Category: Mexico

Mexico’s President Responds to Trump Arrest: ‘I Don’t Agree’

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday criticized the historic charges against former President Donald Trump, suggesting the indictment is politically motivated. “Supposedly legal issues should not be used for electoral purposes,” López Obrador told reporters at a briefing on Wednesday, according to the AFP and Associated Press news agencies. “I don’t agree with what…


Mexico’s President Responds to Charges Against Trump: ‘I Don’t Agree’

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday criticized the historic charges against former President Donald Trump, suggesting the indictment is politically motivated. “Supposedly legal issues should not be used for electoral purposes,” López Obrador told reporters at a briefing on Wednesday, according to the AFP and Associated Press news agencies. “I don’t agree with what…


2 Dead in Hot Air Balloon Accident Outside of Mexico City

MEXICO CITY—Two people died and a girl was injured after the hot air balloon they were riding in caught fire near Mexico City, authorities said Saturday. Officials in the state of Mexico, which borders the capital, said the girl suffered burns and a broken arm. According to a video of the incident posted on social…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (March 28): Biden Admin. Hit with Free Speech Lawsuit; Fire Kills at Least 39 in Mexican Migrant Facility

President Joe Biden’s administration has been hit with a free speech lawsuit. The suit claims the president and other top officials pressured Big Tech to censor users. At least 39 migrants have died after a fire broke out at a facility in Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico. The city is just feet from the U.S….


At Least 39 Migrants Die in Fire at Mexico Facility Near US Border

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico—At least 39 migrants from Central and South America died after a fire broke out late on Monday at a migrant facility in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, the government’s National Migration Institute (INM) said on Tuesday. In a statement, the INM said there were 68 adult men from Central…


Fire at Mexican Migrant Facility Kills 39, Injures 29 More

A fire that broke out at a Mexican immigration detention center near the U.S. southern border on Monday night has killed at least 39 people and injured dozens more, according to Mexican government authorities. Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) confirmed the fire broke out at around 10:00 p.m. local time on Monday night at…


Dispute That Led to Mexico Seizing American-Owned Port ‘Not Unprecedented’: Expert

The Mexican military has vacated a port in Mexico owned by Vulcan Materials Company of Birmingham, Alabama, according to a U.S. senator. “I am happy to hear that Mexican governmental forces have now heeded our request to withdraw from Vulcan’s port facility, following a nearly two-week unlawful takeover,” Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said in a…


‘More Dangerous Than Ever’: Experts Warn Americans Against Going to Mexico to Buy Cheap Pharmacy Drugs

A recent study by the University of California (UCLA) concluded that many drugs from Mexican pharmacies are laced with fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine. U.S. tourists are often the buyers of these pills, which include counterfeit replicas of Oxycodone, Percocet, and Adderall. The UCLA-led study reported that two out of three (68 percent) pharmacies in four cities…


Mexican Kid’s Comic Xavier López, ‘Chabelo,’ Dies at 88

MEXICO CITY—Xavier López, a Mexican children’s comic better known by his stage name “Chabelo,” has died at 88, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote Saturday. López’s best-known work, the Sunday variety show “En Familia con Chabelo”, ran for an astonishing 48 years from 1967 to 2015. The Mexican president wrote in his Twitter account that…


Is It Safe to Take the Kids to Mexico?

Is it safe to travel abroad? That may be the first question parents ask when considering whether the kids can embark on an adventurous activity. But after the horrific kidnapping of four Americans that left two dead in the Mexican border town of Matamoros (across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas), many are questioning travel…