The Trump administration on Saturday announced plans to take action against Mexico following the Mexican government’s move to cut flight slots and relocate cargo carriers from Mexico City’s main airport, steps that US officials say unfairly impact American airlines. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that the US Department of Transportation may begin disapproving Mexican flight…
The US government on Monday announced a 17% import duty on most fresh tomatoes from Mexico, aiming to protect and revive its own domestic tomato industry. The move comes after talks with Mexican officials collapsed without reaching a new agreement to avoid the tariff.Mexico currently supplies about 70% of the US tomato market, up from…
In a move likely to heat up produce prices and trade tensions, the US government announced on Monday it is imposing a 17% tariff on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after talks with Mexico collapsed without a new deal. The decision marks the formal end of the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement, which had allowed tomatoes from…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of 54-year-old Ramon Morales-Reyes, a Mexican national who allegedly threatened to assassinate President Donald Trump in a handwritten letter sent to the agency. According to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Morales-Reyes, who has illegally entered the United States multiple times between 1998 and…
A Mexican Navy training ship, the Cuauhtémoc, collided with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York around 8:26 pm Saturday during a departure manoeuvre from the harbour. Several people are receiving aid, though the number of injuries is unclear. The incident has temporarily halted the Cuauhtémoc’s training cruise. Source link
A Mexican Navy ship — with 277 onboard — crashed into New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday evening, leaving at least two dead and 19 injured, including two in critical condition, New York Mayor Eric Adams said. All injuries were reported from the ship while the cause of the accident is not yet clear,…
The mayor of a small Mexican town has been accused of colluding with one of the country’s most violent drug cartels to operate a recruitment and training center that was uncovered in March. The mayor, José Asunción Murguía Santiago was charged with organized crime offenses and forced disappearance, prosecutors said at a hearing on Friday….
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Saturday that US President Donald Trump had proposed sending US troops to Mexico to combat drug trafficking, but said she had rejected that offer because “sovereignty is not for sale.” Sheinbaum’s comments were in response to questions about a Wall Street Journal report published on May 2 that said…
An abandoned ranch in western Mexico that groups searching for missing relatives had claimed was an “extermination camp” — because of discarded personal items and burned remains found there — was a training hub for a major cartel, Mexico’s attorney general announced on Tuesday. But, he said “there is not a single piece of evidence…
The US State Department revoked the visas of members of a Mexican band after they projected the face of a drug cartel boss onto a large screen during a performance in the western state of Jalisco over the weekend. US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, who was US ambassador to Mexico during the first…