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Mexican lawmakers vote overwhelmingly to end presidential immunity

A proposal to allow for the prosecution of Mexican presidents for a wide range of crimes overwhelmingly passed the lower house of Congress on Tuesday,...
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Monarch butterfly wintering grounds on the rebound in Mexico

Tree loss in the wintering grounds of the monarch butterfly in central Mexico is down by about 25% this year compared to last year as...
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Guerrero, Mexico records a “seismic swarm”

In the last hours a series of earthquakes have been registered in Guerrero called by the National Seismological Service (SSN) as a “seismic swarm”. In...
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El Chapo’s sons add brash new chapter to crime family

The mug shot-style photo of Ovidio Guzman that appeared as he was apprehended oozed defiance. Chin jutting out, eyes trained on the camera, the handsome...
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Mass raid on Mexico City slum finds 2 ½ tons of marijuana

Hundreds of Mexico City police and federal marines have staged a massive pre-dawn raid on one of Mexico City’s toughest slums. The raid on three...
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Mexican Cartel outsmarts and outpowers newly formed National Guard

Mexican officials on Friday admitted they had bungled the arrest of kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s son, who they let go during shootouts with drug...
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Mexican Senate set to pass bill to legalize marijuana in next few days

Mexico’s Senate will vote for a bill to fully legalize marijuana in the next few days, a key lawmaker told Reuters, marking a major step...
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More than a dozen police killed in ambush in Michoacan

Suspected cartel hitmen shot dead more than a dozen police in an ambush in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, authorities said on Monday, in...
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Mexico military police halt migrant caravan on its way to U.S.

Mexico’s military police on Saturday halted and turned back a caravan of up to 2,000 migrants from Africa, the Caribbean and Central America, hours after...
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Caravan of 2,000 migrants head toward US from south Mexico

Around 2,000 migrants set out in a caravan from southern Mexico Saturday in the hopes of reaching the United States amid pressure from Washington to...
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Once wealthy Mexican state plagued by killings, extortion

Business and church leaders say they are being hit by a wave of extortion demands by criminal gangs in Mexico’s north-central state of Guanajuato, which...
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Mexico City taxi drivers block traffic to protest Uber

Thousands of medallion taxi drivers have parked their cars to block major Mexico City thoroughfares to protest ride-hailing apps such as Uber. The ranks of...
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