Mexico Does Not Have the Capacity to Confront the Cartels, Trump Says
Speaking at the White House, Trump claimed without evidence that cartels control Mexico and warned they have a deadline to “basically surrender.”
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Mexico’s Secretary of Governance Announces Group of Experts Will Analyze National Registry of the Disappeared
Backed by the UN human rights office, Mexican and U.S. scientists will audit the registry, while 16,003 people reported missing have been located.
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Non-Negotiable Sovereignty, the Basis of Foreign Policy, Foreign Minister Says
Velasco told the Senate that consular staff visit US detention centers 36 times a day and rejected any link between the USMCA and extraditions.
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Mexico Reports 52 Percent Reduction in Homicides; September Registers Lowest for That Month Since 2015
Homicides fell from 86.9 to 42.2 a day, with seven states accounting for nearly half of all killings, led by Baja California and Guanajuato.
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Mexico Increases Seizures of Drugs and Money
The government’s second report lists 70,500 arrests, 569 tons of drugs seized and higher customs revenue, countering Washington’s claim that Mexico must do more.
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New State Prisons “Will Not Be Operated by Private Companies,” Sheinbaum Says
The federal government will fund a prison in each of six states to ease overcrowding, with priority for Sinaloa after recent events at the Mazatlán prison.
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Constitutional Reforms Strengthen the Defense of Mexican Sovereignty, Sheinbaum Says
Elections swayed by foreign interference can now be annulled, and Sheinbaum likened those seeking outside backing to the conservatives who brought Maximilian.
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At the End of the Six-Year Term There Will Be 350,000 New Places for Undergraduate Studies, Sheinbaum Says
The plan includes new high schools and technological institutes, converting middle schools without afternoon shifts, and more Rosario Castellanos campuses.
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Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Communities “Lead the Way” in Analysis for the General Law on Peoples, Sheinbaum Says
The bill was meant to reach Congress on October 12, but consultations are still underway, and it will not be sent until the communities say it is ready.
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US and Mexican Navy Seize More Than 1,200 Kilos of Cocaine off Oaxaca’s Coast; 6 Detained
The boat was intercepted 366 nautical miles south of Huatulco, a hit estimated at 289 million pesos to criminal groups and 2.5 million doses kept off the streets.
