The Latest Breaking News from Mexico

Biden asks Supreme Court for OK to scrap Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy on asylum-seeking migrants

WASHINGTON — Courts can’t force President Joe Biden to abide by former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy indefinitely, especially since it puts vulnerable migrants in danger and hampers foreign relations.

Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2022

In northern Mexico, authorities search for missing women amid spate of disappearances

More than two dozen women and girls have disappeared so far this year in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, sparking frantic searches among residents who hope their loved ones have not become the latest victims of endemic gender violence.

Reuters · Apr 20, 2022

Rosario Ibarra, Mexico’s champion of the disappeared, has died at 95

She refused an honor in 2019, saying she’d accept it only when Mexico learns the truth about its disappeared, who number nearly 100,000 — 98% of them in an era of cartel violence rather than ‘dirty war’ politics.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 19, 2022

BMO Capital Cuts First Majestic Silver Price Target By 7%

BMO Capital analyst Ryan Thompson lowered the price target on First Majestic Silver Corp (TSX:FR) NYSE: AG) to C$12 from C$13 while maintaining the Market Perform rating on the shares. First Majestic is an intermediate primary silver producer with three operating mines in Mexico. The analyst states that the consolidated Q1 gold and silver production…

Benzinga · Apr 19, 2022

US officials attend migration summit while policies under fire

High-level meetings are being held in Panama as rights advocates say risks for migrants exacerbated by US border push.

Al Jazeera · Apr 19, 2022

Jaguars could return to the US Southwest – but only if they have pathways to move north

Jaguars are the only species of big cat found on the American continent. They range as far south as Argentina, and once roamed as far north as the Grand Canyon in the U.S. Today the northernmost breeding population is in the northwest Mexican state of Sonora, just south of the…

The Conversation · Apr 19, 2022

Exclusive-Mexico shuts elite investigations unit in blow to U.S. drugs cooperation

Mexico has disbanded a select anti-narcotics unit that for a quarter of a century worked hand-in-hand with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to tackle organized crime, two sources said, in a major blow to bilateral security cooperation.

Reuters · Apr 19, 2022

Terminally ill Co Tyrone mum Jemma McGowan trolled for 'looking too good to have cancer'

The 27-year-old receives abuse by cruel strangers who claim she's "faking it"

Belfast Live · Apr 19, 2022

Terminally ill mum, 27, with weeks to live trolled for 'looking too good to have cancer’

Terminally ill Jemma McGowan has been cruelly been told she “looks too good to be dying of cancer” by trolls because she doesn’t leave the house without wearing makeup

Daily Mirror · Apr 19, 2022

Mexico’s Lopez Obrador says Abbott’s costly border checks that snarled traffic were ‘despicable’

EL PASO, Texas — Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday slammed Texas Governor Greg Abbott over his stepped up inspections of commercial trucks at the border, which for 10 days disrupted trade and the supply chain between both countries.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2022