By Juan Manuel Ramírez G. Mexico City (EFE).- One year after an internal power struggle erupted inside the Sinaloa Cartel, the homonymous Mexican has suffered 1,828 homicides and 2,390 disappearances, according to figures from the State Public Security Council (CESP). The wave of violence has left residents of Culiacán, the state capital, living in fear … Read more
By Diego Cubillas El Bosque, Mexico, Sep 4 (EFE).- The fishing community of El Bosque, in the oil-rich state of Tabasco, has been officially recognized as Mexico’s first group of climate refugees, after the sea swallowed more than a kilometer and a half (0.93 miles) and a half of coastline and forced residents to relocate, … Read more
International Desk (EFE).- Mexico and the United States announced Wednesday the creation of a new high-level implementation group to strengthen bilateral security cooperation, with a focus on fighting drug cartels, tackling illegal immigration, and curbing arms trafficking. The announcement came after a meeting in Mexico City between US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Mexican Foreign … Read more
By Juan Manuel Blanco Tapachula, Mexico (EFE).- Activists and authorities at Mexico’s southern border have set up a daycare that offers a safe place and child care services for 90 days for migrant children fleeing violence and insecurity in their countries. Gabriela Rueda Pérez, the director of the facility in Tapachula, Chiapas, told EFE that … Read more
By Ana Milena Varón Los Angeles, US (EFE).- “Here we are and we are not leaving” is the message of resistance that community, labour, and religious organizations in Los Angeles sent on Tuesday to the government of United States President Donald Trump, who has continued with migration raids in the area despite a judge’s order … Read more
Ciudad Juárez, México (EFE).- Authorities in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua reported Friday the discovery of 60 embalmed bodies inside a funeral home operating as a crematorium in the border city of Ciudad Juárez. The grisly scene was uncovered Thursday night in the Granjas Polo Gamboa neighborhood after residents alerted authorities to foul odors … Read more
Mexico City, (EFE).- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum firmly denied on Tuesday, in response to a public accusation from United States Homeland Security Kristi Noem, that she encouraged violent protests in Los Angeles following immigration raids that led to the detention of 42 Mexican nationals. “Just moments ago, the US Secretary of Homeland Security mistakenly claimed … Read more
Playa del Carmen, Mexico, (EFE).- The Mexican Caribbean is facing one of its worst sargassum seasons in recent years, with over 20,000 tons of seaweed already collected in the first half of 2024, a troubling sign as the summer tourist season begins, officials warned Wednesday. “We’re already exceeding 20,000 tons this season. We’ve seen especially … Read more
By Ana Baez Mexico City, May 10 (EFE). – Thousands of mothers marched on Saturday, ahead of Mothers’ Day in Mexico, to demand truth, justice, and reparations for over 127,000 people who have disappeared in the country, demanding that those dedicated to searching for their loved ones not disappear or be murdered. “We’re living in … Read more
By Ana Báez Mexico City (EFE).- There are over 127,000 missing persons who remain unaccounted for, being searched for by their families in Mexico in the absence of an official response in their relatives’ cases. “When the authorities say there are no enforced disappearances, they are insulting them,” said the executive director of Amnesty International … Read more
Mexico City, (EFE).- Mexico City has launched the “Violet Glasses” initiative within its massive surveillance system, aiming to incorporate a gender perspective to detect and prevent violence against women. The program operates through the city’s C5 center: Mexico City’s Command, Control, Computing, Communications, and Citizen Contact hub, which manages over 80,000 security cameras, the largest … Read more
New York, US, Feb 28 (EFE). – Mexican kingpins, co-founder and leader of the now-defunct Guadalajara Cartel, Rafael Caro Quintero (RCQ), and former Juarez Cartel leader Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, known as “El Viceroy,” pleaded not guilty on Friday in federal court in the Eastern District of New York to charges that could carry the death … Read more