Mexico Violence

• 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
  
• 10 dead after gunmen open fire at car rally in Baja California

  Authorities 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.

  World

  May 21, 2023
  
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• 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, 2023
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• 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
• 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, 2023
• 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, 2023
• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• 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