Mexico

Ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum waves as she arrives to address supporters after the polls closed during general elections in Mexico City in Mexico City, early Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Trudeau pitches strong ties to new Mexican leader amid U.S. tumult

Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico’s first female leader

 

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, Wednesday, February 28, 2024 in Ottawa. Miller says Canada will bring back visa requirements for people from Mexico because of a spike in asylum claims in recent years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Mexicans will need visa to visit Canada again in bid to slow asylum claims

Mexicans accounted for 17 per cent of all asylum claimants in 2023

 

This Jan. 6, 2013 photo shows visitors bathing in the surf along the beach in Oaxaca, Mexico. (AP Photo/Jody Kurash)

Plane carrying Canadian skydivers crashes in Mexico, killing 1 man on beach

The passengers and pilot are in stable condition, according to Mexican authorities

 

Mexico says asylum claims to Canada started dropping last month — a revelation that comes amid mounting pressure on Ottawa to reimpose visas for Mexican citizens. But Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Thursday he hasn’t yet seen evidence of that claim. Miller speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Mexico says asylum claims in Canada are already dropping

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he hasn’t yet seen evidence of that decline

Mexico says asylum claims to Canada started dropping last month — a revelation that comes amid mounting pressure on Ottawa to reimpose visas for Mexican citizens. But Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Thursday he hasn’t yet seen evidence of that claim. Miller speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Canada, Mexico in talks to address rising tide of asylum seekers

Canada has been see a spike since lifting a visa requirement for tourists in 2016

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller speaks to the media during the federal cabinet retreat in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
<div>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling three brands of cantaloupes because they may be contaminated with salmonella. Aerial view of vendors setting up their cantaloupe stands to sell at Lo Valledor central wholesale produce market in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matias Delacroix</div>

Mexico closes melon-packing plant implicated in cantaloupe salmonella outbreak

There have been 6 deaths reported in Canada

<div>The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling three brands of cantaloupes because they may be contaminated with salmonella. Aerial view of vendors setting up their cantaloupe stands to sell at Lo Valledor central wholesale produce market in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matias Delacroix</div>
Chihuahua state police officers man a checkpoint in Janos, Chihuahua state, northern Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Fourteen people were killed in a clash Dec. 8, 2023 between gunmen from a criminal gang and residents of a small farming community in central Mexico, authorities said. Four people were left wounded and two more missing. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

14 dead in clash between criminal gang and villagers in central Mexico

Police said the clash happened about 130 kilometers southwest of the capital

Chihuahua state police officers man a checkpoint in Janos, Chihuahua state, northern Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Fourteen people were killed in a clash Dec. 8, 2023 between gunmen from a criminal gang and residents of a small farming community in central Mexico, authorities said. Four people were left wounded and two more missing. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
Firefighters and scuba divers search for bodies near sunken boats at a yacht club in Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, following Hurricane Otis. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Hurricane Otis death toll rises to 48, missing now number 36 as search and recovery work continues

At least 48 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into…

Firefighters and scuba divers search for bodies near sunken boats at a yacht club in Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, following Hurricane Otis. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
People get help crossing a highway blocked by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Otis near Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. The hurricane turned from mild to monster in record time, and scientists are struggling to figure out how — and why they didn’t see it coming. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Forecasters were caught off guard by Otis’ growth. But warming means more hurricanes like it

Hurricane Otis turned from mild to monster in record time, and scientists…

People get help crossing a highway blocked by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Otis near Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. The hurricane turned from mild to monster in record time, and scientists are struggling to figure out how — and why they didn’t see it coming. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A tourist rides a horse at a beach in Acapulco, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Hurricane Otis has strengthened from tropical storm to a major hurricane in a matter of hours as it approaches Mexico’s southern Pacific coast where it was forecast to make landfall near the resort of Acapulco early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bernardino Hernandez)

Hurricane Otis weakens over southern Mexico after battering Acapulco

Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category…

A tourist rides a horse at a beach in Acapulco, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Hurricane Otis has strengthened from tropical storm to a major hurricane in a matter of hours as it approaches Mexico’s southern Pacific coast where it was forecast to make landfall near the resort of Acapulco early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Bernardino Hernandez)
A tourist destination, colonial buildings line the streets of the historic central district in San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, on August 30, 2017. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

After rainy season that wasn’t, parched Mexico City starts restricting water

On a bank of Villa Victoria reservoir, where in other years boats…

A tourist destination, colonial buildings line the streets of the historic central district in San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, on August 30, 2017. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
A supporter of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves a Mexican flag outside United Nations headquarters Nov 9, 2021, in New York. At least 16 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti died early Friday in a bus crash in southern Mexico, authorities said. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

At least 16 migrants killed, 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

The dead include 2 women and 3 children

A supporter of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves a Mexican flag outside United Nations headquarters Nov 9, 2021, in New York. At least 16 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti died early Friday in a bus crash in southern Mexico, authorities said. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
A veterinarian inspects a Belgian Malinois puppy’s paw after a training session, to become rescue or detector dog, at the Mexican Army and Air Force Canine Production Center in San Miguel de los Jagueyes, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Precautions here are strict because of a recent canine parvovirus outbreak that sickened some of the puppies. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexico’s rescue and drug-sniffing dogs start out at army puppy kindergarten

Facility turns out about 300 expert Belgian Malinois a year

A veterinarian inspects a Belgian Malinois puppy’s paw after a training session, to become rescue or detector dog, at the Mexican Army and Air Force Canine Production Center in San Miguel de los Jagueyes, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Precautions here are strict because of a recent canine parvovirus outbreak that sickened some of the puppies. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
International Trade Minister Mary Ng, right, looks on as U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai speaks during a joint news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, May 5, 2022. Canada is siding with the U.S. in an ongoing trade dispute over Mexico’s restrictions on importing products made with genetically modified corn. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Canada joins U.S. trade fight with Mexico over genetically modified corn products

Mexico imposed a ban in February on importing tortillas or dough made with biotech corn

International Trade Minister Mary Ng, right, looks on as U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai speaks during a joint news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, May 5, 2022. Canada is siding with the U.S. in an ongoing trade dispute over Mexico’s restrictions on importing products made with genetically modified corn. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Carlos Aranda Burgoin was last seen on July 7, in Osoyoos. (RCMP)

Missing man in Osoyoos ‘highest priority’ for Mexican Government

The Mexican Consul General is currently in Osoyoos meeting with searchers and RCMP

Carlos Aranda Burgoin was last seen on July 7, in Osoyoos. (RCMP)
Australian Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock looks out from the tuna boat “Maria Delia” that rescued him and his dog Bella, as he arrives to port in Manzanillo, Mexico, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. After being adrift with his dog for three months, the pair were rescued by the Mexican boat from his incapacitated catamaran in the Pacific Ocean some 1,200 miles from land. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Smiling castaway and ‘braver’ dog return after months adrift on the Pacific

Australian sailor and dog Bella lived on raw fish until they were found by Mexican fishermen

Australian Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock looks out from the tuna boat “Maria Delia” that rescued him and his dog Bella, as he arrives to port in Manzanillo, Mexico, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. After being adrift with his dog for three months, the pair were rescued by the Mexican boat from his incapacitated catamaran in the Pacific Ocean some 1,200 miles from land. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
In this photo provided by Grupomar/Atun Tuny, Australian Tim Shaddock has is blood pressure taken after being rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters, after being adrift with his dog for three months. Haddock and his dog Bella were aboard his incapacitated catamaran Aloha Toa some 1,200 miles from land when they were rescued. (Grupomar/Atun Tuny via AP)

Australian man and his dog rescued by Mexican tuna boat after drifting 3 months in the Pacific Ocean

An Australian sailor who had been adrift at sea with his dog…

In this photo provided by Grupomar/Atun Tuny, Australian Tim Shaddock has is blood pressure taken after being rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters, after being adrift with his dog for three months. Haddock and his dog Bella were aboard his incapacitated catamaran Aloha Toa some 1,200 miles from land when they were rescued. (Grupomar/Atun Tuny via AP)
FILE - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during his regularly scheduled morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Feb. 28, 2023. Mexico has imposed a 50% tariff on white corn imports, a move the Mexican president says is intended to boost national production and prevent imports of genetically modified corn. The Saturday, June 24, 2023 announcement is the latest in an ongoing trade dispute between Mexico and its North American trade partners, Canada and the United States, over GM corn. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Mexico imposes 50% tariff on white corn imports amid trade dispute with Canada, U.S.

The measure will be in force until the end of the year

FILE - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during his regularly scheduled morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Feb. 28, 2023. Mexico has imposed a 50% tariff on white corn imports, a move the Mexican president says is intended to boost national production and prevent imports of genetically modified corn. The Saturday, June 24, 2023 announcement is the latest in an ongoing trade dispute between Mexico and its North American trade partners, Canada and the United States, over GM corn. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
A child offers a carrot to Benito the giraffe at the city run Central Park, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Activists are working to get Benito, a 3-year-old male giraffe who arrived in May, removed from the small enclosure in the Mexican border city. Activists say it is cruel to keep the giraffe in the small fenced enclosure, by himself alone, with only about a half-acre to wander and few trees to nibble, in a climate he’s not used to. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Activists say Benito the giraffe isn’t living his best life in small Mexican zoo

Group wants to find captive animal some release from solo existence, temperature extremes

A child offers a carrot to Benito the giraffe at the city run Central Park, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Activists are working to get Benito, a 3-year-old male giraffe who arrived in May, removed from the small enclosure in the Mexican border city. Activists say it is cruel to keep the giraffe in the small fenced enclosure, by himself alone, with only about a half-acre to wander and few trees to nibble, in a climate he’s not used to. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
Brian Le Lievre with his wife Michelle in Mexico, before he was stranded for more than a month as his family searches for a way to bring him home to Langford. (Courtesy of Arielle Boivin)

Unwanted vacation: family desperate to bring B.C. man home from Mexico

Week-long holiday turns into a month-long ordeal, with bills piling up for Victoria area family

Brian Le Lievre with his wife Michelle in Mexico, before he was stranded for more than a month as his family searches for a way to bring him home to Langford. (Courtesy of Arielle Boivin)