NEWS BRIEFS
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CNN Says CIA Murdered in Mexico with Car Bombs; Security Secretary Harfuch Says They Didn’t
A CNN story attributes a March 28th, 2026 car bomb which killed two in Mexico State to the CIA, along with other undisclosed operations.
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Coahuila State Police Attack, Disperse Protest by Workers from AHMSA Steel Company
Nine workers were arrested and several injured, as workers demand payment of their salaries and severance, which have been owed to them for more than three years.
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Informality Reigns Among Workers
Mexico’s enduring high levels of informality means the progress seen in recent years with minimum wage increases & vacations has not had the desired impact.
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Intentional Homicides Decrease by 40% Under Sheinbaum’s Government
With 1,020 fewer homicides, April is the month with the lowest incidence in the last 11 years.
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Monte de Piedad Board Rejects Appearance Before Court
1,800 workers have been without income or benefits since the strike began in October 2025.
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Ministry of Education Backtracks; Social Pressure Derails Plan to End School Year Early
After four days of protests from all sectors of society, Mario Delgado announced the reversal. The initial change had been justified as necessary due to a heatwave & to serve the World Cup.
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Pedro Sánchez: Ayuso’s Visit to Mexico was “embarrassing”
Spain’s Prime Minister questioned the statements and behavior of ultra-right politician Isabel Díaz Ayuso during her visit & recalled Mexico’s historical support for Republican exiles.
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Criminal Group Los Ardillos Attack in Guerrero, Four Members Disappear, Indigenous Org CIPOG-EZ Reports
The towns of Xicotlán and Tula were occupied by the criminal group after four days of attacks, displacing over a thousand people.
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Judging the Crimes of Fascist US Imperialism
The International Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Fascist Meeting, held at the headquarters of Mexico’s Electrical Workers Union, aimed to confront the onslaughts of US imperialism.
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March Called Today Against Monreal Government in Zacatecas for Repression of Bean Farmers
The arrest of 12 people has caused widespread outrage and solidarity from unions, social organizations, and civil society groups.
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Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics including Canadian mining & organized crime, Trump vs Mexico, missing children, the gringo narcowar, Mexican consulates, and school year engineering.
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School Administrators, Parents, Teachers & Unions Reject Premature End of Mexican School Year
The Secretariat of Education cut 28 days of classes, provoking protest amongst those who see the government “protecting the interests of the business class in the context of the World Cup.”
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US State Department Will Review Mexico’s 53 Consulates
Reactionary gringo author Peter Schweizer has recently advanced a dubious conspiracy theory that the Mexican government utilizes consulates to infiltrate and interfere in American domestic politics.
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Lilly Téllez’s Pro-Trump, Far-Right Agenda Gains Momentum During Her Senate Term
The acidic ultra-right Senator from the PAN has a noted preference for stateside trips and mingling with gringo reactionaries.
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Mexico Can Tax the Super-Rich & Combat Inequality, Argues Jayati Ghosh
Speaking at UNAM, the economist said extreme wealth weakens democracy and deepens inequality.
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PAN-Affiliated Cop Who Wanted to Give Offices to CIA, ICE & DEA Wants to Govern Chihuahua
Gilberto Loya Chávez, the state’s Secretary of Public Security, embroiled in Mexico’s big CIA scandal, has political aspirations.
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Unpaid Work in Mexico is Equivalent to Cost of 30 World Cups
More than 72 percent of unpaid domestic and care tasks are performed by women; a core part of the daily functioning of the economy that remains outside of remuneration schemes.
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Mexico City Approves Right to Care in City Constitution
The reform indicates that the human right to care is indispensable for exercising other rights.
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Workloads & Working Hours are Main Risks to Workers’ Health in Mexico
The health of four out of every ten workers in Mexico is seriously threatened by excessive workloads and working hours.
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El Buen Cine, Mexico City’s DVD Store Holding its Own Against Streaming & Gentrification
For over 15 years, a space for film buffs and the curious has been one of the last DVD stores in Mexico City.
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“No foreign power is going to tell us how to govern ourselves”: Sheinbaum
At the ceremony commemorating the Battle of Puebla, President Claudia Sheinbaum emphasized that those who resisted the invasion of 1862 left a lesson for the people of Mexico.
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Mexico Condemns Interception in International Waters of Global Sumud Flotilla
Mexican photographer Abril Rojas was traveling on one of the boats seized last Wednesday by Netanyahu’s regime in international waters near Greece.
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“Mining companies use organized crime against unions”: Napoleon Gómez Urrutia
The head of Mexico’s National Mining Union said that several mines are replicating the model of Canadian Orla Mining, hiring armed groups to interfere in union votes.
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“That a poor right-winger votes for Trump or Milei is a result of cognitive warfare”: Omar González
Cuba’s former Deputy Minister of Culture will give a seminar from May 5th to 12th at UNAM in Mexico City.
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Nacional Monte de Piedad Union Rejects Government Arbitration Proposal
1,850 workers have not received their salaries for seven months, but they reject the government’s proposal for arbitration and demand the employer respect their collective bargaining agreement.
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US Ambassador to Mexico Conspires with Far Right, Sets CIA in Motion
One year after his arrival in Mexico, America’s deathsquad diplomat, Ambassador to Mexico Ronald D Johnson is leaving an unwelcome mark on domestic politics.
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Tabasco Governor: US Accusations Against Morena Members are an “unsubstantiated act of interference”
Javier May Rodríguez said the US is going through a deep crisis and wants Mexico’s land and natural resources.
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Audio Links Milei to Regional Disinformation Operation Against Sheinbaum & Petro
Argentine President Javier Milei reportedly contributed $350,000, according to audio recordings of former Honduran and drug trafficker President Juan Orlando Hernández.
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Mexico City’s International Workers Day Mobilized 20,000
National unions such as CNTE, SME and unions representing PEMEX and TelMex workers participated in multiple marches which converged on the Zócalo.
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Housing Orgs & Experts See Fair Rents Reform as Insufficient in Face of Gentrification in Mexico City
Nine months after CDMX head Clara Brugada presented the Fair Rents Act, none of its initial promises have been fulfilled say housing advocates & newly announced initiatives will only be implemented far in the future.
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Tornel Workers Ask for President Sheinbaum’s Intervention to Resolve Strike
In March, striking workers were attacked on the picket line by an armed shock group who shot four workers.
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Mexico City Workers Call for Unity on May Day; “there are still many labour problems”
“Unity is not only found at the dialogue table but also at this event of workers and workers,” Isaías González of CROC stated.
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Mexico’s Education Secretariat Will Meet with CNTE Teachers on International Workers Day
Secretary Delgado says “there is no need for demonstrations” in the streets, but stressed, “we are respectful” of the decisions they make.
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Glyphosate: the Legal & Political Battle That Defines the Future of the World’s Most Widely Used Herbicide
A US Supreme Court decision on cancer & agrochemicals is taking place as the Trump administration declares glyphosate a national security priority.
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President Sheinbaum Presents Steel Industry Supports
Mexico’s steel industry, one of the few not dominated by foreign capital, has been hard-hit by tariffs placed on it by US President Donald Trump.
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Mexican Unions Demand Direct Dialogue with President Sheinbaum on May 1st, International Workers Day
Unions say the priority is for the President to hear firsthand the needs of the workers and improve their conditions “in a more real sense”.
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Delgado Asks CNTE Not To Obstruct World Cup
Mexico’s Secretary of Education worries for the success of the ostensible international sporting event marked by proximity to, & encouragement of, human trafficking, labour exploitation, real estate speculation and fascist collaboration.
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CIA Agents Killed in Chihuahua Were Carrying Weapons & Wearing Uniforms
A new photo contradicts the Chihuahua Prosecutor’s story about the two CIA agents, operating illegally in Mexico, who died in Chihuahua last week.
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Mexico’s Current Minimum Wage Buys 1.94 Basic Basket of Goods; in 2018, it was 0.78
The National Minimum Wage Commission says that last year’s wage increase still outpaced even the sharp inflation which hit the basic basket of goods.
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Parents of Ayotzinapa 43 Accuse Government of Stagnant Investigation
Families say there has been no response to the points they raised when meeting with President Sheinbaum, last November, nor has a follow-up meeting been scheduled, as promised.
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Yoreme Communities Halt Start of Mega-methanol Project in Ohuira Bay
US Ambassador to Mexico & former CIA agent Ronald Johnson warned canceling the project would send a negative signal to US investors.
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Morena Proposes Strengthening of Neighbourhood Representation in Mexico City
The legislators propose Community Participation Commissions have more representation & strengthen their dialogue with mayoral offices.
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CNTE Announces Indefinite Strike in June During World Cup
Teachers consider the strike a “political necessity given the lack of response to the demands for the repeal of the Peña-AMLO education reform and the 2007 ISSSTE Law.”
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Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics including healthcare, tariffs, education privatization & CIA, CIA, CIA.
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President Sheinbaum Inaugurates Train to AIFA
The line connects Mexico City to the airport in 50 minutes, with trains running every 30 minutes.
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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Suggests PEMEX Transition From Oil Company to “energy entity”
The son of President Lázaro Cárdenas, who nationalized Mexican oil production in 1938, made the comments as part of the Petroleum Advisory Commission.
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Morena Deputies Propose Making Mother’s Day a Paid Holiday
Mexico is one of the countries with the fewest mandatory rest days for workers, the last holiday was added in 1987.
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Indigenous Communities Denounce Non-Compliance by Mexico’s Agriculture Secretariat, Announce Day of Protest
The Supreme Indigenous Council of Michoacán demanded the removal of the Agricultural Secretary, citing omissions, negligence, & mismanagement of public funds.
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Our sovereignty has come at a price in blood; what happened in Chihuahua is very serious: President Sheinbaum
In the face of the CIA scandal, the President asked governors to abide by the law & follow the principles enshrined in Mexico’s Constitution.
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UNAM Students Prepare Protest: They Spend up to Six Hours a Day on Public Transport
Construction, service disruptions, and overcrowding in Mexico City’s Metro system have dramatically increased commute times for students.
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Workers Party Calls for Chihuahua Governor to be Prosecuted, Morena Calls for Dialogue
The PT called for impeachment proceedings against the governor for “treason against the nation” for conspiring with the CIA, but Morena rejected the idea, considering national unity more important at this time.
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Volkswagen México Has 15 Days to Comply With Rulings on Anti-union Discrimination
Workers Victor Larios and Vladimir Giron hope to return to their original jobs.
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Mexico City Head Brugada Presents Fair Rents Reform
The reform aims to limit annual rent increases to the rate of inflation, increase the supply of social housing, regulate tenant-landlord relations and recognize the right to neighbourhood and community roots.
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CIA Agents Have Entered Chihuahua At Least Three Times in 2026; LA Times
No record was found that the Secretariats of External Relations, Defense, & Public Security had been informed about the participation of CIA agents in operations in Mexico.
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President Sheinbaum Says Presence of US agents in Mexico “should not be underestimated”
Even though the US government has denied information before, as with the kidnapping El Mayo, the President expressed confidence that now Washington will hand over everything related to the CIA officers.
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US Trade Rep Greer Makes Clear That Trump’s Tariffs on Mexican Companies are Here to Stay
Four industry sources familiar with the talks said tariffs on auto and steel, one part of Mexico’s economy with high domestic ownership, will remain.
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President Sheinbaum says Dead US Agents in Chihuahua Collaborating with State Authorities, No Conversation with US Ambassador
The Washington Post reported today the two Americans reportedly killed in an automobile accident were CIA officers.
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Mexico City Government Rules out Rent Freeze
Clara Brugada’s initiative also aims to establish rules for residential rentals and prevent gentrification.
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Government Handing Telmex Over to Carlos Slim for 30 More Years Violates Labour Rights: Telephone Workers
The new concession weakens regulations, the necessity of updating technology and opens the door to even more profiteering & union-busting by one of Mexico’s wealthiest billionaires.
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Mexico’s Plan to Build 100,000 Homes for Government Employees
The program will include self-build projects, participatory design, urban amenities, and services such as grocers and healthcare in housing developments.
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President Sheinbaum Says US Embassy & Chihuahua Government Must Explain Presence of US Agents in Mexico
The President says the Mexican government was unaware of collaboration between Chihuahua & the US embassy, commenting after two unnamed US officials died in a car accident.
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“We will be the protagonists of the victory,” says Cuban Ambassador during Antifascist Cultural Marathon
The marathon, commemorating the Bay of Pigs victory of Cuban forces over US imperialism, took place at the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City.
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Chihuahua State Investigation Agency Director & Two US Embassy “Officials” Die in Accident
Former CIA agent and current Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson said the Embassy deeply regretted the tragic loss.
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Our weekly roundup of stories in the English and Spanish language press on Mexico and Mexican politics including universal healthcare, day labourers, US imperialism and mining, the Orla mining narco connection, public grocery stores, and the PEMEX oil spill.
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Teaching History in Mexico & Its Importance in the Teachers Movement
With the passing of Enrique Ávila Carrillo, one of the founders of the CNTE, the democratic Mexican teaching movement loses one of its most committed intellectuals.
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President Sheinbaum’s Address to Barcelona Summit in Defense of Democracy
Remarks delivered by the Mexican President in Spain on Saturday, April 18th.
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CDMX’ Brugada Confirms Problems with Metro, Allocates 50 Billion MXN for Rehabilitation
Mexico City’s head of government emphasized that the metro is the “heart of mobility”, & therefore requires not only maintenance, but complete renovation.
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PEMEX Pipeline Caused Gulf of Mexico Spill; Three Officials Dismissed
The Secretary of the Navy stated that the beaches are in a continuous process of cleaning, with daily work allowing them to be kept in adequate condition.