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☆ Wife of American man kidnapped in Mexico didn't know he was crossing the border. He just said he needed to help out a couple of friends.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The wife of one of the Americans kidnapped in Mexico didn't know he was headed there. Michelle Williams, the wife of Eric Williams, told WBTW in an interview that she only knew her husband was helping out two friends. I just knew he was going somewhere to help two friends," the wife told the news outlet. Meanwhile, Brown's sister, Zalandria Brown, told the Associated Press that her brother was worried about crossing the border. "This is like a bad dream you wish you could wake up from," Zalandria Brown told the AP.

☆ Four U.S. Citizens Missing After Being Abducted in Mexican Border City
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( José De Córdoba | Anthony Harrup | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Matamoros, pictured in 2019, has recently become a battleground between two heavily armed gangs. Four U.S. citizens were kidnapped in northern Mexico after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle shortly after they crossed the border into Matamoros from Brownsville, Texas, U.S. officials said late Sunday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s San Antonio division said it was seeking help in locating the four individuals, who were abducted on Friday. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to their return or the capture of those responsible.

☆ Four U.S. Citizens Missing After Being Abducted in Matamoros, Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( José De Córdoba | Anthony Harrup | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Matamoros has recently become a battleground between two heavily armed gangs. Four U.S. citizens were kidnapped in northern Mexico after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle shortly after they crossed the border into Matamoros from Brownsville, Texas, U.S. officials said late Sunday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s San Antonio division said it was seeking help in locating the four individuals, who were abducted on Friday. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to their return or the capture of those responsible.

☆ Four U.S. Citizens Missing After Being Kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( José De Córdoba | Juan Montes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The FBI and Mexican army soldiers are mounting a search effort for the four individuals. Four U.S. citizens were kidnapped in northern Mexico after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle shortly after they crossed the border into Matamoros from Brownsville, Texas, U.S. and Mexican officials said. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s San Antonio division said Sunday it was seeking help in locating the four individuals, who were abducted on Friday. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to their return or the capture of those responsible.

Two of the four Americans who were shot at by gunmen and kidnapped shortly after crossing the border into northern Mexico last week are dead, according to the governor of Tamaulipas state. McCleod said the group is from South Carolina, and had been traveling in a rental vehicle with North Carolina license plates when they entered Matamoros. The FBI confirmed that the group was traveling in a white minivan with North Carolina plates. Zalandria Brown of Florence, South Carolina, told The Associated Press that her younger brother, Zindell, was among the four victims. She said she had been in contact with the FBI and local officials after learning her sibling had been kidnapped.

☆ Search underway for four Americans kidnapped in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, March 6 (Reuters) - Mexican and U.S. authorities said on Monday they were working to locate four Americans who were shot at by gunmen in northern Mexico and then kidnapped shortly after crossing the border. The armed men allegedly fired on the passengers shortly after their vehicle crossed into Mexico and then herded them into another vehicle before fleeing the scene, the embassy said. A Mexican official told Reuters three men and one woman were kidnapped. Mexico's president said the Americans had crossed into Mexico to buy medication. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for the return of the four and the arrest of those involved.

☆ Site of Tesla Mexico factory near double size of Texas plant, local official says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Daina Beth Solomon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jesus Nava, the mayor of Santa Catarina in the state of Nuevo Leon, said in an interview that Tesla is purchasing the site from private owners. He said the land spans nearly 4,200 acres in an industrial zone, more than double the size of Mexico City's international airport. Tesla's factory in Austin, Texas - one of three existing Tesla vehicle plants - sits on 2,500 acres, according to Tesla's website. Nava said Tesla will reveal what vehicles it will produce at the Nuevo Leon factory when it breaks ground, which it plans to do in three months. Tesla uses recycled water, and such companies typically use minimal liters of water per second, he added.

☆ Premarket stocks: Meme stocks have revolutionized investor days
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But they’re also bowing to pressure from retail investors to be more transparent. What’s happening: Investor days evolved from analyst days — meetings that large, public companies historically held privately for their core institutional investors and Wall Street analysts. But the recent influx of retail investors into the stock market has changed that. “A lot of these companies know they need to focus on retail investors now,” said Katie Perry, general manager of investor relations at investing platform Public. ▸ Tesla’s first-ever investor day will be live-streamed Wednesday from its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas.

☆ Mexican president says Tesla to build plant in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - FEBRUARY 27, 2023: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. On February 27, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to building a plant in the city of Monterrey, an industrial hub in northern Mexico. López Obrador said the promise came in phone calls he had Friday and Monday with Tesla head Elon Musk. "There is one commitment that all the water used in the manufacture of electric automobiles will be recycled water," López Obrador said.

☆ Mexican president gives green light to Tesla plant in northern Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. (TSLA.O) will build a new plant in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday, dispelling concerns his government could block the deal over water shortages. Lopez Obrador said the two sides had reached agreement after a call with Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Monday, following a separate conversation he said the two held late last week. "This will represent a considerable investment and many, many jobs," Lopez Obrador told reporters, saying Musk had been receptive to Mexico's concerns and accepted its proposals. Speaking at a news conference, Lopez Obrador said Tesla would likely give more details of its plans on Wednesday. Speculation about the prospect of Tesla going to Mexico has circulated for months, and the plant is set to become one of the major investments of the Lopez Obrador administration.

☆ Tesla can't build in northern Mexico if water is scarce, president says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc. would be denied permits to build a plant in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, where it has eyed investing, if water is scarce, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday. Lopez Obrador called out arid Nuevo Leon for its water scarcity earlier this week, instead touting the benefits of Mexico's poorer southern region where he has sought to increase development. In 2020, he said he would withhold permits for a Constellation Brands (STZ.N) brewery in the northern state of Baja California after criticizing the project for consuming too much water in a dry zone. On Friday, the leftist leader praised Constellation for choosing to relocate to a state in southeastern Mexico. "They understood very well," Lopez Obrador said.

☆ Doctor accused of spreading deadly meningitis arrested in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Lizbeth Diaz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Police in northern Durango state early on Tuesday morning arrested the doctor, an anesthesiologist, who prosecutors accuse of distributing infected medicines they believe led to the mysterious outbreak. The doctor is changed with illegal re-use of drugs at the private hospitals where he worked. The cases have raised concern in both Mexico and from international bodies after the outbreak's first casualty was confirmed last November. Garza added that the detained doctor was the only physician who conducted procedures at the four hospitals where patients were infected. The meningitis outbreak has been confined to private hospitals in the state capital, also known as Durango, according to Mexico's health ministry.

[1/5] Aerial view of the northern border state of Sonora where state electric utility CFE is building the largest solar plant in all of Latin America, in Puerto Penasco, Sonora state, Mexico February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha/PoolCompanies Alchimie SA FollowPUERTO PENASCO, Mexico, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The first power from a giant solar energy park in the desert of northern Mexico will enter the country's electricity grid in April, officials said on Thursday, as the nation aims to burnish its green credentials with the flagship project. Mexican officials on Thursday, during a tour of the solar park with a group of over 60 foreign diplomats, sought to dampen concerns over Lopez Obrador's commitment to renewables and energy transition. Mexico is looking for partners to help fund the park and the country's broader transition to greener energy sources. Reporting by Stefanie Eschenbacher in Puerto Penasco, Mexico Editing by Stephen Eisenhammer and Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ U.S. again asks Mexico to review labor rights issues at VU Manufacturing
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Monday asked Mexico under a regional trade pact to again probe whether workers at a VU Manufacturing facility in Piedras Negras are being denied labor rights. In September, Mexico and the United States said they had resolved an earlier complaint under USMCA, saying workers at auto-parts plant VU Manufacturing in northern Mexico were able to elect the union of their choice. "Despite this facility taking positive actions in 2022, some of the failures we identified previously appear to be recurring," said U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Monday. Michigan-based VU Manufacturing, who produces interior car parts including arm rests and door upholstery, did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Reporting by David ShepardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Launched in 2020, the app has previously been used to allow people crossing legally at land ports of entry to submit their information beforehand and for non-governmental organizations to request humanitarian entry for certain migrants. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration touts the app as a more regulated, potentially quicker alternative to crossing the border. Rodriguez has been camping in Matamoros, a Mexican border city across from Brownsville, since late November with over a dozen family members, some of whom have already crossed into the United States. Claudia Martinez, a 38-year-old Venezuelan waiting in Tijuana, was unable to access CBP One despite several tries. Reporting by Ted Hesson in Washington and Daina Solomon in Mexico City; Additional reporting by Jackie Botts in Oaxaca City, Lizbeth Diaz in Mexico City and Kristina Cooke in San Francisco; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Led by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, Mexican officials set out the U.S.-Mexico bilateral agenda after Biden's arrival in Mexico City on Sunday evening for a North American leaders' summit. "Integration needs to be strengthened," Lopez Obrador told a news conference, saying he expected to reach "good agreements" with Biden. Lopez Obrador is hosting Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau between Monday and Wednesday for the first summit between the three since late 2021. DOMESTIC POLITICSLopez Obrador has also alarmed the United States with a plan to prohibit imports of genetically-modified corn. "To create a North American corridor to outcompete China, the United States, Canada and Mexico need to be on the same economic page," he added.

☆ Economy, energy row and drugs loom at North American summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Dave Graham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"A meeting like this is so that we keep moving forward on economic integration," Lopez Obrador said this week. A combative leftist, Lopez Obrador says his policy is a matter of national sovereignty, on the grounds that past governments skewed the energy market to favor private interests. Trudeau told Reuters on Friday he would make the case that resolving the energy dispute would help bring more foreign investment to Mexico, and was confident of making progress. "As long as Lopez Obrador keeps migrants out of the border area, Biden will be happy." Although Lopez Obrador's government agreed to delay the ban until 2025, the issue would be discussed, he said.

☆ Explainer: Why the U.S.-Mexico energy spat is a tough nut to crack
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Isabel Woodford | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Under USMCA, if the controversy is not resolved during consultations, a dispute panel can be called to adjudicate. Lopez Obrador has put on a bullish front, saying Mexico has broken no laws and that "nothing is going to happen." Resolution appears to hinge on whether energy nationalists inside the Mexican administration, who have taken their cues from Lopez Obrador, are prepared to compromise. Lopez Obrador has made energy policy a cornerstone of his presidency, making it hard for him to back down. Still, the spat has hit investor confidence in Mexico, and Lopez Obrador is seeking U.S. help to finance solar power output in northern Mexico and attract investment in greener manufacturing, particularly in carmaking, a key industry.

☆ General Motors, Mexico economy ministry talk EV production - ministry
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

MEXICO CITY, Jan 3 (Reuters) - General Motors (GM.N) discussed plans to produce only electric vehicles at its Ramos Arizpe plant in northern Mexico, the country's economy ministry said in a tweet on Tuesday, following a meeting with the U.S. carmaker. (This story has been corrected to remove reference to 5,000 new jobs after the government officially clarified these were 4,500 jobs already created at separate plants over the course of the past four years)Reporting by Kylie Madry; Editing by Daina Beth SolomonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/3] Migrants run to hide from the U.S. Border Patrol and Texas State Troopers after crossing into the United States from Mexico, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., December 23, 2022. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a request by a group of Republican state attorneys general to put on hold a judge's decision invalidating Title 42. The court said it would hear arguments on whether the states could intervene to defend Title 42 during its February session. "If they don't end Title 42," he said, "we're going to keep entering illegally." Elsewhere along the border, other migrants said they felt they had run out of options.

☆ Mexican judge shot in state of Zacatecas
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A Mexican judge was in serious condition on Sunday after being shot in the violent state of Zacatecas in northern Mexico, local media reported. The shooting occurred on Saturday morning when the judge, Roberto Elias, was leaving his home, the Reforma newspaper reported. The newspaper El Universal reported that Elias is in "very serious" condition. Zacatecas has become one of the most violent regions in Mexico amid disputes between organized crime gangs for control of the state. Reporting by Noe Torres; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

“Because invalidation of the Title 42 Orders will directly harm the States, they now seek to intervene to offer a defense of the Title 42 policy so that its validity can be resolved on the merits, rather than through strategic surrender,” the states said in their filing Monday. Sullivan cited the Administrative Procedures Act in his ruling, and characterized Title 42 as “arbitrary and capricious.” The Biden administration indicated that it won’t oppose Sullivan’s order in a court filing last week, but requested a temporary delay in lifting Title 42. In his order, Sullivan granted the request with “great reluctance.” Title 42 is set to come to an end on Dec. 20, taking effect on midnight Dec. 21. Lee Gelernt of ACLU, lead lawyer for the plaintiffs seeking to lift Title 42, pushed back against the GOP states seeking to keep the rule in place in a statement to NBC News. The Biden administration has faced pushback from both parties for its handling of Title 42.

☆ Judge blocks Trump-era border rule known as Title 42 that expelled migrants at U.S. border
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Julia-Ainsley-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Julia Ainsley | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“Title 42 was a misuse of the public health laws from the beginning and has cause grace harm to tens of thousands of desperate asylum seekers. The practical significance of the ruling cannot be overstated,” Lee Gelernt of the ACLU, one of the lead attorneys on the case to end Title 42, told NBC News on Tuesday. He added that Sullivan's ruling essentially overrides the Louisiana court’s decision to stop the Biden administration from ending Title 42. But before the Biden administration lifted the rule, U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays of the Western District of Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction, blocking officials from ending it. Single adults and families encountered will continue to be expelled, where appropriate, under Title 42.”The Biden administration has faced criticism on both sides of the aisle for its handling of Title 42.

☆ The National Park Service warns visitors not to lick Sonoran Desert toads, whose psychoactive poison has been smoked by celebrities like Joe Rogan and Chelsea Handler
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The National Park Service told visitors not to lick toads or anything else they find in the parks. The Sonoran Desert toad, also known as the Colorado River toad, can grow to nearly 7 inches and is one of the largest toads in North America. The practice is dangerous and can make humans and animals sick, as the Sonoran Desert toads release toxins through glands in their skin as a powerful defense mechanism. The relevant psychoactive substance, 5-MeO-DMT, is illegal in the US and designated a Schedule 1 substance, but that hasn't stopped it from accruing fans. Some are concerned that the growing embrace of psychedelics and 5-MeO-DMT could threaten the existence of the Sonoran Desert toad due to illegal poaching and overharvesting, the Times reported.

☆ EXCLUSIVE China's CATL slows battery investment plan for U.S., Mexico-sources
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Executives from Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), BMW, and Hyundai (005380.KS) have urged U.S. legislators to give automakers operating in the United States more time to meet the required battery sourcing targets to qualify for tax incentives. CATL sees North America as a crucial market, the two people with knowledge of its planning said. But the new U.S. rules on sourcing battery materials had become a "banana peel" that have slowed the company's investment plans, one said. China, led by CATL, dominates the EV battery supply chain, producing about 70% of battery cells made globally. At the event to announce the investment, Zipse was critical of the new sourcing requirements, saying the "United States should have a regulation that is not entirely unrealistic."

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