Between 800 and 1,000 families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico as a criminal mafia has attacked them with handmade explosives launched from drones and powerful weapons, community and human rights groups said Sunday. The wave of violence in the conflict-torn state of Guerrero started on Wednesday when…
MEXICO CITY — It isn’t often that a boy band becomes a matter of international diplomacy. But this, after more than a million K-pop fans in Mexico tried and failed to buy tickets for a three-night run of shows by the beloved band BTS, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to her counterpart in South Korea,…
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denounced the U.S. prosecution of a sitting Mexican governor and other officials on drug trafficking charges as “political,” and said Thursday that Mexico would not comply with Washington’s demands that the accused be arrested and extradited to the United States. “We are not permitting a foreign government to say what…
MEXICO CITY — The Trump administration launched a bombshell offensive Wednesday against Mexican government officials accused of complicity with the notorious Sinaloa cartel, unsealing federal indictments against the sitting governor, a federal senator and eight other current and former Mexican officials in the northwestern state of Sinaloa. The sprawling, 34-page indictment, filed in U.S. District Court in…
LOS MOCHIS, Mexico — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, traveled to northwest Sinaloa state last week for what seemed a routine ceremony: the groundbreaking for a factory near the city of Los Mochis. But his comments are a part of a broader, more provocative agenda, said sources familiar with the bilateral relationship. They mark the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A report released last week showed that a formerly major illegal crossing site — Eagle Pass, Texas — has now gotten much quieter under President Donald Trump’s administration. According to CBS chief correspondent Matt Gutman, the border has undergone a massive shift amid Trump’s second term in office….
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! MEXICO CITY: The recent high-profile gathering of leftist leaders in Barcelona, convened by Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, is drawing increasing attention for what analysts describe as a broader geopolitical positioning that could challenge U.S. influence across Latin America and beyond. The summit brought together Brazil…
MEXICO CITY — It started out as a well-planned law enforcement operation that culminated in the successful takedown of an illicit drug laboratory deep in the mountains of Mexico’s northern Chihuahua state. But last weekend’s raid has now become a flash point inflaming U.S.-Mexico tensions as officials on both sides of the border struggle to explain how…
MEXICO CITY — The assailant who opened fire on tourists from a pyramid at one of Mexico’s signature archaeological sites — leaving a Canadian woman dead and 13 other foreign visitors injured, including six U.S. citizens — was a copycat who admired foreign school shooters and meticulously planned the attack, Mexican authorities said Tuesday. “Everything indicates that…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum indicated Monday that she would call for explanations regarding what U.S. and Mexican officials were doing when they died due to a car accident in Mexico. Sheinbaum said her government would investigate the incident to ensure no laws were broken after the deaths…