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Fiber-optic drones and cartel members at the front: Ukraine’s imprint on Mexico’s narco groups

18 October 2026 at 05:00

The video released by Al Jazeera lasts just 25 seconds but has once again reignited public debate. The footage shows at least 10 fighters in a forest, “coming back from a mission,” as one of them can be heard saying. The group of soldiers, who are Mexican, Colombian, and Panamanian — as acknowledged by the person filming — is allegedly part of Ukraine’s front line in the war launched by Russia.

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An attack drone in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, in February 2024.

México aportó un 60% a reducción de la pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe

15 October 2026 at 23:32
Sheinbaum sostuvo que, desde el Gobierno anterior de Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), "hay un modelo que se llama el humanismo mexicano que ha dado muchos resultados".

Tensions mount on Mexico-US border amid drones and shootouts

6 October 2026 at 12:13

Tensions are rising along the Mexico-U.S. border — this time on the eastern side — due to an incident that has quietly made its way to the press. Ten days ago, U.S. Coast Guard personnel patrolling the Rio Grande area between Texas and Tamaulipas exchanged gunfire with suspected armed men who were crossing from the Mexican side. No injuries or fatalities were reported, but authorities have launched separate operations on both sides of the border — a deployment that, at its core, reignites fears of intervention by Washington on Mexican territory.

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Mexican soldiers patrol in Tamaulipas in October 2026.

China, the white elephant in US–Mexico trade negotiations

28 September 2026 at 14:11

Commercial integration between Mexico and the United States, under the protection of the USMCA trade agreement, will first have to navigate a complicated customs issue: China. On the eve of the fourth round of talks, scheduled in theory for October, the economic rules that the Mexican government will impose on Chinese goods, investment and technology are of particular interest to the White House.

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Containers at the port of Manzanillo, Mexico.

Sheinbaum at the Zócalo: ‘Mexicans do not want interference, interventionism or violation of our territoriality’

28 September 2026 at 10:01

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, addressed a massive crowd this Sunday at the emblematic Zócalo square in Mexico City, just a few days before the start of her third year in office. On the eve of the 2027 midterm elections, the president delivered a speech steeped in historical references to Mexico’s struggles for independence and sovereignty, and an allusion to growing pressures from the United States under the guise of fighting “narcoterrorism.”

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Claudia Sheinbaum at the Zócalo on Sunday.
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