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A series of shootouts and encounters are reported in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, after the arrest of the regional leader of the Cártel del Noreste and leader of an armed wing in the state. The United States Consulate in Mexico issues an alert for its citizens to not go out on the streets, and the Nuevo Laredo International Airport suspends activities due to the violence.
2025-02-4

A team of archaeologists announce the discovery of more than 6,000 ancient Mayan structures hidden by vegetation in the southeastern Mexican state of Campeche, including a city of pyramids they dubbed Valeriana.
2024-10-28

Mexico surpasses India to have the third-highest death toll in the world.
2021-01-28

The United Kingdom surpasses 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, Brazil, India, and Mexico.
2021-01-26

The number of cases in Mexico reaches past 600,000. The death toll in the country reaches to 65,241.
2020-09-1

The wife of a former US Marine and Iraq War veteran whose family publicly pleaded for President Donald Trump to intervene is deported to Mexico.
2018-08-3

Following a start-of-year hike to the price of gas, widespread riots and looting mostly targeting gas stations, supermarkets and department stores take place in several cities in Mexico. Over 250 people are said to have been arrested so far while blockades to PEMEX installations potentially lead to critical situations in some states.
2017-01-5

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits southern Mexico and Guatemala, causing at least three deaths.
2014-07-7

Mexican Drug War: Gunmen open fire on an "El Mañana" newspaper office in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, shortly after drug-related massacres in the city.
2012-05-11

Thieves tapping a Pemex oil pipeline cause a diesel fuel spill south of Tijuana in Mexico.
2011-02-9