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In latest show of security cooperation, Mexico and US sign drone agreement

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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,” ...
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How long does it take to cross Mexico on a bike? This ultracyclist just set the record

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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...
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Mexico’s week in review: Disaster diplomacy and a persistent peso

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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...
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Sargassum seaweed levels begin to drop in Quintana Roo after record peak

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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...
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Trump administration strips AMLO’s son of his US visa

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The U.S. government revoked the visa of Andrés Manuel López Beltrán on Thursday, prompting the son of the former Mexican president to publish an aggressively worded   letter to President Donald Trump on social media. In the letter, López Beltrán (often referred to as “Andy” by Mexican media) went on the offensive, calling the decision “politically motivated and propagandistic, in the Hitlerian style.” He also dismissed the impact of the action, saying he has no problem not visiting the U.S. during times of “hate, racism and drug addiction.” Andy insisted there is “no reason whatsoever” for the “crude and perverse act of villainy” against him, declaring that he is guided by “the ideals, principles and honesty instilled in me by my parents and practiced out of conviction in my political work.” The letter also speculated that Trump could be unaware of the decision, saying that if the U.S. president were aware then it is an “arrogant” action and “demonstrates, as my father recently wro...
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Mexico has a trash-dumping problem. Could this new clean-up project from Monterrey be the fix?

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You see it across Mexico — on roadways, over vacant lots and along waterways.  But a new project aims to create a model that could help cities tackle the nation’s illegal trash-dumping problem. In the northern state of Nuevo León, a Tecnológico de Monterrey project is testing whether data, cleanup campaigns and community participation can turn one trash-strewn stream into a model for urban restoration. One of the first orders of business in a massive cleanup job is to know what it is that you’re trying to get rid of. In the case of the Arroyo Seco-San Augustín waterway, plastics make up more than 70% of the debris, with textiles, tires and construction rubble making up most of the rest. (Tecnológico de Monterrey) The Arroyo Vivo initiative focuses on the 13-kilometer Arroyo Seco-San Agustín, a waterway where several sections have become illegal dumping grounds. The stream begins in the mountains above Monterrey and flows through the city before joining the La Silla River. Dur...
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Sheinbaum, Goldman Sachs executive discuss Plan México investment at high-level meeting

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Details surrounding Mexico’s ambitious goals of becoming the world’s 10th largest economy were tabled at a Tuesday meeting between President Claudia Sheinbaum and Golden Sachs president John E. Waldron. Plan México , the government’s flagship national economic and industrial policy, seeks to create 1.5 million new jobs, reduce imports from Asia, raise total investment to over 25% of GDP, alleviate poverty and create more specialized jobs. The plan also aims to see the Mexican economy soar from the 15th largest in the world to enter the top 10.  En Palacio Nacional, recibí al presidente y director de operaciones de Goldman Sachs, John E. Waldron, y a su equipo; conversamos sobre la percepción favorable de nuestro país en los mercados internacionales y las buenas oportunidades de inversión que brinda el Plan México. pic.twitter.com/bjszVRcLxM — Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) August 12, 2026 The high-level meeting between President Sheinbaum, senior executive Waldron and M...
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