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Why Mexican cartels are increasingly using car bombs and other explosives

By María Verza, Associated Press

So far this year, Zacatecas has recorded 23 attacks involving explosives, including six involving cars or motorcycles packed with explosives, state Attorney General Cristian Paul Camacho said.

U.S. border reopens to Mexican cattle imports, but economists doubt the move will reduce high beef prices

By John Hanna, Sarah Raza, Associated Press

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said concerns about the New World screwworm's spread lessened enough to allow the movement of cattle from Mexico at a crossing in Douglas, Arizona.

Why Mexican avocado exports to the U.S. have once again been stopped

By María Verza, Associated Press

Mexico began sending 1,500 more troops to the western state of Michoacan on Thursday, a day after the U.S. announced the suspension of government operations in that region — including halting avocado inspections required for their export — because of…

U.S. offers $25 million reward targeting US citizen who reportedly leads Mexico's most powerful cartel

By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press

The U.S. government on Wednesday offered a $25 million reward for information leading to the capture of Juan Carlos González, or "Pelón,” scaling up pressure on a U.S. citizen who has emerged as the figurehead of Mexico's most powerful cartel.

Huge blankets of seaweed are smothering coastlines from the Caribbean to Mexico

By Fabiola Sanchez, Dánica Coto, Associated Press

Some 27 million metric tons of self-sustaining sargassum have been recorded in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico in July, according to a report released Friday by the University of South Florida’s Optical Oceanography Lab.

FDA is still focused on lettuce supplier as source of parasite, despite faulty test result

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

Federal health officials said Monday they remain focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of a multistate outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite, despite inaccurate test results that the government briefly publicized over the weekend.

U.S. designates 2 more Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations

By María Verza, Associated Press

President Donald Trump began to extend the terrorist label to Latin American cartels in February 2025 to allow U.S. authorities to take more aggressive action against them or against anyone who the U.S. sees as aiding the groups.

Mexico to seek criminal charges over deaths linked to ICE after fatal shooting of Houston man

By María Verza, Associated Press

Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco's announcement Thursday morning further escalated tensions with the United States, as Mexico's government has sharply criticized the treatment of its citizens under U.S. President Donald Trump's push to increase deportations.

A Mexican father was shot and killed by an ICE officer. His son is demanding an independent probe

By Lekan Oyekanmi, Jack Brook, Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo worked for 35 years from sunrise to sunset to send all three of his American citizen sons to college. He had also been working toward securing legal status in the U.S. after neglecting that for years as…

U.S., Canada and Mexico begin bumpy negotiations to renew North American trade pact

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

Tourists from Chattanooga check into beach resorts in Cancun. Canadian auto parts feed factories in the American Midwest — and vice versa. Happy hour revelers raise glasses of Mexican tequila and mezcal at bars in Seattle.