CULIACAN, Mexico—The house former drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán fled in 2014 when Mexican marines had him surrounded underwent some changes recently as the Mexican government prepared to give it away in a national lottery. The surveillance cameras that covered every angle of the modest home’s exterior were removed. And the hole under a…
Tropical Storm Nicholas Forms in Gulf of Mexico
MIAMI—Tropical Storm Nicholas strengthened as it headed for the Gulf Coast on Sunday, threatening heavy rain and floods in coastal areas of Texas, Mexico, and Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said tropical storm warnings were issued for coastal Texas and the northeast coast of Mexico. Nicholas is expected to produce total…
Abimael Guzman, Founder of Peruvian Terrorist Group Shining Path, Dies at 86
LIMA—Abimael Guzman, leader of the Shining Path terrorists who nearly toppled the Peruvian state in a bloody Maoist revolution, died on Saturday while in prison and following several weeks of poor health, the government said. He was 86. Guzman was captured in 1992 in Lima and jailed for the rest of his life after being…
Olaf Weakens After Hitting Mexico’s Los Cabos as Category 2 Storm
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico—Hurricane Olaf slipped back to tropical storm force on Friday after slamming into the Los Cabos resorts at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula and then drenching the region with torrential rains. The storm came ashore near San Jose del Cabo late Thursday as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of…
Mexico and US Agree to Work on Supply Chains, Migration
September 10, 2021
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MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON—The United States and Mexico on Thursday agreed to work on making shared supply chains, especially for semiconductors, more competitive and invest in social programs to tackle migration, said top Mexican officials after high-level economic talks in Washington. The so-called High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) was held for the first time in several years and…
Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion
Mexico’s supreme court on Tuesday decriminalized abortion, ruling that punishing the act runs against the country’s constitution. “From now on, you will not be able to, without violating the court’s criteria and the constitution, charge any woman who aborts under the circumstances this court has ruled as valid,” Arturo Zaldivar, president of the National Supreme Court…
Colombia Campaign Violence Has Killed 6, Toll Likely to Rise: NGO
BOGOTA—Violence associated with campaigning for Colombia’s 2022 presidential and legislative elections occurred every four days over the past five months, an observation group reported on Wednesday, warning that threats and killings may increase as voting draws closer. Between March 13 and Aug. 23 there were 29 violent incidents, which claimed six lives, the Peace and…
Strong Acapulco Quake Aftershocks Unnerve Mexican Resort’s Residents
ACAPULCO, Mexico—Shaken residents slept in cars and on the streets of Mexico’s famed Acapulco beach resort early on Wednesday, as a series of strong aftershocks rippled through the city after a powerful earthquake that killed one man. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit 11 miles (17.7 km) northeast of Acapulco in southwestern Guerrero state late on…
BlackRock Addresses George Soros’ Criticism of Firm’s China Investments
The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, on Wednesday responded to sharp criticism by billionaire investor George Soros, who took issue with the firm’s recent investments in China. In a rare Wall Street Journal editorial published on Monday, Soros warned that pouring money into China amounted to aiding a repressive regime engaged “time of a life…
Bitcoin Price Plummets on First Day as Legal Tender in El Salvador
September 8, 2021
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Selling pressure continued to bear down on bitcoin on Wednesday after it suffered its heaviest losses in months a day earlier when El Salvador officially adopted the cryptocurrency as legal tender but got off to a rocky start. Bitcoin was trading at $45,798 on Coinbase at 5:09 a.m. New York time on Sept. 8, down…
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