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The Mexican Navy on Tuesday said that its personnel had seized more than 300 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and around 300 kilograms of explosives in a southern municipality of Sinaloa, a state where IEDs have been used in the long-running battle between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel . The Ministry of the Navy (SEMAR) said in a statement that navy personnel found the IEDs and explosive material near Agua Verde, a small town in Rosario, a municipality that borders both Nayarit and Durango. Como parte de las acciones para fortalecer la seguridad en Sinaloa, en El Rosario, elementos de @SEMAR_mx localizaron más de 300 artefactos explosivos improvisados y cerca de 300 kg de explosivos. Personal naval especializado aseguró la zona y deshabilitó los artefactos en el… pic.twitter.com/QfhWrg0wJ5 — Gabinete de Seguridad de México (@GabSeguridadMX) August 18, 2026 The discovery was made at a rural property during an operation led by the navy in conjunction with the federal Se...

Spain’s National Police have recovered 29 axolotls, a critically endangered amphibian endemic to Mexico that survives in the wild only in the canal system of Xochimilco in Mexico City. Spanish authorities confiscated the specimens in the city of Granada and are investigating a Mexican national for his alleged participation in illegally trading the axolotls. Though the axolotl population has been dangerously depleted in its natural habitat, axolotls have been trending as “pets.” But to survive, captive axolotls need the conditions of the Xochimilco canals to be duplicated, which is difficult, expensive and rarely achieved by non-scientists. (gob.mx) Although the International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the axolotl as a critically endangered species — the category immediately preceding extinction in the wild — its international trade is legal, though strictly regulated. The species is included in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in End...

Mexico and the United States signed a defense agreement on new technologies last week, further strengthening cooperation between the two countries on security matters. U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson on Sunday underscored the bilateral cooperation within the declaration of intent that will allow Mexico’s Defense Ministry (Defensa) to acquire drones and counter-unmanned aircraft systems. To celebrate, in his words, the results yielded by Mexico-U.S. security cooperation, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson released this photo of himself shaking hands with drone agreement signatory Security Minister Omar García Harfuch. (@USEmbassyMEX) Celebrating the agreement and the bilateral commitment to fighting organized crime, Johnson published an image of himself shaking hands with Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch as his Photo of the Week. “Under the leadership of President Donald Trump and President Claudia Sheinbaum, our cooperation continues to yield results,” ...

Gerardo “Coloso” Rojano Galván, 47, a student of the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s (UNAM) Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, crossed Mexico from north to south by bicycle in just over 20 days, earning a new record by the World Ultracycling Association (WUCA). Rojano’s journey began June 8 in Los Algodones, Baja California, just 50 meters away from the United States border, and ended near the border of Mexico with Guatemala at Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, after 20 days, 6 hours and 3 minutes of cycling.   The exceptional feat, which saw Coloso cover 4,094 kilometers with an average speed of 8.42 kilometers per hour, established a new record in the men’s individual cross-country category for cyclists aged 18 to 49 certified by the World Ultra-Cycling Association (WUCA). Coloso completed this route on a standard bicycle in an unsupported manner, meaning he had no outside assistance to cover the distance during the journey. The Mexican cyclist now awaits recognition of his jo...

President Claudia Sheinbaum spent the weekend before this week began in Puebla, kicking off the 2026 National Reforestation Day from the mountain pass between the Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes. There, marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, she declared that the Paso de Cortés — named for the conquistador who marched through it in 1519 — would be a great candidate for a new name . On Monday morning, the president’s attention had shifted south: a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia, killing hundreds. Sheinbaum immediately pledged Mexico would send Colombia everything it needed , but the country’s military rescue brigade quickly ran into a diplomatic hurdle, part of a tangle of certification disputes and friction that unfolded even as quietly extraordinary Mexican solidarity continued — not just with Colombia, but with wildfire-stricken Canada as well. Colombia’s quake also revived an old question for Mexico...

Sargassum is beginning to recede from Quintana Roo beaches after peaking in June and July, but the Mexican Caribbean remains on track for one of its worst years on record. The decline began this month and should become more pronounced in September and October, Esteban Amaro Mauricio, hydrobiologist and director of the Quintana Roo Sargassum Monitoring Network, said this week. The arrival of the seaweed has been erratic, however. Tulum and Mahahual still have major accumulations while Playa del Carmen has seen less. Puerto Morelos, recently clear, received a significant influx this week. At the beginning of this month, 30 beaches in northern Quintana Roo alone were on red alert for excessive sargassum. Amaro said the network’s latest monitoring report put 22 of the state’s northern beaches in red, 17 in orange, 13 in yellow, 45 in green and three free of the algae. Tonnes on Quintana Roo beaches Conditions had improved less in the south, where 30 beaches remained on red alert, wi...