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Narco riots target civilians and companies in post-Chapo Mexico

The gang violence is extreme, among the worst that Mexico has endured: In one city after another, mostly along the U.S. border, rival drug cartels are rioting, setting cars and stores on fire, shooting and killing innocent bystanders, including at least one child last week.

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US, Mexico pledge half a billion dollars to fight cross-border pollution from Tijuana River sewage

SAN DIEGO — A nearly half-billion-dollar investment in new sewage treatment facilities in Tijuana could clean up perpetually polluted beaches in San Diego, U.S. and Mexican officials say.

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Hurricane center warns system could become Tropical Storm Danielle; starts tracking 2nd

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center continued tracking what it’s calling Potential Tropical Cyclone Four in the Gulf of Mexico warning it could form into the season’s next tropical storm on Saturday while also keeping an eye on a new potential system in the Atlantic.

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Body of Canadian tourist found in Mexico next to his crying and shocked five-year-old son

John Poulson hadn’t been seen for a week before his body was discovered in vacation rental

The Independent UK

Mexico arrests ex-attorney general in 2014 case of 43 missing students

Charges against Murillo Karam include forced disappearance, torture, and obstruction of justice during the investigation

The Independent UK

The cartels flexed their power in Tijuana — and now the battle for influence is on

A drug cartel hijacked and burned more than a dozen vehicles across Tijuana and killed innocent bystanders in the region during a spree of violence. But can officials reassure a nervous city?

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Former top prosecutor held in disappearance of Mexican students

MEXICO CITY: Authorities in Mexico have arrested a former attorney general who led a widely discredited investigation into the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 — one of the country’s worst human rights tragedies.

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Mexican president highlights his support of Baja California during visit to Tijuana

TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spoke in Tijuana on Friday morning, following a weekend of chaos in the border city that left more than 30 vehicles burned and residents in panic.

Tribune News Service

Mexico arrests ex-attorney general in missing students case

Prosecutors in Mexico say they have arrested the attorney general in the previous administration

The Independent UK

System in the Gulf of Mexico has high chance of turning into a tropical depression, forecasters say

MIAMI — A disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico is becoming better organized and now has a high chance of turning into a tropical depression soon, forecasters said Friday afternoon.

Miami Herald

Mystery as missing influencer, 28, found dead on road after sharing post on Facebook

Yessica Hernandez Prado, 28, from the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, was found dead in Mexico City on the evening of August 17 as her last Facebook post was revealed

Daily Mirror

Will a depression form in the Gulf of Mexico soon? There’s a chance, forecasters say

MIAMI — A disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico could turn into a tropical depression soon, forecasters said Friday.

Miami Herald

Mexico's president vowed to end the drug war. Instead he's doubled the number of troops in the streets

MEXICO CITY — After cartels unleashed a wave of violence across Mexico last week, killing civilians, blocking roads with burning vehicles and setting dozens of stores on fire, the government here responded as it often does to an outbreak of lawlessness: It sent in the troops.

Los Angeles Times

Shelter sickness: Migrants see health problems linger and worsen while waiting at the border

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Two days after arriving at a temporary migrant shelter at the border with the U.S. in June, Rosa Viridiana Ceron Alpizar’s 9-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son fell ill. Most of the kids in the converted gym had stomach issues after being served a meal of sausage…

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Editorial: AMLO’s ‘Hugs Not Bullets’ policy is failing Mexico

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s soft approach to confronting criminal groups is not working. In fact, it seems to be backfiring.

The Guardian - US

The other Death Valley: hundreds of migrants are dying in remote Texas deserts

Immigration policies have forced desperate people to traverse inhospitable landscapes along the US-Mexico border

Reuters

Mexico calls disappearance of 43 students a 'state crime'

Mexican officials on Thursday called the 2014 disappearance of 43 students a state crime that was covered up by the government, in another damning assessment of the previous administration's actions regarding one of Mexico's worst human rights atrocities.

The Independent UK

Mexico sees army role in 2014 case of missing 43 students

The Truth Commission established to clear up the 2014 disappearances of 43 students in southern Mexico said Thursday the army was responsible at least for not stopping the abductions because a soldier had infiltrated the student group and the army knew what was happening

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Mexico records deadliest year yet for journalists, with 18 murders so far -report

MEXICO CITY - This year will be the deadliest on record for journalists in Mexico, with 18 killed so far, human rights organization Article 19 said in a report Thursday.

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Mexico Star Jesus Corona to Miss World Cup With Broken Leg

The Sevilla winger suffered a broken fibula and ligament damage to his ankle during training Thursday.

Al Jazeera

US arms companies under pressure from Mexico lawsuit

As mass shootings continue in the US, does Mexico’s lawsuit against gun corporations have a chance?

Glasgow Live

PSV star left in awe by 'amazing' Rangers fans as he makes 'one hundred per cent support' claim

Mexico international Érick Gutiérrez, who played the full 90 minutes for Ruud van Nistelrooy's side, was blown away by the atmosphere and support from the Gers fans last night.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Winners, losers in water cuts for Western states

People in Arizona and Nevada won’t face bans on watering their lawns or washing their cars despite water shortages on the Colorado River

Tribune News Service

6 arrested in Mexico for alleged involvement in Tijuana chaos

TIJUANA, Mexico — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Tuesday the arrests of six people allegedly involved in the various acts of violence in Tijuana on Friday when vehicles were set on fire in a dozen locations, people were forced off public transportation at gunpoint and roads were blocked.

Tribune News Service

Tropical wave over Nicaragua still has low chance of developing, hurricane forecasters say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A disturbance over Nicaragua is expected to move across Central America this week then emerge over the Gulf of Mexico.

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