General News

September 4, in an operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco, the Mexican military detained Erick Valencia Salazar, the co-founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) on whose head U.S. authorities have placed a $US5 million bounty.

John Shipton, the father of imprisoned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, will be special guest of honor at the September 15 and 16 Independence Day celebrations in Mexico City at the invitation of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

CanSino recently announced plans to establish a vaccine production and distribution center in Mexico in collaboration with Drugmex, an eight-year-old pharmaceutical firm operating in the state of Querétaro.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has taken plenty of flak for his constant sniping at opponents during his frequently long-winded morning press conferences. 

Jon Benjamin, the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Mexico, watches carefully as Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard signs the book of condolence for the late Queen Elizabeth II that has been set up in the lobby of the British Embassy in Mexico City.

Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell has warned Mexicans of the risks involved in using the small doctor’s clinics attached to pharmacy chains, such as Farmacias Guadalajara, Benavides and others.

Only eight out of every 100 crimes committed were reported to authorities in Jalisco last year, according to the National Survey of Victimization and Perception of Public Security (ENVIPE).

The U.S. Department of State has added the state of Zacatecas to its “do not travel” list due to crime and kidnapping,