Tag: Mexico

Mexico Suspends 5 Officials Over Soccer Match Brawl

MEXICO CITY—State authorities in north-central Mexico have suspended five officials after a huge brawl among fans during a weekend match left 26 people injured, three critically. Guadalupe Murguía, the interior secretary of Queretaro state said late Sunday the private company partly responsible for security at the soccer stadium would also have its contracts cancelled. Police…


Earthquake of 5.7 Magnitude Hits Veracruz, Mexico

MEXICO CITY—An earthquake of 5.7 magnitude was reported in Veracruz, Mexico on Thursday, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre. Tremors were felt by a Reuters witness in Tlaxcala state and alarms briefly sounded in capital Mexico City. By Mexico City Newsroom


At Cartel Extermination Site; Mexico Nears 100,000 Missing

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico—For the investigators, the human foot—burned, but with some fabric still attached—was the tipoff: Until recently, this squat, ruined house was a place where bodies were ripped apart and incinerated, where the remains of some of Mexico’s missing multitudes were obliterated. How many disappeared in this cartel “extermination site” on the outskirts of…


Beyond the Beach in Cancun and the Mayan Riviera

Boarding the ferry and climbing the narrow stairs to the top level, the cheap plastic seats bathed in hot sun and swept with warm Caribbean winds began to fill quickly. Behind, the white and glassy towers of the hotel zone rise, and to each side of the boat, a sea that turns all shades of…


US-Bound Migrants in Southern Mexico Are Counseled on Controversial ‘Repressed Memories’

Two United Nations-sponsored groups in southern Mexico are reportedly coaching immigrants arriving there on “repressed memories” that would allow them to gain asylum cards in Mexico for passage northward and then illegal entry into the United States. Both the Jesuit Society of Refugees and an outfit called Fray Matias de Cordova, based in the Mexican…


Presumed Illegal Immigrant Killed by Border Patrol Agent in Arizona, Sheriff’s Office Says

Federal and local officials are probing the fatal shooting of a man in Arizona by a U.S. Border Patrol agent late Saturday, Feb. 19. The shooting occurred a few miles north of the Mexico border near of the Arizona town of Douglas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) area spokesman John Mennell said on Monday….


Mexican Army Sends Anti-Mine Squads to Cartel Turf War Zone

NARANJO DE CHILA, Mexico—Special squads of Mexican army troops equipped with metal detectors and bomb suits have deployed to the western state of Michoacan, where warring drug cartels have planted land mines or improvised explosive devices. The squads apparently have found dozens of such devices along rural roads and fields in the area around the…


Avocado Prices Could Soon Skyrocket in US After Ban on Imports From Mexico: Experts

The federal government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threatening message, meaning that the price of the popular fruit could soon skyrocket in the United States. The Mexican government confirmed that the Biden administration had suspended all imports of avocados from the country on…


Biden Immigration Policies to Blame for ‘Bloodshed’ Before Southern Border: National Security Fellow

President Joe Biden’s mixed messaging on immigration is partially to blame for the violence and bloodshed between migrants and Mexican law enforcement near the southern border, according to a national security fellow. Todd Bensman senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies told EpochTV’s Crossroads program that he personally witnessed a violent clash between…


Biden Immigration Policies to Blame for ‘Bloodshed’ Near Southern Border: National Security Fellow

President Joe Biden’s mixed messaging on immigration is partially to blame for the violence and bloodshed between migrants and Mexican law enforcement near the U.S.’s southern border, according to a national security fellow. Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, told EpochTV’s “Crossroads” program that he personally witnessed a violent…