General News

Mexican marines captured Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, alias “Z-40,” the head of the notorious Zetas cartel, in the town of Anahuac, Nuevo Leon early on Monday.

Fans of Cantinflas (Mario Moreno, 1911-1993) have taken to social media to protest the casting of Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada to play the part of the Mexican movie great in a new feature film that begins shooting next week.

The National Action Party (PAN) appears to have retained the Baja California governorship in last Sunday’s elections, which were marked by political mudslinging, a wave of violence and a cat that garnered thousands of votes in a mayoral race.

Duncan Taylor, the current current governor of the Cayman Islands, will assume his appointment as the new British Ambassador to Mexico in September.

Following reports that the United States has been spying on Mexico, President Enrique Peña Nieto warned on Wednesday that such action would be “totally unacceptable.”

Mexico wants to duplicate its trade with the United Kingdom, President Enrique Peña Nieto declared this week after visiting Northern Ireland and London in conjunction with the G8 meeting.

You can now buy a range of merchandize from Walmart’s new online site and have it delivered to your home in Mexico – without charge for many items.

The easy-to-use web site is divided into several main categories, including electronics, computers, babies, video games, health and beauty and home.  Sub-menus provide dozens of additional categories. 

The owners of more than 250 Chinese restaurants in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon closed their doors Monday afternoon in protest at being the targets of extortionists and kidnappers.