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Portugal has a message to the soccer world: ‘Mexico is a safe country’ for the World Cup

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Portugal’s national soccer team has stated clearly and publicly that they never felt unsafe during their visit to Mexico City for the March 28 friendly match at Banorte Stadium (Estadio Azteca) , adding their voice to the counternarrative to the media-driven assumption that Mexico is too dangerous to host the World Cup. Joao Madjer, head coach of the Portuguese national team, told ESPN that before the friendly match that inaugurated the still-being-remodeled stadium, they were able to judge the security situation. Their experience in the country was positive. “We were delighted,” Madjer said. “We saw several landmarks in Mexico City, and there were no problems at all. We even went to Tepito, which they say is a very dangerous area.” In an event organized by the Portuguese Football Federation on the eve of the match, a group of Portuguese legends made their way to the neighborhood of Tepito — on foot, weaving through the neighborhood’s famous street stalls selling jerseys, sneakers ...
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Vizsla Silver confirms 9 of 10 missing Sinaloa mine workers have been found dead

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Canadian mining company Vizsla Silver said on Monday that nine of 10 workers who were abducted in Concordia, Sinaloa, in January had been found dead. “The Company confirms that nine colleagues have now been found deceased,” Vizsla Silver said in a statement . The Vancouver-based company said it “remains in close contact with the family of one colleague who remains missing and continues to support the authorities in their ongoing investigation.” The announcement came after the remains of Saúl Alberto Ochoa Pérez and Miguel Tapia Rayón were identified this month. The bodies of seven other Vizsla Silver workers were previously identified. The worker who remains missing is Antonio Esparza. The remains of the workers who have been identified were found at a clandestine grave site in El Verde, a small community in Concordia, a municipality that borders the state of Durango. The deceased workers were originally from various Mexican states, including Sinaloa, Sonora, Guerrero, Chihuahua ...
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Blockade update: Protests still impacting 4 Mexican highways

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Protesting farmers and truckers decried intimidation tactics while declaring on Tuesday that the highway blockades would continue, though to a lesser extent. On Monday, blockades were established on a dozen federal highways in protest of highway insecurity and rising business costs, including high fuel prices and extortion. As of 1 p.m. on Tuesday, the only active blockades were in the states of Guanajuato (Federal Highway 110 at several points), Baja California (San Luis Río Colorado-Mexicali), Tamaulipas (Ciudad Victoria-Matamoros) and Michoacán (a stretch of the Mexico City-Guadalajara highway near Contepec). #TomePrecauciones en #Tamaulipas se registra cierre total de circulación por presencia de personas, cerca del km 200+500, en la carretera Cd. Victoria – Matamoros. Atienda indicación Vial. pic.twitter.com/TpC708KIU7 — Guardia Nacional Carreteras (@GN_Carreteras) April 7, 2026 A Monday evening Interior Ministry press release said “constant coordination with state go...
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Now trending: A viral song about Mexico City from the heights of a Cablebús

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Mexico City has become a trend on TikTok after a foreign user created a viral song about Mexico’s capital, generating thousands of views in just a few days. Known as Saxboy Billy18, the user surprised his followers with a song inspired by his first trip to the city, highlighting features of private life and public transport.    View this post on Instagram   A post shared by saxboy (@saxboybilly18) With a catchy pop melody, the song t akes users to places such as the Arena México, the José Vasconcelos Library, the Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium, and the Palacio de Bellas Artes.  But the singer is more intrigued by what can be seen from the sky cables that traverse parts of Mexico City and the adjacent México state. His TikTok reel showcases daily-life scenes recorded from the Mexicable in México state and the Cablebús in Mexico City, including people doing their laundry from their rooftops.  In contrast with much of the Me...
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Authorities arrest leaders of ‘Cuban-American Mafia’ in Cancún

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Federal security authorities announced on Monday the arrest in Quintana Roo of two alleged members of a “transnational criminal group” that was identified in media reports as the “Cuban-American Mafia.” One of the men detained by federal and state forces in a residential estate in the Caribbean coast resort city of Cancún was identified as Remigio Valdez Lao, an alleged operational and financial coordinator of the Cuban-American Mafia. En Quintana Roo, elementos de @SEMAR_mx , @FGRMexico , @SSPCMexico , @Defensamx1 , @GN_MEXICO_ y @SSC_QROO detuvieron a dos integrantes de un grupo delictivo transnacional, entre ellos Remigio “N”, alias “Milo”, objetivo prioritario y coordinador operativo y financiero de la… pic.twitter.com/G5H6ts8uQg — Gabinete de Seguridad de México (@GabSeguridadMX) April 6, 2026 Security authorities, including the Security, Defense and Navy ministries, said in a joint statement that Valdez, known as “Milo,” was a “priority target” in Quintana Roo and subj...
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Investment and consumption both declined in January, per INEGI

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The Mexican economy is showing signs of cooling as gross fixed investment and private consumption registered monthly declines in January. Data published by the national statistics agency INEGI on Monday indicated a slowdown in the two main drivers of growth even as public investment rose slightly. After a promising end to 2025, fixed investment started 2026 with renewed caution, according to INEGI’s Monthly Indicator of Gross Fixed Capital Formation (IMFBCF) which showed a month-on-month decrease of 1.1% in the first month of the year, thus cutting a three-month streak of recovery. The IMFBCF figures are in line with those of the Global Indicator of Economic Activity (IGAE) for the month of January (published on March 24), which revealed a monthly decrease of 0.9% in the Mexican economy. It must be noted that the IGAE figures indicate the behavior of economic activity on the supply side, while fixed investment data examine the aggregate demand side. January’s IMFBCF performance...
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The MND News Quiz of the Week: April 4th

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What's been going on in the news this week? Our weekly quiz is here to keep you on top of what’s happening in Mexico. Get informed, stay smart. Are you ready?  Let’s see where you rank vs. our expert community! Which member of President Claudia Sheinbaum's cabinet resigned this week? Education Minister Mario Delgado Finance Minister Edgar Amador Zamora Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez Foreign Affairs Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente None The Health Ministry announced that Mexico's measles cases are falling thanks to how many vaccines administered since mid-February? 10.6 million 17.2 million 25.5 million 14 million None What Mexican resort locale did we report was expecting 90% hotel occupancy this week, thanks to an influx of spring breakers? Mazatlán Tulum Puerto Vallarta Los Cabos None AtlasIntel's March survey has found Claudia Sheinbaum's presidential approval rating to be at its lowe...
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