Sources: UPI
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
The security chief for El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as "El Nini", is arrested in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration had a $3 million bounty for El Nini's arrest. 2023-11-24
Two Morena party pollsters are killed and a third is kidnapped in Juárez, Chiapas, Mexico. A note was left on the bodies from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, threatening the government. 2023-09-30
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation decriminalizes abortion nationwide in Mexico, ruling that laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights. 2023-09-6
Tropical Storm Hilary strengthens into a hurricane off the coast of Mexico. 2023-08-17
The Mexican Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk grants an emergency use authorization for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. 2021-05-27
Mexico begins the second phase of its vaccination programme for people over the age of 60 against COVID-19 in more than 300 municipalities. 2021-02-15
Twenty people are killed after a bus carrying amateur football players and fans plunges into a river in Veracruz, eastern Mexico. 2016-01-10
Hurricane Odile reaches Category 4 strength as it nears Mexico's Baja California coast. 2014-09-14