Nearly 21 million Mexicans live far from a bank
• MILLION: Nearly 21 million Mexicans -a fifth of total population- do not live within walking distance from a bank...
• MILLION: Nearly 21 million Mexicans -a fifth of total population- do not live within walking distance from a bank...
• DEAD: At least 9 alleged organized crime members were killed during the three-day long gun battles between the Cartel...
• PLANS: Mexico's migration agency (INM) will move ahead with plans to create a registry of the more than 500,000...
• GROWTH: Stocks of the three key airports operators saw robust gains in 2019 outperforming the 4.6% growth that Mexican...
• SLOWDOWN: Remittances to Mexico slowed down in November but annual growth is still expected to set a new record...
• EXPENSIVE: Mexico's plan for a new oil-fired power plant in the southern part of the Baja California Peninsula (42MW)...
• GUNFIGHTS: Thee armed men died Tuesday after a series of gunfights in the border city of Nuevo Laredo that...
• SELF-BUILT: A large majority of the 33.3 million of occupied homes in Mexico (70%) are self-built units financed mostly...
• MURDERS: At least 16 inmates were killed and 5 were injured Tuesday during a violent prison fight between members...
• NUMBERS: The number of cruise passengers arriving at Mexico's Caribbean port of Cozumel will close the year surpassing the...
• ARRESTS: Mexico's Attorney General Office (FGR) said Monday that the total number of suspects it has arrested in connection...
• SOUR: The implementation of a new international low-sulfur requirement for ships in 2020 (IMO 2020) is set to hurt...
• NOT ENOUGH: Despite growing in 0.9% with respect to 2018, Mexico's tax revenue collection did not reach the Ministry...
• LEADER: Mexican online sales are expected to grow between 35% and 38% this year -the strongest pace around the...
• FIGHT: Saturday's attack against a service station and a bar in the town of Uriangato (pop. 62,000) where six people...
• FASTER: Venture capital investment in startup companies located in the western state of Jalisco is growing at a faster...
• PROTEST: Mexico's largest manufacturing chamber (CONCAMIN) warned that an all-encompassing plan floated last week to strengthen the state power...
• RECORD: Mexico has only approved 2,124 asylum requests in 2019 -according to new government data-, a figure that experts...
• SHUT DOWN: Mexico's environmental prosecutor office (PROFEPA) temporarily shut down some potato growing operations for illegally extending over 104...
• ARREST: Mexican federal forces arrested the police chief of the small town of Janos in the state of Chihuahua...
• BOOTS: Exports of men cowboy boots made in Mexico grew 16% during the first 10 months of 2019 continuing...
• FALL: The total number of bookstores across Mexico shrank more than 30% in less than three years from around...
• DEMANDS: State power utility (CFE) has presented an all-encompassing plan measures that it says the Mexican Government and regulatory...
• RECORD: Mexico's second largest low-cost airline, VivaAerobus, forecasts carrying 20% more passengers in in 2020 reaching a total number...
• SURVEILLANCE: Mexico denounced Bolivia's Government for what it called "increased police" harassment against the Mexican Embassy and its Ambassador's...
• TUNNEL: The world's largest storm sewer tunnel began operations in Mexico City marking the end of an 11-year long...
• MURDER: A prominent US endodontist was fatally shot in an apparent carjacking on the Mexican side of the border...
• CONTROL: Mexican bottling and retail multinational Femsa announced it will become the sole shareholder of Chilean drugstore operator Socofar...
• OPERATIVES: Mexico extradited 7 alleged operatives of several Mexican organized crime groups to the US during the past few...
• GROWTH: The number of foreign residents living in Mexico reached 537,000 in 2019 -more than double the 262,000 estimated...
• BOOST: The Mexican subsidiary of US railroad operator Kansas City Southern expects to close 2019 with a 90% growth...
• RECORD: Mexico's tequila industry is on track to set a new annual record with 320 million liters produced between...
• DEFENSE: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador defended his plans to strengthen Mexico's state power utility (CFE) just one day...
• ATTACK: An unknown number of assailants shot and killed Jorge Valtierra, the acting police chief of Acámbaro (pop. 112,000)...
• CLEARED: The Mexican government's Ministry in charge of investigating discrepancies in asset declarations of public officials cleared the head...
• CONSULTATION: Just days after the Mexican Government claimed unanimous support, the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) criticized...
• CERTAINTY: Mexico's central bank board recommended the Government to boost certainty for investment given the weakening of the Mexican...
• RECORD: Mexican immigration authorities have taken into custody a 172,748 migrants between January and November of 2019 which represents...
• IMPORTS: China has lifted the last non-tariff barrier for the importation of premium tequila -made with 100% blue agave...
• POSTPONEMENT: Mexico’s energy regulatory commission (CRE) delayed for 5 years the enforcement of a long awaited rule that mandates...
• ARREST: State authorities in Guerrero state arrested Marco Antonio García Morales -the chief of staff to the mayor of...
• RIFLES: Mexican forces have recovered 109 American-made Barrett .50-caliber rifles since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in...
• REMAIN: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday via Twitter that he had privately met with AT&T's CEO, Randall...
• NEW SITES: The US Department of State reissued its travel advisory for Mexico in which it added two areas...
• PERMITS: Retailers are urging Mexico’s energy regulatory commission (CRE) to expedite issuance of pending permits along the whole fuels...
• REVERSE: Mexico's energy regulatory commission (CRE) allowed Pemex -the state-owned oil company and dominant player in the market- to...
• TROOPS: Around 1,100 Mexican National Guard troops are expected to arrive Tuesday to the Irapuato-Celaya industrial corridor in the...
• INCREASE: Mexico will raise its daily minimum wage in 2020 by 20% -to the equivalent of USD 6.36- with...
• ASSURANCES: Mexico's displeasure with one provision in the US implementing bill for the new North America trade agreement (USMCA)...
• RECORD: The number of police officers killed in Mexico is expected to climb in 2019 well above the 421...
• OBJECTION: Mexico's North American trade negotiator, Jesús Seade, has objected the dispatch of up to five labor attachés to...
• FUEL OIL: Mexico's state-owned electric utility (CFE) is ready to increase the amount of heavy fuel oil it buys...
• CRISIS: One of Mexico's top-ranked private universities, ITAM, is facing student protests after the alleged suicide of an undergraduate...
• HELLS: Industrial activity has transformed at least six regions in Mexico into real "environmental hells" with extreme air, soil...
• RATIFICATION: Just two days after its signature by the three countries, Mexico's Senate ratified the protocol of amendments to...
• MEETINGS: Family members of the murdered victims of the November 4 massacre in Northern Mexico held meetings with members...
• ATTACK: Heavily armed men who claimed to be part of the organized crime group known as the Jalisco New...
• ZERO RISK: The inclusion of two bilateral mechanisms in the new regional trade agreement (USMCA) to allow the US...
• THOUSANDS: At least 7,235 Ecuadorians have been denied entry to Mexico in 2019 at different airports around the country...
• HOUSE: Mexico's Lower House of Congress passed an amnesty law aimed at benefiting non-violent and first time offenders jailed...
• COURTS: Mexican federal courts granted the renewables sector a win against a rule change by the López Obrador Government...
• SUPERVISION: The Mexican Government agreed to include two bilateral mechanisms under the new US, Mexico, Canada trade agreement (USMCA)...
• TOP COP: Genaro García Luna, Mexico's former Public Security Minister and the architect of the war against organized crime...
• INDIGNATION: The murder of a young mother, Jacqueline Alba, and her two daughters in the Naucalpan municipality in Estado...
• BEGINNING: The long awaited 1.32 Bcf/d La Laguna-Aguascalientes natural gas pipeline by Mexico City-based Fermaca began operations on Tuesday...
• GROWTH: The share of Mexicans adults who are overweight or obese grew from 71.3% in 2012 to a record...
• CASES: The López Obrador Administration detected at least 314 cases of public contracting under suspicion for irregular practices during...
• SHARE: Mexico's share of the US imported beer market has grown to 71% during the first ten months of...
• SUMMIT: Top negotiators from the US, Mexico and Canada are meeting in Mexico City on Tuesday hoping to finalize...
• RECORD: President López Obrador has deployed the Mexican military at record levels compared to his previous two predecessors with...
• DEBACLE: More than 1,500 murders, at least 161 disappeared and 500 businesses closed are some of the consequences of...
• DOUBTS: Despite the Mexican Government promise, the use of Performance-based Navigation (PBN) will not increase the number of flights...
• RED LINES: The López Obrador Administration made public a final set of unmovable conditions that its US counterpart ought...
• DESIGNATION: Close to two thirds of Mexicans (63%) are against the idea of the US Government designating Mexican drug...
• NEW PROGRAM: The López Obrador Administration is betting on a new government company (dependent of the state-owned electric utility,...
• SLOWDOWN: Mexico remained the US trading partner through October of this year with total trade amounting to USD 517...
• POLL: The number of Mexicans saying they have bought counterfeit goods at some point reached at least 85% with...
• ESCALATION: The number of cyber security incidents against Mexican financial institutions have grown from an average of one report...
• POWER: Extortion rackets in Mexico's Pacific Coast resort of Acapulco have brought local business "to its knees" says city...
• EXPANSION: Emirates Airlines has expanded its interline agreement with Mexico's Interjet which will allow its customers to access connections...
• VISIT: Weeks after several high profile violent incidents, US Attorney General, William Barr, will meet Thursday with Mexican President...
• BRIEF: Mexico's Electoral Tribunal filed a a brief before the Supreme Court arguing against allowing the new Governor of...
• PROTESTS: At a small town one hour south of the US border, dozens of people protested against the arrest of...
• RECORD: Incidents of cargo truck theft in Mexico reached record highs during the US 2019 Fiscal Year (October 2018 to...
• REJECTION: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Mexico rejected the Democrats proposal for US inspectors to supervise the implementation...
• REJECTION: With limited time for the new trade agreement between the US, Mexico and Canada (USMCA) to be considered...
• POWER: Mexico's energy regulatory commission (CRE) has authorized homes and small businesses to sell excess electricity they produce via...
• ARRESTS: Authorities arrested two suspects linked to the Saturday's attack by alleged members of the Cartel del Noreste gang...
• STAGNATION: Progress among Mexican students in math, science and reading has remained largely stagnant since at least 2003 with...
• ARRESTS: Mexican authorities arrested Sunday at least three suspects linked to the November massacre of nine people in Northern...
• PLANT: A car manufacturer is scouting the Mexican states of Nuevo León, Jalisco and the Mexico City area as...
• ATTACK: Mexican authorities reported at least 20 deaths in the aftermath of gun battles between law enforcement and members...
• ONE YEAR: Andrés Manuel López Obrador marked Sunday his one year as President of Mexico saying it will take...
• OUTRAGE: The killing of woman from Monterrey who was shot dead in Mexico City on Monday prompted outrage after...
• BLOCKED: Two thirds of refugee children in Mexico (6 to 18 years old) are not able to attend school...
• CHANGE: Around one third of Mexico's workers unions have already modified their internal governing status to include among other...
• RECORD: Confirmed cases of dengue fever surpassed 10,000 in the western state of Jalisco and bringing the total death...
• RECORD: Murders in the western state of Jalisco surpassed record highs with at totaling 2,428 through November, a number...
• BILLIONS: Mexico's private sector pledged to invest a total of USD 44 billion in 147 infrastructure projects between 2020...
• REPORT: A new report by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) openly chides President Andrés Manuel López Obrador energy...
Mexico Today is your top source for news about Mexico. Whether you care about business, politics or travel, Mexico Today will provide you with a recap of key stories playing across the country. Mexico Today is brought to you by REFORMA, Mexico’s leading and most trusted news organization.
© 2019 Mexico Today.