#Dangers of fentanyl escalate US-Mexico tensions

#Dangers of fentanyl escalate US-Mexico tensions

Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a 2-part series. Read Part 1 here. The U.S.-Mexico relationship is under strain from fentanyl smuggling, as politicians on both sides of the Rio Grande scramble to respond to a drug trade that now kills more than 70,000 U.S. nationals every year. The synthetic opioid has largely…

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#Mexico holds referendum on probing corrupt ex-presidents

#Mexico holds referendum on probing corrupt ex-presidents

“#Mexico holds referendum on probing corrupt ex-presidents” MEXICO CITY, Aug 1 – Mexicans on Sunday began to vote on whether to investigate five of the country’s former leaders in a referendum championed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, amid criticism that the move is a political stunt and turnout could be low. Lopez Obrador has…

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#Mexican president defends record as women protest

#Mexican president defends record as women protest

“#Mexican president defends record as women protest” MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador tried to focus attention Monday on the high number of women in his cabinet, and not on a day of protests over the fact he has refused to break with a governorship candidate accused of rape. Thousands of women…

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#Mexico’s president says he tested positive for COVID-19

#Mexico’s president says he tested positive for COVID-19

“#Mexico’s president says he tested positive for COVID-19” Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Sunday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. López Obrador, 67, said that he is receiving treatment for mild COVID-19 symptoms. “As always, I am optimistic,” he said. While undergoing treatment, Mexico’s interior minister will conduct López Obrador’s normal…

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#Mexico’s ex-defense secretary arrested in Los Angeles

#Mexico’s ex-defense secretary arrested in Los Angeles

“#Mexico’s ex-defense secretary arrested in Los Angeles” MEXICO CITY — Former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, who led the country’s armed forces for six years under ex-President Enrique Peña Nieto, has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport, Mexico’s top diplomat said Thursday. Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard did not say on what charges Cienfuegos…

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