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United States President Donald Trump and his nominee for ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson both praised the Mexican government on Tuesday for ramping up the fight against the trafficking of illegal drugs to the U.S. and the northward flow of migrants. Trump met with a number of his picks for ambassadorial posts around the world in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Ron Johnson, embajador de Estados Unidos en nuestro país, dijo sentirse alentado por las conversaciones con la presidenta @Claudiashein y le agradeció el apoyo en la frontera. Donald Trump destacó que México ha intensificado mucho las medidas. COOPERACIÓN SI, SUBORDINACIÓN NO. pic.twitter.com/6FSwlxR7Aj — El Nopal Times (@ElNopalTimes) March 26, 2025 Johnson — an army veteran and former CIA official who served as ambassador to El Salvador during Trump’s first term as president — thanked the U.S. president “for the nomination to represent you and the United States to the United Mexican States.” “And I’m really encour...

The drug store chain Farmacias Similares and its iconic mascot Dr. Simi are closer to gaining a foothold in the United States after nearly two decades of trying to expand the pharmacy north of the border. On Monday, the company inaugurated its new office in downtown Austin, the Texas state capital, only 500 meters south of the state capitol building.    View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Dr. Simi USA (@drsimiusa) Director Víctor González Herrera presided over the ceremonial ribbon-cutting ceremony, describing the event as “the perfect moment” to enter the U.S. market. The site features two offices, a board room and a meditation room. “The first attempt was over 20 years ago with my father; years later, we made another attempt, but fate didn’t allow it to flourish. Today is the perfect moment for Dr. Simi to arrive not only as a commercial enterprise but also to extend its mission of support and assistance to this gr...

The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) restored power in the southeastern Yucatán Peninsula on Tuesday morning after several power outages were reported across the state.  The blackouts, which began at 6 p.m. on Monday, affected seven of the 11 municipalities in Quintana Roo, including the tourist destinations Tulum, Cancún, Playa del Carmen, Isla Mujeres, Cozumel, Bacalar and Puerto Morelos. #Urgente | México sufre apagones masivos y prolongados en Yucatán, Campeche y siete municipios de Quintana Roo: Bacalar, Cancún, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen, Tulum, Puerto Morelos e Isla Mujeres. pic.twitter.com/aBXjDEqxdi — Pedro Márquez (@PedroMrquez_) March 25, 2025 In Cancún, the power outage primarily affected the northwest corner of the city. Residents in the neighboring states of Campeche and Tabasco also reported several hours of power outages on social media.    CFE reported that the blackouts were due to the poor quality of natural gas caused by high humidity level...

A controversial highway in Chiapas whose construction has been delayed for nearly 20 years has received the go-ahead after residents of five municipalities approved the project via a nonbinding referendum, the state governor announced. On Monday morning, Governor Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar announced the results in a social media post , saying “The highway is ours! The Route of the Maya Cultures has been approved by the people!”  Nearly 40,000 residents of the municipalities of Palenque, Ocosingo, Chilón, Salto de Agua and Tumbalá voted in favor of the highway between San Cristóbal and Palenque, Chiapas. (@ramirezlalo_/X) Ramírez thanked the public for their participation during “an exemplary day of voting” on Sunday, adding that the highway was approved with 39,321 votes in favor and only 919 against. The highway will connect the former state capital, San Cristóbal de las Casas, with the town of Palenque, known as the gateway to ancient Mayan ruins. Palenque, founded in 1567 a...

In recent days, authorities arrested at least three people in connection with the so-called extermination camp case in Jalisco, including an alleged Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) leader. The arrests came more than two weeks after a collective that searches for missing persons found burnt human remains , bullet casings, hundreds of shoes and other personal items at a property in the municipality of Teuchitlán called Izaguirre Ranch. A volunteer search collective made the grim discovery at Izaguirre Ranch, months after federal officials inspected the property. (Fiscalía del Estado de Jalisco/Cuartoscuro) Clandestine graves are frequently found in Mexico, but the discovery of what some media outlets have called an “extermination camp” where scores of people may have been killed and/or cremated shocked the nation and made headlines around the world. No victims have yet been identified. The three people recently arrested in connection with the case are the alleged leader of a C...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum officially recognized Nadya Rasheed as the Palestinian Ambassador to Mexico at a ceremony held at the National Palace on Wednesday, during which the president welcomed 23 new ambassadors to Mexico from around the world.   Sheinbaum and the Palestinian Embassy shared a photo of the two officials together on social media.    View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Embajada del Estado de Palestina en México (@palestinaenmexico) “Adding to the significance of this [ceremony is a highly symbolic event: a Palestinian woman, an ambassador of her people, presenting her credentials to the first female President of Mexico. A reflection of the fundamental role of women in our societies and in building a more just future,” Palestine’s Embassy in Mexico wrote in a post on Instagram.  Sheinbaum, who is Mexico’s first president of Jewish origin, has stated on several occasions that she...

The security minister in the Caribbean coast resort town of Tulum died in the hospital on Saturday after he was shot on Friday night, state authorities said. José Roberto Rodríguez Bautista, a navy captain turned police chief, was shot in the La Veleta neighborhood of Tulum and transferred to a hospital in serious condition, the Quintana Roo Attorney General’s Office (FGE) said in a statement on Saturday morning. The crime occurred in the neighborhood of La Veleta, Tulum at around 8:30 p.m. on Friday. (Cuartoscuro) “Despite the efforts to save him, he lost his life hours later,” the FGE said. An alleged member of a criminal group “dedicated to the sale of drugs” was killed at the location where the police chief and his bodyguard came under attack, authorities said. According to the Quintana Roo Security Ministry (SSC), Rodríguez and his bodyguard were attacked at around 8:30 p.m. Friday by two men on a motorbike. The security minister and his bodyguard — who were reportedly i...