Tycoon Carlos Slim’s construction arm is in talks with his majority-owned construction firm FCC and rival Spanish builder Acciona to jointly bid on a coveted $3.5 billion (2.87 billion pounds) Mexico City airport terminal project, five people familiar with the matter said. Carso Infraestructura y Construccion, part of Slim’s Grupo Carso, is hashing out a...Read More

Pena Nieto’s reputation has been dented by abuses by security forces, conflict-of-interest scandals and political corruption. It took a fresh hit this summer when he hosted U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Mexico City on Aug. 31 for a hastily arranged visit that surprised many members of his cabinet. Trump has long pilloried Mexico,...Read More

The attorney general’s office did not say whether the 563-yard (meter) -long passage tunnel found in Tijuana actually reached U.S. soil. The tunnel had rails, apparently used to push loads of drugs through. It was about 3 feet wide and 4 feet high, and was built about 23 feet (7 meters) under ground level Prosecutors...Read More