Mexico
OAS Rights Group: ‘Critical’ Levels of Impunity in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is suffering “critical” failures in law enforcement and some of the worst levels of journalist killings outside a war zone, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said in a report.
Mexican Leader to Talk With Kamala Harris on Migration
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico announced Saturday that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will hold talks with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on May 7 to discuss migration amid an increase in underage migrants at the U.S. southern border.
Mexico’s Drought Reaches Critical Levels as Lakes Dry Up
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Drought conditions now cover 85% of Mexico, and residents of the nation’s central region said Thursday that lakes and reservoirs are simply drying up, including the country’s second-largest body of fresh water.
Mexico Plans 17 Shelters for Children on Southern Border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico said Wednesday it is planning to set up 17 shelters for underage migrants along the country’s southern border, as well as some along the northern border with the United States, amid a wave of child migrants coming from Central America.
Mexican President Gets COVID Vaccine After Waffling on Shot
BOCA DEL RÍO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador finally got a coronavirus vaccine Tuesday, after waffling on receiving the shot.
Report: Mexico’s COVID-19 Policies Cost Huge Number of Lives
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s unwillingness to spend money, do more testing, change course or react to new scientific evidence contributed to the country being one of the worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released this week by the University of California, San Francisco.
Mexico President Focusing Efforts to Stop Child Migrants
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday he plans to visit his country’s southern border to discuss with governors and mayors there how to stop the smuggling of child migrants, an issue of growing concern for the United States.
Mexico’s President Now Says He Won’t Get COVID-19 Vaccine
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Monday he won’t get a COVID-19 vaccine because his doctors told him he still has a high level of antibodies from when he was infected in January.
Outrage Grows Over Police Custody Death in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Outrage grew in Mexico and El Salvador as Mexican authorities said Monday that an autopsy of a Salvadoran woman who died in police custody confirmed that police broke her neck.
Mexico Tops 200,000 COVID-19 Deaths, But Real Toll Is Higher
MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Mexico surpassed 200,000 test-confirmed deaths from COVID-19 Thursday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador framed ramped-up vaccination efforts as a race against time.
Mexico Limits Non-Essential Travel on Southern Border
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — The Mexican banks of the Suchiate river dawned Sunday with a heavy presence of immigration agents in place to enforce Mexico’s new limits on all but essential travel at its shared border with Guatemala.
Indigenous, Rural Mexicans in Morelos Fight Against Energy Project That Threatens Their Water Supplies
MEXICO CITY — Operations at the newly constructed thermoelectric plant in Huexca, Morelos could begin in the near future, despite yearslong delays caused by vocal opposition and unresolved legal issues.
Mexican Candidate Gets Ruling-Party Nod Despite Rape Claims
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A candidate for a governorship in southern Mexico has been confirmed as the nominee of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party despite nationwide protests over the fact two women accused him of rape.
Mexican Lawmakers Advance Bill to Legalize Recreational Pot
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s lower chamber approved a marijuana legalization bill Wednesday, setting the country on the path to becoming one of the world’s largest legal marijuana markets.
Mexican President Defends Record on Women’s Issues
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tried to focus attention Monday on the high number of women in his cabinet, and not on the fact he has refused to break with a governorship candidate accused of rape.
Dear President López Obrador: ‘In Mexico, More Is Done to Protect the Palacio Nacional Than to Protect Women From Femicide and Rape’
“We demand a national security strategy focused on gender to put an end to femicides,” the letter said.
Mexico President’s Support of Tarnished Pol Tears at Party
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Months of protests over the nomination of a man accused of rape, including open dissent within the Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s party, haven’t derailed the selection of his preferred candidate to be governor of the Pacific coast state of Guerrero.
Guatemala: 5 Migrants Survived January Massacre of 19
A dozen state police officers have been charged in the killings in the township of Camargo.
Biden Meets With Mexican President Amid Migration Issues
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden met virtually Monday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting the coronavirus and cooperating on economic and national security issues.
Crisis Over Mexican Indigenous Blockade After Protester Dies
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The conflict over highway blockades by members of the Yaqui group in northern Mexico has come to a head with the death of an Indigenous man killed by a trucker at a roadblock.
Wife of Drug Kingpin El Chapo Arrested on US Drug Charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was arrested in the United States and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015.