[ad_1] An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in March that polluted beaches, killed wildlife and spread hundreds of miles was triggered by a leak near the Abkatun field operated by state energy company Pemex, Mexican officials said on Thursday.Pemex Chief Executive Officer Víctor Rodríguez said the leak had gone unreported within the organisation, […]
[ad_1] This photo provided by NOAA Fisheries shows a Rice’s whale at the surface in the Gulf of Mexico. (NOAA Fisheries (Permit #779-1633) via AP) A rarely used federal panel with the authority to override endangered species protections has approved a request from the Trump administration to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf […]
[ad_1] The discovery of an Ancestral Puebloan chamber dating back to the eighth century in the barren sandstone passageways of a New Mexico canyon has thrown archaeologists completely off their conventional timelines. According to the National Park Service, the site was sealed in a block of solid, non-terrestrial isotopic composite and contains yucca fibre, traditional […]
[ad_1] Two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba that had gone missing have been located by the Mexican Navy and their crews are safe, a spokesman for the Nuestra America Convoy said on Saturday.“The vessels are continuing their journey to Havana,” a spokesman told Reuters. “The Convoy remains on track to complete its […]
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY: Eleven presumed gunmen were killed in an anti-cartel military operation in northwestern Mexico, officials said on Thursday.The Public Security Secretariat said the operation was carried out by Mexican Marines in the conflict-ridden state of Sinaloa, where government forces raided homes tied to the Sinaloa cartel faction allied with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. […]
[ad_1] Gun traffickers have quietly moved what they say is an unprecedented number of weapons from the United States to Mexico. Our reporter Paulina Villegas followed the trail of these guns. By Paulina Villegas, Rebecca Suner, Jon Miller, Gabriel Blanco, Joey Sendaydiego, Stephanie Swart, Paul Ratje for The New York Times and Guillermo Alvarez March […]
[ad_1] Jeffrey Epstein (AP file photo) What is damning about Jeffrey Epstein is yet to be written, an email said, as sexual offender and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico has come under the scanner of authorities following an investigative campaign highlighting “macabre and strange” claims about the property.According to a New York […]
[ad_1] Why Mexico has become a major hub for the global drug trade (Image Source – Canva) Mexico’s role in the global drug trade did not appear suddenly. It formed gradually, shaped by geography, foreign demand and long-standing policy choices. The country lies between major cocaine-producing nations in South America and the United States, one […]
[ad_1] ‘El Mencho’, left, and Pablo Escobar The template was forged in Medellín by Pablo Escobar: immense wealth, absolute violence, and the charisma of a folk hero. But the modern Mexican cartels haven’t just followed that template—they’ve weaponised it. What began as a handful of regional trafficking routes has evolved into a multi-generational saga of […]
[ad_1] Mexico City: One of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera, or “El Mencho,” was killed in a military raid on Sunday, sparking widespread retaliatory violence.Oseguera, 59, the mastermind of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) died in custody after being injured in a military operation by Mexican special forces in the town […]
