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November 20, 2023

Mexican government forces freight lines to prioritize passenger rail

The Mexican government on Monday issued a decree forcing private freight railway lines to give passenger train service preferential treatment.

November 16, 2023

News photographer shot dead in cartel-dominated Mexican border hub

News photographer Ismael Villagómez was found shot to death Thursday in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas.

November 15, 2023

Fireworks shop explosion kills at least 4 in central Mexico

Four men have been reported dead and a fifth severely injured following an explosion at a fireworks shop in Xiutetelco, a township in Mexico's Puebla state.

November 14, 2023

Mexican court sentences ex-officers to 50 years for mass murder of migrants, ensuing coverup

A Mexican court has sentenced 11 former police officers to 50 years in prison each for the 2021 killings of 17 migrants and two citizens.

November 14, 2023

Coast Guard searches Gulf of Mexico for Louisiana man reported missing from cruise ship

The U.S. Coast Guard is actively searching the Gulf of Mexico for Tyler Barnet, a Louisiana man, who was reported missing from a cruise ship earlier this week.

November 13, 2023

Mexico's ruling party dodges desertion crisis in leadup to 2024 election

Mexico's left-wing Morena party, led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, appears to have avoided dissolution as key candidates remain under its banner.

November 9, 2023

Mexican immigration officers find 123 migrants trapped in trailer

123 migrants from Central and South America were reportedly found trapped inside a trailer in Matehuala, a city in Mexico's San Luis Potosí state.

November 9, 2023

Embattled Mexican women's prison reports 8 suicides in under 5 months

The women's prison in Mexico's Morelos state, located outside Mexico City, has reported a string of eight recent suicides as it grapples with notoriously poor conditions.

November 8, 2023

AMLO says he'll force Mexican freight rail companies to offer passenger service

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Wednesday that private rail companies must either offer passenger services or let the government run its trains on their tracks.

November 6, 2023

Mexico's Zapatista rebel movement says it is dissolving its 'autonomous municipalities'

The indigenous Zapatatist movement, which once challenged the Mexican government in 1994 in an armed rebellion, has declared an end to its autonomous municipalities.