Mexican cartel's leader son gets lifer in USA for trafficking drugs, firearm offences
Mar 08, 2025, at 05:17 pm
A U.S.-Mexican dual national and co-founder of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) — an international drug trafficking organization — was sentenced on Friday in the District of Columbia to a term of life in prison plus 30 years to run consecutively for his role in a major drug trafficking conspiracy and ordered to forfeit over $6 billion of drug trafficking proceeds.
Donald Trump pauses sweeping tariffs on Mexico until April 2
Mar 07, 2025, at 12:55 am
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump Thursday said he was pausing sweeping tariffs recently imposed on Mexican imports after talks with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Donald Trump pauses tariffs on Mexico for a month, no breakthrough with Canada yet
Feb 04, 2025, at 01:06 am
Washington DC/IBNS: United States President Donald Trump paused tariffs on Mexico for one month after last-minute talks on Monday.
Mexico: Social media influencer Denisse Reyes dies after undergoing liposuction surgery
Feb 02, 2025, at 03:51 pm
27-year-old Mexican social media influencer Denisse Reyes died from complications after suffering liposuction surgery at an unauthorized clinic in Chiapas state.
Donald Trump imposes 25 pct tariffs on Canada, Mexico; invites strong retaliation
Feb 02, 2025, at 10:55 am
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump Saturday ordered 25 percent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10 percent on goods from China, citing a "major threat" by "illegal aliens".
Road mishap in Mexico leaves 24 dead
Oct 27, 2024, at 09:23 pm
At least 24 people died and five others were injured after a bus collided with a tractor-trailer early Saturday in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas, media reports said.
Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel Ismael Zambada arrested in Texas
Jul 26, 2024, at 03:12 pm
One of the major drug lords Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada has been arrested in the US state of Texas.
Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico's first female president
Jun 03, 2024, at 07:29 pm
Mexico created history when Claudia Sheinbaum was elected as the first woman president of the country following a landslide victory in the polls.
Eight Chinese migrants found dead on Mexico beach
Apr 01, 2024, at 12:39 am
Bodies of eight Chinese migrants were found on a beach in south Mexico after the boat in which they were travelling capsized, media reports said on Sunday.
Migrant arrival in US in December makes a record since 2000
Dec 31, 2023, at 06:33 pm
Washington/IBNS/UNI: The number of undocumented migrants who crossed the United States border from Mexico in December 2023 exceeded 225,000 people, marking the highest monthly figure since 2000, CNN reported on Saturday, citing preliminary data from the US Department of Homeland Security.
Mexico: Shooting during Christmas party leaves 12 people dead
Dec 18, 2023, at 03:20 pm
At least 12 people were shot dead during a Christmas party in the municipality of Salvatierra of Guanajuato state, Mexico, on Sunday.
Arbitrary detention still widespread in Mexico, rights expert warns
Oct 03, 2023, at 09:18 pm
Mexico has made significant progress in combatting arbitrary detention in recent years, but the battle to end the practice is far from over the Human Rights Council-appointed independent panel working on the issue said on Monday.
Church roof collapses in Mexico, 10 killed 60 injured
Oct 03, 2023, at 06:10 am
The death toll from a church roof collapse in the Mexican city of Ciudad Madero has risen to almost 10 with 60 being injured, the regional department of the Mexican Secretariat of Public Security said on Monday.
Mexico: Seven die as church roof collapses
Oct 02, 2023, at 02:43 pm
A church roof has collapsed in Mexico, leaving seven people dead.
Ovidio Guzmán-López: Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo's son extradited to US from Mexico
Sep 16, 2023, at 04:50 pm
The US Attorney General has said Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been extradited from Mexico to the United States on drug trafficking charges.
NASA unveils its long-awaited UFO report amid display of 'alien' corpses in Mexican Congress
Sep 15, 2023, at 10:48 pm
In response to a recommendation by an independent study team for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to play a more prominent role in understanding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), or what is popularly known as unidentified flying objects (UFO), the agency has announced it is appointing a director of UAP research.
Viral Video: 'Non-human' alien corpses displayed at Mexico Congress
Sep 14, 2023, at 12:56 am
Triggering debate over the existence of extraterrestrial beings, the Mexico Congress recently hosted an unusual event in country's capital city.
US-Mexico border, ‘world’s deadliest’ overland migration route: IOM
Sep 13, 2023, at 07:10 pm
The United States-Mexico border is the world’s deadliest land route for migrants, with at least 686 deaths and disappearances last year, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday.
UN refugee agency concerned about situation at Mexico-US border
Aug 11, 2023, at 06:39 pm
New York: The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, voiced concern on Tuesday over the situation in Mexico, where refugees and migrants aspiring to get to the United States find themselves in cramped shelters, exposed to multiple risks.
Mexico: Bus plunges into ravine, 18 die
Aug 04, 2023, at 10:22 pm
Mexico City: A passenger bus plunged into a ravine in northwest Mexico's Nayarit state early Thursday morning, leaving at least 18 people dead, local authorities said.
11 dead, 4 injured in Mexico arson attack
Jul 23, 2023, at 06:29 pm
Mexico City/IBNS/UNI: At least 11 people were killed and four injured after an arson attack in a bar in the Mexican border city of San Luis Rio Colorado in the northern state of Sonora, said local authorities.
US: Deadly arson attack in Mexico bar killing 11 in Retaliatory Fire
Jul 23, 2023, at 09:21 am
Man was expelled from a bar in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, for his inappropriate behavior towards women.
Mexico: 9 persons die in wholesale market fire
Jul 11, 2023, at 02:22 pm
Mexico City: At least nine people were killed and one was injured in a fire at a wholesale food distribution center in Toluca, capital of the central State of Mexico, local authorities said Monday.
Mexican man kills wife, eats her brain in tacos
Jul 08, 2023, at 08:17 pm
A Mexican man has allegedly eaten his wife's brain in tacos and even used her skull as an ashtray after killing her, media reports said.
Bus from US overturns in Mexico, 8 killed
Jul 04, 2023, at 03:39 pm
Mexico City: At least eight people were killed and another 30 injured on Monday when a passenger bus traveling from the United States overturned on the Zacatecas-Saltillo highway in central Mexico.
Mexico: Truck with over 170 migrants found
May 27, 2023, at 03:18 pm
Mexico City: Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) says it has found a truck with 175 migrants, mostly from Central America, in the state of Chiapas.
Title 42 deadline: Hundreds of migrants gather outside US border fence
May 12, 2023, at 08:57 pm
Ciudad Juarez: Several hundred migrants in US custody gathered outside the bollard fencing on the US-Mexico border late on Thursday night as the deadline for Title 42 to expire neared, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
Mexico: Guterres calls for ‘thorough investigation’ into deadly migrant centre fire
Mar 29, 2023, at 10:11 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of at least 39 migrants in a fire at a processing centre on the border between Mexico and the United States.
Mexico: 14 die in prison attack
Jan 02, 2023, at 11:35 pm
Mexico City: Ten guards and four inmates died after an attack on a prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office reported.
Over dozen people killed in Mexico bus accident
Jan 01, 2023, at 02:26 pm
Mexico City/UNI: A private tour bus has overturned in western Mexico, killing over a dozen people and injuring 47, the prosecutor’s office of the state of Nayarit said.