An “emerging drug”: Fentanyl use spreads deeper into Mexico, on heels of US epidemic
LAURA GOTTESDIENER and BRENDAN O’BOYLE, of Reuters, report…
Mexico rescues 49 migrants kidnapped from bus
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Forty-nine migrants from Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela, El Salvador, Brazil and Cuba who had been kidnapped from a commercial bus in central Mexico have been found, Mexico’s defense minister said on Thursday. The migrants were found in several groups in the central state of San Luis Potosi and the neighboring state of Nuevo […]
Mexico declares drought in northern state of Nuevo Leon matter of “national security”
Monterrey, MexicoReuters Mexico declared the water shortage in the northern state of Nuevo Leon a matter of “national security” on Friday as the region, home to Mexico’s industrial capital, has been crippled by a worsening drought in recent months. Buckets are refilled with water by residents as a water truck distributes it outside houses at […]
Dams, taps running dry in northern Mexico amid historic water shortages
Monterrey, Mexico Reuters Her elderly neighbour is hard of hearing so Maria Luisa Robles, a convenience store worker in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, shouted the question a second time: Have you run out of water? She had – and it wasn’t just her. The taps across this working-class neighbourhood of Sierra Ventana dried […]
Missing girl found dead, fueling outrage over gender violence in Mexico
Monterrey, MexicoReuters The body of a Mexican teenager who went missing this month in the northern state of Nuevo Leon has been found submerged in a cistern inside the grounds of a motel near where she was last seen alive, according to her father. Debanhi Escobar, a 18-year-old law student, vanished on 9th April, amid […]
Mexico human trafficking cases stall as coronavirus bites
Mexico City, MexicoThomson Reuters Foundation Investigations into human trafficking in Mexico stagnated in 2020 after two years of sharp growth, with activists saying that authorities had struggled to adapt as the crime evolved and recruitment shifted online during the coronavirus pandemic. State authorities launched 551 trafficking cases last year – up one per cent from […]