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Mexico Sees Its Energy Future in Fossil Fuels, Not Renewables
MEXICO CITY — On a recent scorching afternoon in his home state of Tabasco, the president of Mexico celebrated his government’s latest triumph: a new oil refinery. Though not yet operational, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador hailed the refinery as a centerpiece in his grand campaign to secure Mexico’s energy independence. “We ignored the sirens’…
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Mexico City Declared Police Abuse Over. Reports of Misconduct Kept Rising.
MEXICO CITY — Juan Carlos García Cortés was running errands in Mexico City on his moped when a taxi cut him off and two men jumped out. They shoved him in the back, threw a jacket over his head and began beating him. Mr. García’s abductors weren’t street-level criminals — they were members of Mexico…
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Mexico Captures Notorious Drug Kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero
MEXICO CITY — A drug kingpin convicted of orchestrating the torture and murder of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent was captured in northern Mexico on Friday, according to Mexican officials, bringing a case that has long been a source of tension with the United States one step closer to resolution. The drug boss, Rafael Caro…
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From Mexico to the U.S., an Underground Abortion Pill Network
As more U.S. states move to criminalize abortion, activists in Mexico have been inundated with calls from women seeking abortion medication. Our cameras went inside their distribution effort.
