Tag: Mexico

Shots Fired in Robbery Attempt Near Mexico City Airport, Suspect Dead

MEXICO CITY—An attempted robbery turned into a shootout close to Mexico City’s international airport on Friday morning in which an alleged attacker was killed and two men were injured, according to security officials. Mexico City Police said they believed that at least one gunman on a motorcycle opened fire on a vehicle carrying two passengers,…


Biden Administration Says It’s Prepared to Restore ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Next Month

Top immigration enforcement officials in President Joe Biden’s administration said late Thursday they’re prepared to restart the Trump era “Remain in Mexico” program in November, provided Mexico agrees to cooperate. The Biden administration has made “substantial progress” towards the re-implementation of the program, formally known as the Migration Protection Protocols (MPP), government lawyers told a…


Ford to Suspend Production on Friday at Mexico Plant on Materials Shortage

MEXICO CITY—U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co. will temporarily suspend production on Friday at its Hermosillo plant in Mexico’s Sonora state due to a shortage of materials, the plant’s labor union said on Thursday. Workers will be paid 75 percent of salaries on Friday, the union added. Ford had also suspended production from Oct. 11–12 at…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Oct. 14)

The supply chain crisis. Will President Joe Biden’s new plan fix the bottlenecks? Or does more need to be done to address the underlying problem? What should be done to make big tech companies more transparent? Media fellow and data researcher Kalev Leetaru suggests keeping section 230 but making a certain amendment. And, Mexico is…


Hurricane Pamela Makes Landfall on Mexico’s Pacific Coast

MEXICO CITY—Hurricane Pamela made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast just north of Mazatlan on Wednesday, bringing high winds and rain to the port city. Pamela regained hurricane strength just before it hit the coast 40 miles north of Mazatlan, which also serves as a resort for Mexican tourists. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Pamela…


US to Open Canada, Mexico Borders For Fully Vaccinated Travelers Next Month: Officials

The United States plans to reopen its land borders with Mexico and Canada to non-essential travelers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 starting in early November, Biden administration officials said on Tuesday. The restrictions for non-essential travel at the country’s land borders have been in place since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. News…


Mexico Finds 652 Migrants in Truck Trailers Near Border

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico—Mexican authorities have discovered 652 Central American migrants in six trailers near the United States border. The trucks stopped at a military checkpoint Thursday night on a highway between Ciudad Victoria and Monterrey in the northern state of Tamaulipas. The state public safety agency said Friday that four suspects were arrested. Among the…


Ford to Suspend Production for Two Days at Mexico Plant on Material Shortage: Union

MEXICO CITY—U.S. automaker Ford will temporarily suspend production from Oct. 11-12 at its Hermosillo plant in Mexico because of a shortage of material, the plant’s labor union said on Thursday. Workers will be paid 75 percent of salaries on those days, the union added in a statement. Ford produces its Bronco Sport SUV at the…


Exclusive: Bank of Mexico Deputy Governor Sees More Rate Hikes Coming

MEXICO CITY—The Bank of Mexico’s cycle of interest rate hikes is not yet over and one or two more increases are likely amid concerns about inflation, though any monetary policy moves will depend on incoming data, Bank of Mexico Deputy Governor Jonathan Heath said. Expressing concern about above-target inflation, Banxico, as the bank is known,…


The Silver Road: Mexico to USA

No sooner had they arrived in Mexico than the Spanish settlers discovered silver. They then constructed a road 3,000 km (about 1,900 miles) long to transport the silver extracted from the mines northward, then toward the West. A road full of hopes and riddled with pitfalls and dangers, this is the road director Christophe Cousin…