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One year and six months after the cancellation of CBP One, the system for requesting asylum in the United States, many of the migrants stranded in Mexico barely managed to regularize their stay in the country, due to the long processes to request refuge before the Mexican Commission for Aid to Refugees (Comar) – up to 14 months –, and due to the resistance of the National Migration Institute (INM) to grant them the Visitor Card for Humanitarian Reasons.
The party that took place at the Ángel de la Independencia after the triumph of the national soccer team caused havoc in the nearby streets, with 40 tons of garbage thrown, marigold flowers destroyed, as well as some Metrobús stations with damage and debris on the roofs, so the city's cleaning workers began their work yesterday at dawn.
San Quintín, BC., Shouting “Long live the day laborers of San Quintín!” and the promise to return in six months to verify progress, “because given and unsupervised instruction is useless,” President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo visited this municipality to review the progress of the Justice Plan for Agricultural Workers, which she launched in January of this year.
Santiago. Half a century after it happened, three former officers of the political police of the dictator Augusto Pinochet were sentenced to 15 years in prison in Chile for the aggravated homicide of the American citizen Ronnie Karpen Moffitt, committed in Washington on September 21, 1976.
Paris. A composition notebook by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an autograph manuscript that includes seven pieces for harp and flute, was found by a conservator at the National Library of France (BnF) in Paris, the institution announced yesterday to AFP.
After the closing of the call and the corresponding deliberation, Plural Tv, the channel of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, announces the works selected for the First Plural Tv Documentary Festival.
St. Petersburg., Mexican Jonathan Aranda hit a three-run home run as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Washington Nationals 5-2 in Major League Baseball. When the Rays were down 2-0, the tricolor surprised with a powerful hit to left field in the third inning, with which the Tampa Bay franchise turned around. Griffin Jax had a great performance on the mound, and Jonny DeLuca hit a home run. Miles Mikolas took the loss for Washington.
The expansion of the soccer World Cup, from 32 to 48 teams, has modified the geography of the tournament. Under the 14-group format, the first two places and the eight best third places will advance to the next phase.
Young Mexican university students and academics from the UAM-Xochimilco support the life, truth and dignity of our Latin America and the Colombian people. We express our solidarity and reaffirm our commitment to justice, sovereignty and the integration of our peoples. Colombia needs life, not fascists, solidarity and affection for Colombia.
Zacatecas, Zac., Zacatecas is in the middle of a severe educational paralysis, – independent of the strike and the mobilization of the more than 25 thousand members of the teaching profession attached to the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE) – since activities in more than 3,800 basic, high school and higher level schools are stopped like never before.
One of the elements that most contributes to a conflict are unilateral, erroneous and power-based perceptions. Days ago, La Jornada reported that “the CNTE is working on a counterproposal to guide the negotiations between the teachers and the federal government” (6/16/2026). The note adds, it is about "integrating State workers who are under the individual accounts regime (more than 2.6 million) to the tenth transitional article of the ISSSTE law of 2007; that is, to the already known solidarity pension system." With this we would no longer have workers with the original pension from before the 2007 law, as we have until now, nor workers with the present and meager individual accounts (Afore). A deeply inequitable treatment. Silence in response.
Britain's bar association yesterday temporarily suspended embattled International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan, who accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of possible war crimes, pending the outcome of a disciplinary process after being flagged for alleged sexual misconduct.
Tijuana. The Iranian Football Federation will file a formal complaint with FIFA due to the “restrictions” that are “imposed” on its team in the 2026 World Cup and that, according to it, prevent it from preparing its next match against Belgium in adequate conditions, a team official announced.
The Disciplinary Commission of the Judicial Disciplinary Court (TDJ) “provisionally suspended, and as a precautionary measure, a federal judge in criminal matters, upon noticing possible irregularities in a resolution that modified the preventive detention of a person subject to an extradition procedure.”
The General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE) approved the statutory reform of Morena that includes electronic affiliation.
Bogota. The former president of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez must answer to justice for the crimes of conspiracy to commit a crime and aggravated homicide for his alleged responsibility in two massacres and the murder of a human rights defender.
More than a week after the World Cup began, the local Health Secretariat has provided 82,500 services, both to residents and visitors, among which more than a thousand detection tests for sexually transmitted infections stand out.
Brazil made the weight of its jersey count. It was difficult for him to open the scoring, but, once he figured out the path, each arrival against Haiti resulted in a new goal. After the draw in the debut, Canarinha played without a safety net: victory was the only possible way to prevent the Netherlands or other European powers from appearing on their way to the round of 32. And he complied. The final 3-0, with a double from Matheus Cunha, left the Brazilians at the top of Group C.
Ottawa. Canada announced the imposition of a 10 percent tariff on imports of canned vegetables, saying the measure, which excludes the United States, was intended to address challenges faced by its domestic producers.
The stage also includes stadiums, cheers, locker rooms and games that keep thousands of people waiting for a single play. The Hand of God: Soccer and Theater is a project that brings together dramatized readings, a workshop-laboratory and a foosball tournament, as part of Cancha Expandida, an initiative of Teatro UNAM in the context of the Soccer World Cup.
Yesterday, Mexico and the United States reviewed the progress of their cooperation on immigration matters during a meeting led by Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco, the Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, and the United States Ambassador, Ronald Johnson, in which the Mexican government highlighted that joint work has made it possible to reduce irregular migration and strengthen the fight against human smuggling and trafficking networks.
Tecámac, Méx., In one of the most important changes in the Secretariat of National Defense (Defense), Major General Héctor Ávila Alcocer assumed command of the Mexican Army after having been in charge of the III Military Region based in Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
Los Angeles., The Algerian Football Federation filed a complaint with FIFA for what they consider a “refereeing injustice” in the match against Argentina, in which they believe that Lionel Messi should have been sent off in the first half, a federation source confirmed to AFP yesterday.
Despite the fact that the structural damage that the September 19, 2017 earthquake caused to the building at Patricio Sanz 529, Del Valle Centro neighborhood, Benito Juárez mayor's office, has progressively increased, the eleventh district judge in administrative matters, María Elena Lugo del Castillo, protected a condominium owner to stop the reinforcement work that the Mexico City Housing Institute (Invi) was carrying out.
For irregularities ranging from accounting inconsistencies to suspicious donations of cash, the National Electoral Institute (INE) imposed fines totaling 4.8 million pesos on the organizations that requested party registration.
An article published by the British media The Guardian described the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, as “the most popular left-wing leader in the world.” She stressed that she leads a “very sexist” country and was elected amid openly sexist comments that suggested that her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, would be the one who would pull “the strings” of her government.
An Israeli airstrike against a tent in a shelter for displaced people in the al Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, left at least one person killed and four children injured, Al Jazeera reported, citing health authorities in the Palestinian enclave.
The Government of Mexico City issued the call to present proposals for co-investment projects in order to comprehensively renew Metro line 3, which runs from Indios Verdes to Universidad.
In recent years, the educational offer of bachelor's and postgraduate degrees in Mexico has experienced an unprecedented expansion. At first glance, this situation could be interpreted as a positive sign, more institutions, more access opportunities and greater educational coverage. However, behind this growth there is also a worrying reality that deserves to be discussed: the proliferation of academic programs whose main attraction is not the quality of the training, but the speed with which they allow you to obtain a degree.
A sit-in in front of the ammonia plant of the Gas y Petrochemical company of the West (GPO) in Topolobampo, Sinaloa, is the most recent protest with which the Mayo Yoreme people insist on their rejection of the installation of this project designed for the production of 2,200 tons of ammonia for the manufacture of fertilizers. “Not here,” say indigenous people, environmentalists, academics, fishermen, activists and neighbors, who for more than a decade have opposed the use of their waters for the industrial process.
Nearly 900 measures have been implemented by 170 countries to protect people and companies from the energy shock caused by the war in the Middle East, reveals an analysis by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
In his capacity as tenant of Los Pinos, the spurious Felipe Calderón, his cabinet, his wife and his relatives put together a blatantly illegal State operation to keep those directly responsible (of the Zavala family) unpunished for the fire at the ABC daycare center in Hermosillo, Sonora (06/05/2009), in which 49 children lost their lives and around one hundred were seriously injured). But, everything indicates, 17 years later the time has finally come for those to pay the bill.
This year, the Women's Secretariat allocates a historic investment of 983.4 million pesos for the Free Centers (Freedom, Equality, Well-being, Networks and Emancipation), which represents an increase of 48.6 percent compared to the 661.8 million pesos invested in 2025, said Ingrid Gómez Saracibar, undersecretary of Right to a Life Free of Violence of the agency.
It sounds like wood breaking, like broken sticks that make a snap that freezes your spine. The testimonies of those who have heard a bone break are so vivid that they shock: they never forget that crunch. Those who suffer a fracture usually remember the sound of the break more than the pain itself. Could it be that a soundtrack has a greater dramatic effect than the plot itself? When Maradona's ankle was broken by a brutal sweep from behind, he only understood the severity of the trauma thanks to that noise.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, asserted yesterday that he could carry out a military operation in Cuba similar to the one he carried out in Venezuela. The island's Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, criticized the European Parliament for joining the “American narrative” against his country, by approving a resolution that calls for sanctions against President Miguel Díaz-Canel, and the suspension of the bilateral agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Caribbean nation.
Paris. “Your name will live on.” Hundreds of anonymous people and film personalities, such as Catherine Deneuve and Golshifteh Farahani, paid a moving tribute on Friday in Paris to the French-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi, who died on June 4 at the age of 56.
In January 2025, Martí Batres, general director of the Issste, announced a “good reform” for health insurance-Issste, with which insured workers with the highest incomes, above 10 UMA, would contribute more than the rest. “It is a measure of progressivity: whoever has more, helps more.” President Sheinbaum withdrew it just 60 days later.
The Mexican peso appreciated yesterday and ended a two-day streak of losses, but ended the week with a slight depreciation, in a session dominated by caution in the face of changing signals about the conflict in the Middle East.
Jerusalem. Israel and Hezbollah yesterday agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon with immediate effect, after intense fighting in the south of the Arab country threatened to undermine the provisional agreement between the United States and Iran to end their war, a Washington official reported; while a diplomat from the Persian Gulf, who requested anonymity, stated that the truce was mediated “by Qatar, the United States and Iran.”
In the first edition of Conversing with Science, held at the University of Health and broadcast on social networks, myths related to menopause were debunked and it was made clear that it is not a disease, but rather a stage in women's lives that can be treated with hormone-based therapies, which should not be demonized as long as they are applied individually, under medical follow-up and never after the age of 60.
Although historically women have been the ones who have made visible and led the searches for missing people, more and more men go out “to shovel” the earth to find their loved ones. Parent trackers recognized that due to gender mandates, which impose on them to be providers and protectors of their families, many do not join these actions.
Once again, the rains complicated mobility during the afternoon and evening yesterday in the capital, causing damage first in the center and north, with flooding, fallen trees and vehicular chaos; After 9 p.m., another downpour flooded roads in the east and south.
Oil prices rose slightly but posted a weekly drop of around 8 percent after Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon and despite Iran imposing conditions on the use of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The United States became the second team to secure its ticket to the round of 32 of the 2026 World Cup after beating Australia 2-0 in a Group D match, played yesterday at the Seattle Stadium and where the Mexican Katia Iztel García, designated as the fourth referee, took center stage after helping the central judge Felix Zwayer, who suffered cramps.
Monterrey, NL., Yesterday's heavy rains in Nuevo León left one person dead, flooding, stranded cars, as well as several injuries, the cancellation of the Fan Fest for the second time and damage to various municipalities in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, reported state Civil Protection (PC).
Another side of the World Cup: Mexico conquers hearts, the United States faces criticism.
Caracas. The government and opposition of Venezuela have opened the door to a new process of political dialogue, this time under the magnifying glass of Washington. This Thursday, Dinorah Figuera, former congressman and opposition leader, arrived in Caracas with the mission entrusted by the US State Department to start talks with the government of Delcy Rodríguez, with a view to advancing the reform of the Electoral Power and the route towards new elections.
Oaxaca, Oax., Ten years have passed since the day that elements of the state and federal police intervened in Asunción Nochixtlán to evict teachers from section 22 of the National Coordinator of Education Workers (CNTE), who maintained a blockade on the Oaxaca-Mexico superhighway in protest against the educational reform promoted by the government of PRI Enrique Peña Nieto. (2012-2018).
In recent weeks, images that will be iconic have crystallized. The paradox of the month: whoever gave his butts to the fans complains about the fear that he suspects invades a president who has stood up to him several times.
Moscow. After the massive raid early Thursday morning with 194 drones shot down and an unspecified number of hits, most of them on the Kopotniya refinery, which was seriously damaged, Moscow continued to be attacked with Ukrainian drones.