At Mexico’s ‘ranch of horror’ families of the missing hope for answers
Teuchitlan, Mexico Reuters The gate, black and three metres tall, decorated with two rearing white horses, has become synonymous with death in Mexico. For dozens of families waiting outside on Thursday it also offered a tragic sense of hope in their search for missing loved ones. The families were granted access to what local media […]
Mexico’s top prosecutor denounces state probe of ‘ranch of horror’ as outrage grows
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Mexico’s top prosecutor said on Wednesday there had been flaws in the investigation of a ranch in the western state of Jalisco, which activists have called a cartel-run “extermination camp”, and vowed to uncover the truth of what happened there. Earlier this month, a group of activists searching for missing loved […]
Judicial security: After a murder, cartels loom over Mexico’s new system of electing judges
CASSANDRA GARRISON, of Reuters, reports from Acapulco on the threats facing judges as a sea change in how Mexico runs its judicial system takes effect…
Trade wars erupt as Trump hits Canada, Mexico, China with steep tariffs
Washington DC, US Reuters US President Donald Trump’s new 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, along with a doubling of duties on Chinese goods to 20 per cent, launching new trade conflicts with the top three US trading partners. The tariff actions, which could upend nearly $US2.2 […]
Trump says Canada, Mexico tariffs to take effect on Tuesday; stocks tumble
Washington DC, US Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Monday that 25 per cent tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada will take effect on Tuesday, stoking fears of a trade war in North America and sending financial markets reeling. Trump’s comments sent US stocks down sharply in late afternoon trading. The Mexican peso […]
US military ramping up surveillance of Mexican cartels, general says
Washington DC, US Reuters The US military is increasing its airborne surveillance of Mexican drug cartels to collect intelligence to determine how to best counter their activities, the top US general overseeing troops in North America said on Thursday. US President Donald Trump has taken a number of actions on immigration and the border with […]
Mexico and Canada say Trump will pause tariffs for one month
Mexico City, Mexico/Washington DC, US/Brussels, Belgium Reuters US President Donald Trump backed away from his threat to impose steep tariffs on Mexico and Canada on Monday, leaders of those countries said, but US tariffs on China were still due to take effect within hours. Both Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum […]
Trump says Americans could feel “pain” in trade war with Mexico, Canada, China
Washington DC, US Reuters President Donald Trump said on Sunday the sweeping tariffs that he has imposed on Mexico, Canada and China may cause “some pain” for Americans, as Wall Street and the largest US trading partners signalled hope that the trade war would not last long. Trump, who began his second term as president […]
Mexico refuses US military flight deporting migrants, sources say
Washington DC, US/Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow a US military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a US official and a Mexican official told Reuters. US military aircraft carried out two similar flights, each with about 80 migrants, to Guatemala on Friday. […]
Mexican congressman gunned down as political violence continues
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters A federal congressman was assassinated late on Monday in Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the latest killing in an outbreak of political violence in the country. The Veracruz Attorney General’s office confirmed the death of Benito Aguas, a member of the leftist government’s ruling coalition in the 500-member lower house […]