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Mexican military races to help flood victims
The authorities had on Tuesday reported up to 17 deaths
Man beheads pregnant girlfriend using table knife, unborn baby also dies
Edielson Santos Vidal, 31, was arrested after his pregnant partner, Jackeline de Costa Melo, 22, was found dead
Mexico's Caribbean coast braces for Hurricane Grace
Authorities in Mexico's southeastern state of Quintana Roo set up 85 shelters for people who needed refuge from the storm.
Mexico to raffle off house owned by drug lord "El Chapo"
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador tried earlier to auction off the assets, promising to use the money for education and other priorities, but that plan did not pan out.
Mexico top court decriminalizes recreational marijuana use
The legalization push is partly aimed at curbing drug-related violence that claims thousands of lives each year in the Latin American nation.
US VP Harris lashed over migration crisis after first international trip
Harris arrived Sunday in Guatemala, where she levelled a firm warning to would-be migrants: "Do not come" to the United States.
Mexico President hits back at critics over metro crash
The fallout from the disaster has thrust two of Lopez Obrador's potential political heirs into the eye of a growing political storm.
Biden to allow up to 62,500 refugees into US after criticism
Last month, the White House said it needed more time to "rebuild" the post-Trump refugee program and would therefore keep the cap at 15,000 for the year.
Massive increase of migrant children at Mexico-US border: UNICEF
Mexican authorities are recording an average of 275 new migrant children a day waiting to cross into the United States.
Mexican man charged with smuggling 13 immigrants killed in border crash
Jose Cruz Noguez was taken into custody while entering the US Monday.
Mexico reports Covid-linked deaths far above official toll
According to the government's new report, the country's total excess deaths during the pandemic reached 417,002 by the sixth week of 2021.
Kamala Harris in charge of migrant crisis as Biden faces critics
Harris said there was "no question that this is a challenging situation."
Biden's immigration policy takes heat as migrant levels soar
In February, the US Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) arrested about 100,000 people at the southern border.
Mexico close to legalising recreational marijuana use
Legalisation also risks a backlash from drug cartels who control the lucrative illegal trade.
More than 700,000 Covid-19 deaths in Latin America: AFP tally
Brazil, the country second-hardest hit after the United States, has registered more than 266,000 deaths from 11 million reported infections.
Biden begins dismantling Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy
Migrants in Mexico hoping to reach the US welcomed the policy change in Washington.
Bayern Munich wins FIFA Club World Cup trophy
The German champions defeated Mexican side Tigres in the final on Thursday.
Nineteen charred bodies found near Mexico-US border
Autopsies are underway, but identification of the corpses will be complicated due to their condition, a source from the prosecutor's office said.
UK court rejects Assange's US extradition over suicide fears
Before the ruling, both Germany and a UN rights expert expressed concern over the human rights and humanitarian problems presented by the extradition.
Mexico to start Covid-19 vaccinations on Thursday: govt
Mexico has registered 119,495 deaths linked to the virus and 1.33 million infections, according to official figures.
Three people found with hands hacked off and a signed note from Mexican drug cartel
The members of the CJNG cartel are known to cannibalise some of their victims as part of their initiation rite.
Coronavirus latest: Mexico surpasses 1 million Covid cases
The death toll meanwhile reached 98,259, including 635 registered over the past day.
Biden win forces Mexico to rebuild complicated US ties
Even if Biden cancels Trump's planned construction of a border wall, strict restrictions against undocumented migration will continue.
Woman allows partner to rape 10-year-old daughter to impregnate her
Police arrested the woman and her partner for the child abuse back in 2014.
Man swimming in restricted lagoon gets dragged underwater and mauled by crocodile
The man's body was eventually recovered after witnesses helplessly watched him getting grabbed by the beast.
Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial as participant becomes ill
The pause means the enrollment system has been closed for the 60,000-patient clinical trial while the independent patient safety committee is convened.
Mexican protesters set up camp demanding president quits
The country has reported nearly 75,000 coronavirus deaths -- one of the world's highest tolls.
Hurricane Genevieve loses strength off Mexico
The storm, which turned into a Category 4 on Tuesday, was expected to skirt Baja California without making landfall.
American woman found tortured and murdered in Mexico
The mother-of-two was found dead with her teeth missing days after she went to Mexico to meet her boyfriend.
Obesity battle: Mexico approves ban on sale of junk food, sugary drinks to children
Mexico deputy health minister calls sugary drinks "bottled poison" and urges people to stop buying them.