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Polo has rapidly intensified to a hurricane and is expected to impact Mexico

By Associated Press

Hurricane Polo will rapidly intensify in the Pacific Ocean and become a major hurricane later this week, forecasters said Monday.

Trump list of U.S.-designated 'foreign terrorist organizations' in Latin America grows to 21

By María Verza, Associated Press

The Trump administration has designated 21 Latin American and Caribbean criminal groups as “foreign terrorist organizations,” with the latest an Ecuadorian group added to the list on Wednesday.

Explosion of fireworks in central Mexico kills at least 10, injures 64

By Ramsés Mercado, Emilio Lugo, Associated Press

The explosion occurred Saturday night next to the Nuestra Señora de la Luz church in Temascalcingo, a municipality in central Mexico with 66,000 residents.

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.