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Seaweed diplomacy: Mexico and Japan to tackle sargassum crisis in new joint program

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The Foreign Ministry has announced that Japan will be participating in the development of a joint program to address the massive influx of sargassum on Mexico’s shores. Japan — which has been actively collaborating with Caribbean nations to tackle the sargassum problems plaguing the region — will offer ocean-monitoring technology, specialized equipment including robotics and sensors and financial cooperation. The collaboration aims to support academic research and businness development, with the goal of converting sargassum into useful products, including building materials like these Sarga Block bricks. (Elizabeth Ruiz / Cuartoscuro.com) Additionally, Japan will provide sargassum-collecting ships and vessels adapted for the collection of the macroalgae at sea in order to strengthen Mexico’s capacity to address the situation along its Caribbean beaches. The collaboration will also feature satellite monitoring, biological decomposition technologies for sargassum and technical trai...
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Reward for CJNG’s new leader jumps to $25 million after ‘El Mencho’s’ death

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The U.S. government on Wednesday raised from US $5 million to $25 million the maximum reward it is offering for information leading to the arrest of Juan Carlos Valencia González, the alleged new leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The U.S. State Department announced the higher bounty as part of reward offers totaling up to $102 million “for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions, in any country, of eight leaders and associates” of the CJNG, one of eight Mexican criminal organizations that have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) by the U.S. government . All of the eight people — seven men and one woman — face criminal charges in the United States . The U.S. Justice Department is offering US $25 million for information leading to the capture of Juan Carlos Valencia González, aka “El Pelón.” (U.S. Justice Department) “The reward offers include up to $25 million (an increase from up to $5 million) for Ju...
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An American is caught fleeing to the US border after fatal shootings in Saltillo

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A Texas man is accused of murdering three people in the northern state of Coahuila and then fleeing with his 3-year-old son toward the United States, before being arrested while trying to cross the border. The suspect, identified as Chad Eberle, a former police officer, allegedly shot and killed two women and a man while seriously wounding another woman inside a home in the Espinoza Mireles neighborhood of Saltillo, the Coahuila state capital, on Tuesday afternoon. Murder suspect Chad Eberle during his days as a law enforcement officer in a small Texas town. (Bangs, Texas, Police Department) The Coahuila Attorney General’s Office (FGE) said the suspect was apprehended at the Piedras Negras border crossing in his gray Chevrolet Silverado around five hours after the shooting. The child was retrieved uninjured and was placed under the protection of the Office of the Attorney for Children and Families. According to initial reports, Eberle arrived at 1221 José Espinoza Fuente Stre...
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Nearly 60,000 UNAM applicants must retake entrance exam following AI cheating fiasco

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People seeking to gain admission to the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) for the upcoming academic year will have to sit a second in-person entrance exam after the integrity of the first exams — the first ever held online — was undermined by test-takers’ alleged use of artificial intelligence and other cheating methods . A group of experts in fields including education, AI and law that was named by UNAM rector Leonardo Lomelí Vanegas to examine what happened during the initial online exams recommended that new exams be held . UNAM heeded that advice. Inside the massive cheating scandal shaking UNAM, Mexico’s top university In a statement issued on Tuesday, the university — Mexico’s largest and most prestigious — outlined the “procedure to participate in the in-person control exam as part of the selection contest to enter degree programs for the 2026/2027 academic year.” UNAM directed aspirants to a website where they can check whether ...
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MND Local: Summer news in San Miguel de Allende

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A new Home Depot, traffic chaos and the loss of another local dining icon are all in the news this week as we take a look at the San Miguel de Allende stories that matter to you. Home Depot opening new stores in Guanajuato The Georgia-based home improvement chain is investing US $21 million in the project in San Miguel and changed the design to comply with local requirements. The company also reportedly  agreed to replace mesquite trees removed at the construction site  behind MAC Hospital and include public space renovations. Construction has begun on the Home Depot store behind the MAC Hospital. (Shutterstock) In addition to San Miguel de Allende, Home Depot plans stores in León and Guanajuato as part of a total US $1.3 billion investment the company is making in Mexico through 2030. It employs more than 18,000 people working at 140 stores in at least 100 Mexican cities. San Miguel already has numerous hardware and home supply stores, including several Grupo Ferretero Don Pedro...
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Mexico’s remittances rebound in first half of 2026

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Remittances to Mexico increased 3.1% annually in the first six months of 2026, the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) reported Monday, rebounding from a 4.6% decline in 2025 . Banxico’s data shows that Mexico received US $30.76 billion in remittances between January and June, up from $29.84 billion in the same period of last year. That total was the second highest on record for the first six months of a year, behind only the $31.34 billion Mexico received in remittances in the January-June period of 2024 . More than 99% of the money came into the country via electronic transfers. Banxico also reported on Monday that remittances to Mexico increased 4.2% annually in June to reach $5.47 billion, the second highest monthly total this year after May. It was the second consecutive month that incoming remittances — most of which are transferred by Mexicans living and working in the United States — exceeded $5 billion. Despite the annual increase in remittances in June, the millions of Mexican...
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Authorities seize over 1 million liters of fuel in 3-state huachicol raid

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The Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) announced Tuesday that it had dismantled four “illicit fuel processing centers” across three states, dealing another blow to the illegal fuel trade in Mexico. In a statement , the FGR said that in coordination with the federal Security Ministry, the National Guard and the logistics subsidiary of state oil company Pemex, it carried out “strategic actions to identify and dismantle” the makeshift refineries. Cuatro centros de procesamiento de huachicol fueron desmantelados por fuerzas federales en los estados de San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo y Morelos. Las labores de inteligencia e investigación, así como el intercambio de información permitieron ubicar dichos inmuebles. #LaJornadaBC … pic.twitter.com/rnCHPFjVSu — La Jornada Baja California (@LaJornadaBC) August 4, 2026 Two of the illegal fuel processing facilities were located in San Luis Potosí, one was in Hidalgo and another was in Morelos. The FGR said they wer...
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