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Mexico arrests more than 100 local police officers for various abuses and offenses
1 week ago

Mexico arrests more than 100 local police officers for various abuses and offenses

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in two states in southern Mexico arrested more than 100 local police officers Monday for various abuses and offenses, adding to the long list of police corruption scandals in the country. In the largest of the two incidents, 92 municipal police officers in the southern state of Chiapas were arrested after they tried to stop state …

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Latin America and Caribbean: A Week of Resilience and Hope
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Latin America and Caribbean: A Week of Resilience and Hope

Associated Press  

Millions of Cubans were left without electricity for days after the nation’s energy grid went down when one of the island’s major power plants failed. The Amazon River naturally fluctuates during the dry and rainy seasons, but a dramatic drop has been evident since 2023. The article highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past …

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Drug cartels’ turf war in Mexico’s Chiapas state sends villagers fleeing to Guatemala
4 months ago

Drug cartels’ turf war in Mexico’s Chiapas state sends villagers fleeing to Guatemala

LA Times  

In their native village in southern Mexico, people once lived a tranquil existence. They are among thousands of people displaced by an escalating turf war that has engulfed much of Mexico’s Chiapas state — known for its Indigenous cultures, spectacular nature, Maya ruins and picturesque colonial towns — in the sort of violence that has already convulsed so much of …

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Mexico’s president downplays cartel violence that drove nearly 600 Mexicans into Guatemala
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico’s president downplays cartel violence that drove nearly 600 Mexicans into Guatemala

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador thanked Guatemala on Friday for helping the nearly 600 Mexicans who have crossed into Guatemala to escape drug cartel violence, but also minimized the violence that drove them there. In his first comments since the refugees fled earlier this week, the president went on to add that Mexico is a large …

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Authorities say 600 Mexicans have crossed into Guatemala to escape drug cartel violence
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Authorities say 600 Mexicans have crossed into Guatemala to escape drug cartel violence

Associated Press  

GUATEMALA CITY — Nearly 600 Mexicans have fled across the border from Mexico into Guatemala seeking refuge from drug cartel violence, Guatemalan authorities said Wednesday. Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo said that his administration was coordinating with the local governments in Huehuetenango and the municipality of Cuilco to attend to the Mexicans “who are escaping conflict between groups that is taking …

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Drug gang turf war dumps dozens of bodies in Mexico truck
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Drug gang turf war dumps dozens of bodies in Mexico truck

Al Jazeera  

Probers say the clash was between the powerful Sinaloa cartel and another gang identified as ‘Chiapas and Guatemala’. At least 19 bodies were discovered in or around a dump truck in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said on Tuesday. An initial investigation said the clash was between the Sinaloa cartel, one of the most powerful in Mexico, and …

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Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before

Associated Press  

COTIJA, Mexico — Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role than before in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts. The country’s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted assassinations of mayoral and other local candidates who threaten their control. On Wednesday, the last official …

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A mayoral candidate and 5 other people killed in gunfire at a campaign rally in southern Mexico
7 months ago

A mayoral candidate and 5 other people killed in gunfire at a campaign rally in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A mayoral candidate and five other people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a campaign rally in the violence-wracked southern Mexico state of Chiapas, officials said. State prosecutors said a young girl was among the six people killed in the gunfire late Thursday, along with mayoral candidate Lucero López Maza. The church statement said the heavily …

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Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government has acknowledged that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors because of a toxic mix of cartel violence and land disputes. “They demand your identification, to see if you’re a local resident,” he said, describing an almost permanent gang checkpoint on the road to Lagartero, a Mayan pyramid complex that is …

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Mexican president calls on civilians not to support drug cartels even if they pressure them
11 months ago

Mexican president calls on civilians not to support drug cartels even if they pressure them

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president called on citizens Friday not to support drug cartels, or oppose the installation of National Guard barracks, after a number of videos surfaced showing residents cheering convoys of cartel gunmen. Several videos have been posted on social media in recent weeks of villages in southern Chiapas, showing farmers lining roadways near the border with Guatemala …

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Zapatista indigenous rebel movement marks 30 years since its armed uprising in southern Mexico
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Zapatista indigenous rebel movement marks 30 years since its armed uprising in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

OCOSINGO, Mexico — Members and supporters of the Zapatista indigenous rebel movement celebrated the 30th anniversary of their brief armed uprising in southern Mexico on Monday even as their social base erodes and violence spurred by drug cartels encroaches on their territory. “We’re alone, like 30 years ago, because alone we have found the new path that we are going …

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Drug cartel turf battles cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near Guatemala border
1 year, 2 months ago

Drug cartel turf battles cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near Guatemala border

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Drug cartel turf battles cut off a series of towns in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, Mexico’s president acknowledged Monday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that the cartels have cut off electrical power in some towns, and forbidden government workers from coming in to the largely rural area to fix power …

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Suspected car bomb explodes in Mexican city amid cartel turf war
1 year, 5 months ago

Suspected car bomb explodes in Mexican city amid cartel turf war

Al Jazeera  

At least three members of Mexico’s National Guard were wounded in the blast, which took place in the city of Celaya. An apparent booby trap or car bomb has exploded in a cartel-dominated Mexican city, wounding several officers of the country’s National Guard who approached the vehicle to inspect it. The National Guard said on Thursday that the explosion occurred …

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Suspected car bomb explodes in cartel-dominated Mexican city, wounds several National Guard officers
1 year, 5 months ago

Suspected car bomb explodes in cartel-dominated Mexican city, wounds several National Guard officers

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — An apparent booby trap or car bomb exploded in a cartel-dominated Mexican city, wounding several officers of Mexico’s National Guard, who approached the vehicle to inspect it, authorities confirmed Thursday. The National Guard said the explosion occurred late Wednesday in the city of Celaya, in the north-central state of Guanajuato, where the Jalisco and Santa Rosa de …

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Mexico vigilantes ‘El Machete’ kidnap 21 and burn mountain town in Chiapas
3 years, 4 months ago

Mexico vigilantes ‘El Machete’ kidnap 21 and burn mountain town in Chiapas

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A couple of hundred armed men from “El Machete”, …

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