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Mexico Abandons Plan to End School Year Early for World Cup

Education secretary's idea to call it quits 6 weeks early is quickly reversed

(Newser) - Mexico's schools won't be getting a World Cup-length summer break after all. As Al Jazeera reports, the federal government has reversed a plan to end the school year roughly six weeks early following pushback from parents, state officials, and education analysts. Education Secretary Mario Delgado had abruptly announced...

Chinese EVs Are Showing Up in the US

Mexican drivers have them in border cities such as El Paso, as Americans warm to the idea

(Newser) - American drivers may not be able to buy Chinese cars yet, but the high-tech EVs are already cruising the streets of El Paso. The Wall Street Journal reports that just across the border in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, dealerships packed with brands like BYD, Geely, and Great Wall are selling...

Fire Rips Through Mexican Fairground, Killing at Least 5

Authorities investigate cause after fire destroys 200 stalls in Villahermosa

(Newser) - A late-night fire tore through a fairground in southern Mexico, leaving at least five people dead and wiping out hundreds of vendor stalls, reports People . The blaze erupted early Thursday at Parque Tabasco in the city of Villahermosa, hours after a concert by regional act Grupo Frontera drew roughly 135,...

Billionaire Duped in $450M Scheme: 'I Feel Like an Absolute Idiot'

Vladimir Sklarov, 63, indicted in loan plot that defrauded Mexico's Ricardo Salinas Pliego

(Newser) - A man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to dupe a Mexican billionaire out of around $450 million in a bogus stock-backed loan scheme, according to a newly unsealed US indictment and other court records. Vladimir Sklarov, 63, set up a sham company, Astor Asset...

The Rapid Sinking of This City Can Be Seen From Space

Mexico City is said to be sinking 10 inches per year, one of Earth's fastest-sinking metropolises

(Newser) - Mexico City is sinking by nearly 10 inches a year, according to new satellite imagery released this week by NASA, making it one of the world's fastest-subsiding metropolises. One of the world's most sprawling and populated urban areas, at 3,000 square miles and some 22 million people,...

El Mencho's Right-Hand Man Found Hiding in Drainage Pipe

CJNG commander Audias Flores Silva faces likely US extradition on trafficking charges

(Newser) - A man the US was willing to pay $5 million to catch was found hiding in a ditch. Mexican authorities on Monday arrested Audias Flores Silva, a senior commander in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), after he emerged from a roadside ditch near El Mirador in the state of...

Mexico Expects US to Honor Its Laws: Sheinbaum

Ministry says CIA agents were operating in country without permission

(Newser) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday ruled out a conflict with the US over an incident involving two CIA agents who died in an accident in the state of Chihuahua—agents who, according to Mexico, were not authorized to operate in the country. During her morning news briefing, Sheinbaum expressed...

Mexico Pyramid Shooter Had Columbine-Related Material

He opened fire on tourists on 27th anniversary of Colorado mass shooting

(Newser) - The gunman who opened fire on tourists at Mexico's iconic Teotihuacan pyramids carried materials that were apparently related to the deadly 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the attack that killed a Canadian woman and left at least 13 people injured. Although officials did...

Report: CIA Officers Killed in Mexico Were Leaving Drug Raid

Sheinbaum says secret involvement in raid would violate federal law

(Newser) - Two US embassy officials killed in a car crash in northern Mexico over the weekend were CIA employees tied to a ramped-up US role in the region's drug war, sources familiar with the matter tell the Washington Post , CNN , and New York Times . The Sunday accident in Chihuahua state...

Gunman Fires on Tourists at Historic Mexican Site, Kills 1

Several were injured before suspect killed himself, officials say

(Newser) - A man with a gun opened fire Monday at the historic Teotihuacán pyramids, killing one Canadian tourist and injuring six other people at the tourist site an hour north of Mexico City, the federal government said. Four people were wounded by gunfire, per the AP , and two more were...

Abandoned Baby Monkey Loves His Stuffed Animals

Meet Yuji, the Mexican patas monkey finding comfort in a plush companion

(Newser) - Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a surrogate mom after the tiny primate was rejected by his own mother, Kamaria, a first-time parent unable to form a maternal bond. Weighing a...

AI-Assisted Hackers Blamed for Massive Security Breach

Security firm says hackers exposed 195 million identity records in Mexico

(Newser) - Hackers just showed how much damage a few people with AI tools can do. Cybersecurity firm Gambit Security says a small group used Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's GPT-4.1 to hit nine Mexican government agencies between December 2025 and mid-February 2026, siphoning off data on roughly 195...

After Truck Is Impounded, Calls Start Coming From Inside

Mexican officials say nearly 230 migrants were found crammed in back of truck in Veracruz

(Newser) - Mexican authorities found 229 migrants on Monday crammed into the back of a truck traveling through the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the first such encounter in months, marking a potential uptick in migration since US President Trump took office. Jose Manuel Pozos, the state's deputy government secretary, said...

Iran Doesn't Want to Play Its World Cup Matches in US

Nation's Mexico embassy says it's in talks with FIFA to try to move those games due to safety fears

(Newser) - Iran's Embassy in Mexico on Tuesday said the country is negotiating with FIFA to move Iran's World Cup matches from the US. It was unclear whether such talks are actually happening with FIFA, which didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. The embassy posted a statement attributed...

Mexico Says It Nabbed Henchman of El Mencho

Suspect 'El Pepe' allegedly arranged cartel leader's rendezvous that exposed his location

(Newser) - Mexican officials say they've nabbed a key figure tied to the operation that ended one of the country's most notorious manhunts. The Defense Ministry on Sunday announced the arrest of an alleged Jalisco New Generation Cartel logistics boss known as "El Pepe," accused of arranging transport for the romantic partner...

Inside the Odd World of Desert Cactus Smugglers
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Something Else Is Getting Smuggled In From Mexico

1843 magazine explores the unusual world of cactus smugglers

(Newser) - It's a type of cross-border smuggling many people probably don't know exists: cactus smuggling. Writer Charlie McCann tags along on an unusual road trip across Mexico with a band of cactus lovers who quietly break the law. The story in 1843 details how the group—led by a...

Cartel Boss Buried in Golden Casket

Ballads have already been written about the killing of 'El Mencho'

(Newser) - The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was buried Monday in a shiny golden casket with enormous flower wreaths and a large military presence in the state that gave name to one of Mexico's most powerful cartels, the AP reports. A federal official confirmed that Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes,...

Op-Ed: Mexico's Cartel Gamble Is a Risk Worth Taking

'A nation cannot cede its future to the threats of crime kings like Mr. Oseguera forever'

(Newser) - Mexico's latest clash with organized crime demonstrates the risk involved when the state swings at a cartel kingpin. Writing in the New York Times , Mexico-based crime reporter Ioan Grillo describes how the Jalisco New Generation Cartel responded after its leader, Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, was killed by Mexican...

FIFA Has 'Complete Confidence' in Mexico for World Cup

'Things happen,' Gianni Infantino says of recent violence

(Newser) - The violence that erupted in Mexico after the death of a powerful drug lord has left many questioning whether the country will be able to co-host the World Cup in just over three months. FIFA President Gianni Infantino thinks it can, the AP reports.
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As Violence Recedes, Mexico Hunts Escaped Inmates

Shelter-in-place order for Americans lifted

(Newser) - Mexico's top cartel boss is dead, dozens are dead with him, and now 23 inmates are on the run. Authorities in the Pacific resort city of Puerto Vallarta are hunting prisoners who bolted from a local jail Sunday after armed men rammed a gate amid a coordinated burst of...

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