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Truth commission faults Mexico military over 43 missing students

A truth commission investigating one of Mexico's worst human rights tragedies said Thursday that military personnel bore responsibility, either directly or through negligence, in the disappearance of 43 students in 2014. "Their actions, omissions or participation allowed the disappearance and execution of the students, as well as the murder of six other people," said the commission's head, deputy interior minister Alejandro Encinas. The teaching students had commandeered buses in the […]

today20 August 2022

International News

US hits EU, Mexico and Canada with steel, aluminium tariffs

The United States has said it was moving ahead with tariffs on aluminium and steel imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union, ending a two-month exemption and potentially setting the stage for a trade war with some of the country's top allies. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters on a telephone briefing on Thursday that a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminium […]

today1 June 2018

International News

Race to find survivors under collapsed school in Mexico

Rescuers are racing against the clock to reach survivors trapped under the rubble of a school in Mexico City which collapsed during Tuesday's earthquake. One of them, a 13-year-old girl, is believed to be sheltering under a table, officials told the BBC. At least 21 children and five adults died when the primary school collapsed and many others are missing. The school was one of dozens of buildings toppled by […]

today21 September 2017

International News

Huge earthquake topples buildings, killing more than 200

A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing more than 200 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City. President Enrique Peña Nieto said more than 20 children had died and 30 were missing after a school collapsed. The 7.1 magnitude quake also caused major damage in neighbouring states. The tremor struck shortly after many people had taken part in an earthquake drill, exactly 32 years after […]

today20 September 2017

International News

Mexico: Over 250 skulls found in Veracruz mass graves

The top prosecutor in Mexican state of Veracruz has confirmed that more than 250 skulls have been dug up in what appears to be a drug cartel mass burial ground on the outskirts of the city of Veracruz. Jorge Winckler, the state prosecutor, said on Tuesday that the clandestine burial pits appear to contain the victims of drug cartels killed years ago. "For many years, the drug cartels disappeared people […]

today15 March 2017

International News

Netanyahu hails Trump decision to build Mexico wall

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Twitter on Saturday to hail new US President Donald Trump's decision to build a wall on the border with Mexico. On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order telling officials to begin to "plan, design and construct a physical wall" along the 3,200km US-Mexico border, making good on a campaign pledge. In an interview with American channel Fox News on Thursday Trump justified his […]

today29 January 2017

International News

Mexico: Judge whose court handled cartel cases killed

A federal judge whose court handled some cases related to drug cartels has been killed near Mexico City. Vicente Antonio Bermudez Zacarias was murdered in Metepec, a town in the state of Mexico, the Supreme Court said in a statement on Monday. President Enrique Pena Nieto condemned the murder and ordered the attorney general's office to take over the investigation. According to local media, Bermudez was shot in the head […]

today18 October 2016

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