MEXICO CITY — A devastating fire tore through a discount store in the northwestern city of Hermosillo on Saturday, killing at least 23 people and injuring several others amid Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations. Authorities said the blaze erupted at a Waldo’s store in the city centre, with most victims dying from inhalation of […]
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McLaren’s Norris takes stunning pole in Mexico ahead of both Ferraris
Title-chasing Lando Norris produced a stunning late lap in his McLaren to grab pole position for Sunday’s Mexico City Grand Prix and boost his championship challenge on Saturday ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. Norris’s team-mate and series leader Oscar Piastri, who leads him by 14 points in the championship, qualified down in […]
Heavy Rains in Mexico Leave 130 Dead or Missing as Floods Devastate Towns
Heavy rains in Mexico have caused deadly floods and landslides, leaving nearly 130 people dead or missing. Torrential downpours struck several regions last week, turning rivers into raging floods and sweeping through homes. The government said 64 people have died and 65 remain missing. The heavy rains in Mexico came from a tropical depression that […]
Mexican Immigrant Killed by ICE Agent in Chicago
CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY — Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Mexican cook known for his quiet kindness, was shot dead by a US immigration agent in Franklin Park, Illinois, on September 12, moments after dropping off his children at school and daycare. The Department of Homeland Security claimed he was a “criminal illegal alien” who drove toward […]
Trump slaps 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico
New tariffs to start August 1 as talks collapse; global partners brace for economic fallout US President Donald Trump has intensified global trade tensions by imposing a 30% tariff on a wide range of imports from the European Union and Mexico, effective August 1. The announcement, made via Truth Social, follows weeks of failed negotiations […]
“Mexico Probes TikTok Influencer’s Murder as Femicide, Says President Sheinbaum”
Mexican authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of 23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Marquez, who was killed while livestreaming on TikTok earlier this week. The case is being treated as a potential femicide, President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed Thursday. The attack, which took place on Tuesday at a beauty salon in Zapopan, Jalisco, has sparked widespread outrage […]
Two new crocodile species discovered in Mexico, may already be at risk
Scientists from Canada’s McGill University have discovered two previously unknown crocodile species off Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. The new species, found on Cozumel Island and Banco Chinchorro, are genetically and anatomically distinct from the well-known American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). According to the study published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, these populations were long thought to belong […]
Mexico’s top court elects first woman president
A woman will head Mexico’s Supreme Court for the first time after Norma Lucia Pina was elected president on Monday amid controversy over plagiarism allegations against a rival candidate. The 63-year-old constitutional law specialist welcomed the opportunity to “break what seemed like an inaccessible glass ceiling.” Pina, who has defended the right to abortion and […]
Same-sex marriage now legal across Mexico
Same-sex marriage has become legal throughout Mexico after the state of Tamaulipas became the last in the mostly Catholic country to approve it, the local Congress said Wednesday. The northern border state’s decision ends a 12-year journey toward national marriage equality beginning when the capital Mexico City became the first to celebrate same-sex unions in […]
Small town in southern Mexico hosts thousands of migrants
As migrants, especially Venezuelans, struggle to come to terms with a new U.S. policy discouraging border crossings, one small town in southern Mexico is unexpectedly playing host to thousands of migrants camped far from the U.S. border. San Pedro Tapanatepec had 7,000 migrants, about 75% Venezuelans, when The Associated Press visited at the beginning of […]