Mexico Crime

• Mexican president’s state of the union avoids drugs, violence despite high levels

  Experts and residents agree that drug cartels effectively control wide swaths of Mexico, but President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador mentioned gangs — and drugs — exactly zero times.

  World

  Sep 1, 2023
  
• 2 Mexican airports reopen amid unrest, but Canadians still advised to take caution

  The airports in Culiacan and Mazatlan restarted operations Friday morning and a third remained closed as unrest continues in Sinaloa state following the arrest of a cartel leader.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2023
  
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• B.C. travellers hunker down as violence flares in Mexican state of Sinaloa

  Violence broke out in the state Thursday, after police arrested alleged drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2023
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• Canadians in Mexico advised to take shelter as cartel violence breaks out in streets

  Violence was unleashed in Mexico Thursday after security forces arrested Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, in a pre-dawn raid.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2023
• At least 15 killed in grisly Indigenous Mexican village attack

  State prosecutors in the state of Oaxaca said the bodies of 13 men and two women were identified as victims of the attacks over Sunday night and Monday morning.

  World

  Jun 22, 2020
• Fundraising campaign started for Ottawa woman severely beaten at Mexican resort

  Alexandra York was on vacation in Cancun when she was severely beaten by another guest at the resort where she was staying, according to her family.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2019
• Mexico pipeline explosion that killed 79 is an ‘example’ for fuel thieves, officials say

  Mexican authorities said the pipeline explosion, which killed dozens, should serve as an "example" to fuel thieves who cost the country US$3 billion annually.

  World

  Jan 19, 2019
• Gunmen kill man, wound 2 others at restaurant in popular Acapulco beach

  The attack happened on Caletilla beach, one of the places most frequented by tourists in the Pacific resort city, which is one of the most violent regions in the country.

  Crime

  Sep 21, 2018
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• Eleven bodies found in Mexican town close to U.S. border

  The bodies of eight men and three women were found in a home in Ciudad Juarez,

  Crime

  Aug 3, 2018
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• Killings continue but travel agents keep selling trips to Cancun

  Canadians travel to Mexico more than any other country except the United States. But many visitors may be unaware of the growing violence in a main city that was once hailed as one of the country's safest: Cancun.

  Consumer

  Apr 26, 2018