MEXICO CITY—State authorities in north-central Mexico have suspended five officials after a huge brawl among fans during a weekend match left 26 people injured, three critically. Guadalupe Murguía, the interior secretary of Queretaro state said late Sunday the private company partly responsible for security at the soccer stadium would also have its contracts cancelled. Police…
Cuba’s Anti-Communist Movement Stays Strong Despite Hundreds of Demonstrators ‘Disappearing’: US Army Veteran
Cuba’s anti-communist movement is staying strong despite hundreds of people “disappearing” or being thrown in jail for protesting against the government’s strict communist dictatorship, according to Johnny Lopez de la Cruz. Lopez de la Cruz is a retired colonel in the U.S. Army and a veteran of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion where he joined thousands…
US Hopes to Secure Oil From Russia-Allied Venezuela
A high-powered delegation from the United States met with Venezuelan socialist President Nicolas Maduro and Vice President Delcy Rodriguez on March 5 to discuss the potential easing of sanctions and alternative oil resources. The group of emissaries from the United States—led by top White House Latin America adviser Juan Gonzalez and ambassador James Story—also included…
26 Injured in Massive Brawl at Mexican Soccer Match, Matches Suspended
MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s soccer league on Sunday said it would suspend upcoming matches at a stadium in the central city of Queretaro where violent clashes left two dozen people injured and restrict visiting fans from attending away games. The brutal attacks among spectators during the Queretaro-Atlas match on Saturday sent 26 people, mostly men, to hospital…
Earthquake of 5.7 Magnitude Hits Veracruz, Mexico
MEXICO CITY—An earthquake of 5.7 magnitude was reported in Veracruz, Mexico on Thursday, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre. Tremors were felt by a Reuters witness in Tlaxcala state and alarms briefly sounded in capital Mexico City. By Mexico City Newsroom
Mexico’s Ambassador to Ukraine Leaves the Country
Mexico’s ambassador to Ukraine, Olga Beatriz García Guillén, left the country on Wednesday, along with other Mexicans and their families fleeing the Russian invasion. García Guillén and the refugees entered Romania at Siret, a town on the border with southwestern Ukraine, under an operation by the Mexican government. After a 19-hour journey from Kyiv, the…
Coffee Traders Seeking Advance Payment in New Deals With Russia
NEW YORK—Coffee traders are seeking advance payment in any new deal to sell beans to Russia as Western sanctions hit the financial system of the world’s sixth largest importer. Traders in Brazil, the world’s largest exporter and number 1 supplier to Russia, said they have added the country to a list of risky and sanctioned…
At Cartel Extermination Site; Mexico Nears 100,000 Missing
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico—For the investigators, the human foot—burned, but with some fabric still attached—was the tipoff: Until recently, this squat, ruined house was a place where bodies were ripped apart and incinerated, where the remains of some of Mexico’s missing multitudes were obliterated. How many disappeared in this cartel “extermination site” on the outskirts of…
Hundreds Arrested for Child Sexual Abuse Material in Global Operation
A two-year international operation led by New Zealand that identified over 90,000 online accounts that possessed or traded child sexual abuse material was finalised on March 2, arresting hundreds of offenders and rescuing children from harm. Across the duration of the operation, authorities arrested 450 offenders in the United Kingdom, 117 in Australia, 46 in…
US-Bound Migrants in Southern Mexico Are Counseled on Controversial ‘Repressed Memories’
Two United Nations-sponsored groups in southern Mexico are reportedly coaching immigrants arriving there on “repressed memories” that would allow them to gain asylum cards in Mexico for passage northward and then illegal entry into the United States. Both the Jesuit Society of Refugees and an outfit called Fray Matias de Cordova, based in the Mexican…
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