León, Guanajuato — March 13, 2026 An explosion at an industrial power in León, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, killed at least two people Tuesday afternoon and prompted …
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Fact Check: Images of cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ with Mexican model were created with AI
AI-generated images of Mexican cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho”, with model Maria Julissa were used to suggest that she betrayed the drug lord, leading to his death…
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Before I moved to Mexico a little over a month ago, I lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and spent my career as an arts and culture journalist, editor, professor and critic.…
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Climate change is often framed as an environmental story — melting glaciers, rising seas, intensifying storms. Increasingly, however, it is also being viewed through a security lens. In Mexico and…
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The United States has established a new “counter cartel coalition” made up of Western Hemisphere nations, but Mexico isn’t part of the group even though U.S. President Donald Trump asserted…
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Just two hours from where security forces clashed with gunmen from the feared Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in an operation that culminated in the death of the last major Mexican…
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JICACAL, Mexico, March 5 (Reuters) – Coastal residents in the Mexican state of Veracruz are concerned about the recent appearance of oil on local beaches, which has disrupted their livelihoods,…
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President Claudia Sheinbaum has unveiled a plan to deploy as many as 100,000 members of Mexico’s security forces during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Sheinbaum made the announcement during a Friday visit…
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2 US firms will invest US $500 million for electrified transport in Mexico
The two companies say their first order of business will be to increase the number of charging stations in central Mexico and the Bajío region. (Ivan Radic/CC BY-NC 2.0)
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Mexico’s most-wanted drug leader killed in military operation as clashes erupt and US tourists told to shelter in place
Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the powerful and long-pursued head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and one of the world’s most-wanted traffickers, died following a Mexican military operation on Sunday, handing…