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Hours after drug lord Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, also known as El Mencho, was killed, massive chaos broke out in several Mexican states. Air Canada suspended its operation to Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta, the seaside city of Jalisco state where El Mencho was killed. El Mencho was wanted by the US but there was initially no…
Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, also known as El Mencho, was killed in a military operation, Mexican news outlets reported, citing government sources. Major chaos broke out at Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta airports, after El Mencho’s cartel reportedly retaliated after Oseguera’s killing. Oseguera was the shadowy leader of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG),…
The United States government has issued an urgent travel alert for Americans in several Mexican states after the reported killing of one of the country’s most powerful cartel leaders triggered violent unrest and major security operations.The US State Department warned that ongoing military and law enforcement operations, together with criminal activity and road blockages, are…
A US federal court has sentenced a 23-year-old man to four years in prison for throwing a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement officers during protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Los Angeles area last year. Emiliano Garduno Galvez, a Mexican national who authorities say is living in the US without legal status,…
A strong earthquake struck Mexico on Friday morning, abruptly interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s regular press briefing at the National Palace and triggering a swift evacuation captured on camera.As Sheinbaum was addressing reporters, seismic alarms sounded across Mexico City, forcing the president, her staff and journalists to leave the historic building and move to safety. The…
A Mexican navy aircraft carrying medical patients crashed into the waters of Galveston Bay in Texas on Monday afternoon, killing at least five people, including a two-year-old child, US coast guard officials said, according to AP. Four people were rescued alive, while one person remains unaccounted for, a spokesperson for the coast guard’s Houston-Galveston sector…
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum (Image credits: AP) MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called Wednesday for sexual harassment to be made a crime nationwide after being groped on the street in an attack that underscored the dangers women in the Latin American country face.Sheinbaum, 63, was attacked while greeting supporters near the presidential palace in…
