Latest Mexico Headlines
All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aeromexico Plane Crash Causes Dozens of Injuries but No Deaths
Aug 1 2018 // Dozens of people were injured when a packed Aeromexico-operated Embraer jet crashed right after takeoff in Mexico’s state of Durango on Tuesday, but authorities said most were not seriously hurt and there were no...
Where Oil Prices Meet Trucker Fatalities: ‘Death Highway’
Jul 30 2018 // Route 285 is the formal designation for one of the main roads used to carry supplies to and from the oilfields of West Texas. Locals call it something else: “Death Highway.” Last year, 93 people died in...
Heavy Rainstorm Damaged New Mexico Homes, Infrastructure
Jul 25 2018 // Raging waters from the Santa Fe River and arroyos have caused damage to Santa Fe, N.M. homes, city facilities and infrastructure following a heavy rainstorm. More than 3 inches of rainfall were reported in some areas of...
Growing Headache for Corporate Mexico: Robberies of Cargo Trains
Jul 24 2018 // Head southeast out of Mexico City for about four hours or so and you will come upon the town of Acultzingo. It is an impoverished, dusty little place nestled up against the rugged peaks of the Sierra Madre. Most...
Passenger Bus Crash in New Mexico Kills 3, Injures 24
Jul 17 2018 // A crash involving a commercial passenger bus and three other vehicles on a New Mexico highway early Sunday killed three people and injured 24 others, some critically, authorities said. One of the people killed was in a car...
Another Lawsuit From Ex-Worker in New Mexico City
Jul 16 2018 // A northern New Mexico city is facing another lawsuit from a former employer in yet another controversy involving its mayor. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports Martin Gonzales, a former public works director of Las Vegas,...
Some Health Insurers Say They’ll Be Squeezed by Obamacare Subsidy Freeze
Jul 9 2018 // Affordable Care Act insurers are facing a fresh round of uncertainty that could drive up premiums or push companies to stop offering coverage through the law, after the Trump administration’s latest move to cut off...
Fear of Wildfires Leads to July Fourth Fireworks Cancellations
Jul 3 2018 // Fire danger across much of the country has prompted cancellation of July 4 fireworks displays. In northern Arizona, Prescott’s fire chief says he’s canceling the town’s Fourth of July fireworks show as...
Citigroup’s Mexico Unit, Chubb Announce Bancassurance Distribution Agreement
Jun 29 2018 // Citibanamex, a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., and Chubb Seguros México, an affiliate of Chubb Ltd., announced a definitive long-term agreement where Chubb will provide a range of non-life insurance products to...
XL Catlin Launches Specialty Aviation Insurance in Mexico
Jun 22 2018 // XL Catlin announced the launch of specialty aviation insurance in Mexico. The new product suite will initially focus on general aviation hull and liability risks. With an established presence in Latin America and aviation...
Nuclear Contamination Found on Worker at New Mexico Weapons Lab
Jun 20 2018 // Reports from an independent safety panel show radioactive contamination was found on a worker’s hands and other places at a nuclear weapons lab in New Mexico, the latest safety lapse at the facility as it ramps up...
New Mexico County Suing over Opioid Crisis
Jun 8 2018 // A northwestern New Mexico county is the latest to sue over the opioid crisis. Lawyers for San Juan County filed the challenge late last week against numerous pharmaceutical companies and distributors. The county is seeking...
Oil Firms Using Robots, Drones for Dangerous Offshore Work
Jun 4 2018 // At BP’s massive Thunder Horse oil platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, a dog-sized robot called Maggie uses magnetic tracks to creep along pipes connecting the giant oil facility to the sea floor. Before MaggHD,...
Unsafe Conditions in Mexico Scaring Off Businesses
May 30 2018 // Canada’s Pan American Silver Corp. said it is cutting back operations at its mine in northern Mexico due to safety concerns, the latest in a series of major businesses that have been frightened off by unsafe...
What NOAA Forecasts for 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season
May 25 2018 // On the heels of the costliest hurricane year on record, the Atlantic is expected to produce five to nine of the mighty storms during the six-month season that starts June 1, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Woman Awarded $1.2M in New Mexico Stolen Car Crash
May 22 2018 // A Santa Fe County, N.M. jury has awarded an 80-year-old woman more than $1.2 million after she was injured in a crash involving a stolen car chased by Santa Fe police. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the jury decided that...
Robots, Drones Changing How Oil Firms Handle Dangerous Offshore Work
May 13 2018 // At BP’s massive Thunder Horse oil platform in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, a dog-sized robot called Maggie uses magnetic tracks to creep along pipes connecting the giant oil facility to the sea floor. Before MaggHD,...
4.6M Quake Shakes Gulf of Mexico Near Louisiana Coast
May 8 2018 // A light earthquake has shaken the Gulf of Mexico south of the Louisiana coast. The United State Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 struck around noon Sunday. The quake happened about...
Asbestos Found Throughout Giant New Mexico Apartment Complex
Apr 30 2018 // Testing has found that there’s asbestos nearly everywhere in an abandoned Alamogordo, N.M. apartment complex, a finding that complicates the city’s desire to demolish the dilapidated property. The Alamogordo...
SBA Loans Made Available in New Mexico, Arizona for Drought Economic Injury
Apr 23 2018 // The Small Business Administration says disaster loans are available to small nonfarm businesses in 13 counties in New Mexico and one in Arizona to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in two...
