Tag: Mexico
Heavy metal: Mexican mill boosts port’s steel trade
The Port of Brownsville was already moving a lot of steel for its biggest steel customer, Ternium S.A., but now that volume has increased...
Mexico to use US vaccine doses at border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials said Friday they will use 1 million U.S. doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine to inoculate...
Mexican president draws US into dispute over Tamps. governor
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has made little headway defusing a bizarre standoff over the possible arrest of a a sitting state governor facing...
U.S. eases ban on Mexico shrimp but demands better turtle protection
U.S. officials have reportedly agreed to resume imports of some Mexican shrimp over a dispute about inadequate sea turtle protection that prompted a ban...
Cartel gun battle with armored trucks kills 8 in Camargo, Mexico
By ALFREDO PEÑA Associated Press
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A raging gun battle between rival Mexican drug gangs near the U.S. border left eight...
Wealthy Latin Americans flock to US in search of vaccines
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and MARCOS MARTINEZ CHACON Associated Press
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — They travel thousands of miles by plane from Latin America to...
Mexico’s president now says he won’t get COVID-19 vaccine
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president said Monday he won't get a COVID-19 vaccine because his doctors told him he still has a high...
Mexican diesel tankers disappear at Port of Harlingen
HARLINGEN — The daily flow of Mexican truck traffic picking up diesel at the Port of Harlingen has slowed to a mere trickle, apparently...
Bill filed to protect U.S. law enforcement abroad
U.S. Senators John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Chris Coons, D-Delaware, on Tuesday introduced a bipartisan bill to protect federal officers and employees serving overseas.
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COMMENTARY: Big freeze, need for U.S.-Mexico cooperation on energy
By Antonio Garza
I’m writing from Texas where the past month was extremely challenging. The U.S. passed the milestone of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths and losses...