Sources: Reuters
Six severed heads are discovered on a road that links the states of Puebla and Tlaxcala in Mexico. The La Barredora cartel is suspected to be behind the attack. 2025-08-19
The Mexican Armed Forces announces its soldiers opened fire on a truck after "hearing detonations" while pursuing it near Huixtla, Chiapas, Mexico. The vehicle was carrying migrants, six out of thirty-one of whom are killed. 2024-10-2
Seven people are killed during a mass shooting against villagers in Polhó, a Zapatista community in Chenalhó, Mexico. 2023-06-3
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security officially terminates the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, which mandated that all asylum seekers from Central America were to wait in Mexico pending their court cases. However, a health order from March 2020 allowing for border authorities to send migrants back for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic remains in place. 2021-06-1
A shootout between rival cartel gangs in Chihuahua, Mexico, kills at least 19 people. 2020-04-4
Mexico and the United States reach a deal on migration, suspending tariffs on Mexican imports into the U.S. which were to take effect on June 10. Mexico agreed to increase its enforcement efforts along their southern border with Guatemala, including deploying troops from their upcoming Mexican National Guard Guard Nacional de México. 2019-06-7
An illicitly tapped fuel pipeline explodes in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, killing 135 people and injuring 8 others. It is believed the explosion occurred after the line was ruptured by suspected fuel thieves. 2019-01-18
Canada agrees to sign the new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement deal which replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement that was reached in August by the United States and Mexico. 2018-09-30
Two explosions at fireworks workshops in Tultepec, Mexico, kill at least 19 people, including rescue workers, and injure dozens more. Tultepec is home to a major fireworks industry. 2018-07-5
Mexico says 10 suspected drug gang members were killed in shootout with soldiers in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas. 2011-01-22