Homicides in Mexico Fell 16.6% in 2025, the Biggest Drop in the Last 12 Years
The 2025 toll of 27,989 was Mexico’s lowest since 2016, with 5,561 fewer killings than the year before and the rate down to 21.4 per 100,000.
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People’s Mañanera August 3
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on a new health city in Oaxaca, student stipends, regulating cell phones in schools, Channel 11, and dialogue with teachers.
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City of Health in San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, Oaxaca, Will Be an Example for the World, Says Sheinbaum
Sheinbaum broke ground on a new IMSS hospital in a three-institute health complex, contrasting its 530 beds with the 4,000 built in 36 neoliberal years.
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Sheinbaum Promises to Benefit 12 Million Families With Housing Programs During Her Term
Nearly a third of Mexican families will be reached: 5.2 million restructured loans, 1.8 million new Wellbeing homes, plus deeds, renovations and Infonavit credits.
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Mexico’s Environmental Secretariat Says Ferromex Must Remediate the Damage From Chemical Spill in Sonora
The derailment dumped 70,300 liters of sodium hydrosulfide into a Sonora streambed, 11,000 more than first reported, contaminating 1.7 square kilometers.
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Mexico Exported 501,824 Tonnes of Avocado to the US Between January and April
A 35% surge over 2025 keeps avocado Mexico’s second-biggest agri-food export to the US, a market worth US$3.653 billion last year.
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Pemex’s Financial Debt Stood at 77.5 Billion Pesos, 9.1% Less Than in 2025
Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, cut its debt while hydrocarbon output rose 4.6% and sales revenue jumped 30.3% year on year.
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Guadalajara’s Water at Risk of Privatization
Jalisco’s governor floats water privatization amid a contamination crisis on his own government’s watch, joining other right-wing opposition states embroiled in water scandals.
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Mexico’s Old Judiciary Had Freed the Leader of Los Rs, Detained for the Murder of Carlos Manzo
Absolved in five federal cases and freed by a 2022 “judicial Saturday” ruling, R1 had been exposed in AMLO’s press conference as the emblem of impunity used to justify reforming the Judiciary.
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People’s Mañanera July 31
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on organized crime, fuel theft, audience rights, Banco del Bienestar, sovereignty, Mexicana de Aviación, and Plan Mexico.
