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☆ Two Mexican mayoral candidates killed hours apart in same town
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Abel Alvarado | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Two candidates for mayor of the central Mexican town of Maravatio were killed just hours apart, according to the Prosecutor’s Office of Michoacan state. Pérez was found on Monday evening, while Reyes had been found a few hours earlier near the hospital where he worked as a doctor. In January alone there were 36 events associated with political-electoral violence, according to data from Data Cívica, a civil association dedicated to data analysis. Eight candidates have been killed since last September when the current electoral process began, according to a report from Intergralia Consultants. Criminal gangs are known to finance campaigns during election season, intimidating candidates and violently intervening to compel politicians to cooperate with them, the report wrote.

Persons: Armando Pérez, Miguel Ángel Reyes, Pérez, Reyes, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Rosa Icela Rodríguez Organizations: CNN, Prosecutor’s, National Action Party, PAN, Morena, Data, Intergralia Consultants, Mexico’s Locations: Maravatio, Michoacan, Morena, Mexico

☆ Mexico’s first openly non-binary magistrate and prominent LGBTQ activist found dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Belén Zapata | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Guadalajara, Mexico CNN —Mexico’s first openly non-binary magistrate and prominent LGBTQ activist Jesús Ociel Baena Saucedo was found dead at home in the central state of Aguascalientes on Monday. “The investigation is going to be done,” Rodríguez said during President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s daily press conference, also on Monday. For a little over a year, Baena was a member of the central Mexican state of Aguascalientes’ Electoral Tribunal. Baena told CNN en Español in October last year that there was no record in Latin America of a non-binary magistrate. Baena said that being the first was an achievement and recognition for years of work in favor of LGBTQ rights.

Persons: Mexico CNN — Mexico’s, Jesús Ociel, Saucedo, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, General Jesús Figueroa, ” Rodríguez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s, ”, ” Figueroa, Baena, ” Baena Organizations: Mexico CNN, Mexico’s, Aguascalientes ’, CNN, Español, Gay Games Locations: Guadalajara, Mexico, Aguascalientes, Mexican, Aguascalientes ’, America, Tamaulipas, Mexico’s Guadalajara, Hong Kong

☆ Mexico's first openly non-binary magistrate found dead at home
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MONTERREY, Mexico, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Mexico's first openly non-binary magistrate and prominent LGBTQ activist, Ociel Baena, was found dead at home in the central state of Aguascalientes, Mexican authorities said on Monday. Baena, who used they/them pronouns, was celebrated across Latin America for their work to advance the rights of the LGBTQ community. Mexico's Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez said authorities are investigating the cause of death. The Aguascalientes state prosecutor's office said in a statement that Baena's body was found along with that of another person, whom local media identified as Baena's partner. The former chief justice of Mexico's Supreme Court, Arturo Zaldivar, said he deeply lamented Baena's death.

Persons: Mexico's, Ociel Baena, Baena, Rosa Icela Rodriguez, Arturo Zaldivar, Laura Gottesdiener, Beth Solomon, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Mexico's, Thomson Locations: MONTERREY, Mexico, Aguascalientes, America, Mexico City, Monterrey

☆ Mexico Raises Hurricane Otis Death Toll to 43
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Santiago Pérez | Anthony Harrup | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An aerial view of a yacht club hit by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Mexico. Photo: David Guzman/ShutterstockMEXICO CITY—At least 43 people were killed and another 36 are reported missing after Hurricane Otis rammed into Mexico’s Pacific coast, bringing devastation to the popular beach resort of Acapulco, officials said. The death toll is up from the 27 initially reported. Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez said Saturday that the likely cause of death was drowning. Rodríguez said that their identities have yet to be determined.

Persons: Hurricane, David Guzman, Hurricane Otis, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Rodríguez Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Hurricane, Security Locations: Acapulco, Mexico, MEXICO

☆ Mexico Raises Hurricane Otis Death Toll to 39
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Santiago Pérez | Anthony Harrup | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An aerial view of a yacht club hit by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Mexico. Photo: David Guzman/ShutterstockMEXICO CITY—At least 39 people were killed and another 10 are reported missing after Hurricane Otis rammed into Mexico’s Pacific coast, bringing devastation to the popular beach resort of Acapulco, officials said on Saturday. Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez said Saturday that 29 men and 10 women have been confirmed dead. The likely cause of death was drowning. Rodríguez said that their identities have yet to be determined.

Persons: Hurricane, David Guzman, Hurricane Otis, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Rodríguez Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Hurricane, . Security Locations: Acapulco, Mexico, MEXICO

☆ Death toll in Mexico from devastating Hurricane Otis rises to 39
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/7] A view of a damaged building in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis, in Acapulco, Mexico, October 28, 2023. REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha Acquire Licensing RightsMEXICO CITY, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The death toll from Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm which unleashed devastation in the Mexican Pacific resort city of Acapulco earlier this week, has risen to 39, according to the latest government figures on Saturday. Looting has ravaged Acapulco since the record-breaking storm left thousands of residents struggling to get food and water. The cost of devastation left by Otis has been estimated at billions of dollars, and over 8,000 armed forces members were sent to help the stricken port recover. Mexican authorities said Otis was the most powerful storm ever to strike Mexico's Pacific coast.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Quetzalli, Otis, Rosa Icela Rodriguez, Daina Beth Solomon, Dave Graham, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Otis . Security, Thomson Locations: Hurricane, Acapulco, Mexico, MEXICO, Mexican, Guerrero

☆ Mexico rejects new border wall plan after talks with U.S. officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Before sitting down with U.S. officials including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador condemned the latest wall plan as a "step backwards". At the talks, officials pledged to step up cooperation to combat drug trafficking, organized crime and to ease migratory pressures on the border. Lopez Obrador has praised U.S. President Joe Biden for not building more border wall during his administration. The barrier was a major bone of contention between the United States and Mexico during Donald Trump's presidency. Still, 2024 is presidential election year in both the United States and Mexico and the resurgence of the wall could become a significant talking point on both sides of the border.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Raquel Cunha, Antony Blinken, Alejandro Mayorkas, Trump, Alicia Barcena, Blinken, Lopez Obrador, Joe Biden, Donald Trump's, Barcena, Mayorkas, Biden, Ovidio Guzman, Joaquin, El, Guzman, Matthew Miller, Rosa Icela Rodriguez, Dave Graham, Ismail Shakil, Simon Lewis, Howard Goller, Sandra Maler, Grant McCool Organizations: Regeneration, REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, Homeland, U.S, Republican Party, Democrat, State, Mexican, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, MEXICO, U.S, Mexican, United States, Starr County , Texas, Sinaloa

☆ Mexico announces plan with US to boost firearm tracing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, July 26 (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States have agreed to step up oversight of arms trafficking with a system to electronically track firearms seized from criminal organizations, Mexican Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez said on Wednesday. "The United States and Mexico have agreed to the electronic monitoring of all the firearms seized in our country from criminal organizations," Rodriguez told a press conference. Barcena said the plan aimed to keep track of where guns are found in Mexico to help inform seizure strategies. One of Mexico's main proposals to the U.S. was that it revoke licenses of gun stores that sell firearms to cartels, she said. According to U.S. gun-tracing bureau ATF, some 70% of traced firearms used to commit crimes and seized in Mexico come from the U.S.

Persons: Rosa Icela Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Alicia Barcena, Barcena, Raul Cortes, Adriana Barrera, Sarah Morland, Alistair Bell Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Mexican, U.S, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Mexico, United States, Caribbean, U.S

☆ US slaps sanctions on Sinaloa Cartel fentanyl network
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, July 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 10 Mexican nationals and one company in the country for their alleged involvement in the Sinaloa Cartel's vast illicit fentanyl trafficking network. The sons, known as "Los Chapitos," are accused of leading a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel after their father's 2016 capture and extradition to the U.S. a year later. The U.S. Treasury also sanctioned an import-export company, REI Compania Internacional, and its majority shareholder for allegedly receiving chemical shipments from China. Lopez Obrador added that his Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez would meet this month with U.S. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has been seeking increased cooperation from Mexico and China in stemming the flow of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals.

Persons: Noel Lopez Perez, Joaquin, El, Ricardo Paez Lopez, El Chapo's, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Lopez Obrador, Rosa Icela Rodriguez, Elizabeth Sherwood, Randall, Joe Biden's, Kylie Madry, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Raul Cortes, Sarah Morland, Mark Heinrich, Josie Kao Organizations: MEXICO CITY, U.S . Treasury Department, Treasury, Foreign Assets, U.S . Treasury, REI Compania Internacional, U.S . Homeland Security, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Sinaloa, U.S, United States, Mexico, China, Mexican

☆ Human remains found in 45 bags are missing call center staff, Mexico confirms
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Bertha Ramos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Human remains found in 45 bags discovered in a suburb of Guadalajara belong to call center workers who went missing in May, Mexican authorities have confirmed. The Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences (IJCF) said Tuesday its tests had confirmed the remains belonged to the missing workers and said the next of kin had been informed. However, it did not specify whether remains from all seven of the missing workers were in the bags. The seven workers disappeared from the metropolitan area of Guadalajara sometime after May 20. Mexico has been troubled by an epidemic of disappearances with more than 100,000 Mexicans and migrants still missing.

Persons: Security Rosa Icela Rodriguez Velazquez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador Organizations: CNN, Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences, Security Locations: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Zapopan, Mexico’s, Mexico, United States

☆ Mexican prosecutors say 45 bags of human remains may belong to missing group
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, June 2 (Reuters) - Human remains discovered in 45 bags in western Mexico appear to resemble the features of several missing call center employees, state prosecutors said in a statement late on Thursday. The Jalisco Prosecutor's Office said the remains found in the municipality of Zapopan were still subject to forensic tests to formally identify the bodies. Authorities made the discovery in a ravine on the outskirts of Jalisco's capital city, Guadalajara, earlier this week as part of a search for seven call center workers in their 20s and 30s who had disappeared. Authorities have been working to determine how many individuals the remains in the bags relate to, their identities, and how they died. The state prosecutor's office said in a statement that the discovery came following a tip-off.

Persons: Rosa Icela Rodriguez, Isabel Woodford, Sharon Singleton, Chizu Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Jalisco Prosecutor's, Authorities, Prosecutors, Jalisco New Generation, Nueva Plaza, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Mexico, Jalisco, Zapopan, Jalisco's, Guadalajara

☆ Death toll rises to 19 from prison attack in Mexican border town
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Members of the Mexican Army arrive at Cereso number 3 state prison after unknown assailants entered the prison and freed several inmates, resulting in injuries and deaths, according to local media, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 1, 2023. REUTERS /Jose Luis GonzalezMEXICO CITY, Jan 2 (Reuters) - An attack on a prison in the Mexican border town of Juarez left 19 dead and allowed a cartel kingpin to escape along with two dozen other prisoners, authorities said Monday. The attack allowed 25 inmates, including Ernesto Alfredo Pinon de la Cruz, also known as "El Neto," to escape. She added that state authorities had not requested that any dangerous prisoners, such as "El Neto," be transferred from the overcrowded prison to a higher-security location. The incident Sunday resulted in one of the highest death tolls from prison attacks in Mexico in recent years.

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