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…
‘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…
Bodies of 4 Men, 2 Women Found Near Northern Mexico City of Monterrey
MEXICO CITY—The bodies of four men and two women were found lying on the side of a street near the northern city of Monterrey early Tuesday, authorities said. Prosecutors for the border state of Nuevo Leon said the victims appeared to have been shot and had their hands tied. The bodies were discovered in Apodaca,…
Kidnapped Mexican Security Staff Freed After 3-Day Search
MEXICO CITY—Sixteen Mexican state security ministry employees were freed on Friday after being kidnapped earlier in the week in the southern state of Chiapas, authorities said, following a three-day search. “All of them are OK,” a spokesperson for the ministry said. The employees, all men, were kidnapped Tuesday by an armed group on a highway…
Newly Formed Hurricane Beatriz Sweeps Close to Mexico’s Southwest Pacific Coast
MEXICO CITY—Newly formed Hurricane Beatriz swept along Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast late Friday, threatening heavy rain for several southern states. The storm was centered about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south-southeast of Manzanillo and had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kmh), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Beatriz was moving northwest at 12 mph…
A California Scholar’s Research Into a Flowering Shrub Took Him to Mexico and a Violent Death
June 30, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—For four years, Gabriel Trujillo trekked the breadth of the United States and south into Mexico in search of a flowering shrub called the common buttonbush. The plant is native to the varied climates of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Trujillo, a 31-year-old Ph.D. student at the University of California–Berkeley, wanted to know why…
Adrian Strengthens Into Hurricane Off Mexico’s Western Coast, First of Eastern Pacific Season
MEXICO CITY—Adrian became the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific hurricane season Wednesday off Mexico’s western coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Adrian had sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph). The storm was expected to weaken again to a tropical storm by the weekend and keep heading out to sea. On Wednesday afternoon,…
Mexico Imposes 50 Percent Tariff on White Corn Imports Amid Trade Dispute With US and Canada
MEXICO CITY—Mexico on Saturday began imposing a 50 percent tariff on white corn imports, a move the president says looks to boost national production and prevent imports of genetically modified corn. The measure, published late Friday in the Mexican government’s official gazette, will be in force until the end of the year and occurs amid…
Two American Citizens Found Dead in Luxury Hotel Room in Mexico: Officials
Two American citizens were found dead inside their hotel room in Mexico’s Baja California on Tuesday, officials confirmed. The bodies of two people were found at the Hotel Rancho Pescadero in El Pescadero at around 9 p.m. local time, officials told ABC News. They had no vital signs, authorities confirmed. The Baja California Sur Attorney General’s Office…
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