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US lets in asylum-seekers stuck in Mexico
San Diego: After waiting months and sometimes years in Mexico, people seeking asylum in the United States are being allowed into the country starting Friday as they wait for courts to…
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Mexican President offers political asylum to Assange
Mexico City: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange political asylum if the United Kingdom freed him from jail. “I am…
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Mexico reports 12,129 new COVID cases
Mexico City: Mexico reported 12,129 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 627 relevant deaths on Saturday, bringing the national caseload to 1,313,675 and death toll to 117,876, said the health…
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Mexico reaches 1 million COVID cases
Mexico City: Mexico has registered more than 1 million total coronavirus cases and nearly 100,000 test-confirmed deaths, though officials agree the number is probably much higher. Health Director-General Ricardo Cort s…
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Hurricane Zeta closes in on resort zone of Mexico’s Yucatan
Cancun: Hurricane Zeta, the 27th named storm in a very busy Atlantic season, closed in on the Caribbean coast of the eastern Yucatan Peninsula, whipping the resorts around Tulum with…
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New Mexico has the highest alcohol-related deaths in the US
Washington: The US state of New Mexico currently accounts for the highest rate of alcohol-related deaths in the country, according to health officials. On Friday, the state’s Health Department said that…
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Global coronavirus cases top 20 million, doubling in 45 days
Mito (Japan): The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide topped 20 million on Tuesday, more than half of them from the US, India and Brazil. Health officials believe the actual number…
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Ex-Pemex chief extradited to Mexico over corruption charges
Mexico City: Former director of Mexico’s state-run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Emilio Lozoya, has extradited from Spain over corruption charges, with an initial court hearing set for Friday. Lozoya,…
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7.5 earthquake in southern Mexico
Mexico City : Juarez public hospital health workers wait on a street after a 7.5 earthquake sent them out from their work areas, in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 23, 2020.…
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Powerful earthquake shakes southern Mexico, at least 5 dead
Mexico City: A powerful earthquake centered near the southern Mexico resort of Huatulco killed at least five people, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands fleeing into the streets.…
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Mexico hit new virus record of over 500 deaths per day
Mexico City: Mexico’s health department has reported 501 deaths from the coronavirus, a new one-day high and the first time the figure exceeded 500. The number of new cases also…
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Love in the time of corona: Haryana boy marries Mexican girl
Haryana: The lockdown has thrown a wrench into the plans of many, including that of a Haryanvi man to a Mexican woman who met on a language learning app. The language…
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Boy kills teacher, self in Mexico school shooting
Torreón: An 11-year-old boy shot and killed his teacher Friday at a school in northern Mexico and wounded six other people before killing himself, authorities said. As shocked Mexicans searched…
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16 prisoners killed, 5 injured in jail fight in Mexico
Zacatecas [Mexico]: An altercation in the Regional center of social reintegration (Cerereso) in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas has left 16 inmates killed and five others injured, the local…
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11 killed, 7 injured in tollway accident in Mexico’s Chiapas
Mexico City: A van crashed into a sedan in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, leaving 11 people killed and seven others injured, including children, the local Prosecutor’s Office said…
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Mexico: 6 killed, 5 injured in shooting at Guanajuato
Guanajuato: Shooting at a gas station in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato has left six people killed and five others injured, Mexican media reported on Saturday. According to the…
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10 arrested for attack on small-town city hall in Mexico
Mexico City: Ten men have been arrested in connection with last weekend’s attack on a small-town city hall in north Mexico’s border state of Coahuila, local authorities said. Saturday’s assault…
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Mexico hunts cartel gunmen after deadly firefight kills 22
Villa Union: Mexican forces hunted Monday for a drug cartel commando behind a bloody firefight in a town near the US border that left six locals and 16 gunmen dead…
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19 people killed in gunfight in Mexico
Mexico City: A bloody gunfight between suspected drug cartel members and security forces near the Texas border in northeastern Mexico left 19 people dead, the state government of Coahuila said…
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Ex-Morales’ officials take refuge in Mexico embassy in Bolivia
La Paz: Some 20 former members of Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales’ government have holed up in Mexico’s embassy in La Paz, Bolivia’s foreign minister said Tuesday, including five wanted for…
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Death toll from three-bus collision in Mexico climbs to 13
Mexico City: The death toll from a highway collision involving three passenger buses in central Mexico climbed to 13 . The latest two victims of the accident died in the…
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At least nine American Mormon community members killed in Mexico
Mexico City : At least three women and six children from an American Mormon community in northern Mexico have been killed in an ambush in an area notorious for drug…
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Mexican town turned to war zone fears new era of narco violence
Culiacán (Mexico): The bullet holes splashed across the walls are an unnerving reminder to residents of Culiacan: There is no telling when the narco violence that terrorized the Mexican city…
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Mexico: 15 killed in shootout in Guerrero
Mexico City: At least 15 people, including a soldier, were killed in a shootout in Mexico’s southern state of Guerrero, state public security authorities said on Tuesday night “Today, a…
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14 police killed in attack in western Mexico: officials
Mexico City: Gunmen killed 14 police Monday in an attack in the state of Michoacan, in western Mexico, authorities said, condemning the latest violence in the restive region, a hotspot…
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Train smashes into bus in Mexico, killing eight
Mexico City: A freight train smashed into a bus in Mexico Friday, killing eight people and injuring seven, authorities said. The bus driver tried to beat the approaching train at…
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44 bodies found in Mexico well, victims identified
Mexico City: At least 44 bodies hidden in black bags were found buried in a well in Mexico’s Jalisco state, authorities said, adding that they managed to identify all the victims.…
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Journalist killed in Mexico
Toluca (Mexico): The head of a Mexican news website was found stabbed to death in the center of the country, authorities said Saturday, the 10th such killing this year. The…
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Gold Cup: Mexico claim title, defeat USA 1-0
Chicago [USA]: Mexico defeated USA 1-0 to claim their eighth CONCACAF Gold Cup title on Sunday. Jonathan dos Santos scored the winning goal in the 73rd minute for Mexico in…
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US trade deficit jumps to five-month high
Washington: America’s politically-sensitive trade deficit jumped to a five-month high in May as imports of automobiles hit the highest on record, according to government data released Wednesday. The trade deficit…
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