Mexico

For Mexico's security chief El Mencho killing was personal

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar Garcia Harfuch looks on during a press conference confirming the detention of two suspects linked to the killing of former Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo in November 2025, in Mexico City, Mexico, January 11, 2026. REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha/File Photo

Mexico steps up investigations into fuel smuggling by drug cartels

A member of the Mexican navy holds his rifle while patrolling in a boat as Mexico expands probe into cartel-linked maritime fuel‑smuggling at key ports, in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, May 28, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

Travel chaos threatens Iraq's participation in World Cup playoffs

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup - AFC Qualifiers - Fifth Round - First Leg - United Arab Emirates v Iraq - Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - November 13, 2025 Iraq players pose for a team group photo before the match REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo

FIFA optimistic amid chaos 100 days out from the World Cup

Tickets for World Cup playoffs in Mexico go on sale for as little as $11

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum lifts the FIFA World Cup trophy during her morning press conference at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Grandstand structure collapses at university photo-taking ceremony in Mexico, 28 hurt

Five of the 28 injured were taken to medical centers for further assessment.

Flowers, music, and soldiers at funeral of Mexican drug lord El Mencho

People gather next to a golden casket where the body of cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," lies after he was killed on Febr 22 in a military operation.

World Cup marks 100-day countdown amid political upheaval

Claudio Tapia, president of the AFA, Conmebol's president Alejandro Dominguez, FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Ramon Jesurun, president of the Colombian Football Federation and Alejandro Char, Mayor of Barranquilla, attend the inauguration of the Colombian Football Federation’s hotel, where Infantino expressed his support for Mexico ahead of the World Cup.

Mexican fans enjoy a brief respite from violence as they gaze at World Cup trophy

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup - Trophy on display in Guadalajara - Akron Stadium, Guadalajara, Mexico - February 28, 2026 Former footballers Roque Junior and Hugo Sanchez, Director of Arca Continental Jean Claude Tissot, Secretary of the Interior of Mexico Rosa Icela Rodriguez Velazquez, Vice President and General Manager of the Coca-Cola Company Mexico North Carlos Ricalde Alcocer, Governor of Jalisco Pablo Lemus, and Mayor of Guadalajara Veronica Delgadillo pose with the FIFA World Cup trophy REUTERS/Michelle Freyria

Mexican official says World Diving Cup will be rescheduled after cancellation

A drone view shows the Centro Acuatico Code Metropolitano after World Aquatics, the governing body for aquatic sports worldwide, canceled the early‑March Diving World Cup stop in Mexico due to violence following a military operation that killed drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” in Zapopan, Mexico, February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Alberto Fajardo

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