At least 29 killed in Mexico capture of Chapo’s son; US extradition not guaranteed
Mexico City Reuters Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel were killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel boss Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of Sinaloa, Defence Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said on Friday. Mexican security forces captured Guzman, the 32-year-old son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El […]
Mexico arrests Ovidio Guzman, son of ‘El Chapo’, city engulfed by violence
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Mexican drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was arrested, unleashing a violent backlash by gang gunmen on Thursday that shut the airport in the city of Culiacan as authorities told residents to stay indoors. Defence Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval told a news conference […]
Americas rights body turns up heat on Mexico over missing students
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Mexico’s government still owes an explanation to the families of 43 student teachers who disappeared eight years ago, and must clear up what role the armed forces played in the crime, a top international human rights body said on Tuesday. Commissioner Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitino of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission […]
Gunmen in violent Mexican state kill 20, including town mayor
San Miguel Totolapan, Mexico Reuters A fight between two rival gangs in the violence-plagued south-western state of Guerrero left 20 dead, including a local mayor, and two more wounded, Mexican authorities said Thursday. Among those shot dead in San Miguel Totolapan’s town hall on Wednesday were Mayor Conrado Mendoza, his father and former Mayor Juan […]
Experts accuse Mexico of hampering new probe into 2014 student disappearances
Mexico City, MexicoReuters Apanel of experts on Thursday accused Mexico’s government of blocking prosecutions in the 2014 disappearances of 43 student teachers, dealing a blow to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador who vowed to clear up the case. The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) said elements of the government had interfered with the troubled […]
Mexico abandons hope to rescue miners as authorities plan to recover bodies
Mexico CityReuters Mexican authorities on Monday outlined an 11-month plan to search for and recover the bodies of 10 coal miners trapped underground a month ago, a quiet admission that they are giving up on ambitions of rescuing the men alive. The shift to a recovery comes after a tunnel wall collapsed and flooded the […]
Argentina shaken by gun attack on VP Cristina Kirchner
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Friday in a show of solidarity against an apparent failed assassination attempt on powerful Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, which has shocked the South American country. An assailant pointed a loaded gun from close range at Fernandez de Kirchner outside her Buenos […]
Mexico calls disappearance of 43 students a ‘state crime’
Mexico CityReuters Mexican officials on Thursday called the 2014 disappearance of 43 students a state crime that was covered up by the government, in another damning assessment of the previous administration’s actions regarding one of Mexico’s worst human rights atrocities. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pledged to reveal what happened to the students, who […]
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 […]
Biden calls migration a “hemispheric challenge” in meeting with Mexican President
Washington DC, USReuters US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called migration a shared “hemispheric challenge” in a meeting with Mexico’s leader, his latest effort to recast illegal immigration as a regional responsibility as he faces political attacks from Republicans over his handling of the border. The two leaders also will work together to make infrastructure […]