Sources: BBC News
Ernesto Ruffo Appel, former governor of Baja California, Mexico, is arrested on charges related to organized crime and fuel smuggling. 2026-07-16
Five gunmen are killed and a state trooper is wounded during a security operation in Los Herreras, Nuevo León, Mexico. Authorities implement coordinated surveillance in the area for more suspects. 2026-04-16
The bodies of three employees abducted from a mining facility in Sinaloa, Mexico, are recovered after being taken on January 23, while authorities continue searching for the remaining seven missing workers. 2026-02-9
United States president Donald Trump announces a 30% tariff increase on imported items from Mexico and the European Union to take effect on August 1. 2025-07-12
The U.S. Treasury Department imposes sanctions on Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and his brother Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, El Chapo's sons who are believed to be in Mexico and leading factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. 2025-06-9
The Mexican health department reports that thirteen children have died from a bloodstream infection caused by "Klebsiella oxytoca" found in contaminated IV bags in Mexico state, Mexico. Seven children remain hospitalized. 2024-12-5
In the last four days, at least 34 people have been killed in Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico, in cartel ambushes and clashes. Mexican police arrest 21 people, including sixteen Guatemalan and Salvadoran nationals. 2024-10-28
Mexico reports its first case of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus in a wild, non-poultry bird in Metepec, State of Mexico. 2022-10-21
Mexican voters head to the polls to elect a new session to the Chamber of Deputies. Analysts predict that while President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's party National Regeneration Movement will lose seats, his coalition will retain an overall majority. The lead-up to the election saw considerable violence, with at least 89 politicians, including 35 candidates, killed in the past 200 days. 2021-06-6
At least 17 migrants are kidnapped by suspected human traffickers in Tijuana, Baja California, in northwestern Mexico. 2010-09-2