Mexico

Mexican authorities seek information from Uber about data breach

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico`s transparency body said on Sunday it would seek information from Uber about the consequences of a large data breach that the ride-hailing company disclosed on Tuesday.

Nov 27, 2017, 11:25 AM IST

Mexico finance minister to resign as presidency race looms - sources

Mexican finance minister Jose Antonio Meade will step down on Monday, two people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, as the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) gears up to pick its candidate for the 2018 presidential election.

Nov 27, 2017, 11:02 AM IST

2 girls raped, 12-year-old sister killed in northern Mexico

A 12-year-old girl is dead after an assailant attacked her and raped her two young sisters in their home in the northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Nov 25, 2017, 10:19 AM IST

UN rights team to visit Mexico after journalist murders

The United Nations said on Thursday a group of experts on freedom of expression will visit Mexico at the end of November to assess the safety of journalists in the country, one of the most dangerous in the world for reporters.

Nov 24, 2017, 10:45 AM IST

Latin America is world`s most violent region for women: United Nations

Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region in the world for women, the United Nations said on Wednesday, highlighting Central America and Mexico as particularly dangerous.

Nov 23, 2017, 05:47 AM IST

Mexico enacts law to help find thousands missing in gang violence

Mexico govt has taken measures to focus more resources on the search for missing people.

Nov 17, 2017, 11:08 AM IST

Protest over odour from rotting corpses shuts Mexican government office

A protest by government workers in a drug violence-riddled southern Mexican city over rotting corpses at the municipal morgue temporarily closed a prosecutor`s office on Tuesday, officials said.

Nov 15, 2017, 09:45 AM IST

Florida executes man for 1991 double-murder

Florida put to death a 53-year-old man on Wednesday for the 1991 murder of two men, an official said, while in a separate case in Texas attorneys for a Mexican national sought to prevent his execution.

Nov 09, 2017, 09:33 AM IST

Prison fight erupts in northern Mexico, 13 killed

At least 13 people were dead after a fight broke out between rival gangs in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon and security troops were sent in to quell the riot, a state security official Aldo Fasci said on Tuesday.

Oct 11, 2017, 09:26 AM IST

Mexican federal agent shot dead with mother; mayor killed

A federal intelligence agent and his mother were killed when assailants opened fire on their car in northern Mexico.

Oct 07, 2017, 23:34 PM IST

Tropical storm bears down on Mexico, US after leaving 26 dead in C. America

New Orleans, where levees were breached during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and other cities on the US Gulf coast were under hurricane watch.

Oct 07, 2017, 07:18 AM IST

Mexico says last body found in rubble after quake

Emergency workers pulled the last victim's body today from the rubble of Mexico's September 19 earthquake, officials said, as the country turned to rebuilding after a disaster that claimed more than 360 lives.

Oct 04, 2017, 23:59 PM IST

Mexico: 14 killed, 8 injured in attack at a drug rehabilitation center

The state of Chihuahua, which borders the United States, has endured some of the worst violence in Mexico's decade-long militarized battle against drug trafficking.

Sep 27, 2017, 11:24 AM IST

Tropical Storm Pilar skirts Mexico coast with rain and wind

Pilar had maximum sustained winds of 65 kph last night and its centre was about 155 kilometres south of Mazatlan.

Sep 25, 2017, 11:18 AM IST

Mexicans turn to church as earthquake death toll hits 320

Many have been traumatized by the second major quake to strike Mexico City in their lifetime after a devastating 1985 tremor killed an estimated 10,000 people.

Sep 25, 2017, 09:18 AM IST

New York Gov Cuomo pledges state aid effort for Puerto Rico

Lopez, co-chair of the Empire State Relief & Recovery Effort, urged people to support Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and Mexico with donations and contributions.

Sep 25, 2017, 05:58 AM IST

Toll in Mexico earthquake rises to 305

The toll from the devastating September 19 earthquake in Mexico has risen to 305, national Civil Protection Coordinator Luis Felipe Puente has said.

Sep 24, 2017, 09:17 AM IST

Anxiety mounts as clock ticks down on Mexico quake rescue

President Enrique Pena Nieto promised authorities were not giving up the search.

Sep 22, 2017, 18:56 PM IST

How a dog wearing goggles and jacket is rescuing Mexico earthquake survivors

Frantic search and rescue operations are on in Mexico after the country witnessed the most devastating earthquake in over 30 years on Tuesday.

Sep 22, 2017, 15:23 PM IST

Mexicans race to save schoolgirl buried by quake; death toll at 237

At least 237 people were killed by the 7.1-magnitude quake that struck about 150 km southeast of Mexico City on Tuesday afternoon, 32 years after a 1985 quake killed thousands.

Sep 22, 2017, 00:10 AM IST