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11 years after the multiple homicide in the Narvarte neighborhood, in which Nadia Vera, Rubén Espinosa, Mile Virginia, Yesenia Quiroz and Alejandra Negrete were murdered, lawyers and relatives accused the Attorney General's Office (FGJ) of not presenting progress in the line of investigation that links the crime with the government of Veracruz, which was headed by Javier Duarte when the incident occurred.
The United States Ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, praised the Mexican government for the arrest of Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala, El R1, considered the mastermind behind the murder of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo last November.
In the second quarter of 2026, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) obtained profits of 18 thousand 24 million pesos, which partially reversed the losses reported between January and March. In addition, the company reported that its financial debt was reduced 9.1 percent compared to the end of 2025.
New York. New York's attorney general filed a lawsuit against Kalshi yesterday, alleging that his prediction markets platform violates state laws against illegal gambling.
Washington. The US State Department accused yesterday, without presenting evidence, that the entry of almost 50,000 people from Morocco to the Spanish city of Ceuta is “the direct result” of Madrid's immigration policy, while President Donald Trump warned his compatriots that if the Democratic Party wins the 2028 elections there is a risk that something similar will happen in their territory.
Lime. Former Peruvian president Ollanta Humala was released last night, after hours before, the Constitutional Court of Peru annulled the trial that in 2025 sentenced him to 15 years in prison for money laundering, after receiving a million-dollar bribe from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht for his 2006 and 2011 electoral campaigns.
Tapachula, Chis., Chiapas authorities recognized that violence against women has increased in the entity, which is why they are making efforts to counteract the attacks with different government programs.
In a dramatic finale, Mexicans Juan Manuel Celaya and Osmar Olvera performed a perfect execution on their sixth and final jump to win gold in the men's synchronized three-meter springboard final, thereby asserting their status as favorites at the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026.
First act. Perversino accompanies the oaf to deliver the soccer World Cup to the Spanish team. He repeats that they must hand it over and immediately step aside. The oaf contradicts him.
The Head of Government, Clara Brugada Molina, announced that next week she will present actions to strengthen the strategy to combat the crime of dispossession and warned real estate companies that seek to enrich themselves through illegal acts that "will find us in front of them."
For Carlos Pereda, it is imperative to have a more human vision regarding forced displacements, which he affirms that, although they have been present since time immemorial, they constitute one of the most unavoidable and disruptive processes of our time.
The decision of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to carry out a control exam due to the irregularities detected in the admission process for the 2026 degree, aroused conflicting positions among several applicants. On the one hand, selected young people demanded that the results of the first test be respected, while those who were rejected for less than five correct answers celebrated that the evaluation was repeated.
A dispossession network that has connections with a notary office in the state of Mexico illegally appropriated the house of Alberto Sorkin's family, located in the San Ángel neighborhood, Álvaro Obregón mayor's office, in 2010. After 16 years of the events, they have not been able to recover it.
The narrative of the writer Isaí Moreno, who for a time disseminated science, has as its essential question what to do with knowledge.
Antón Lizardo, Ver., President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo exalted the values of the members of the Secretariat of the Navy-Navy of Mexico (Semar), and pointed out that Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles is “an honest, upright, prepared sailor, committed to Mexico, trained in this institution, a patriot and above all a great human being,” when leading the graduation ceremony of the 2022-2026 generation of the Heroic Naval Military School.
Chilpancingo, Gro., The president of the Communal Property of the Ejido Guajes de Ayala, in the municipality of Coyuca de Catalán, Javier Hernández Peñaloza, recognized that the region "has returned to normality due to the presence of federal and state forces; however, he stressed that "true peace" cannot be achieved until the criminal groups in the area are dismantled.
Among the irregularities detected during the admission test for the UNAM 2026 degree are the use of cell phones, the presence of people who assisted the applicants, possible external support and identity theft, according to the Technical Commission of External Persons for the Review of the Process.
Chicago. The New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in the Major Leagues. Will Warren allowed just four hits through the seventh inning, and both Amed Rosario and rookie Spencer Jones hit the winning home runs at Wrigley Field.
January 8, 1959. Perfect romanticism: the bearded young men look more like heartthrobs from a movie set than guerrillas from the Sierra Maestra. The Latin American imagination is excited because, it is stated, imperialism can be defeated.
More than two weeks after the alleged feminicide of 13-year-old Dafne was made public at the Doenitz Marina Militarized Academy, in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, the state Secretary of Education established “an institutional position on this unfortunate case” and reiterated “its regret for the irreparable loss”; Furthermore, he expressed his solidarity with his family, friends and with the entire educational community.
According to Zoe Robledo, general director of the IMSS, in 2019 there were 200 billion pesos in reserve, which today amounts to 700 thousand: the challenge is to maintain long-term sustainability, which implies “equalizing” investment resources with spending in all its areas. The reserves are managed with strict criteria, obtaining higher returns: today 8 percent of its income comes from Afore-XXI-Banorte profits. These resources are not used for investment, but to maintain profitability. With 8 percent of the Afore, the IMSS could operate for a month. Institutional financial adequacy went from eight years (2019) to 10 years. During Fox, one billion pesos were spent daily; Today 2 thousand are spent.
Maryland. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, assured yesterday that his country's campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court (ICC) aims to defend the Israeli prime minister and fugitive from that institution, Benjamin Netanyahu, and other people from being prosecuted, and not himself.
The seizure of an illegal fuel deposit in Cadereyta, Nuevo León, last May, was possible thanks to a discovery by the National Guard (GN), said President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, pointing out that it was not a refinery, but rather a processing center.
Inhabitants of various neighborhoods of the Cuauhtémoc mayor's office began a campaign to collect signatures to demand the reinstatement of the formulation and consultation process of the General Development Plan (PGD) of Mexico City, considering that the procedure lacked citizen participation and that the authorities intend to impose a project that will define the future of the capital without listening to those who live there.
Pedro Friedeberg (1936-2026), a surrealist artist who died on March 5, was “farewelled” on Thursday night with a posthumous tribute held before an audience that filled the Manuel M. Ponce room of the Palace of Fine Arts.
The Mexican peso and the stock market yesterday recorded their best week since mid-June, while investors calibrate the geopolitical risks in the Middle East and the possibility of a rate hike in the United States.
The good news is that in the second quarter of 2026, the country's highest economic growth was recorded, for an equal period, in the recent six years, as the gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.5 percent compared to the first three months of the current year, with general progress in all lines of national economic activity. The Ministry of Finance summarized this result as follows: "the Mexican economy presented solid dynamism during the second quarter of 2026. GDP grew 1.5 percent compared to the previous quarter, its greatest advance since the fourth quarter of 2020, with widespread growth among large activity groups. In addition, at the end of June, public finances showed responsible management of fiscal policy, with fiscal balances better than expected, in line with the objectives of fiscal discipline, well-being and economic growth."
The online admission exam that the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) has been applying for six years has padlocks to avoid anomalies that could modify the results.
Elements of the Mexican Navy-Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) dealt a new blow to the structure of the La Mayiza faction of the Sinaloa cartel, by arresting Rosario Fidel Ángulo Salazar, El Yukito, one of the regional leaders in the Mocorito area and northern Sinaloa.
A control judge based in the North Prison ordered the Attorney General's Office (FGJ) to carry out the investigative acts requested by the defense of Juan Jesús N, accused of the feminicide of the young Edith Guadalupe, or if they refused, he would punish them with a fine or the start of a file for the crime of omissions.
Seven young people will represent the country on August 30 in the national semifinal of México Canta 2026, which will be held at the Ángela Peralta Theater in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, where the public will decide, through real-time voting, who will advance to the grand final.
The U-23 women's team celebrated its first victory in the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games, where it aims to achieve four-time championship after having been crowned in the editions of Veracruz 2014, Barranquilla 2018 and San Salvador 2023. The tricolors, led by Vanessa Martínez, defeated Colombia 1-0 to score points in the fight for the leadership of group B, where they are tied with Puerto Rico.
The Hidalgo poet J. Concepción Jaén Gaspar was recognized with the 2026 Tlaxcala Fine Arts Prize for Literature in Indigenous Languages, for his work Ya hai ya mfeni ma hitau / Ancestral Territories, written in the Otomi/Hñähñu language, which in the author's words “is a ritual, like an innovation that I propose in the work: letting the style be like the voice of the shaman that speaks through time and "It remains. That also makes it important in the language and represents an innovation within literature in Mexico." The jury considered that "her poetic work stands out for the use of rhetorical figures such as synesthesia and metaphor; in addition, it addresses elements of the community environment such as work in the fields, desert passages, knowledge of traditional medicine, motherhood, eroticism dressed in poetic language, the relationship with the stars and sacred beings, as well as elements of daily life. The poetic lines capture the reader and transport them to the Mezquital Valley."
In 2025, the private health sector had 2,689 establishments, a figure that observed a reduction of 58 units compared to the figure registered in 2024, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) reported this Friday.
When offering details of the apprehension of Ramón Angel Álvarez, El R1, the Secretary of Public Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch said that based on military and naval intelligence work, as well as the National Intelligence Center, telephone interventions, monitoring of financial operations and testimonies, it was proven that he directly ordered the murder of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo.
Eight of the 10 people who were found dead in three municipalities in the state of Zacatecas, on July 18, were summoned to a meeting with their alleged perpetrators – whom they called Los Señores – in Buenavista de Trujillo, at different times and days, reported the state prosecutor, Cristian Paul Camacho Osnaya.
Tehran. Since the hostilities of the United States and Israel against Iran were unleashed, five months ago, more than 2,500 children have died or been injured and maimed "in the places where they should be safest: their homes, schools and communities," the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) denounced yesterday; At the same time, US President Donald Trump assured that Washington will continue to attack Tehran “with great force.”
One month after the Soccer World Cup matches concluded, residents of Santa Úrsula Coapa reported that mobility problems not only persist, but have worsened because each event held at the Azteca stadium prevents them from entering or leaving their homes, without support from the authorities, who stopped carrying out operations.
It is not the best way out of the crisis in access to the UNAM to put all the responsibility for the situation generated by the application of the standardized exam in the hands of a private agency and its artificial intelligence device on the applicants with high scores. And even less forcing them to take another exam, and taking away from a good number the place they had already obtained. It may be that the authorities achieve the debatable “triumph” of identifying several or even hundreds of delinquent examinees, but that creates, or feeds, if it already exists, a persecutory climate that is very harmful to any imitation of the educational process.
The Cuéntalee México International Oral Storytelling Festival, which this year celebrates its 37th edition, has established itself as one of the most important meetings of its kind in Mexico and Latin America and as a cultural meeting space that promotes reading, artistic expression and the preservation of oral heritage, in addition to bringing audiences of all ages closer to the richness and power of the living word.
Collectives gathered in the municipality of Nicolás Ruiz, Chiapas, paid tribute to Jan de Vos, 15 years after the death of the Belgian historian based in San Cristóbal de las Casas. De Vos transcribed the primary titles of his people, thereby supporting the recovery of historical memory, the defense of their territory and the recognition of their ancestral roots.
The partner countries of the Trade Agreement of Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC) will reach a consensus to renew the agreement, since eliminating it completely would be a mistake and too costly politically, considered Robert Lighthizer, who was a United States trade representative in Donald Trump's first term.
Havana. The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, received his counterpart Gustavo Petro at the Palace of the Revolution, on the Colombian president's last international trip before handing over office, and who showed his opposition to "a war in the Caribbean", amid threats from the United States to launch a military attack against that territory.
I don't know if any of the famous think-tanks that drafted the Santa Fe Documents will still be alive and capable, although in reality the tanks have never thought, to now relaunch the ideas that they poured out to the world in the 80s. The objective: to achieve the victory of Ronald Reagan to the presidency of the United States and, with it, give a radical change to Carter's policy. What was defined as the end of containment of socialist advance began, replaced by roll-back, that is, moving the field back and eliminating the USSR. Rubio's document has the same ideas, fit and objective: eliminate the Cuban government, based on fragmentation and internal confrontation, caused by economic, political and media measures.
Mexican avocado exports to the United States maintained a positive trend during the first four months of 2026, registering a growth of 35 percent compared to the same period in 2025, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader).
The Secretary of National Defense, Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, reiterated that since 2008 this agency has nothing to do with “militarized schools.”
Madrid. At least 57 bodies were recovered on the coast of Ceuta by the Spanish authorities, while they try to return to normality after a day of chaos in which the government of the autonomous city estimates that up to 50 thousand people entered in a coordinated manner. The president of the Spanish government, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, traveled to the area to face the crisis, together with the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and reported that the majority of the migrants who entered the day before have already voluntarily returned to their country, a total of 48,300.
After a week of competitions, Mexico remains the leader by surpassing 200 medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo 2026, with a great performance in the swimming events, where Marcus Reyes and Celia Pulido stood out with regional records.
Yesterday, FIFA announced the cancellation of its controversial proposal to sell participations in the World Cup and other tournaments to private investors after the resounding rejection by the confederations of Europe (UEFA), Asia (AFC) and North America, Central America and the Caribbean (Concacaf), as well as the resignation of Carlos Cordeiro, main advisor to the entity's president, Gianni Infantino.
With a view to ensuring the long-term conservation of tuna – yellowfin, bluefin, skipjack and bigeye – the temporary ban on fishing will consist of two annual periods of 64 days.