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
Hurricane Otis becomes the most intense landfalling cyclone in the Eastern Pacific basin on record after making landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, and killing at least 27 people in the city, as a category 5 hurricane with 1-minute sustained winds of 165 mph. 2023-10-25
Mexican health regulator COFEPRIS approves the emergency use of Pfizer's anti-COVID-19 oral drug Paxlovid. 2022-01-14
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
Protesters in the Mexican state of Guerrero attack the state government headquarters in the state capital Chilpancingo over the disappearance of 43 students. 2014-10-13
20 musicians from the band, Kombo Kolombia, who play Colombian vallenato music, are missing after playing a gig in Hidalgo, Mexico. 2013-01-26
Tropical Storm Dora becomes a hurricane with a tropical storm watch issued for southwestern Mexico. 2011-07-19
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-16) opens in the Mexican resort city of Cancún. 2010-11-30
Former President of Mexico Vicente Fox calls for the legalisation of drugs in Mexico. 2010-08-9
40 people are killed and at least four others are wounded in an attack by at least 30 gunmen in Chihuahua, Mexico. 2010-06-11