Mexico sentences man who ordered journalist’s killing to 50 years

Man convicted of ordering killing of reporter Miroslava Breach sentenced to 50 years in jail in rare judgement. A Mexican judge has sentenced the man convicted of ordering the 2017 murder of prominent journalist Miroslava Breach to 50 years’ imprisonment, a singular judgement in one of the deadliest countries globally for media. The sentence... Read More

Mexico nears 50,000 coronavirus deaths, with 829 new fatalities

Mexico’s health ministry on Wednesday reported 6,139 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 829 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 456,100 cases and 49,698 deaths. The new numbers put Mexico on track to surpass 50,000 deaths this week. Mexico currently has the world’s third-highest coronavirus death toll, after the United States and... Read More

Asylum seekers in Mexico suffer following Hurricane Hanna

People in camps in Mexico were forced to retreat to higher ground after the level of the Rio Grande rose by 12 feet. As the US hurricane season heats up, hundreds of migrants who applied for asylum in the United States and are living in a tented community in northern Mexico near the border... Read More

Jose Antonio Yepez Ortiz: Powerful Mexico gang leader arrested

Jose Antonio Yepez Ortiz, the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima gang, was one of Mexico’s most wanted crime bosses. Mexican security forces have arrested the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima gang who spread violence through north-central Mexico and fought a years-long turf battle with another powerful criminal cartel. Officials in... Read More

Military style convoy of one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels

Sprawling military-style convoy of one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels was released today as a warning just as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador visited the group’s heartland. Read More

Mexican president sticks to no-war approach after cartel video

Lopez Obrador said he would not repeat the mistakes of previous administrations that failed to contain cartel violence. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that he would maintain a less confrontational approach to battling drug gangs even after one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels showcased its firepower in a video that stunned Mexicans. A video –... Read More

Black bear approaches VERY CALM hikers who stand still before it wanders away in Mexico

A black bear approached a group of hikers at Chipinque Ecological Park in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico One woman managed to take a selfie with the bear as it sniffed her hair The curious bear eventually wandered off after sniffing the visitors People on Twitter praised the group for remaining calm during the... Read More

Mexico City police chief blames Jalisco Cartel for assassination attempt

Mexico City police chief Omar Garcia Harfuch blamed the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) for attempting to assassinate him early on Friday when he was shot and injured in an attack in a wealthy part of the capital. “This morning we suffered a cowardly attack by the CJNG, two colleagues and friends of... Read More

Jorge Santana, Musician and Brother of Carlos Santana, Dies at 68

Jorge Santana, a musician and the youngest brother of guitarist Carlos Santana, died of natural causes on Thursday. He was 68. Carlos Santana announced the death of his brother on his Facebook page on Friday. “We take time to celebrate the magnificent spirit of our beloved brother Jorge,” Carlos wrote. “He transitioned unto the realm of light... Read More