Tag: Mexico

• Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Pompeo in Mexico praises improved immigration policy at the border

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday thanked his Mexican counterpart for increased immigration enforcement by the country, which he said is leading to fewer migrants entering the United States.

• Thursday, July 11th 2019 - 14:10 UTC

  Mariachis play as last Volkswagen Beetle ever rolls off Puebla assembly line

  

  Carmakers Volkswagen hosted a ceremony in Puebla, Mexico, Wednesday to mark the discontinuation of the famed Beetle or Bug model as the last unit ever rolled off the assembly line to a mariachi band and surrounded by proud factory workers, the company announced.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Pacific Alliance plans a new bond to cover hydro-meteorological events

  

  Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Peru plan to work with the World Bank to launch a new bond to cover losses in the event of extreme weather, Peru's finance minister said.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Mexico begins “permanent deployment” of federal forces along Guatemala border

  

  The Mexican government on Wednesday began a “permanent deployment” of federal forces along the Suchiate River on the border with Guatemala to prevent the entry of migrants, a senior officer said.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Mexican police protest and block streets against “militarization” of the force

  

  Hundreds of federal police blocked roads and protested in Mexico City on Wednesday against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's plan to merge them into his new National Guard. The leftist leader is launching the new security force in a bid to fight violent crime fueled by drug trafficking and also curb chronic corruption in the police.

• Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 07:18 UTC

  Trump says immigrants unhappy with detention centers, “should not come”

  

  President Donald Trump, facing renewed criticism from Democrats and activists over his handling of a migrant crisis on the US-Mexico border, said in a Twitter post on Wednesday that immigrants unhappy with conditions at detention centers should be told: “not to come.”

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Mexican deportation of foreigners increased 33% in June; “great job”, says Trump

  

  Mexico deported 33% more foreigners month-on-month in June, officials announced on Thursday, after the country agreed to take “unprecedented” steps to reduce migration in order to avoid US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.

• Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Deluge of ice pellets up to two meters deep from a hail storm covers Mexican city

  

  A freak hailstorm struck Guadalajara, one of Mexico's most populous cities, shocking residents and trapping vehicles in a deluge of ice pellets up to 2 meters deep.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  A photograph shocks world opinion and questions Trump's immigration polices

  

  A shocking photograph of a Salvadoran man and his baby daughter drowned in the Rio Grande fuelled a surge of emotion around the world on Wednesday, as US Democrats furiously denounced Donald Trump's immigration policies.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Mexican president denies having ordered troops to detain migrants trying to cross to the United States

  

  Mexico's president vowed on Tuesday to investigate the controversial detention of migrants trying to cross the US border, saying the 15,000 troops he has deployed there have no such orders.