Category: Mexico

The Fast and the Furious (1955)

A trucker framed for murder breaks out of jail, takes a young woman hostage, and enters her sports car in a cross-border road race hoping to get to Mexico before the police catch him. 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”…


Can Any of These Countries Replace China as the Factory of the World?

Commentary China is losing its influence; it’s in decline. At the same time, however, China, ruled by a despotic regime, is responsible for 28.7 percent of global manufacturing output (more than 10 percentage points ahead of its No. 1 rival, the United States). This utter dependence on China for manufacturing must be stopped. As I…


12 Shot Dead in Mexico Bar Attack in Gang-Plagued State

MEXICO CITY—Unidentified gunmen opened fire in a bar in the central Mexican city of Irapuato on Saturday evening, shooting dead six women and six men, local authorities said. Three people were injured in the attack in the south of Irapuato, the city government said in a statement, adding that security officials were trying to track…


Some Flooding, One Death as Karl Dissipates in South Mexico

MEXICO CITY—The remnants of Tropical Storm Karl dissipated Saturday along Mexico’s southern Gulf coast as heavy rains caused some rivers and streams to flood and at least one person dead. Karl had weakened into a tropical depression late Friday while moving toward the coast of Tabasco state, and its remnants broke up during the day…


Tropical Storm Karl Wanders Off Mexico’s Southern Gulf Coast

MEXICO CITY—Tropical Storm Karl drifted near an easily flooded stretch of Mexico’s southern Gulf coast Friday, but might weaken before hitting land, forecasters said. The storm could be a tropical depression before reaching the coast of Tabasco state, probably sometime on Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Landfall previously had been forecast for Friday…


DHS Opens New Pathway for Venezuelan Immigrants Under Joint Plan With Mexico

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is introducing a joint border enforcement plan with Mexico to limit border crossing, allowing up to 24,000 Venezuelans to directly land by air at an interior U.S. port of entry. On Wednesday, the two governments announced joint actions to curb rising numbers of undocumented Venezuelans crossing their shared border….


Tropical Storm Karl Strengthens in Gulf Off Mexico’s Coast

MEXICO CITY—Tropical Storm Karl is expected to make a southward turn off Mexico’s southern Gulf coast on Wednesday and approach land by the weekend without gaining hurricane strength. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Karl had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (70 kph) Wednesday. It was centered about 200 miles (320 kilometers) north-northeast of…


US NHC Sees 60 Percent Chance of Storm in Gulf of Mexico

A low pressure system over the Bay of Campeche in the southern Gulf of Mexico now has a 60 percent chance of becoming a storm in 48 hours, and could strengthen into a tropical depression in a day or two, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The system was expected to move slowly north-westward over…


Drug Gang Kills 20 in Attack on City Hall in Southern Mexico

SAN MIGUEL TOTOLAPAN, Mexico—A drug gang shot to death 20 people, including a mayor and his father, in the mountains of the southern Mexico state of Guerrero, officials said Thursday. Residents began burying the victims even as a video posted on social media showed men who identified themselves as the Tequileros gang claiming responsibility for…


Mayor and Father Among 18 Dead in Mexico Town Hall Shooting Attack

Gunmen shot and killed a mayor, his father, and 16 other people in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero on Wednesday, authorities said. San Miguel Totolapan town Mayor Conrado Mendoza Almeda and his father, a former mayor of the town, were identified among the victims killed in the shooting, State Attorney General Sandra Luz Valdovinos told Milenio…