Sources: AlertNet
Mexico confirms it has suspended all shipments of fuel to Cuba to avoid punitive tariffs by the United States which is enforcing an oil blockade of the island, while vowing to continue shipments of humanitarian aid. 2026-02-10
In Mexico, at least 18 people are killed and 23 others are injured when a bus traveling from Mexico City to Tijuana, Baja California, falls into a ravine in Tepic, Nayarit. The driver is arrested for suspected overspeeding. 2023-08-3
Hurricane Delta makes landfall in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula at 5:30 CDT. 2020-10-7
Mexico extradites Rubén Oseguera González, the son of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, to the United States to face drug charges. Cervantes is the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. 2020-02-21
Citing national security reasons, U.S. President Donald Trump imposes tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum imported from most countries. Canada and Mexico are provisionally exempt pending NAFTA renegotiations. The tariffs will take effect on March 23. 2018-03-8
Hundreds of people are evacuated following a large explosion at an oil facility in Coatzacoalcos in southern Mexico. 2016-04-20
Voters in Mexico go to the polls for a legislative election with reports of violence in southern states and widespread voter disillusionment. Exit polls show the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party of President Enrique Peña Nieto in a position to retain power. 2015-06-7
Vanuatu Prime Minister Edward Natapei is ousted in a vote of no confidence while traveling en route to Cancun, Mexico. Sato Kilman becomes Prime Minister. 2010-12-2
Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation upholds a Mexico City law allowing gay adoption. 2010-08-16