Sources: UPI
At least 41 people are killed when a bus collides with a semi-trailer truck in Escárcega, Campeche, Mexico. 2025-02-8
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
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump announce they have agreed to delay 25% of tariffs on Mexico for a month. 2025-02-3
Mexico suspends all interactions with the Canadian and American embassies in Mexico City due to claimed interference with its independence and internal affairs after both ambassadors criticized reform plans for members of the judiciary, up to and including Supreme Court justices, to be elected by popular vote. 2024-08-27
Six people are killed and eight others are wounded in a mass shooting at a party in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. 2022-07-10
A journalist for the Expreso newspaper is killed and his daughter is critically wounded by gunmen in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The victim is the 12th journalist murdered in Mexico this year. 2022-06-29
The COVID-19 death toll in Mexico reaches to 28,000, surpassing Spain. 2020-06-30
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
A total of nine unidentified individuals are shot to death in Sinaloa state, Mexico. 2012-12-26
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez almost come to blows at the Rio Group summit in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, with Uribe taunting Chávez "Be a man! … you're a coward face-to-face! Stay and argue face-to-face!" and Chávez responding with a simple "Go to Hell!" The Summit also announces the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. 2010-02-22