Category: Mexico

Mexican Police Say Drug Lord Killed 20 Townspeople

MEXICO CITY—Authorities said Thursday the massacre of 20 townspeople in southern Mexico appears to have been the work of a drug lord who used social media to try to blame a rival gang. The new revelations illustrate how Mexican drug cartels are increasingly using social media to apportion blame for attacks and mislead authorities and…


3 Migrants Dead, 7 Injured in Mexico Highway Accident

TAPACHULA, Chiapas—Three migrants died and seven were injured Wednesday when the vehicle they were riding in crashed on a highway in southern Mexico. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said the three dead migrants were from Guatemala and those injured were almost all from Guatemala and El Salvador. An SUV carrying the migrants rolled over near the…


Illegal Immigrant Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of US Federal Officer

An illegal immigrant has pleaded guilty to attempting to murder a border patrol agent after crossing the U.S. border, according to the Justice Department. Rey David Marquez-Jimenez, a 22-year-old Mexican, entered the United States from his home country on Jan. 26, together with two other individuals. As an agent tried to handcuff one of his…


2 Dead in Mexico After Storm Roslyn Dumps Heavy Rains, Flooding

MEXICO CITY—Two people died on Sunday from destruction caused by Tropical Storm Roslyn after it made landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast as a powerful hurricane before weakening farther inland, authorities said. A 74-year-old man was killed in the town of Mexcaltitan de Santiago Ixcuintla when a beam fell on his head, Nayarit state’s Ministry of…


Hurricane Roslyn Makes Landfall in Mexico, Avoids Resorts

MEXICO CITY—Hurricane Roslyn slammed into a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coast between the resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan Sunday morning, then declined to tropical storm force and quickly moved inland. By Sunday morning, Roslyn had winds of 70 mph (110 kph), down from its peak of 130 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane…


Major Hurricane Roslyn Heads for Hit on Mexico’s Coast

MEXICO CITY—Hurricane Roslyn grew to Category 3 force on Saturday as it headed for a collision with Mexico’s Pacific coast, likely north of the resort of Puerto Vallarta. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Roslyn’s maximum sustained winds had increased to 120 mph (195 kph) early Saturday, and it was expected to grow still further….


Fuel Truck Crash Sparks Huge Fire in Mexico, Hundreds Evacuated

MEXICO CITY—A huge blaze erupted in central Mexico on Thursday when a fuel tanker truck crashed into an overpass by a rail line, scorching homes, engulfing the area in thick smoke and leading to a mass evacuation, but there were no fatalities, authorities said. Video footage of the fire on social media showed a cargo…


Storm Roslyn Likely to Strengthen to Hurricane Near Mexican Tourism Spots

MEXICO CITY—Tropical storm Roslyn is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by late on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, as it moves up central Mexico towards tourist resorts on its Pacific coast. Hurricane conditions could hit the coast between San Blas, on Mexico’s Nayarit Riviera, down to Perula beach in Jalisco state,…


Mexico sues US gun industry in US courts a second time

The government of Mexico is suing five U.S. gun sellers in U.S. courts in Arizona, claiming the U.S. businesses are illegally engaging in arms trafficking for cartels in that crime-ravaged country. The new lawsuit comes after a federal judge in Massachusetts threw out a $10 billion lawsuit on Sept. 30 that Mexico brought against arms…


Borderline (1950)

Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other’s identity. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter:…