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Mexico launches anti-trafficking commission ahead of meeting with US, Canadian officials

Mexico on Wednesday created a presidential commission to fight the trafficking of synthetic drugs, firearms and ammunition, a move that comes as officials travel to Washington to meet with their U.S. and Canadian counterparts to tackle the issue.

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Mexico eyes U.S. return of $246 million confiscated from former official

The United States has said it will return money and assets confiscated from a convicted former senior Mexican state official that were worth over $246 million, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday.

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Prosecutors probe Mexico immigration chief over fire that killed 40 migrants

The head of Mexico's immigration agency, Francisco Garduno, is under investigation over a deadly fire last month at a migrant detention center in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday.

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Missing key to cell sealed fate of migrants in Mexico fire, president says

The 40 migrants who died in a fire at a detention center in Mexico last month were unable to escape because the person with the key to their locked cell was absent, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday.

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Mexican officials to hold talks in U.S. on fentanyl smuggling -president

(This story has been corrected to update the CDC data on fatalities to more than 70,000 in 2021 from all synthetic opioids, not more than100,000 in fiscal 2022 from fentanyl, in paragraph 4)

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Mexican president criticizes Trump felony charges

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said he does not agree with the criminal charges brought against former U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Mexico asks China for help on fentanyl, slams US critics

Mexico's president said on Tuesday he had written to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, urging him to help control shipments of fentanyl as he fended off criticism in the U.S. that Mexico is not doing enough to stop trafficking of the synthetic opioid.

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Mexico picks first woman to head electoral body amid political row

Mexican lawmakers on Friday for the first time chose a woman to head the National Electoral Institute (INE), as the electoral authority faces a bruising struggle with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

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Mexican blame game over migrant deaths fuels tension in presidency race

The fire at a Mexican migrant holding center that killed dozens has triggered recriminations inside and outside President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government, exposing tensions in his party ahead of next year's presidential election.

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‘No impunity’ for migrant detention centre fire: Mexico president

‘How is it possible that the Mexican authorities left human beings locked up with no way to escape?’ Amnesty Int’l asks.

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Mexican prosecutors investigating murder in deadly fire at migrant center

Migrants were locked in a cell as a blaze spread killing 39 people at a detention center in Mexico, witnesses and a survivor said on Wednesday, as Mexican prosecutors said they were investigating the incident as a possible homicide.

Reuters

2022 was most dangerous year for journalists in Mexico -advocacy group

Last year was the most violent on record for journalists in Mexico, the free-speech group Article 19 said on Tuesday, citing security forces and other state agents as the main offenders.

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Mexico government to challenge Supreme Court suspension of electoral reform

The Mexican government said Sunday it would challenge the Supreme Court's temporary suspension of parts of a controversial electoral reform pushed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

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Mexico's top court freezes electoral reform ahead of lawsuit

Mexico's Supreme Court temporarily suspended on Friday parts of a controversial electoral reform pushed by the country's president, while also confirming it will consider a lawsuit from independent electoral institute INE that seeks to overturn it.

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Lopez Obrador denies US claim cartels control parts of Mexico

Mexican president responds to top US diplomat’s comments in latest row over violence fuelled by drug gangs.

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Mexico denies cartels control parts of country, rejecting Blinken remark

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday denied that parts of his country are controlled by drug cartels, responding to recent comments from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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Facing spying claims, Mexico president says activist's phone call was recorded

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday confirmed for the first time that the government monitored the phone of a human rights activist, saying it was part of a probe into a suspected gang member.

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Mexican president calls U.S. State Department 'liars' after rights report

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday forcefully rejected criticism of his government's record on human rights, describing reports of official abuses made in a new U.S. State Department study as "lies."

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Senior aide to Mexican president steps down

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday one of his top aides has left the government, dissolving a prominent bond between his administration and the longtime leader of the country's left, Cuauhtemoc Cardenas.

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Amid U.S. pressure on fentanyl, Mexico raises drug lab raids data

Mexico's army has dramatically revised upward the number of drug lab raids it says it conducted under President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, according to government data and leaked military documents reviewed by Reuters.

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Mexico talks fentanyl, arms trafficking with U.S. Homeland Security

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday he discussed fentanyl and arms trafficking in a meeting with U.S. Homeland Security Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall.

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Mexico’s president slams calls for US military to target cartels

Lopez Obrador denounces Republican-led push for US military intervention after fatal drug cartel abduction of Americans.

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Mexico’s president hits out at implicit criticism from US

‘There’s currently more democracy in Mexico than in the United States,’ Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says.

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Tesla to build in northern Mexico sfter AMLO speaks to Musk

Tesla Inc. will build a new plant in Monterrey, Mexico, the nation’s president announced, ending weeks of speculation over where the electric-car maker would choose to operate in the country.

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Mexicans turn out in droves to protest electoral overhaul, see democracy at risk

Huge crowds gathered in Mexico on Sunday to condemn government moves to shrink the electoral authority as a threat to democracy, in what appeared to be the largest protest so far against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration.

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