Mexico

The Associated Press reports: The governor of the Mexican state of Baja California said she and her husband were informed that their U.S. tourist visas have been withdrawn. In a post on the social platform X, Marina del Pilar Ávila said she was informed her visa was revoked via consular message, shortly after her husband, Carlos Torres, received a similar …

The Associated Press reports: Mexico has sued tech giant Google over its labelling of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, a change made by U.S. President Donald Trump via executive order, Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday. Mexico’s Foreign Relations ministry had previously sent letters to Google asking it to not label Mexican territorial waters as the …

“The last couple of years have been some of the bloodiest ever reported. You’ll see actually in a lot of these tourist destinations, you know, young people. Specifically if you have kids, don’t pay for your college kids to go down to Mexico to party for Spring Break, okay? “That’s probably the worst thing that you can do. A little …

Wired reports: As the US struggles to contain its worst measles outbreak in years, cases have spilled over into Mexico. In an April 25 report, Mexico’s Ministry of Health reported there have been 583 confirmed cases in the country this year, with 560 recorded in the border state of Chihuahua. The outbreak in Chihuahua is partly due to its proximity …

The Washington Post reports: A Trump administration publicity campaign aimed at discouraging illegal migration is off to a rocky start, with Mexico’s government calling for the ads to be pulled and promising to ban such foreign “propaganda” in the future. The campaign has raised questions in the United States about its overtly political messaging and its price tag — up …

Via press release from the Commerce Department: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its intent to withdraw from the 2019 Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, with termination effective in 90 days. The current agreement has failed to protect U.S. tomato growers from unfairly priced Mexican imports, as Commerce has been flooded with comments from …

“Mexico OWES Texas 1.3 million acre-feet of water under the 1944 Water Treaty, but Mexico is unfortunately violating their Treaty obligation. This is very unfair, and it is hurting South Texas Farmers very badly. “Last year, the only Sugar Mill in Texas CLOSED, because Mexico has been stealing the water from Texas Farmers. Ted Cruz has been leading the fight …

The Associated Press reports: Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that Mexico will respond to 25% tariffs imposed by the United States with its own retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. Sheinbaum said she will announce the products Mexico will target on Sunday in a public event in Mexico City’s central plaza, perhaps indicating Mexico still hopes to de-escalate the trade …

Bloomberg News reports: Impending tariffs on Canada and Mexico risk driving up US car prices by as much as $12,000, further squeezing consumers and wreaking havoc across the intricate web of automotive supply lines spanning the continent. The cost to build a crossover utility vehicle will rise by at least $4,000, while the increase would be three times that for …

The Washington Post reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an additional 2,500 to 3,000 active-duty troops to the southern U.S. border, including soldiers from a motorized brigade equipped with 20-ton armored Stryker combat vehicles, defense officials familiar with the effort said. The Pentagon announced the deployment, first reported by The Washington Post, in a statement Saturday afternoon. Hegseth has …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump on Thursday said that his proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada will go into effect on March 4, and that China will be charged an additional 10% tariff on the same date. The sweeping 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada had been paused on Feb. 3 for one month. But the Trump administration …

CNN reports: Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday, arguing that US President Donald Trump’s order to rename it only applies to the part of the continental shelf under US control. “What …

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration has agreed to pause sweeping tariffs on Mexico for a month while the two sides hammer out an agreement on security and trade, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Monday. Sheinbaum said on the X platform that, in a “good conversation’” with President Donald Trump, Mexico agreed to rush 10,000 national guard troops to the …

Reuters reports: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Saturday ordered retaliatory tariffs in response to the U.S. decision to slap 25% tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, as a trade war broke out between the two neighbors. In a lengthy post on X, Sheinbaum said her government sought dialogue rather than confrontation with its top trade partner to the north, …

Reuters reports: U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce new tariffs against Canada and Mexico that will begin on March 1, but will include a process for the countries to seek specific exemptions for certain imports, three people familiar with the planning told Reuters. The tariff situation remained fluid on Friday and no decision is final until Trump makes …

NBC News reports: Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday, at least temporarily frustrating the Trump administration’s plans to deport immigrants to the country, according to two U.S. defense officials and a third person familiar with the situation. Two Guatemala-bound Air Force C-17s, carrying about 80 people apiece, flew deportees out of the U.S. Thursday night, the …

The Associated Press reports: Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and local consulates if they think they are about to be detained by the U.S. immigration department, a senior official said Friday. The app has been rolled out for small-scale testing and “appears to be working very well,” said Juan Ramón de la …

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: A passenger attempted to hijack a domestic Mexican flight Sunday morning and forcibly divert it to the United States, according to the airline Volaris. The suspect, identified by Mexican authorities only as a 31-year-old Mexican national named Mario, assaulted a flight attendant and tried to enter the cockpit to divert the flight to the United …

Reuters reports: Mexican Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard [photo] said on Wednesday that a 25% across-the-board tariff proposed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would cause the loss of 400,000 jobs and slow growth in the United States, while also hitting Mexican exports. “It’s a shot in the foot,” he said in a morning press conference, adding that Mexico wanted more regional …