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Mexico: Cartels are Death Emissaries, Mayor Murdered Just Days in Office

Web News 7 October 2024 110 0

*More than 450,000 killed, tens of thousands missing since 2006 The mayor of a city in southern Mexico has been murdered less than a week after taking office, authorities said on Sunday, marking the latest in a series of attacks on politicians in the violence-plagued Latin American country. The Continue Reading

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“Poverty Exodus”: Thousands of Migrants Head for US Border

Web News 25 December 2023 532 0

A sprawling caravan of migrants from central and southern America has set off through Mexico heading north towards the United States border. Up to 8,000 people of all ages, mainly from Venezuela, Cuba and Mexico, are part of the procession following a banner which reads “Poverty Exodus”. It comes days before US Secretary of State […]Continue Reading

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Church Roof Collapses in Mexico, Leaves Ten Dead

Web News 2 October 2023 268 0

At least 10 people have been killed after a church roof collapsed in northern Mexico, local officials say. Forty-nine people were taken to hospital after the collapse at Santa Cruz church in the coastal city of Ciudad Madero in Tamaulipas state. At least two children are reported to be among those killed. Around 100 people […]Continue Reading

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Abortion No Longer Crime in Mexico

Web News 7 September 2023 244 0

Mexico’s highest court has ruled to decriminalise abortion nationwide after establishing that previous laws prohibiting it are unconstitutional and was in violation of women’s rights. The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) made the judgement Wednesday, asserting that terminating pregnancies across Mexico are not constitutional. According to BBC, the verdict was Continue Reading

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11 Die in Arson Attack on US-Mexico Border Bar

Web News 23 July 2023 657 0

A man has been arrested in Mexico on suspicion of setting fire to a bar after he was kicked out, killing 11 people, officials say. The attack happened on Friday night in San Luis Rio Colorado, which borders the United States. The bar sits just one street away from the border. Authorities say a drunk […]Continue Reading

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Video: Mayor in Mexico Marries Alligator

Web News 3 July 2023 628 0

A mayor in Mexico has married a female alligator-like animal in a traditional ceremony which is believed to bring good fortune to his people. Victor Hugo Sosa wed the caiman reptile called Alicia Adriana as he re-enacted an ancestral ritual. Local lore, or tradition, calls the creature the “princess girl” and the mayor said the […]Continue Reading

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Same-Sex Marriage Now Legal in Mexico

Web News 27 October 2022 383 0

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 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 2010. The move was followed […]Continue Reading

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Mexican Drugs Lord Rafael Caro Quintero Reportedly Nabbed

Web News 15 July 2022 447 0

Mexican drugs lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who is on the US most wanted list, has been arrested in the northern state of Chihuahua, reports say. Mr Quintero, who is accused of murdering a US drug enforcement agent in 1985, was held in the city of Guachochi, local media say. The US had offered $20m (£17m) […]Continue Reading

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Pope Condemns Killing of Priests in Mexico

Web News 23 June 2022 364 0

The bodies of two Catholic priests and a tour guide who were shot dead inside a church in northern Mexico have finally been found. The three were killed last Monday after a suspected run-in with a wanted drug trafficker in the state of Chihuahua. Report says, the priests were gunned down while trying to help […]Continue Reading