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Trump Slaps Tariffs on 2 Major Trading Partners

He says 30% tariffs on imports from Mexico, European Union will kick in on Aug. 1

(Newser) - President Trump announced Saturday that he is levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico, starting Aug. 1. Trump announced the tariffs on two of the United States' biggest trade partners in letters posted on Truth Social, the AP reports. In his letter to Mexico's leader , Trump...

DOJ Releases Torture Tapes in DEA Agent's 1985 Murder

Recordings go to cartel founder Rafael Caro Quintero's defense

(Newser) - The Justice Department has begun releasing secret audio recordings of the 1985 torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, a move that could reshape the high-profile case against Mexican cartel leader Rafael Caro Quintero. The tapes, which have never been fully released publicly, are now being...

Days After Jake Paul Bout, Boxer Is Arrested by ICE

Julio César Chávez Jr. faces deportation, US officials say

(Newser) - Julio César Chávez Jr., a Mexican boxer who fought a high-profile match against Jake Paul last weekend, has been arrested in California by ICE agents and faces expedited deportation, federal officials said. The Department of Homeland Security said Chávez has been living in the US unlawfully and...

El Chapo Hacker Infiltrated FBI, Helping Silence Witnesses

Hacker also breached Mexico City's surveillance camera system

(Newser) - A hacker working for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán's Sinaloa drug-trafficking cartel infiltrated FBI communications and city surveillance in Mexico City, helping to identify and silence informants, a newly released federal report reveals. The hacker's sophisticated surveillance tactics were used to track, intimidate, and sometimes kill...

Resorts Were Spared the Worst of Hurricane Erick

Storm made landfall in sparsely populated area of Mexico's Pacific coast

(Newser) - Authorities in southern Mexico are assessing damage and watching rising rivers as rain from the remnants of Hurricane Erick douses the region. Torrential rains over steep coastal mountains and the landslides and flooding they could generate became a concern for officials after Erick dissipated following a landfall early Thursday on...

Erick Expected to Hit Mexico as Major Hurricane
Hurricane Erick
Strengthens to Category 4
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Jun 19, 2025 1:00 AM CDT

Hurricane Erick Strengthens to Category 4

It is expected to make landfall in Mexico Thursday morning

(Newser) - Hurricane Erick powered up into an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane Wednesday evening as it bore down on the southern Mexico coast, threatening to unleash destructive winds, flash floods, and a dangerous storm surge on the region in coming hours, the AP reports. Swiftly strengthening from a Category 1...

Views of US Sink in New World Poll
Views of US Sink
in New World Poll
Jun 12, 2025 12:40 PM CDT

Views of US Sink in New World Poll

And not just in Canada, per Pew Research Center

(Newser) - The United States' reputation has suffered not just in Canada but in most of the 24 countries polled in a new survey—which was largely completed before President Trump announced sweeping international tariffs in April. Pollsters with the nonprofit Pew Research Center asked more than 28,000 people in two...

US Will Pay $20M for Info on El Chapo's Fugitive Sons

Jesus Alfredo and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar said to lead Los Chapitos

(Newser) - Anyone with information on the whereabouts of two of El Chapo's sons now has huge motivation to talk. The US State Department on Monday announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, 41, or...

Supreme Court Blocks Mexico's $10B Suit vs. US Gunmakers

Blockbuster case claimed that flow of guns over the border have fueled cartel violence

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a $10 billion lawsuit that Mexico filed against top firearm manufacturers in the US, alleging the companies' business practices have fueled tremendous cartel violence and bloodshed. The unanimous ruling tossed out the case under US laws that largely shield gunmakers from liability when their...

Trump's Punishing Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Kick In
Trump's Punishing
Steel, Aluminum
Tariffs Kick In
the rundown
Jun 4, 2025 7:53 AM CDT

Trump's Punishing Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Kick In

President announced jump from 25% to 50% on Friday

(Newser) - Steel and aluminum imports into the US just got hit with a heavy blow, with President Trump doubling tariffs to 50% at 12:01am Wednesday and challenging America's trading partners to strike last-minute deals or face stiffer penalties in July. The heightened duties, which CNN reports were announced...

The Screwworm's Northern Creep Should Scare Us All
We Should All
Fear the Screwworm
Jun 1, 2025 6:30 AM CDT

We Should All Fear the Screwworm

The US managed to eradicate the parasitic fly, but it's inching back

(Newser) - The US has fought to keep the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly whose larvae "eat animals alive," out of North America since the 1950s—and has been wildly successful. That success is now in jeopardy. As Sarah Zhang reports for the Atlantic , the USDA's effective...

They Thought They Were Going to a Gig. Now, a Tragic End

Bodies of 5 missing Mexican musicians found near US border, with suspicions directed at Gulf Cartel

(Newser) - Five members of the band Grupo Fugitivo, which performed Mexican regional music at parties and other events, had been missing since Sunday. Now comes sad news on their fate: Authorities say the bodies of the men, ages 20 to 40, have been found on the outskirts of the Mexican city...

Murders of Two Influencers Prompt Femicide Outcry

The rate of gender violence is at record levels around the world

(Newser) - The murder of 22-year-old Colombian influencer María José Estupiñán on May 15 has thrown an even brighter light on a worldwide increase in femicide—the murder of women because of their gender. Estupiñán, a student and model from Cúcuta, was shot in the face...

Judge Orders Administration to Facilitate Another Return

Administration conceded a mistake in case of a gay Guatemalan it sent to Mexico

(Newser) - Saying it's likely that the deportation of a Guatemalan man "lacked any semblance of due process," a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return. The government had delivered the man, who is gay, to Mexico despite his protestations that he feared for his...

Two Aides to Mexico City Mayor Are Gunned Down

Clara Brugada's personal secretary and an adviser were shot by motorcycle gunmen

(Newser) - The political violence in Mexico continues: The personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City's mayor were killed by gunmen on a motorcycle in a central neighborhood of the capital Tuesday, authorities said. Mayor Clara Brugada said secretary Ximena Guzmán and adviser José Muñoz were killed in...

Mexican Ship's Brooklyn Bridge Accident Has Turned Fatal

Two crew members aboard the training vessel were killed

(Newser) - Two crew members aboard a Mexican navy ship on a goodwill tour are dead after the vessel struck the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday. The training ship Cuauhtemoc was carrying 277 people when it hit the bridge about 8:20pm, snapping three masts and leaving some sailors trapped in harnesses...

Man Falls to Death From Balloon After Saving Others

Mexican authorities request investigation of accident at festival

(Newser) - A man who helped two people escape a burning basket at a hot air balloon festival in Mexico was killed when he became entangled in ropes as the apparatus left the ground. The accident occurred Sunday at the First Balloon Festival in Zacatecas, NBC News reports. Two people were injured,...

Gunmen Kill Mexican Mayoral Candidate, Her Daughter

'No position is worth dying for,' says an official in Veracruz

(Newser) - A mayoral candidate from Mexico's ruling Morena party was fatally shot in Veracruz state on Sunday, becoming the second local candidate killed in the region ahead of the June 1 elections. Yesenia Lara Gutiérrez was leading a campaign caravan in Texistepec, southwest of the oil port Coatzacoalcos,...

US Halts Cattle, Horse Imports From Mexico

Dangerous screwworm fly parasite has been detected around 700 miles south of border

(Newser) - The US has halted all imports of live cattle, horses, and bison from Mexico—and officials say the move isn't connected to tariffs. Authorities say they are trying to prevent the spread of the New World screwworm fly, a parasite the US eliminated almost 60 years ago, USA Today...

Mexico Sues Google Over Gulf Name Dispute

Sheinbaum says company has ignored her government's requests

(Newser) - The day after the US House of Representatives endorsed a name change, Mexico said it has sued over Google Maps' use of "Gulf of America" for US users instead of "Gulf of Mexico." President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that the lawsuit has been filed, though she didn'...

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