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One million people do it every year. But after the tummy tuck murders, how safe is it to seek healthcare in Mexico?

The killing of two US citizens on their way to a Mexican clinic is a stark warning for the nearly one million Americans who cross the border for medical care each year, Io Dodds reports

The Independent UK

What happened to the four Americans ensnared in a deadly Mexico cartel kidnapping?

Four US citizens were ambushed and taken hostage in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, after crossing into Mexico for a cosmetic surgery procedure. Four days later, two of them were found dead and two were rescued. Andrea Blanco and Joe Sommerlad report

The Independent UK

Four Americans were kidnapped in Mexico by cartel gunmen. How safe is it to travel there for healthcare?

The killing of two US citizens on their way to a Mexican clinic is a stark warning for the nearly one million Americans who cross the border for medical care each year, Io Dodds reports

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Two Americans kidnapped in Mexico found dead, officials say

Two killed, third person injured and fourth unharmed after quartet traveling for cosmetic surgery were seized in Tamaulipas

The Guardian - US

Suspect arrested in death of Mexico ‘tummy tuck’ tourists as US vows ‘justice will be done’

The group was taken hostage on Friday after entering the state of Tamaulipas in Matamoros – an area dominated by the Gulf cartel

The Independent UK

2 surviving Americans who were kidnapped in Mexico are back in the U.S.

The State Department said the victims, who were found alive after days in captivity, are back on U.S. soil. Officials said they are in the process of returning the remains of two others to the U.S.

WEKU

Two of four US citizens kidnapped in Mexico found dead

MEXICO CITY - Two of the four US citizens kidnapped after crossing the border into crime-plagued northeastern Mexico have been found dead, Mexican authorities said Tuesday.

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Two Americans kidnapped in Mexico found dead and two others discovered alive

Américo Villarreal, the governor of Tamaulipas state, confirmed that two of the US citizens, who were reportedly in the country for medical treatment, were killed, with another wounded and a fourth found alive

Daily Mirror

Mexico kidnapping — live: Americans seized by drug cartel asked for directions before deadly Matamoros attack

Video seemingly showed the moment Latavia ‘Tay’ Mcgee, Shaeed Woodard, Zindell Brown and Eric James Williams were kidnapped in Matamoros - an area dominated by the Gulf drug cartel

The Independent UK

2 Americans dead, 2 rescued after violent Mexico kidnapping

The surviving Americans were back on U.S. soil after being sped to the border near Brownsville, Texas, in a convoy of ambulances and SUVs escorted by Mexican military Humvees and National Guard trucks with mounted machine guns.

Chicago Sun-Times

With the kidnapping of 4 US citizens, is it safe to travel to Mexico?

DALLAS — Public safety concerns have spiked around travel to Mexico, with the kidnapping of four U.S. citizens in the northern Mexico border city of Matamoros. The visitors had just crossed the border through Brownsville, Texas.

Tribune News Service

Mexico kidnappings: What we know about the abduction of four US citizens in Matamoros

US citizens ambushed and taken hostage in border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, after crossing into country from Brownsville, Texas, for cosmetic surgery procedure

The Independent UK

Matamoros kidnapping: FBI offers $50,000 after four US citizens taken at gunpoint

The FBI said the four Americans were in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates and crossed into Matamoros, Tamaulipas in Mexico, on Friday where they were kidnapped

Daily Mirror

Mexico kidnapping latest: FBI offers reward for four Americans kidnapped in Matamoros as they are identified

Follow the latest updates on abduction in Matamoros, Tamaulipas as FBI launch search for missing US citizens

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Gay marriage is now legal in all of Mexico’s states

Lawmakers in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas have voted to legalize same-sex marriages, becoming the last of Mexico’s 32 states to authorize such unions

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Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico's states

Lawmakers in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas have voted to legalize same-sex marriages, becoming the last of Mexico’s 32 states to authorize such unions

Reuters

Final Mexican state approves same-sex marriage

Mexico's northeastern border state of Tamaulipas voted on Wednesday to recognize same-sex marriage, making it legal in every district across the country.

The Guardian - US

Migrants still being blocked by ‘really dangerous’ Trump-era Covid policy

Public health experts say Title 42 is counterproductive, forcing people into unsafe and unsanitary conditions

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Mexico's Pemex says 1 dead, 1 missing after incident at Madero refinery

Mexican national oil company Pemex said one person was dead and another missing on Friday after an "incident" caused by a storm at the Madero refinery in the state of Tamaulipas.

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New Fortress Energy, Mexico's CFE Partner On Natural Gas Supply

New Fortress Energy Inc (NASDAQ:NFE) has entered into an agreement with Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) as part of a growing strategic alliance. The agreement includes expanding and extending NFE's natural gas supply to multiple CFE power generation facilities in Baja California Sur, selling NFE's 135 MW La Paz power plant to CFE,…

The Independent UK

Killing of Mexican reporter may be linked to local politics

Mexico's president says the killing of a reporter in the northern border state of Tamaulipas may be linked to local politics

The Independent UK

Mexico: Reporter becomes 12th journalist killed this year in one of world’s most dangerous places for media

Antonio de la Cruz, 47, was with his 23-year-old daughter when he was shot at the door of his house

Reuters

Reporter gunned down in latest attack on Mexican journalists

A Mexican reporter was killed Wednesday in one of the country's most violent northern border states, authorities and his employer said, the latest in a series of attacks in one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists.

The Independent UK

President's party looks to clean up in state races in Mexico

Sunday’s gubernatorial elections in six Mexican states may be the high-water mark for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party, which is poised to take at least four of the six races

Reuters

U.S. State Dept reissues travel advisory for Mexico, cites Nuevo Laredo violence

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday reissued a travel advisory for Mexico, warning Americans not to travel to the state of Tamaulipas following violence near the U.S. embassy in Nuevo Laredo.

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