Category: Mexico

China, Russia Grow Their Spy Networks in Mexico to Potentially Target the US

As U.S.-China relations remain tense and the war in Ukraine drags on, officials warn that both the China and Russia are rapidly increasing the number of their intelligence agents in Mexico, with the possible goal of causing disruptions in the United States. “In recent months, a Chinese spy balloon crossed the U.S., a CCP [Chinese…


Mexican Authorities Find 206 Migrants Drugged in Abandoned Trailer

Mexican authorities have thwarted the illegal transportation of over 500 migrants attempting to reach the United States, with one shocking incident involving 206 individuals found forcibly drugged inside an abandoned trailer. On July 15, authorities discovered the 206 migrants abandoned inside the tractor-trailer in Puente Nacional, Veracruz, according to an official from the National Migration…


Mexico Overtakes China as New Manufacturing Base for US

U.S. relations with China have fractured over the years, making doing business overseas more expensive, and because of that experts believe that Mexico could overtake China in becoming the top manufacturer for American companies. “American and International companies (including Mexican companies) are setting up and have been setting up now for the past five to…


2 Dead in an Accident at a Coal Mine in Mexico That Was Operating Illegally

MEXICO CITY—Two miners were killed when a cable snapped on the bucket used to lower them into a small, primitive coal mine that was operating illegally in northern Mexico. The failure of the cable sent the bucket plunging down the mine shaft, killing the miners, the Labor Department said late Tuesday. The department said the…


Designating Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorist Groups Might Be Counterproductive: Max Abrahms

Designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations in a bid to solve the narcotics trafficking crisis at the southern border might be counterproductive, according to Max Abrahms, a foreign policy expert specialized in counterterrorism. “The truth is, counterterrorism is often ineffective and can even be counterproductive,” Mr. Abrahms, who teaches political science at Northeastern University…


Australian Man and His Dog Rescued by Mexican Tuna Boat After Drifting 3 Months in the Pacific Ocean

MANZANILLO, Mexico—An Australian sailor who had been adrift at sea with his dog for three months has been rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters, the fishing vessel’s owner said Monday. Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock, 54, was aboard his incapacitated catamaran Aloha Toa in the Pacific about 1200 miles (1900 kilometers) from land when…


Hundreds of Migrants in Southern Mexico Form Group to Head Toward US

SUCHIATE, Mexico—Nearly a thousand migrants that recently crossed from Guatemala into Mexico formed a group Saturday to head north together in hopes of reaching the border with the United States. The group, made up of largely Venezuelan migrants, walked along a highway in southern Mexico, led by a Venezuela flag with the phrase “Peace, Freedom….


Mexico Replaces China as America’s Top Trade Partner, While China’s Foreign Trade Continues to Decline

Mexico has become the largest trading partner of the United States, surpassing China and Canada, according to the latest statistics released on July 12. The trade volume between the United States and Mexico reached $263 billion in the first four months of this year, said Luis Torres, a senior business economist at the Federal Reserve…


A Deadly Bomb Ambush of Police in Mexico Has Endangered Mothers Who Search for the Missing

MEXICO CITY—A drug cartel bomb attack that allegedly used a fake report of a mass grave to lure police into a deadly trap has had devastating collateral damage: It has led some authorities to abandon the volunteers who search for Mexico’s 110,000 missing people. Most of the searchers are distraught mothers looking for the bodies…


Roadway Bombs Planted by Drug Cartel in Mexico Kill 4 Police Officers, 2 Civilians

MEXICO CITY—A drug cartel set off a coordinated series of seven roadway bombs in western Mexico that killed four police officers and two civilians, officials said Wednesday. The governor of Jalisco state said the explosions were “a trap” set by the cartel to kill law enforcement personnel. Luis Méndez, the chief prosecutor of Jalisco state,…