September 30, 2026

Mexico Watch

Threats Force U.S. to Suspend Activities in Mexico’s Avocado Heartland– legalinsurrection.com

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Threats Force U.S. to Suspend Activities in Mexico’s Avocado Heartland– legalinsurrection.com
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U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Mexico announced the State Department has suspended activities in Michoacan State.

“Due to a threat against American interests, U.S. government activities in Michoacan State have been suspended as of August 5,” according to the warning. “Reminder that the U.S. travel advisory designates Michoacan as a Level 4 ‘Do Not Travel’ area.”

While the State Department did not specify the threat, four cartels work out of Michoacan State, all of which the administration designated as terrorist organizations:

  • Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)
  • Los Viagras
  • La Nueva Familia Michoacána
  • Cárteles Unidos

How Mexico Locked In Its Militarized Police State– warontherocks.com

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How Mexico Locked In Its Militarized Police State– warontherocks.com
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In 2021, Andrew Ivey wrote, “‘I Have Other Data’: The Guardia Nacional and the Entrenchment of Mexico’s Militarization’,” where he warned Mexico was headed toward a militarization trap. Five years later, amidst increased pressure from the Trump administration and the election of a new Mexican president, we asked Andrew to revisit his arguments…

Has formalizing militarization in the Constitution changed anything in practice?The constitutional change locks in what was already happening on the ground, but also goes a little further. It’s right to note the transition from de facto to legal and formal military control. The National Guard is also under the control of the Secretariat of Defense, which is headed by an active-duty general. Guardia officers and troops are even educated in army universities.

The consequence of fully militarized federal-level policing means that future post-Sheinbaum governments will have very few — if any — opportunities to create alternative policing institutions. The constitutional change has locked Mexico into a path of militarization that frankly is much deeper than other large democracies in the region.However, it remains an open question if the Guardia can be retrained and repurposed. Though the Guardia is in the Secretariat of Defense’s educational system, attending the same schools, it could very well be that their curriculum is more police-like, or perhaps even gendarmerie-like, than soldier-like. That would be one significant step away from relying on soldiers and marines for public security, and even then, it would remain to be seen how a force educated in the military system, instructed and

President of Mexico VOWS to take action over lethal ICE shooting of illegal alien in Houston– www.theblaze.com

pgnewser July 14, 2026 2

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her administration will take legal action against the U.S. after the lethal shooting of a Mexican national who had lived in Texas for decades.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during a traffic stop in a “targeted enforcement operation” in Houston on Tuesday.

‘There’s no reason for them to be in detention centers or for violence to be used. So, we’re preparing legal measures — obviously, more significant ones.’

Trump Admin Won’t Renew Trade With Canada, Mexico in Its Current Form– legalinsurrection.com

pgnewser July 7, 2026 0

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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer confirmed that the Trump administration will not renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade agreement in its current form after a joint review.

The USMCA replaced NAFTA during President Donald Trump’s first term.

“The United States will continue to engage with Mexico and Canada to address the Agreement’s shortcomings and our trade deficits with these countries,” announced Greer. “However, the Agreement remains in force pending resolution of these issues or until the Agreement’s termination.”

Sheinbaum accuses the U.S. of meddling in Mexican affairs– www.latimes.com

pgnewser June 4, 2026 0

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MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday again accused the U.S. of meddling in Mexico’s internal affairs after The Times published a report about two Mexican governors from her party who have had their U.S. visas revoked amid criminal probes into their possible links to organized crime.

Sheinbaum, speaking at her daily news conference, said it was up to the governors, Alfonso Durazo of Sonora and Américo Villarreal Anaya of Tamaulipas, to respond to the allegations against them.

But she questioned the rationale of the U.S. investigations, part of a sweeping Trump administration campaign against high-level Mexican officials suspected of aiding cartels.

Deaths of 2 CIA agents in Mexico after Cartel drug lab raid under investigation | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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The US Embassy said the killed US officials were “supporting Chihuahua state authorities’ efforts to combat cartel operations.”

Two Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers were killed in Mexico over the weekend while returning from an operation targeting Cartel-affiliated drug labs in the northern state of Chihuahua. They died in a vehicle crash along with two Mexican investigators, who were also involved in the operation, authorities said.

The circumstances surround the crash are under investigation, according to CNN. This comes as President Trump has repeatedly stated his intention to dismantle the Cartels, pressuring Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to crack down on their drug labs. The US Embassy said that the killed US officials were “supporting Chihuahua state authorities’ efforts to combat cartel operations.”

President Sheinbaum claimed during a Tuesday press conference that her administration was “not aware of any direct work or coordination” between the state of Chihuahua and the US Embassy in Mexico. She added that Mexico does not permit joint operations with foreign governments and that work is limited to intelligence sharing.

Two CIA officers die in Mexico accident after counternarcotics operation – The Washington Post– news.google.com

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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  1. Two CIA officers die in Mexico accident after counternarcotics operation  The Washington Post
  2. Mexico’s Sheinbaum demands explanation after US officials die after operation in Chihuahua  Politico
  3. Role of US officials killed in crash in Mexico under scrutiny  BBC
  4. US officials killed in Mexico car crash following drug raid worked for the CIA, sources say  CNN
  5. 2 Americans Killed in Mexico Crash Were C.I.A. Members  The New York Times

Gunman at Mexico’s Teotihuacán pyramids kills Canadian tourist, injures at least 13 people– www.cbsnews.com

pgnewser April 21, 2026 0

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A Canadian tourist was shot and killed Monday while visiting the Teotihuacán pyramids in Mexico, according to local authorities.

Mexico’s security officials said a gunman opened fire at the popular tourist spot, killing a Canadian woman and injuring at least 13 people, including six Americans. The shooter later took his own life, the Security Cabinet said.

In a video posted on X, verified by CBS News, a man with a gun is seen pacing near the top of the Pyramid of the Moon. In another video, gunshots can be heard as visitors of the archeological site are seen walking at the bottom of the pyramid.

At least seven people suffered gunshot wounds and at least two people were injured from falls, officials said. Two of the people who were shot, a 29-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman, were Americans. Eight people were still hospitalized as of Monday night, Mexico’s Interior Ministry said.

Claudia Sheinbaum vows to ‘defend Mexicans at every level’ – National– globalnews.ca

pgnewser April 16, 2026 0

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum vowed Tuesday to take a harder line against the U.S. over the deaths of Mexican migrants in its immigration detention centres.

Sheinbaum had previously responded to U.S. President Donald Trump‘s anti-immigration provocations by defending Mexico’s sovereignty while meeting his requests to crack down on drug cartel activity. At the same time, the threat of tariffs and other economic or military-style sanctions loomed.

South of Border Going Cashless

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The Progressive-led Mexican government is looking to aggressively push towards a cashless society and a national digital ID system.

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Mexico Advances Plans to Eliminate Cash, Mandate Digital ID – slaynews.com

Mexico’s far-left government is accelerating globalist plans to roll out a sweeping biometric ID system while laying the groundwork for a cashless society, raising serious concerns about privacy, surveillance, and government control.

Under President Claudia Sheinbaum, officials are framing the initiative as voluntary modernization.

However, the details of the plans tell a different story.

Biometric ID Push Tied to Everyday Life

At the center of the plan is the new CURP Biométrica, an upgraded national identity system that goes far beyond traditional ID.

The program will require citizens to submit:

  • Fingerprints (all ten)
  • Iris scans
  • Facial recognition data
  • Digital signature

WATCH: Feminists attack Mexican churches during International Women’s Day protests– www.lifesitenews.com

pgnewser March 10, 2026 0

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(LifeSiteNews) — Mobs of feminists across Mexico attempted to attack and vandalize several prominent Catholic churches during marches to commemorate International Women’s Day on Sunday.

A video posted across social media shows masked leftists torching the doors of an unidentified church in Querétaro. Other videos in Guadalajara and Puebla, Mexico, show dozens of Catholics forming human chains or standing in front of churches to protect them from vandalism while being screamed at and, in some cases, being hit with eggs and other objects.

Hackers Reportedly ‘Jailbroke’ Anthropic’s Chatbot, Stole Data From Mexico’s Government– legalinsurrection.com

pgnewser March 3, 2026 0

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Mexico has certainly hit a rough patch this year.

Earlier this week, the killing of a cartel kingpin led to widespread violence and disruptions by gangs throughout the country.

Now, hackers reportedly “jailbroke” Anthropic’s Claude chatbot and used it to help steal roughly 150 GB of sensitive data from multiple Mexican government entities, including tax and voter records.

Stealing 195 million taxpayer records shouldn’t be this easy, yet one hacker just proved that Anthropic’s Claude makes government data theft almost routine. Between December 2025 and January 2026, an unknown attacker exploited the popular AI chatbot to automate cyberattacks against multiple Mexican agencies, walking away with 150GB of sensitive data including voter records, employee credentials, and civil registry files.

The breach reads like a cyberpunk fever dream, but the method was disturbingly simple. The hacker jailbroke Claude by framing malicious requests as a “bug bounty” security program, convincing the AI to act as an “elite hacker.” Once fooled, Claude produced thousands of detailed attack plans with ready-to-execute scripts, specifying exact targets and credentials needed.

When Claude hit limits, the attacker switched to ChatGPT for lateral movement and evasion tactics—turning two consumer AI tools into a sophisticated hacking arsenal. This tag-team approach leveraged each platform’s strengths while bypassing their individual safeguards.

How Mexico Floods the U.S. with Anti-American Textbooks to Indoctrinate Kids from L.A. to Orlando– www.breitbart.com

pgnewser January 22, 2026 0

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Mexico is flooding the United States with Marxist anti-American textbooks to ideologically weaken its northern neighbor and indoctrinate immigrants away from properly assimilating, President of the Government Accountability Institute Peter Schweizer details in his latest book The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon.

Schweizer, who has written several New York Times bestsellers exposing political corruption and dirty dealings, lays out how Mexico sends anti-capitalist textbooks through more than 50 consulates in the United States, which far exceeds the number of other countries. The effort, he writes, can be traced to the political ruling class’s belief in “Reconquista,” or “the reconquering of the American Southwest…territories lost to the United States in the nineteenth century.”

Sheinbaum endorses Carney’s WEF speech lamenting ‘rupture’ of world order: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped– mexiconewsdaily.com

pgnewser January 22, 2026 0

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At her Wednesday morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke about her government’s transfer to the United States on Tuesday of 37 cartel figures. (Read Mexico News Daily’s report here.)

She also offered some advice to cell phone users to help them avoid becoming victims of crime, and took a moment to endorse the speech Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Here is a recap of the president’s Jan. 21 mañanera.

US spy jet circles Mexico coast as Trump threatens Venezuela-style attack | World | News– www.express.co.uk

pgnewser January 5, 2026 0

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A US Navy plane has been spotted circling near a part of Mexico’s coast after President Donald Trump threatened military action against the country. The P-8 Poseidon was detected on flight tracking websites conductin surveillance and reconnaisance missions off Tijuana – just south of California.

It launched from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington, flying over Oregon and California. It then looped several times off the coast of Mexico and Southern California before returning to base. The P-8 has been used to monitor suspicious ships and movements in the ocean as it’s equipped with with sensors that can detect targets on the surface and underwater.

Sheinbaum offers Mexico as mediator between US and Venezuela– mexiconewsdaily.com

pgnewser December 17, 2025 0

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President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday reiterated Mexico’s opposition to foreign interventions and interference as the United States ramps up its aggressive posture against Venezuela.

Speaking at her morning press conference, Sheinbaum also called on the United Nations to assume its “role” and prevent bloodshed in Venezuela.

Her remarks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced on social media that he was ordering “a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into, and out of, Venezuela,” a move the Venezuelan government called a “grotesque threat.”

Trump also wrote that “the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a foreign terrorist organization” by the U.S. government, and declared that “Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest armada ever assembled in the history of South America.”

‘Last time the US came to Mexico, they took half the territory,’ Sheinbaum warns: Tuesday’s mañanera recapped– mexiconewsdaily.com

pgnewser November 19, 2025 0

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At her Tuesday morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threats of intervention in Mexico, as well as new travel advice for Mexico that was issued by the Canadian government.

Among other issues, Sheinbaum spoke about the people who remain in custody after being detained in Mexico City’s central square on Saturday for allegedly attacking police at the end of a large anti-government protest march.

Here is a recap of the president’s Nov. 18 mañanera.

Mexico Calls U.S. Fascist for Going to War Against Cartels

pgnewser November 10, 2025 1

Mexico’s far left anti-Americanist President, Claudia Sheinbaum, continues to invite direct war with the U.S. The cartel-controlled President is now accusing the U.S. of being fascist for daring to go to war with the drug cartels wreaking havoc on American soil. Sheinbaum claimed, “Returning to the war against the narco is not an option — first, because it is outside the framework of the law.”

She went on to elaborate that going to war with cartels violates their due process rights even as cartels in her own country continue to openly murder elected government officials in what can only be described as an insurrectionist act of war. Her comments are sure to continue to push Americans towards supporting an eventual war with Mexico should Sheinbaum remain in power.

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According to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, “Returning to the war against the narco is not an option — first, because it is outside the framework of the law.” In the next breath, she proceeded to mock those on the right by claiming that going after the cartels is against the rule of law.

She claimed this would be “permission to kill without any trial.” In fact, she argued it would be moving toward authoritarianism—or “fascism,” if you will. It’s unclear exactly who she thinks she’s convincing with these lies, but she has made it clear who she intends to represent, and it certainly isn’t the law-abiding citizens of Mexico.

Anti-Drug Cartel Mexican Mayor Shot Dead– slaynews.com

pgnewser November 5, 2025 0

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A Mexican mayor known for his outspoken stance against drug cartels and his push for tougher anti-trafficking laws was shot and killed during a Day of the Dead celebration over the weekend.

Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan in Michoacán State, was gunned down Saturday night during a public vigil, according to state officials.

Authorities said Manzo was struck seven times.

He later died from his injuries at a nearby hospital.

Before his death, Manzo had repeatedly warned that local officials were being targeted by cartels.

He had criticized Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum for failing to take stronger action against organized crime.

Mexico's Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels | Council on ...

Trump declares war on Mexico’s cartels as unlawful combatants– www.theblaze.com

pgnewser October 7, 2025 0

Mexico's Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels | Council on ...

Trump declares war on Mexico’s cartels as unlawful combatants– www.theblaze.com
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President Donald Trump has finally named the enemy: Mexican drug cartels. Declaring them unlawful combatants and recognizing a “non-international armed conflict” marks one of the most consequential national security shifts in modern history.

For decades, Washington treated cartel violence as a crime — a problem for prosecutors, not generals. Indictments were filed, assets seized, and sanctions imposed. But the cartels fought a different kind of war, one that combined terror, intelligence, and territorial control. Calling it “crime” guaranteed defeat.

We refused to define the cartels as belligerents — and fought the wrong fight.

According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, Mexico ranks among the world’s most violent conflict zones — behind only Palestine, Myanmar, and Syria. It is also the second-most dangerous country for civilians. Those numbers are not from a failed state overseas. They come from our southern border, where cartel wars spill into American communities daily.

US Treasury sanctions Sinaloa cartel faction Los Mayos in Mexico– abcnews.go.com

pgnewser September 19, 2025 0

US Treasury sanctions Sinaloa cartel faction Los Mayos in Mexico– abcnews.go.com
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MEXICO CITY — The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned members of a Sinaloa cartel faction known as Los Mayos, one of the groups that has tormented Sinaloa’s capital in an ongoing war for control.

The move came on the same day that U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence John K. Hurley is visiting Mexico, and after the Trump administration designated the Sinaloa cartel as a terrorist group earlier this year.

Hurley is meeting with Mexican authorities and business leaders to discuss strategies for combating drug trafficking, cartel operations and illicit financing. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement that the official’s main message will be that the department “will not allow Mexico-based drug cartels to access the U.S. financial system.”

It’s part of an ongoing effort by the Trump administration to crack down on cartels. In addition to pressuring Mexico’s government to more aggressively pursue the criminal groups, the administration has also doled out rounds of sanctions to cartel leaders, banks it alleged facilitated money transfers for cartels and a rapper accused of laundering money for the groups.

Carney says Mexican gangs operating in Canada ‘and vice versa,’ vows action – National– globalnews.ca

pgnewser September 19, 2025 0

Carney says Mexican gangs operating in Canada ‘and vice versa,’ vows action – National– globalnews.ca
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Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday acknowledged the issue of Mexican drug cartels operating in Canada, but also that “there are Canadian gangs that operate in Mexico” and that more cooperation is needed to combat them.

Carney made the comments while speaking alongside Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City, where the two leaders signed a new comprehensive strategic partnership aimed at strengthening trade and security ties, including tackling transnational organized crime.

“The unfortunate fact is that yes, there are cartels or gangs from one country in another country, but also vice versa,” he told reporters. “I’m going to acknowledge that there are Canadian gangs that operate in Mexico. We cooperate with the Mexican authorities. We share information. We’re deepening that cooperation.

“Surveillance, heightened police cooperation is appropriate in order to ensure that these criminals are brought to justice, and not wavering in the efforts to bring them to justice, whether the activities are in Canada, Mexico or the United States.”

Mexico says it’s cracking down on fuel theft and critics say it underscores the depth of the problem– www.washingtontimes.com

pgnewser September 8, 2025 0

Mexico says it’s cracking down on fuel theft and critics say it underscores the depth of the problem– www.washingtontimes.com
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Mexico’s top prosecutor said Sunday the government planned to order the arrests of “many more” people – including potentially government officials – involved in fuel theft networks between Mexico and the United States.

Mexico doing ‘everything’ to avoid 30% US tariffs: Thursday’s mañanera recapped– mexiconewsdaily.com

pgnewser July 25, 2025 0

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At her Thursday morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke about her government’s efforts to stave off new U.S. tariffs that are due to take effect next week.

She also spoke about two significant reductions: one in the amount of fentanyl seized by U.S. authorities at the Mexico-U.S. border and another in the prevailing inflation rate in Mexico.

Here is a recap of the president’s July 24 mañanera.