By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The prominent leader of a vigilante group in the western Mexican state of Michoacan was slain on Thursday, the local government said, in a brutal attack that left his body so badly burned that it was almost unrecognizable. The state attorney general’s office said at around midday it…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Storm Beatriz formed off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Thursday and will likely strengthen into a hurricane by Friday, prompting the government to issue warnings for popular beach resorts as it heads near shore, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The storm is expected to “move very near or along the coast of…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 100 people have died over the past two weeks in Mexico due to heat-related causes as temperatures climbed close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of the country, the health ministry said on Thursday. A three-week-long heat wave this month strained the energy grid with record demand,…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s financial system stability committee described the country’s economic outlook as uncertain on Thursday, citing persistent risks of further weakening of economic activity stemming from a complex external environment. “Looking ahead, the outlook remains uncertain,” the committee said in a statement, noting that domestic demand should nonetheless continue to support domestic…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday vowed to clean up cases of fraud and corruption at Segalmex, a government organization aimed at promoting food self-sufficiency in the agricultural sector. Segalmex, created by Lopez Obrador, has been the target of multiple corruption accusations, with several former employees arrested by the…
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico may repurchase about $4.2 billion in outstanding bonds issued to finance a partly built Mexico City airport that was later canceled, a senior official said on Wednesday. “It’s a possibility,” Deputy Transportation Minister Rogelio Jimenez Pons told reporters, noting that the finance ministry would lead any talks…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – An independent expert to the United Nations condemned mass deportations of Haitians who had fled the country amid a humanitarian crisis driven by worsening violence from heavily armed gangs who control large swathes of the country. In a statement following a visit to the Caribbean nation, William O’Neill said some methods used…
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s two-year-old air safety rating downgrade by U.S. authorities has caused a more-than-billion-dollar hit to national airlines, an industry head said in an interview Wednesday. “It was a huge loss,” said Diana Olivares, head of Mexico’s air transportation chamber and LATAM Airlines’ country manager. Mexico was downgraded to…
By Daina Beth Solomon and Laura Gottesdiener NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (Reuters) – The U.S. government is restarting asylum appointments at a dangerous Mexican border town, according to Customs and Borders Protection (CBP), just days after U.S. officials suspended the scheduling of appointments there because drug cartels were extorting migrants. The reversal comes after more than…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum leads the contest to be a candidate for Mexico’s ruling party in the 2024 presidential election, a survey published on Wednesday showed, while another poll put her in a virtual dead heat but advancing. A survey by polling firm Buendia & Marquez for newspaper El Universal…
