guadeloupe 3–2 and take first place in Group D at the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Tuesday night in Harrison, N.J. Guatemala (2–0–1, 7 points) got two goals from Rubio Rubin, a Real Salt Lake forward, including a running strike from the center of…
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