US, Mexico to clamp down on illegal immigration, leaders say
Washington DC, US/Mexico City, Mexico Reuters The United States and Mexico plan to clamp down on illegal immigration at their shared border, leaders from both countries said on Monday, vowing to disrupt irregular crossings that have reached record levels in recent years. In a phone conversation on Sunday, US President Joe Biden and Mexican President […]
Former Ecuador vice president hospitalised but stable, prisons agency says
Quito, Ecuador Reuters Ecuador’s detained former Vice President Jorge Glas was taken to hospital on Monday after he fell ill at a prison in Guayaquil, prison authorities said, just hours after his lawyers complained they had been unable to contact him. Glas, already twice convicted of corruption and now facing fresh charges, was arrested on […]
Mexico suspends relations with Ecuador after arrest of ex-VP
Quito, Ecuador/Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Ecuadorean authorities arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas on Friday evening, seizing him from the Mexican embassy and prompting Mexico to suspend bilateral relations. Glas, convicted twice for corruption, had been holed up in the embassy in Quito since seeking political asylum in December, a request Mexico granted earlier on […]
Mexico’s presidential candidates sign commitment for peace with church leaders concerned by violence
Mexico City AP Mexico’s presidential candidates on Monday signed a commitment for peace with Catholic Church leaders that proposes strategies to reduce the violence in the country. During the meeting led by the Episcopal Conference of Mexico, presidential front-runner and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum said she would be open to dialogue but didn’t to accept several […]
Protesters knock down door of Mexico’s presidential palace
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters A group protesting the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico in 2014 knocked down a door to the country’s presidential palace, video from local television stations showed on Wednesday morning. The protesters rammed down the door using a white pickup truck from Mexico’s state electrical company, videos showed, while President Andres […]
Mexican church officials have helped arrange a truce between two warring drug cartels
Mexico City, Mexico AP Roman Catholic churchmen have helped arrange a truce between two warring drug cartels whose turf wars have blooded the state of Guerrero in southern Mexico, a priest said last week. It is the latest in a series of attempts by bishops and priests to get cartels to talk to each other in hopes […]
An “emerging drug”: Fentanyl use spreads deeper into Mexico, on heels of US epidemic
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Catholic bishops in Mexico say they negotiated for possible peace accord with drug cartel leaders
Mexico City, Mexico AP Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, one of the bishops said, and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he approves of such talks. The revelation by Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José de Jesús González Hernández, in remarks at […]
Mexico asks for border crossings to reopen during Blinken visit
Mexico CityReuters Mexico pressed US officials to reopen border crossings during a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on Wednesday, as US officials sought assistance to stem “irregular migration”. President Joe Biden’s administration is seeking help from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s government to reduce migrant flows and cope […]
Argentine election winner Milei greeted globally by mix of hostility and support
Reuters The victory of Argentina’s libertarian President-elect Javier Milei at the weekend has sparked mixed reactions worldwide – including hostility from some Latin American leftists, tentative support from others, and a pledge from China to work with him despite his critical comments. Milei, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, channeled voter anger over a deep economic crisis and […]