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News Articles: Mexico

Sitlali Yovana Poot Dzib, 20 (left), captain of The Amazonas of Yaxunah, high fives her teammates after a home run in a game played on Sept. 10. The indigenous women on the team live in the small Maya community of Yaxunah in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. They wear traditional Maya garb when they play — and eschew shoes.

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  • Sports

Women Maya softballers brush off machismo insults to become Mexican superstars

The team is called Las Amazonas de Yaxunah. They've defied gender stereotypes to become sports heroes. And these women and teens play the game wearing traditional Maya dresses — and no shoes.,

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Mark Viales
Rescue workers search for survivors amid debris after the roof of a church collapsed during a Sunday Mass in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.

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  • Latin America

At least 9 dead after church roof collapses in Mexico, officials say

The Tamaulipas state police said about 100 people were in the church during a Mass at the time of the Sunday collapse.

October 02, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Saul Armendariz (left) and Gael García Bernal attend the 2023 Sundance Film Festival <em>Cassandro</em> premiere.

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  • Arts & Life

'Cassandro' honors the gay wrestler who revolutionized lucha libre

The film pays homage to the real story of an unapologetically queer man in a male-dominated sport and society.

September 22, 2023
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By:
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
This frame grab from video, provided by the Mexican government, shows Ovidio Guzman Lopez being detained in Culiacan, Mexico, on Oct. 17, 2019.

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  • National

Mexico extradites son of former Sinaloa cartel leader 'El Chapo' to the U.S.

Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, faces drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges in the United States. Mexican security forces captured Guzmán López in January.

September 16, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Remains of an allegedly "nonhuman" being are displayed during a briefing on unidentified flying objects at the San Lazaro legislative palace, in Mexico City, Tuesday.

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  • Latin America

A Mexican ufologist claims to show 2 alien corpses to Mexico's Congress

It's not the first time Jaime Maussan has claimed to discover "nonhuman" bodily remains, and scientists have previously dismissed them.

September 13, 2023
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
Left: Claudia Sheinbaum, former mayor of Mexico City, at a rally announcing she will be the Morena party's presidential candidate in next year's election, in Mexico City on Wednesday. Right: Former Mexican Sen. Xóchitl Gálvez speaks after registering as a presidential pre-candidate for a broad opposition coalition in Mexico City on July 4.

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  • Latin America

Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president

Mexico's two main political groups have chosen women presidential candidates. Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Sen. Xóchitl Gálvez will face each other in next year's election.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
Cars line up outside the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

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  • National

Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it's not the migrants

We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories.

August 09, 2023
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By:
  • Joel Rose
A relief carved on a block in a stairway, one of the many exciting artifacts uncovered at Ocomtun in May.

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  • History

How scientists lasered in on a 'monumental' Maya city — with actual lasers

Light-mapping technology is expediting the pace of archaeological discovery in the dense jungles of central Mexico. The latest find could offer clues about how humans advanced agriculturally.

August 02, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Australian Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock gives a thumbs up during a welcoming ceremony with Grupo Mar President Antonio Suarez, left, and Oscar Meza Oregó, captain of the Mexican tuna boat "Maria Delia," after being rescued from sea and arriving to port in Manzanillo, Mexico, Tuesday, July 18, 2023.

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  • World

Adrift for 3 months, a man and his dog lived on raw fish until rescued by fishermen

An Australian sailor who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat after being adrift at sea with his dog for three months said he is grateful to be alive after setting foot on dry land.

July 18, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico walk past large buoys being deployed as a border barrier on the river in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Wednesday.

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  • National

Mexico files complaint over Texas' floating barriers on the Rio Grande

Mexico has sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. expressing concern that barriers on the river may violate treaties on boundaries and water. Mexico has already asked that the barriers be removed.

July 15, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A U.S. law enforcement officer stands guard by a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas.

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  • Law

The Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration

The case concerned the administration's effort to set guidelines for whom immigration authorities can target for arrest and deportation. Texas and Louisiana had sued to block the guidelines.

June 23, 2023
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Mexican National Guards patrol among the lanes of cars entering the San Ysidro Port of Entry in Tijuana, Mexico, May 11, 2023. Montserrat Caballero, the mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana, said on June 12, 2023 she has decided to go live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats.

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  • Latin America

The mayor of a Mexican border city says she will live at an army base for safety

The Tijuana city government said threats to Mayor Montserrat Caballero and bodies discovered in a truck were tied to her administration's results in weapons seizures and arrests of violent suspects.

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A general view showing buildings shrouded by polluted air in Seoul on April 12, 2023.

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  • World

Here's how NPR reporters around the world are dealing with air pollution

As Canada and parts of the U.S. confront declines in air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, NPR reporters in Asia, Latin America and Africa share their experiences.

June 09, 2023
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn,
  • Shalu Yadav,
  • and 2 more
UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, provides meals and legal orientation at the CAFEMIN shelter in Mexico City. The shelter capacity of 100 people has been stretched above 500 in recent weeks with a growing number of migrants stuck in limbo in Mexico.

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  • World

New U.S. immigration rules send asylum requests soaring in Mexico

One of the new U.S. rules says you can't request asylum unless you've already been denied in another country. Mexico is getting more applications than ever, and crowded shelters have turn people away.

June 06, 2023
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By:
  • James Fredrick
Popocatépetl volcano spews incandescent material on Tuesday. The second highest volcano in the Mexico increased its activity, and authorities raised the alert to the second-highest level.

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  • Latin America

Popocatépetl volcano spews smoke and ash, putting millions of Mexicans on alert

Mexico has deployed some 7,000 soldiers to the area of the volcano, which is near Mexico City, in case an evacuation becomes necessary. More than 25 million people live within 60 miles of the peak.

May 24, 2023
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
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