Mexico Violence

• 4 U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen in Mexico during trip to buy medicine: officials

  The 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.

  World

  Mar 6
  
• 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
  
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• Flights cancelled between Mazatlán and Vancouver as cartel violence continues

  WestJet confirmed to Global News that flights WS2042 (Vancouver to Mazatlán) and WS2043 (Mazatlán to Vancouver) have been cancelled Friday due to cartel-related violence.

  World

  Jan 6
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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 6
• 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
• Canada sees rise in Mexican asylum seekers, with majority landing in Montreal

  From 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.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2022
• British businessman killed execution-style near Mexico’s Playa del Carmen

  The 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.

  World

  Mar 13, 2022
• EXCLUSIVE: Global Affairs reveals countries where Canadians are most often murdered

  More Canadians are murdered in Mexico than in any other country.

  Commentary

  Nov 8, 2021
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• 24 dead in Mexico after gunmen storm drug rehab facility

  Mexican media said seven people were also injured in the shooting at the facility, the second such attack to take place in Irapuato in the past month.

  World

  Jul 1, 2020
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• Monument set to honour 9 U.S.-Mexican citizens ambushed, slain in cartel murders

  The mostly bilingual American-Mexicans have lived in northern Mexico for decades and consider themselves Mormons.

  World

  Jan 12, 2020