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Donald Trump’s hated $23 billion in migrant cash unlocks Mexican credit

Millions of Mexicans pay for everything from food to medicine with cash from relatives working in the U.S. Now, the money may allow them to get car loans in a country where a large swath of the population has no access to credit.

Mexico expands search for 43 missing students, says official

Authorities have expanded the search for 43 missing students in Mexico who vanished after they were abducted by corrupt police in 2014, a government official said.

Mexico’s rising homicide rate decreases overall life expectancy for males, study finds

A new study found that Mexico's skyrocketing homicide rate in recent years has reversed a trend of rising life expectancy among men and halted gains for women.

Slain Mexico mayor sacrificed herself to save family

TEMIXCO, Mexico – When gunmen burst into her home, the freshly-installed mayor of Temixco, south of Mexico City, Gisela Mota, told them to leave her family alone and surrendered to them, witnesses recalled.

Mexico mayor’s killing a threat to others: governor

A central Mexico state took over police command in several towns on Sunday after a mayor was assassinated, a crime described as a gang threat to other mayors.

Mexico mayor assassinated one day after taking office

Several gunmen burst into the home of a newly elected Mexican mayor and shot her dead on Saturday, just hours into her tenure, police said.

Tales of the disappeared in a Mexico drug state

They are among the 5,000 people who are listed as "disappeared" in Tamaulipas, the northeastern Mexican state with the most missing people in Mexico, where a total of 26,000 have vanished amid a brutal, nearly decade-old drug war.

Mexico: At least 15 dead in tourist bus crash in Oaxaca

At least 15 people were killed in a road accident in southern Mexico Saturday involving a tourist bus and a passenger van, authorities said.

Rampant pipeline theft fails to deter Mexico onshore oil bidders

A record 79 private companies, including Engie of France and Pacific Exploration and Production Corp. of Colombia, have qualified to bid in the Dec. 15 auction now that Mexico's new laws have opened oilfield development to private companies.

Mexico indigenous group sees racism in Coca-Cola ad

A Coca-Cola advertisement has caused a furor in Mexico as an indigenous group said Wednesday the images of young white people building a Christmas tree in its community had racist connotations.
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