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The federal government’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) has blocked the bank accounts of Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other current and former officials accused of drug trafficking by U.S. prosecutors in an indictment that was unsealed on April 29. President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that the UIF acted after Mexican banks took “a series of measures” related to the accounts of Rocha and the nine other officials accused of colluding with the Sinaloa Cartel . Mexican media first reported last week that the defendants’ accounts had been frozen. Claudia Sheinbaum afirmó que será la UIF la que detalle las razones del congelamiento de cuentas de Rubén Rocha Moya y otras personas con órdenes de aprehensión en Estados Unidos. La presidenta aclaró que la Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera no abrió una investigación propia o… pic.twitter.com/VSYAHYtcKL — Aristegui Noticias (@AristeguiOnline) May 19, 2026 On Monday, Sheinbaum said that “sin...

Ten people including a baby girl were killed during an armed attack in the state of Puebla early Sunday, authorities said . The massacre occurred on a ranch in Tehuitzingo, a municipality about 120 kilometers south of Puebla City. Six of the victims were members of the same family, while four were ranch workers, Puebla Attorney General Idamis Pastor Betancourt said Monday. Two of the ranch workers were teenagers. Among the victims was a baby girl aged one month and 20 days. She wasn’t shot but rather suffocated when her mother fell on top of her after she was shot in the back, Pastor said. The attorney general said that preliminary investigations pointed to “a family issue” related to land ownership as being the motive of the attack. Pastor said that three men related to six of the victims had been identified as the alleged perpetrators. She noted that none of them had yet been arrested, but pledged that the crime wouldn’t go unpunished. According to media re...

An activist teachers’ union with a history of disruptive protests has threatened a national strike that could block access to Mexico City’s main public square just 10 days before the World Cup opening ceremony, some 15 kilometers away. In calling for the strike over what they considered an inadequate 9% salary raise offer from the Education Ministry, the National Coordinating Committee of Education Workers (CNTE) left no doubt that the threatened action’s proximity to the World Cup opener is no coincidence. Teachers took over the Zócalo, Mexico City’s main public square, as recently as March 19. They are threatening to do it again with the World Cup just three weeks away. (Victoria Valtierra/Cuartoscuro) “As has been announced, the national strike coincides with the World Cup,” one CNTE member told the press. “The eyes of the world will be on Mexico City, and we will be there, showing our discontent and fighting for justice.” The strike announcement appears to be as much a ne...

From adrenaline-filled competition to community creativity, culinary celebration and commemorative cataloging, the Bay of Banderas is alive with a string of must-see events in the month of May. Before the month runs out, get out there and see photos documenting PV’s history, sample the region’s most popular high-end restaurants at reduced prices, build sandcastles for a good cause and more! Restaurant Week Puerto Vallarta 2026 in full swing (Azafrán Restaurant Puerto Vallarta/Facebook) Restaurant Week Puerto Vallarta 2026 has officially begun and will continue through June 10, transforming the Bay of Banderas region for more than three weeks into a showcase of culinary talent. The annual festival features participating restaurants across Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit that offer three-course menus at fixed prices, giving area diners the opportunity to experience some of the region’s top cuisine at affordable prices. Although traditionally called “Restaurant Week,” ...

The CIA story that has shadowed Mexican-U.S. relations since late April took a new turn this week. On Wednesday, CNN published a report alleging that the CIA had orchestrated the assassination of a cartel figure on Mexican soil — a claim Mexico’s government  rejected in unequivocal terms , calling it false, unverified and based on anonymous sources. At her mañanera, Sheinbaum went further,  suggesting the report was part of a coordinated media campaign targeting her government — at the same time that a separate report identified Mexico as a target in an alleged U.S.-backed influence operation aimed at destabilizing left-leaning Latin American governments. The week’s economic signals were mixed but consequential. S&P downgraded Mexico’s credit outlook from stable to negative and  cut its 2026 growth forecast to just 1%  — a blow that Finance Minister Edgar Amador quickly pushed back on,  insisting Mexico is ready to grow  and that the downgrade misreads the count...

Soccer’s world governing body FIFA on Thursday formally received full control of Mexico City’s Banorte Stadium — better known as Azteca Stadium — only to learn that there remain logistical issues related to the arena’s box seats. With the handover, the venue has now been officially renamed Mexico City Stadium for the duration of the World Cup as FIFA prohibits corporate-sponsored names, a long-standing policy intended to prevent sponsors not affiliated with the organization from receiving exposure. Banorte Stadium management announced the administrative transfer in a social media post . “Throughout the 2026 World Cup, the stadium will be known as ‘Estadio Ciudad de México,’ as mandated by FIFA. … [T]he stadium’s operation and communications will be handled through FIFA and its official channels,” it said. The reassignment occurred two days later than originally planned as the stadium obtained special permission to delay the handover to allow Cruz Azul — one of the two Mexico ...