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LZ Granderson: 'Blame Mexico' won't solve the crises of guns and fentanyl

Ken Salazar, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, met with the Los Angeles Times for more than an hour while visiting California in November. He was eager to talk up the celebrations surrounding the U.S.-Mexico diplomacy bicentennial. We were eager to talk about the border. The pas de deux featured a…

Los Angeles Times

Former Mexican presidential candidate sentenced to US prison

Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, ex-governor of Tamaulipas, is accused of using $3.5m in bribes to buy property in the US.

Al Jazeera

DEA’s new Chicago boss Sheila Lyons: Will target fentanyl, an ‘awful, terrible challenge’

Lyons, the first woman to hold the post, says she’ll target Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel, saying the fentanyl they supply is “like nothing I’ve ever seen in my 30 years in law enforcement.”

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Mexican president floats fentanyl ban, faults US drug policy

Mexico’s president is calling anti-drug policies in the U.S. a failure

The Independent UK

Railroad merg

Some Chicago suburbs opposed the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern because of concerns about more traffic potentially causing some commuters to abandon the Metra rail network and drive instead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tourist fighting for life after being found unconscious while on Mexico holiday

Liza Burke, 22, from Jacksonville, Georgia, US, was on spring break in Cabo San Lucas when she started complaining of a headache before being found unconscious by her friends

Daily Mirror

Mexico to investigate alleged human rights abuses by military after spying claims

Move follows reports alleging that the army used Pegasus spyware software to hack the phone of a prominent rights activist

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Editorial: Mexican President López Obrador’s big lie: ‘We do not produce fentanyl’

America voted out of office its mendacious president in 2020. But across the border, Mexico grapples with its own delusional leader, who recently barked out a whopper of an untruth.

Chicago Tribune

Thousands of Spring Breakers ignore advice to avoid Mexico after drug cartel kidnappings

Spring Breakers ignored US government warnings in almost every state of Mexico after it was place under a "do not travel" risk after four Americans were kidnapped whilst driving from South Carolina

Daily Mirror

No, the U.S. Shouldn't Wage War Against Mexican Cartels

There's little reason to believe that any of the tactics Republican politicians are proposing would be effective in keeping fentanyl out of the country.

Reason

Mexico to use traditional medicine, more Cuban doctors

Health authorities in Mexico say they will use more traditional medicine and more Cuban doctors in the country's woefully underequipped public hospital system

The Independent UK

Woman has fatal heart attack and dies at funeral of murdered son and grandson

Amelia Garcia Fernandez suffered a fatal heart attack while receiving condolences at the funeral of her politician son and 11-year-old grandson who were shot dead, she was rushed to hospital but was unable to be saved

Daily Mirror

FIFA Confirms Four-Team Groups, Round of 32 for 2026 World Cup

With the men’s tournament expanding to 48 teams, FIFA scrapped plans for three-team groups and announced a new round of 32 knockout.

Sports Illustrated

U.S., Mexico officials speak ahead of meeting on drugs, arms trafficking

Senior Mexican and U.S. officials have spoken with each other ahead of a meeting in April on tackling drugs and weapons trafficking, the two governments said on Tuesday, as Mexico said it was not a production hub for synthetic opioid fentanyl.

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FIFA Expands 2026 World Cup Again to Create 104-Game Program

The expanded World Cup in North America got even more supersized on Tuesday. The governing body of football increased the size of the 2026 tournament for the second time — six years after the first — by approving a bigger group stage for the inaugural 48-team event. By retaining groups…

The Independent UK

Could scientist Claudia Sheinbaum be Mexico’s next leader?

Mexico is a year away from electing its next head of state and the potential candidate getting the most attention is an environmental scientist who could become the first female leader of Latin America’s second-largest economy

The Independent UK

Fifa set to confirm 2026 World Cup format with three-team groups abandoned and new knock-out round

Mexico, USA and Canada are to jointly host the tournament which will feature 48 teams for the first time

Sports Illustrated

Hello, Sports Fans. Let Us Introduce You—Again—to Baseball’s Best Player.

No one looks like Mike Trout on a baseball field. No one hits like him, either. And he’s showing fans and teammates alike why at the World Baseball Classic.

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The Independent UK

Mother’s Day: Why is the holiday celebrated on different days in UK, US, Australia and Mexico?

Mothering Sunday will take place on 19 March in the UK

Autosport

When a timely beer helped Hyundai to a maiden WRC podium

It’s not often that beer and sporting success go hand in hand. However, wind back the clock to Rally Mexico 2014 and this popular beverage played an unlikely, yet vital cameo in saving Hyundai from the heartbreak of throwing away a first World Rally Championship podium at the final hurdle.

Los Angeles Times

Feds knew for years fentanyl-tainted pills from Mexican pharmacies were killing Americans

CAMARILLO, Calif. — Officials at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and State Department have known for more than three years that some pharmacies in Mexico are selling counterfeit medications laced with illicit fentanyl — and that American tourists are overdosing and dying from them.

Evening Standard

FIFA to approve 48-team World Cup 2026 with 104 games over 39 days

The tournament, due to be hosted by USA, Canada and Mexico will feature 40 more games

Autosport

WRC Rally Mexico: Everything you need to know

Mexico’s famous rough gravel and high altitude mountainous stages last appeared on the WRC schedule in 2020, although the event, won by Sebastien Ogier, was shortened by the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Los Angeles Times

Mexican football star Diana Flores' Super Bowl ad broke barriers. Can she empower women?

Her fans know that Diana Flores is a slippery, moving target who leaves rivals gasping and grasping at air. But it took a Super Bowl halftime ad for millions more to see why the Mexico City native is not only flag football's biggest star, but also an emerging emblem of…

WEKU

Mexican pharmacies are selling pills laced with deadly fentanyl to U.S. travelers

Researchers say Mexican pharmacies that cater to U.S. tourists and medical travelers are selling medications that look safe but are laced with deadly fentanyl and methamphetamines.

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