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Mexico's president revived dangerous form of coal mining

Hopes have faded of rescuing 10 men trapped by a flood in a Mexican coal mine this month

The Independent UK

Maya village's water, future threatened by Mexican train

Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project along the country’s Caribbean coast it is threatening the indigenous Maya people it was named for and dividing communities it was meant to help

The Independent UK

Mexican president highlights his support of Baja California during visit to Tijuana

TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spoke in Tijuana on Friday morning, following a weekend of chaos in the border city that left more than 30 vehicles burned and residents in panic.

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Mexico's president vowed to end the drug war. Instead he's doubled the number of troops in the streets

MEXICO CITY — After cartels unleashed a wave of violence across Mexico last week, killing civilians, blocking roads with burning vehicles and setting dozens of stores on fire, the government here responded as it often does to an outbreak of lawlessness: It sent in the troops.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: AMLO’s ‘Hugs Not Bullets’ policy is failing Mexico

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s soft approach to confronting criminal groups is not working. In fact, it seems to be backfiring.

Tribune News Service

6 arrested in Mexico for alleged involvement in Tijuana chaos

TIJUANA, Mexico — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Tuesday the arrests of six people allegedly involved in the various acts of violence in Tijuana on Friday when vehicles were set on fire in a dozen locations, people were forced off public transportation at gunpoint and roads were blocked.

Tribune News Service

Mexico's week of drug violence shakes administration

Days of widespread drug cartel arson and shootings in four Mexican states last week have left people asking why drug cartels exploded, and what do they want

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Mexico president to bypass congress to keep army in streets

Mexico's president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of the National Guard to the army

The Independent UK

Murders at the border and attacks in Jalisco and Guanajuato stun Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Dramatic bouts of violence and mayhem in two regions of Mexico this week have left at least 12 dead and dozens of businesses torched, dramatizing the ability of crime gangs to wreak havoc and shatter the semblance of normality almost anywhere in the country without warning.

Los Angeles Times

Mexican president calls opponents foreign agents, traitors

In a bid to stoke nationalism and justify his policies, Mexico's president has increasingly taken to calling his opponents “traitors” and accused them of working for the foreign governments

The Independent UK

Inside the quest to recapture Mexican drug lord Caro Quintero

Since 1985, when US DEA agent, Kiki Camarena was killed, a task force has sought to capture the man accused of being involved in the death, now he’s behind bars once again. Kevin Sieff and Mary Beth Sheridan tell the story

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Editorial: DEA helped in Mexican drug lord’s capture even if AMLO is in denial

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to take full credit for the recent capture of notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero. But the signs point to some degree of cooperation between the U.S. and Mexican governments.

Tribune News Service

EXPLAINER: US energy sector dispute with Mexico

The U.S. government has forced Mexico into negotiations over what Washington considers unfair practices that effectively exclude U.S. and other foreign companies from the Mexican energy sector in violation of the free trade agreement they signed with Canada

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Mexican journalist complains to president of threats

It was a dramatic moment at the end of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's daily news briefing, when a reporter stood up and said he was afraid for his life

The Independent UK

Mexican president bizarrely mocks Biden by playing pop song ‘Ooh So Scared’ at press conference

Andrés Manuel López Obrador played a tune by Tabasco singer Chico Che.

The Independent UK

Train endangers some of Mexico's oldest pre-historic sites

The Mexican government has decided to invoke national security powers to forge ahead with a tourist train along the Caribbean coast known as the “Riviera Maya,” threatening extensive caves where some of the oldest human remains in North America have been discovered

The Independent UK

Extradition of Mexican drug lord to US not likely to be fast

A Mexican judge's ruling means the extradition of drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero, captured in the mountains of northwest Mexico, will not happen quickly

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Drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero’s capture in Mexico could be signal to U.S. government

Caro Quintero — wanted in the torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985 — has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison.

The Independent UK

Mexico's capture of drug kingpin could be signal to US

Mexican marines were closing in on infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero deep in the mountains of his native state of Sinaloa

Los Angeles Times

After snubbing Biden at summit, Mexico’s president pokes him at the White House

WASHINGTON — A month after he boycotted a major regional summit in Los Angeles and snubbed the Biden administration, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador came to Washington on Tuesday for wide-ranging talks with his U.S. counterpart.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico’s president visits White House after snubbing Biden at summit

The Independent UK

Biden to discuss immigration, trade with Mexico's president

President Joe Biden is preparing to meet with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador

The Independent UK

SHELL-Investigan al expresidente mexicano Peña Nieto por supuestas irregularidades financieras

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The Independent UK

Mexico, US presidents to meet amid newly tense relationship

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is visiting Washington on Tuesday to meet with President Joe Biden

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