Six years after 43 students disappeared and were most likely murdered in south-western Mexico, the government has promised further investigations. “We must not give up hope,” Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Saturday. “There will be justice.” The 43 young men were studying in a rural teacher training college in Ayotzinapa and went […]

Mexico reported 523 more coronavirus deaths on Saturday, pushing its tally to 30,366, overtaking France to become the fifth-highest in the world. The health ministry also reported 6,914 new infections and a total of 252,165 confirmed cases. Deputy Health Minister Hugo Gatell reiterated that the actual number of infected was probably significantly higher. “We knew […]

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico on Tuesday, killing six people, sending hundreds fleeing from their homes and forcing the closure of a major state-owned oil refinery. Hundreds of aftershocks were reported in the hours following the initial tremor, which was felt in Mexico City, some 700 kilometers (430 miles) distant from the epicenter […]

At least 16 bodies and more than two-dozen bags full of human remains have been found outside Mexico’s city of Guadalajara, state prosecutors said. The gruesome discoveries — announced Thursday — were made over the last ten days, in four different regions in the country’s west. The remains of 14 people were found on the […]

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday his country would sell gasoline to Venezuela, if asked to do so, for “humanitarian” reasons, despite a raft of U.S. sanctions imposed on the South American country. Lopez Obrador added he has not received such a request from the Venezuelan government. The U.S. government is seeking […]