Mexico

• La scoperta è stata fatta da un dipendente di Union Pacific che ispezionava un treno fermo nello scalo di Laredo prima che riprendesse il viaggio verso nord. • Operatori ferroviari in Texas hanno trovato sei persone morte all'interno di un vagone scoperto in uno scalo vicino al confine messicano domenica pomeriggio, secondo quanto riferito dalle autorità. • La scoperta è stata effettuata da un dipendente di Union Pacific durante l'ispezione del treno fermo nello scalo di Laredo, ha dichiarato un portavoce del dipartimento di polizia di Laredo, citando la compagnia di trasporti merci ferroviari.

Esclusiva: gruppo per i diritti umani avverte di una «profonda collusione» tra criminali e funzionari in alcune parti del Paese

Le temperature salgono in California e Arizona, mentre le precipitazioni continuano nel Western e Northern Cape • Si prevede che il caldo si intensifichi nelle zone occidentali degli USA e del Messico questa settimana, poiché un crinale di alta pressione spingerà le temperature ben al di sopra della norma stagionale. • In alcune aree, le massime diurne dovrebbero raggiungere valori tra i 10 e i 15°C superiori alla media. • Il National Weather Service statunitense ha emesso avvisi per il caldo in alcune zone della California e dell'Arizona, con allerta per caldo estremo in vigore lunedì e martedì in località come Palm Springs, dove le temperature potrebbero raggiungere i 40-43°C (104-110°F). • In generale, si prevede che le temperature saliranno verso la soglia alta dei 30°C prima che il caldo si sposti verso est, in direzione del Midwest, più avanti questa settimana. Continua a leggere...

Powerful radar system is providing new data on city’s subsidence, which experts hope will draw more attention to itWalking into Mexico City’s sprawling central Zócalo is a dizzying experience. At one end of the plaza, the capital’s cathedral, with its soaring spires, slumps in one direction. An attached church, known as the Metropolitan Sanctuary, tilts in the other. The nearby National Palace also seems off-kilter.The teetering of many of the capital’s historic buildings is the most visible sign of a phenomenon that has been ongoing for more than a century: Mexico City is sinking at an alarming rate. Continue reading...

• Security measures have been significantly ramped up across the United States, Canada, and Mexico ahead of the upcoming World Cup tournament scheduled to take place across the three nations. • Law enforcement agencies are coordinating multijurisdictional efforts to address potential security threats, including counter-terrorism operations and border security enhancements. • The heightened security reflects concerns about large-scale public events and cross-border movement during the tournament, with particular focus on protecting stadiums and fan zones.

Owner of Japan nightclub says ‘This is a response to a year of insults directed at us – as a country – by the United States’A Mexico City nightclub has gone viral for charging Americans a nearly $300 cover charge, while citizens from any other country pay just $20 for access, and Mexicans and other Latin Americans pay only $14.The Instagram announcement from the nightclub Japan in the Roma Norte neighborhood has been liked over 26,000 times and received more than 200 comments, mostly supporting the policy as part of a broader revolt in the capital against what many see as a US takeover. Continue reading...

Arrest of potential next leader found hiding in drainage pipe highlights renewed tactics – and fears of cartel infightingUS politics live – latest updatesThe golden coffin of “El Mencho”, the late leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), had barely been lowered into the ground when the Mexican military dealt a second blow to the very top of the organisation this week.As special forces descended on a ranch in the state of Nayarit, grainy drone footage showed El Mencho’s possible successor, Audias Flores, alias “El Jardinero”, being hauled from a drainage pipe he had tried to hide in, all without a shot being fired. Continue reading...

Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico was not aware of US participation until four officials were killed in car crashClaudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said on Monday that her government told the United States, in a diplomatic note, that the unauthorized presence of US officials at an anti-narcotics operation in the northern state of Chihuahua should not be repeated.The incident came to light after two US officials, along with two Mexican officials, were killed in a car crash on 19 April after the operation. Sheinbaum has said the federal government was not aware of the participation of the US officials, who were widely reported to be CIA officers. Continue reading...