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Police in Mexico are searching for a group of inmates who were sprung from a prison in Puerto Vallarta during a wave of attacks launched by the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel (CJNG) on Sunday. Puerto Vallarta, a beach resort on Mexico's Pacific coast, was among the towns where the CJGN blockaded roads and torched cars in retaliation for the killing by security forces of their leader, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, […]
Gunmen in eastern Mexico shot dead a journalist on Thursday, local media reported, marking the latest murder in one of the world’s most dangerous countries for the press. The reporter, Carlos Castro, covered crime for local news outlet Codigo Norte Veracruz, according to Mexican media and the State Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists, an autonomous body of the regional government. The gunmen shot Castro at a restaurant […]
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has called for partnership with the Mexican government to strengthen the trade relationship between both countries, saying that it has the potential for immense growth. According to a statement by his Special Adviser, Press Affairs Udora Orizu, Kalu stated this when he received the delegation led by the Mexican Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Alfredo Miranda in his office at […]
Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico's first woman president in an historic landslide win. Mexico's official electoral authority said preliminary results showed the 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City winning between 58% and 60% of the vote in Sunday's election. That gives her a lead of about 30 percentage points over her main rival, businesswoman Xóchitl Gálvez. Ms Sheinbaum will replace her mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, […]
A mayoral candidate in the Mexican state of Guerrero has been shot dead in the latest attack on an aspiring politician, ahead of this weekend's elections. Alfredo Cabrera, who was running for mayor in the town of Coyuca de Benítez, was killed by a gunman at a campaign rally. The run-up to the vote, in which a new president as well as members of the legislature, nine governors and almost […]
A woman suspected of murdering an eight-year-old girl in southern Mexico was beaten to death after a mob formed from protests sparked by the killing Violent protests began after the body of Camila Gómez was found by a road near the city of Taxco on Thursday. Two men also suspected by locals of involvement were attacked but survived. Camila disappeared on Wednesday after entering a neighbour's house to use their […]
The United States and Mexico have submitted a joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, the two federations announced on Friday. The bid is expected to face opposition from Brazil and a three-nation European bid including Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Should the North American bid succeed it would extend a streak of major international tournaments being held in the region. The USA is hosting CONMEBOL’s Copa America […]
By Mathew Ayoola As part of measures to further promote the export of Non-oil products, Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with Mexico. On the occasion in Abuja, the Executive Director/CEO of Nigeria Export Promotion Council, NEPC, Mrs Nonye Ayeni who signed on behalf of Nigeria said the move would also boost national economic development and strengthen bilateral trade relations with Mexico. "Nigeria is endowed with so […]
US President Joe Biden's administration has approved border wall construction in southern Texas in an effort to stop illegal immigration. Around 20 miles (32km) will be erected in Starr County, which is on the border with Mexico. Border officials are currently seeing high levels of illegal crossings in the area. The move is considered a U-turn by the president, who promised to stop further construction of such barriers. "There is […]
