MEXICO CITY—Two Canadians were killed Friday and one more wounded in a shooting at a hotel along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, state authorities said. Quintana Roo state security chief Lucio Hernández said via Twitter that authorities were searching for a Hotel Xcaret guest in the shooting. He shared a photo of a man walking with a…
Sinaloa Cartel Operatives Sentenced to Prison in Southern District of California
January 20, 2022
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A major drug trafficker and money launderer for the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel was sentenced to 188 months in prison for supervising the smuggling of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin from Mexico into the United States. through Southern California and smuggling drug proceeds back to Mexico. His prison term follows the sentencing of at…
Moody’s Places All Citibanamex Ratings, Assessments on Review for Downgrade
MEXICO CITY—Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service on Sunday placed all ratings and assessments of the consumer banking arm of Citigroup in Mexico on review for downgrade. In a statement, Moody’s said the review was triggered by Citigroup’s announcement that it would sell its Citibanamex consumer banking operations, which will end a two-decade retail presence in…
Mexico Says US Energy Secretary to Visit, Power Market Concerns Eyed
MEXICO CITY—U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will travel to Mexico this week for talks, with the government’s planned overhaul of the Mexican electricity market potentially on the agenda, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday. The United States has voiced concerns about an initiative championed by Lopez Obrador which aims to strengthen state control…
As Supply Chain Issues Persist, Champagne Set to Meet With Industry
OTTAWA—Canada’s industry minister is set to meet with companies desperate for solutions to ease the flow the goods over the border and across the country. Francois-Philippe Champagne agreed to the request that a consortium of manufacturers and exporters made just before the holidays. The coalition of 18 associations notes that many of the causes of…
Airlines Won’t Fly Home Quebec Passengers From Sunwing Party Flight to Mexico
January 6, 2022
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MONTREAL—Passengers who filmed themselves partying maskless aboard a chartered Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Mexico last week have become pariahs and now face being stranded after two more airlines announced Wednesday they will not fly them home to Canada. Following Sunwing’s cancellation of the return charter flight from Cancun scheduled for Wednesday, Air Transat…
Federal Transport Minister Asks for Investigation Into Sunwing Party Flight to Mexico
MONTREAL—Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has asked Transport Canada to investigate reports of “unacceptable” behaviour on a recent Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Cancun, Mexico. Videos of the Dec. 30 flight shared on social media appear to show passengers not wearing masks as they gather in close proximity, singing and dancing in the aisle…
Formerly Terminated ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Restarts in San Diego
SAN DIEGO—Enforcement of the “Remain in Mexico” program, which keeps asylum seekers in Mexico while they await their immigration court hearings across the border, was expanded Jan. 4 to San Diego. The policy officially termed “Migrant Protection Protocols” was ended last summer by the new administration, but was reinstated following a federal judge’s order that…
Mexico Asylum Applications Nearly Double in 2021, Haitians Top List
MEXICO CITY—The number of asylum applications in Mexico nearly doubled in 2021, the head of the country’s commission for refugee assistance said on Monday, with most applications being from Haitian and Honduran migrants. When compared to the previous year, the 131,448 applications mark an increase of 86.84 percent, according to the Mexican Commission for Refugee…
5 Slashed Bodies Found on Roadside in Southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY—The slashed-up bodies of five men were found on a roadside in southern Mexico on Tuesday, authorities reported. The bodies were lying on a road near the city of Iguala in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero. The state prosecutors’ office said all the men had knife wounds on their faces and necks, suggesting…
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