An Australian woman faces five years in jail after she was caught helping her Mexican fiance sneak illegally into the United States over the U.S.-Canada border in July, officials said in a statement. Sarah Louise Branch, 37, from Sydney, Australia, pleaded guilty “to encouraging and inducing the entry of an illegal alien into the United States” in […]

A 30-minute phone conversation between President Donald Trump and Mexico’s newly elected, leftist president Andrés Manuel López Obrador seems to have opened a new chapter in the relationship between both countries. A delegation of Trump administration officials will meet with López Obrador on July 13 to continue the dialogue, sending positive signals for the ongoing NAFTA […]

Mexico’s leftist president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he is willing to work with President Donald Trump and reach a deal on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), despite strongly criticizing his American counterpart during the Mexican presidential election. Experts, however, cast doubt on the leader’s ability to strike a deal in the short […]

MEXICO CITY–Mexico has arrested the wife of Nemesio Oseguera, one of the country’s most wanted drug lords, officials said on Sunday. Known as “El Mencho,” Oseguera is blamed for rising heroin shipments to the United States and waves of bloody executions. Rosalinda Garcia was detained in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopon in the Western state […]

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico—Magda Rubio had just launched her campaign for mayor of a small city in northern Mexico, when a chilling voice came through her cell phone. “Drop out,” the caller warned, “or be killed.” It was the first of four death threats Rubio said she has received since January from the same well-spoken, anonymous […]

A man who had already been deported three times from the U.S. is facing a child sexual assault charge in Cleveland, Ohio. Antonio Barrera from Mexico has been accused of sexually assaulting a child relative on Cleveland’s east side in December 2017, reported Fox 8, citing police. Felony sex charges against Barrera are now pending […]

MEXICO CITY–Citing a new security threat in Mexico’s Caribbean beach resort of Playa del Carmen, the U.S. government is prohibiting its employees from traveling there, marking another blow to the battered reputations of the country’s most popular tourist hubs. The U.S. travel ban was issued late on Wednesday and was later cited by the Canadian […]

President Donald Trump signed orders on Thursday imposing a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum. Both tariffs are global with the exception of Mexico and Canada. “Due to the unique nature of our relationship with Canada and Mexico—we’re negotiating, right now, NAFTA—we’re going to hold off the […]

MEXICO CITY—There were more than 25,000 murders across drug-ravaged Mexico in 2017, the highest annual tally since modern records began, government data showed. Investigators opened 25,339 murder probes last year, up nearly 25 percent from the 2016 tally, interior ministry data released on Saturday showed. It was the highest annual total since the government began […]

Border agents at the U.S.-Mexico border recovered almost 2,500 pounds of marijuana from a motorhome that was crossing from Mexico into the United States. The vehicle was stopped while trying to cross the border at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville on Saturday, Dec. 30. A K-9 that was trained to detect marijuana alerted officers to the […]

The soccer federations of Canada, the United States, and Mexico are making good progress to submit their joint bid to host the 2026 World Cup.

WASHINGTON—The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks are now addressing the more intricate details of the deal, and the political calendar will make it very challenging to complete a new agreement, according to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. Speaking at the 2017 U.S.–Japan Council annual conference on Nov. 13, Ross said there is no exact date […]

MEXICO CITY—Emergency workers searched by floodlight in smashed buildings for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in 32 years amid fading rescue prospects, five nights after the disaster and as President Enrique Pena Nieto urged Mexicans to turn their attention to rebuilding. The search continued in a ruined office building in Mexico City’s hip Roma neighborhood […]

A man who lost his house in the second recent earthquake in Mexico thinks it may be from poor construction techniques. Luis Resendiz, a 35-year-old photographer from Mexico City, only bought the house in April. The construction isn’t even a year old. Tougher building regulations have been in place since Mexico’s 1985 earthquake, so Resendiz suspects […]

The White House announced Wednesday that it is deploying rescue teams to Mexico in response to a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit the country a day earlier. “The President offered assistance and search-and-rescue teams, which are being deployed now,” said the White House in a statement. Trump met with his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Peña Nieto, […]

Hours after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Mexico, President Donald Trump said that the United States is standing with its southern neighbor and will be there for them. “God bless the people of Mexico City. We are with you and will be there for you,” the president wrote on Twitter. The quake’s epicenter was some […]

Drug cartels and street gangs in Mexico are creating their own religions and altering beliefs in existing Catholic saints, in a move to create a new “narcoculture” that tries to morally justify crime and violence. Some of these new figures of worship are existing Catholic saints, most of which have had their meaning altered for the narcoculture. […]

At one time the Baja area of Mexico was a hot spot for those seeking a meaningful escape from daily life, particularly Cabo San Lucas, at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Over the last 30-40 years, however, this area has grown to become a major tourist destination, offering a cornucopia of outdoor activities and a robust party […]

If President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his campaign promises, the United States will have stronger security on the Mexican border and will deport illegal immigrants with criminal records. While this could reduce the problems on the U.S. side of the border, the situation in Mexico may get worse before it gets better. Mexican drug […]

Trade, immigration, tax cuts, and deregulation were the big issues of Donald Trump’s campaign. The automotive industry didn’t feature prominently, but his presidency will have major implications for it. The potential increase in trade barriers puts automakers at risk. Lower corporate taxes and reduced regulations, however, could bring them benefits.  NAFTA and Trade Barriers Trump’s […]