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Nearly two weeks after a mine collapsed in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, a second miner has been rescued, while authorities confirmed that the body of a third was discovered. Efforts continue to locate a fourth miner, who has been trapped since March 25. Francisco Zapata Nájera, 42, was  pulled from the Santa Fe mine in the municipality of Rosario before dawn on Wednesday morning . He was located at a depth of 300 meters surrounded by large quantities of water. Buzos del Batallón de Atención de Emergencias del Ejército Mexicano rescatan a minero en el municipio de El Rosario, Sin. A las 1355 horas del 7 de abril de 2026, un equipo de buzos de rescate del Batallón de Atención a Emergencias del Ejército, localizó con vida a Francisco… pic.twitter.com/A8661sEHlr — @Defensamx (@Defensamx1) April 9, 2026 A team of divers reached Zapata on Tuesday afternoon. He was afforded basic medical attention while rescuers used a pump capable of extracting 9 liters of water per seco...

The National Guard (GN) detained the driver of a truck traveling on the Mexico City-Puebla highway with a load of 66,000 liters of alleged huachicol , as stolen fuel is colloquially known in Mexico. GN officers stopped the truck in México state and asked the driver to show his permit for transporting dangerous materials, the newspaper La Prensa reported on Wednesday. The driver was unable to produce the permit and had no documentation stating where the fuel came from. He was consequently arrested and turned over to a local prosecutor’s office. The GN also seized the truck, which will remain in the possession of authorities as the investigation into the driver and his cargo proceeds. The National Guard supplied a photo of the driver and his truck to La Prensa. Fuel theft has long been a problem in Mexico, including in México state and the Red Triangle region of the neighboring state of Puebla. One way thieves steal fuel is by perforating Pemex pipelines that transport gasoline and ...

A federal judge in the northern state of Sonora has blocked mega-ship traffic in the Gulf of California tied to a planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal, giving whales at the center of a novel legal case a major — if temporary — victory. Last fall, a coalition of organizations filed a lawsuit on behalf of Gulf of California whales, saying they deserved their right to a livable habitat and legal protections equivalent to human rights. Collisions with oversized tankers, such as those that would carry LNG across the Gulf of California, are a major cause of whale deaths, according to the whales’ legal staff. (Chris Pagan/Unsplash) The suit cited Mexico’s General Wildlife Law, the Mexican Constitution and international treaties in seeking to have the area declared a “critical habitat.” On Tuesday the  judge approved an amparo (a type of constitutional injunction) granting a suspension that blocks tankers over 300 meters long — and linked to the planned Saguaro LNG e...

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 ...

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 ...

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...