Mexico Violence
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Mexican president’s state of the union avoids drugs, violence despite high levelsExperts 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.WorldSep 1, 2023
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10 dead after gunmen open fire at car rally in Baja CaliforniaAuthorities say they are investigating an apparent gunfight at an off-road vehicle rally in Mexico's Baja California state that left 10 people dead and another 10 wounded.WorldMay 21, 2023
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4 U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico during trip to buy medicine: officialsThe four came under fire on Friday shortly after entering the Mexican city of Matamoros from Texas, U.S. and Mexican officials said, and were thrown into a vehicle by the gunmen.WorldMar 6, 2023
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2 Mexican airports reopen amid unrest, but Canadians still advised to take cautionThe 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.CanadaJan 6, 2023
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Flights cancelled between Mazatlán and Vancouver as cartel violence continuesWestJet confirmed to Global News that flights WS2042 (Vancouver to Mazatlán) and WS2043 (Mazatlán to Vancouver) have been cancelled Friday due to cartel-related violence.WorldJan 6, 2023
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B.C. travellers hunker down as violence flares in Mexican state of SinaloaViolence 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.CanadaJan 6, 2023
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Canadians in Mexico advised to take shelter as cartel violence breaks out in streetsViolence 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.CanadaJan 5, 2023
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Canada sees rise in Mexican asylum seekers, with majority landing in MontrealFrom January to mid-October, 6,501 of the 7,968 Mexican asylum seekers arriving in Canada by air landed in Montreal, according to the Canada Border Services Agency.CanadaNov 4, 2022
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British businessman killed execution-style near Mexico’s Playa del CarmenThe man was driving on a highway near Playa del Carmen in Quintana Roo state when his car was approached by two gunmen who opened fire.WorldMar 13, 2022
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EXCLUSIVE: Global Affairs reveals countries where Canadians are most often murderedMore Canadians are murdered in Mexico than in any other country.CommentaryNov 8, 2021
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