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Two immigration agents were fired earlier this week after being filmed allegedly extorting returning migrants at the Matamoros, Tamaulipas, border crossing in northeastern Mexico. President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the dismissal of the agents after a video circulating on social media appeared to show they were soliciting money from migrants entering Mexico from the United States. “We immediately asked the Interior Ministry and the director of the National Migration Institute to review the case,” Sheinbaum said, adding that the suspects were immediately suspended and an investigation had begun. After becoming aware of the incriminating videos, President Sheinbaum announced the dismissal of the two immigration agents implicated and promised a new protocol for filing corruption complaints. (Galo Cañas / Cuartoscuro.com) Sergio Salomón Céspedes, head of the National Migration Institute (INM), condemned the acts disseminated on the video.  “The president’s instructions are v...

In 2025, Mexico News Daily once again covered plenty of “hard news” and “bad news” stories. As we have done since  MND was founded more than 11 years ago , we also reported numerous stories that made us laugh, brought a smile to our faces, warmed our hearts and even left us scratching our heads in bewilderment. Now, as we approach the end of the year, it’s time to look back at the amusing, uplifting, inspirational, heartening, gratifying, strange, surreal and “only in Mexico” stories MND published this year. We continue today with a compilation of articles we published between April and June. Click here to read our Q1 compilation , and look out for our “México Magico” compendiums for the last two quarters of the year in the coming days! México mágico : A look back at MND’s weird and wonderful stories in the second quarter of 2025   The second quarter of the year had just begun when we reported on an unusual murder: the killing of two alleged squatters by a 74-year-o...

We are approaching the end of another big year of news in Mexico. It was a year of significant change, as Donald Trump’s return to the White House had a considerable impact on Mexico, while the Mexican judiciary was overhauled via the country’s first-ever judicial elections. It was a year of major floods and record rain, a year with fewer homicides but still obstinate insecurity, a year in which cartel honchos were sent abroad and an outspoken anti-crime mayor was killed at home. President Claudia Sheinbaum completed her first year in office in 2025 , a year that came with no shortage of challenges for Mexico’s first woman leader. This year marks the seventh year of national governance by the “fourth transformation” (4T) political movement , which was founded by former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who held office for the Morena party between 2018 and 2024. As we did at the end of 2023 and 2024 , Mexico News Daily looked back at the past 12 months and selected 10 news an...

At least five people have died following a crash near Galveston, Texas, on Monday of a Mexican Navy plane carrying a child burn victim and members of a nonprofit medical organization.  The aircraft was conducting a medical mission on behalf of the Michou y Mau Foundation, an organization that provides care to Mexican children with life-threatening burns.  Authorities were led to the aircraft partially submerged in Galveston Bay, where two of the passengers were said to be rescued. (@KABBFOX29/X) Four of the people on board were Navy officers, and four were civilians, including the child, Mexico’s Navy said in a statement to The Associated Press. Two of the passengers were reportedly from the Michou y Mau Foundation.  U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Luke Baker said in an early report that at least five on board had died, but did not identify the deceased. One person remains missing, and two others were rescued alive, Mexico’s Navy Ministry reported in the early hours...

Mexico has sent two ships carrying 80,000 barrels of petroleum to Cuba to help alleviate the country’s energy crisis over the Christmas period, President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed on Monday.  “We are doing this within a legal framework as a sovereign nation,” Sheibaum said at her Monday morning press conference.  En Cuba nadie está a salvo de los apagones; en los hoteles cubanos también puedes disfrutarlos 🫣 pic.twitter.com/rarxtHgJdy — Javi🇨🇺 (@JaviXCubaLibre) December 7, 2025 Cuba has been experiencing an energy crisis for around three years, with regular power outages of 20 hours or longer in several regions and frequent breakdowns at its aging power plants. The  five total blackouts as well as multiple partial ones in the last years have had a severe knock-on effect on the national economy. Cuba does not have the foreign currency needed to purchase the fuel required for its generating units. In addition, the latest U.S. military pressure on its main oil ...

Guinness World Records has confirmed that Farmacias Similares and its charitable arm, the Dr. Simi Foundation, have secured yet another world title — this time for the largest bottle cap mosaic — bolstering the Mexican company’s growing collection of record-breaking feats. ​The mosaic covered 1,203 square meters (12,900 square feet) and was assembled earlier this month from more than 1 tonne of plastic bottle caps on a soccer field in México state on the outskirts of the Mexico City metropolitan area.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Víctor González Herrera (@victor.gonzalez.herrera) The piece featured the smiling-face logo of Dr. Simi and a wheelchair accessibility symbol transformed into a giant heart — serving as a tribute to people with disabilities and children with cancer. Hundreds of volunteers, families, staff and partner organizations collaborated on the project, carefully placing caps to meet Guinness’s t...

President Claudia Sheinbaum inaugurated the Federal Electricity Commission’s (CFE) 269-megawatt combined cycle power plant in San Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro, on Friday, hailing it as a critical addition to the Bajío region’s growing energy demands. The plant, now named the “Josefa Ortiz Téllez Girón” Central — after the independence hero known as “La Corregidora” — is the first CFE facility to bear a woman’s name, part of a broader initiative to recognize women’s contributions to Mexican history. CFE Director General Emilia Calleja Alor said the natural gas-powered plant will supply energy to more than 4 million people while incorporating sustainable technology for efficient and reliable generation. “We have a defined direction in the electricity sector with a Strategic Strengthening Plan where we are all coordinated,” Calleja said at the inauguration ceremony, which was also attended by Energy Minister Luz Elena González Escobar and Querétaro Governor Mauricio Kuri. Desde la CFE, ...