Defense Chief Confirms Rescue of 49 Kidnapped Migrants

Some of the migrants were found traversing a highway, while others were seeking shelter in several houses in the area
Read moreSome of the migrants were found traversing a highway, while others were seeking shelter in several houses in the area
Read moreAccording to the Mexican federal government, over 2,000 migrants were kidnapped by smuggling gangs and drug cartels last year
Read moreIn March 2020, the Title 42 policy was introduced by former U.S. President Donald Trump. It permitted the swift expulsion of migrants during the covid-19 pandemic
Read moreA lethal fire broke out in Mexico’s National Institute of Migration in Ciudad Juárez, reportedly leaving at least 39 victims dead and another 28 injured in its wake
Read moreIt looks as though leftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial “hugs, not bullets” policy is not working too well
Read moreBy ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreBy MARK LORENZANA In March of this year, the government of El Salvador, headed by President Nayib Bukele, declared a state of emergency after police recorded a total of 62 homicides in a single day. It marked the most violent day in 30 years for the Central American country, which has contended with criminal gangs for decades. El Salvador has
Read moreXINHUA A caravan of about 1,000 migrants, the seventh since August, left southeastern Mexico on Tuesday, Aug. 30l for the U.S. border, local media reported. The caravan mainly included men from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic, as well as hundreds of women and approximately 150 children, said local news reports. If the group meets up with others
Read moreXINHUA Mexico’s Caribbean resort region is facing an ecological catastrophe due to a mysterious contagious disease that has damaged up to 50 percent of all local marine coral species, according to Lorenzo Álvarez Filip, a researcher from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). “This is a disease of tissue loss in hard corals, and the pathogen is still unknown,
Read moreBy MARK LORENZANA There has been a lot of soccer news lately. Two columns ago, I wrote about a particularly bad stretch for Mexican soccer: how the Mexican Women’s National Soccer Team went winless in the recently concluded CONCACAF W championship despite hosting the tournament here in Mexico, about how Mexico’s U-20 National Men’s Soccer Team suffered a shocking defeat
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