Ferrari’s Sainz wins Mexico F1; Norris closes gap on penalised Verstappen | Motorsports News

Ferrari’s Sainz wins Mexico F1; Norris closes gap on penalised Verstappen | Motorsports News

Verstappen’s two clashes with Norris cost him two points, closing the drivers’ gap to 47 points with four races to go in the Formual One season. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz took an emotional win in the Mexico City Grand Prix after Red Bull’s Formula One leader Max Verstappen was twice penalised…

El Chapo’s sons discussing plea with US government: Lawyer | Drugs News

El Chapo’s sons discussing plea with US government: Lawyer | Drugs News

The sons of notorious drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman are in talks to cut a plea deal with United States prosecutors, according to their lawyer. The news was unveiled during a court hearing in Chicago on Monday for El Chapo’s younger son, Ovidio Guzman, who, along with his brother…

Priest shot dead in southern Mexico after leaving Sunday service | Crime News

Priest shot dead in southern Mexico after leaving Sunday service | Crime News

Colleagues remember Marcelo Perez as outspoken champion of Indigenous, labour rights in Mexican state of Chiapas. A priest known for his activism in defence of Indigenous and labour rights in Mexico has been killed after leaving church services, local authorities said. Catholic priest Marcelo Perez was returning home from church…

Fact check: Can Trump use a 1798 law to carry out mass deportations? | US Election 2024 News

Fact check: Can Trump use a 1798 law to carry out mass deportations? | US Election 2024 News

A cornerstone of former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has been his promise to carry out the largest deportation operation in United States history. The details of how he would carry out the plan have been unclear. But at recent rallies, Trump has said he will use an 18th-century law…

Newspaper offices hit by gunfire in Mexico’s Sinaloa state capital | Crime News

Newspaper offices hit by gunfire in Mexico’s Sinaloa state capital | Crime News

Gunmen shoot at office building of respected Mexican newspaper in Sinaloa capital Culiacan. Gunmen have fired on a building housing the respected Mexican media outlet El Debate as part of an ongoing drug cartel battle. The media building was sprayed with gunfire on Friday and several cars outside were also…

Former Canadian Olympian charged in major US cocaine-smuggling case | Drugs News

Former Canadian Olympian charged in major US cocaine-smuggling case | Drugs News

Snowboarder Ryan Wedding and 15 others are accused of shipping 60 tonnes of cocaine a year to the US and Canada. United States prosecutors in Los Angeles, California, have charged a former Olympic snowboarder with allegedly running a large and violent cocaine smuggling operation out of Mexico. On Thursday, the…

Mexico’s former public security chief to be sentenced in US drug case | Drugs News

Mexico’s former public security chief to be sentenced in US drug case | Drugs News

A former Mexican public security chief is due to be sentenced in a US court after being convicted of taking millions in bribes to aid drug traffickers his office was supposed to be fighting. The sentencing on Wednesday in a New York federal court of Genaro Garcia Luna comes after…

Mexico’s security minister says beheaded mayor asked for no protection | Crime News

Mexico’s security minister says beheaded mayor asked for no protection | Crime News

The Mexican government has revealed new details in the grisly murder of a mayor, Alejandro Arcos, who was found decapitated over the weekend. Arcos’s murder came nearly a week after President Claudia Sheinbaum took office, ramping up pressure on her administration to tamp down on cartel-related violence in the country….

Mexican president calls for investigation of deadly migrant shooting | Migration News

Mexican president calls for investigation of deadly migrant shooting | Migration News

Claudia Sheinbaum, the newly inaugurated president, called for the soldiers involved to be ‘investigated and punished’. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has described the killing of six migrants by Mexican troops as “deplorable” and called for an investigation into the shooting. “It’s a regrettable event, and it must be investigated and…

Mexican soldiers kill six after opening fire on truck carrying migrants | Migration News

Mexican soldiers kill six after opening fire on truck carrying migrants | Migration News

Rights groups warn that migrants and asylum seekers journeying north through Mexico often experience violence. The Mexican military has revealed that soldiers opened fire this week on a truck carrying dozens of migrants, killing six people. Mexico’s Ministry of Defence announced in a press release on Wednesday that the incident…