By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) – Two people were killed and six wounded in a shootout during a motorcycle rally in Red River, northern New Mexico, on Saturday, state police said. Bikers began shooting at one another on the main street of the mountain town about 75 miles northeast of state capital Santa Fe…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities found 175 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the southern state of Chiapas, the National Migration Institute (INM) said on Friday, in the latest mass human smuggling incident to be detected in the country. Immigration agents heard yells and banging coming from inside the vehicle…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday said the government could acquire up to half of the Mexican unit of Citigroup after the U.S. bank announced plans this week to pursue an initial public offering of the business. Citi said Wednesday it was abandoning earlier plans for a sale of…
(Reuters) – Mexico’s economy grew for the sixth quarter in a row in the first quarter, data from Latin America’s second-largest economy showed on Friday, with growth in line with market expectations. Gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.0% in the period from the previous three months, statistics agency INEGI said, matching forecasts from economists in…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Two U.S. citizens died after contracting meningitis while getting treatment in a hospital in the northern Mexican border city of Matamoros, authorities said on Thursday, as they investigated some 400 suspected cases. “A contamination caused these deaths,” Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said in a regular press conference when asked…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday urged Latino voters not to back Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the next U.S. presidential election, accusing the Republican politician of trying to win votes at the expense of migrants. DeSantis said Wednesday he would seek the 2024 Republican nomination for president and…
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s increasing attacks on adversaries and interventions in the economy are part of a calculated drive to cement his legacy and consolidate support for his successor in an election next year. The veteran leftist on Friday spooked investors when he ordered the temporary occupation…
By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -HSBC is reviewing a possible exit from as many as a dozen countries, or one in five of the markets it operates in, to sharpen its focus on Asian expansion, Chief Financial Officer Georges Elhedery told Reuters in his first interview since taking the role. The reviews follow pressure from…
(Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday he would seek the 2024 Republican nomination for president, vowing to build a wall on the border with Mexico and not restrict usage of Bitcoin. Here is a selection of his quotes: IMMIGRATION “We will move on day one by declaring a national emergency. We will…
By Krystal Hu and Arriana McLymore (Reuters) – Online fashion giant Shein is exploring plans to build a factory in Mexico as one of its manufacturing hubs outside China, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the company faces increased scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers and looks to expand its Latin America footprint. The factory,…
