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Rafael Buenrostro Martín, señalado por el Tesoro estadunidense de estar ligado a La Mayiza, se mantuvo hasta inicios de este año en la Agencia Nacional de Aduanas de México (ANAM). Renunció el 9 de enero a la oficina de Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, luego casi siete meses en el cargo, pero dejó una muestra de sus finanzas.
La Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) ordenó al Congreso de Chihuahua legislar para blindar las elecciones estatales de la injerencia extranjera, tras concluir que omitió incorporar en su reforma electoral del pasado 30 de junio la causal de nulidad prevista en la Constitución federal cuando ese tipo de intervención influya en los resultados.
It won't be long before Major League Baseball offers some spicy postseason plots. The wild card series begins today, with four best-of-three matchups that include the Boston Red Sox traveling to clash with the New York Yankees, in a duel of eternal rivals. In the American League, the Chicago White Sox visit the Houston Astros, who qualified despite an 81-81 record.
12 years after the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa normal students, the Attorney General's Office presented its first public report on the case in the current six-year term. Among the new investigation elements presented are the discovery of bone remains, official documents and a clandestine crematorium oven, among other indications, at the El Ángel funeral home, the Forensic Medical Service (Semefo) and a property in Iguala, Guerrero, which were under the control of the Guerreros Unidos criminal group.
Paris. The four main European leagues – the English Premier League, the Spanish League, the Italian Serie A and the German Bundesliga – yesterday called for a reform of the governance of FIFA, plunged into a crisis since Gianni Infantino's frustrated project of an opening to private investors was revealed.
A jury in New Mexico, United States, determined that Meta misled users in that state about its privacy protections, in a case linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. This was a political consultancy that improperly collected personal data from millions of Facebook users for political advertising during the 2016 US elections and the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom. Facebook knew that the consulting company bought the data in December 2015, but revealed it only in April 2018 and only because a user filed a lawsuit. The ruling establishes that comments made by the CEO of Meta (parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), Mark Zuckerberg, as well as posts on the company's blog, led people to believe that they had control over the personal information they shared on the platform and that it had general policies on how it addressed hate speech or misinformation. In reality, it sold the data to third-party applications, and applied exceptions to its policies for certain users, depending on the state.
Houston. Mike Yastrzemski hit a three-run home run during a four-run sixth inning and the Atlanta Braves clinched the NL East title for the seventh time in nine years with a 4-2 victory over the Houston Astros.
The participation of the Head of Government of Mexico City, Clara Brugada, in the 2026 Urban Forum, convened by the New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, with whom she held a joint press conference, is a fact worth celebrating due to the coincidences between two progressive leaders, within the framework of a bilateral relationship full of tensions and marked by the contradictory statements characteristic of Trumpism: when in the White House a double discourse is projected towards Mexico that ranges from praise to threat, from the exaltation of cooperation to the threat of interference and from a supposed respect for gross defamations against our Republic, it is comforting to note that in the neighboring country there are politicians and officials with whom it is possible to establish fraternal and purposeful dialogues based on the agreement.
Ramón López Velarde, the poet of Zacatecas origin who died in his youth, considered the most national of the poets of our country, the most Mexican, many say. Suave Patria is without a doubt the national poem of Mexico. His work is part of the modernist movement, although many specialists maintain that with him modernism ended and contemporary Mexican poetry began.
The United States government prevented the CNN, MSNOW and Politico media from accessing the White House, as President Donald Trump threatened a day earlier. On Friday, the president posted on the social network he owns that “the media should not be able to constantly write or report fictions and lies when covering the president of the United States, the Trump administration or the United States of America!”, and threatened to extend the veto to more members of the press.
Javier Aguirre, former Mexico coach in the last World Cup, maintains the desire to continue his career as technical director. Despite the interest of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) in integrating him into its management structure towards 2030, the Mexican has positioned himself as Valencia's main option to move away from the relegation zone in the Spanish LaLiga. “(El Vasco) has shown the same energy with which he saved Mallorca four years ago,” the Spanish club told La Jornada, after the first conversations between both parties.
The Ministry of Public Education (SEP) reported that the National Council of Educational Authorities (Conaedu) reached a unanimous agreement to regulate the use of cell phones in classrooms starting next month. While in primary and secondary school the total restriction during the school day is proposed, at the upper secondary and higher levels each educational community will build its own rules.
The Los Angeles Dodgers secured their fifth consecutive National League West Division title and number 13 in the last 14 seasons by beating the Cincinnati Reds 8-2 yesterday. “It's something we're all very proud of, but we clearly understand that's not the end goal,” manager Dave Roberts said. With nine games remaining in the regular season, the two-time Major League champions (93-60) placed first in their sector with a solid advantage over their rivals. Other results: Pirates 7-4 Brewers, Tampa Bay 10-1 A's and Rockies 2-9 Padres.
The United States ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, declared yesterday that “the Trump administration is using all available tools to combat the cartels and hold those who support them accountable.” It is inevitable to note the absence of obligatory formalism in official communications of this type: in a normal government that observes the institutions, a senior official would have said that the government he represents is using all legal tools against organized crime.
The Mexican softball team achieved one of the two tickets available for the Finals of the WBSC 2027 Women's World Cup, where a place for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games will be shared.
The United States Southern Command reported the sinking of the fishing vessel Por siempre Don Carlos and the disappearance of its 25 crew members 140 nautical miles off the coast of Manta, Ecuador. With this action, 10 vessels have already been destroyed by US troops invited to the country by President Daniel Noboa with the supposed purpose of combating drug trafficking. Furthermore, the attack represents a worsening of the human rights violations committed by Washington, since in previous cases the crews were kidnapped, subjected to torture on American ships and then handed over to Ecuadorian authorities, who almost always had to release them due to the absence of evidence linking them to any crime. Now, either the tactic of murdering sailors has been applied – as was done systematically in the Caribbean and the Pacific – or it has been decided to hide the whereabouts of the fishermen.
The day after tomorrow at 11 pm, on the main balcony of the National Palace, President Claudia Sheinbaum will give the Shout. It is a ceremony that always causes emotion, particularly now that it is presided over by a woman. The culmination of the event is when the Bell of Dolores simultaneously rings and the flag of Mexico is raised among the !vivas! enthusiastic chants from the crowd that packs the Zócalo. Then, the National Anthem that everyone sings with enthusiasm and the fireworks show.
On the first day of the annual BRICS leaders' summit in New Delhi, the bloc unanimously approved a joint statement expressing its "deep concern" about the war in the Middle East and urging maximum restraint, advocating a "multilateral approach" that respects national views. The statement also reiterated the commitment of member countries to a peaceful resolution of international disputes “through dialogue, consultation and diplomacy”, in addition to condemning the deliberate attacks that the United States perpetrates in Iran against “civil infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities under the full safeguard of the International Atomic Energy Agency.”
The Vuelta a España had a new setback and yesterday's stage 15 was modified due to the extreme heat in Córdoba. The organizers shortened the route from 189 kilometers to 110 due to the high temperatures that were around 40 degrees; this with “the objective of protecting the health of the runners and guaranteeing the best possible conditions for the competition.”
New journalistic reports this weekend gave an account of the deplorable and desperate conditions that the 5,000 sailors aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln have been suffering during the deployment of that ship and its attack group in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf: military personnel assigned to that ship declared to an MS Now correspondent in Thailand – where they stopped after 286 days of staying on the high seas – that the current one was “the worst deployment they had ever had.” experienced” and shared their fears that maneuvers like that – prolonged and non-stop – would become common due to the situation created by US aggression against Iran.
Tied to the declining US economy by the USMCA and in the midst of a stagnation of the European powers and Japan caused largely by the reckless and reckless (mis)government of the United States, Mexico continues on the borders of marginal growth. Although the second quarter of the year was better than the first, the annualized semiannual GDP stood at 36,494 trillion pesos, a figure 1.14 percent higher in real terms (without inflation) than the equivalent of 2025 (graph 1).
Los Angeles. Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her '90s musical influences, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit concert that mobilized her young audience.
The announcements of the oil agreement between the United States and Venezuela, announced by both the governor in charge Delcy Rodríguez and by President Donald Trump, allow us to appreciate the falsity of the arguments devised by Washington to militarily attack the South American nation and kidnap its president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, who still remain hostages in New York: the attack on February 3 - which was preceded by the murders of dozens of presumably innocent people and who, on the day of In fact, it caused the death of around thirty Cuban troops who were guarding the head of state – it never had the purpose of “democratizing” Venezuela or combating drug trafficking; Instead, it was about seizing the oil resources of the attacked country.
At the beginning of a working visit to Korea, Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Álvarez highlighted the ties between that nation and Mexico, which “is going through one of its strongest moments” in 64 years of diplomatic ties.
The United States Department of State announced that it is coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to identify and revoke the nonimmigrant visas of foreigners who have arrived in the country “claiming to be short-term visitors, but then request asylum to stay permanently.” Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said that “people in the United States and around the world are fed up with false asylum applications.” According to officials who spoke to media on condition of anonymity, up to 200,000 people could lose their permits, which would be the largest visa revocation in US history and would likely face legal challenges.
More than 20 actors, including Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Ruffalo, Don Cheadle, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, joined the campaign demanding the release of Palestinian political leader Marwan Barghouti, imprisoned in Israel.
Three months after the Prime Minister of Israel and fugitive from the International Criminal Court (ICC), Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the kidnapping of 430 crew members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, the Turkish Ministry of Justice issued an international arrest warrant for their capture. The Turkish justice system specified that the prime minister is accused of "crimes against humanity, genocide, aggravated deprivation of liberty, attacks and voluntary injuries, torture, destruction of property, aggravated looting and misappropriation of transport vehicles."
President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said yesterday that “everything seems to indicate” that there will be a transfer to Mexico of Rear Admiral Fernando Farías Laguna, identified as the alleged leader of a tax huachicol network and detained since last April in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The music platform Spotify joined the binational México Canta contest by signing an agreement with the federal Ministry of Culture, Channel 22 and the Mexican Music Council, to create “a México Canta playlist, in addition to giving masterclasses to the 14 semifinalists” and bring them closer to the musical ecosystem of Mexico and the United States.
The United States ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, stated yesterday that criminal organizations “operate across borders” and that this condition constitutes “one of their greatest vulnerabilities,” in response to a previous message from the Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch.
Fernando Cerimedo, co-founder and partner of the disinformation platform La Derecha Diario, was arrested yesterday in Bolivia after an attack against his ex-partner, Nadia Beller. She accuses him of attempted feminicide by hanging during their relationship and claims that Cerimedo sent the hitmen who shot him three times at the exit of a hotel. Although the administration of President Rodrigo Paz expressed solidarity with the victim and demanded “a serious and thorough investigation,” she considers the government to be “the main interested party in silencing her” due to its knowledge of acts of corruption related to the president's wife.
President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo indicated that in the massive Fists of Transformation boxing class, which took place last weekend, boxers who receive support as part of the Youth Building the Future program, and those who are in charge of teaching the classes of this sport, participated.
Ediciones Era announced yesterday its definitive closure due to the economic unviability of continuing its operations. In a statement addressed to clients and friends, the publishing house announced that "66 years after the publication of the first Ediciones Era book, we find ourselves in the need to recognize that the book market has changed so much that it does not allow us to live off the sales of our books. The network of bookstores that existed before the pandemic and that guaranteed our subsistence disappeared, to the point that sales plummeted to be barely 25 percent of what they were before."
During his life, Gabriel García Márquez, considered by many the greatest writer in the Spanish language of all time, believed that One Hundred Years of Solitude was impossible to adapt to the seventh art. “The novel, unlike cinema, leaves room for the reader's creativity, allowing him to imagine the characters, settings and situations as he perceives them,” he told an interviewer in the 1980s. However, after his death in 2014, his heirs acted quickly to acquire the rights to the book for an ambitious Netflix series, the second part of which premieres today, before the final feature film arriving at the end of the month.
The cancellation of the US visa of Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, former Secretary of Organization of Morena and now a candidate for a deputy for that party, joins other cases in which this immigration document is used by the US government as an instrument of political beating, sowing suspicion and political interference, as President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo pointed out in her morning conference yesterday.
Two planes of the Mexican Air Force left yesterday with the first 854 supplies (19.5 tons) that the Mexican government sent to help the Colombian victims of Monday's earthquake, reported President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, who pointed out that this support was agreed upon by the foreign ministries of both countries.
For the mothers and fathers of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa normal students, “there is a drop of hope in a sea of mysteries” with the arrest and connection to criminal proceedings of the former governor of Guerrero Ángel Aguirre Rivero for allegedly destroying evidence, said the Tlachinollan Mountain Human Rights Center.
Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Lakers will be sold to Bob Iger, former CEO of Disney, and investor Joshua Kushner in an operation that values the iconic NBA team at $12.5 billion. The sale, announced yesterday by ESPN and which has not yet been officially confirmed, would represent a record price for the powerful basketball league.
A control judge assigned to the justice center of the maximum security federal prison of El Altilplano determined to link the former governor of Guerrero Ángel Heladio Aguirre Rivero to criminal proceedings for the crime of forced disappearance in the case of the 43 normalistas of Ayotzinapa. The judge considered that the evidence presented by the defense of the former state president does not discredit the allegations that Aguirre Rivero ordered the hiding and destruction of evidence of what happened on the night of September 26, 2014 in Iguala, when municipal police and members of organized crime disappeared 43 students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Normal Rural School.
The International Horror Film Festival, Macabro FICH, announced, in a statement shared on its social networks, that it withdrew the film Ice Cream Man, by American director Eli Roth, from its official programming for its 25th edition.
Since July of last year, the Pew Research Center released a study that reveals an increase in young people using platforms like ChatGPT for emotional support. Users of this type of chatbot doubled when compared to the summer of 2023, with differentiated use according to each age sector.
Donald Trump is overwhelmed by all the atrocities he does and says, but in the case of his illegal war against Iran (defeated along with the genocidal Benjamin Netanyahu) his situation is already astonishing, in addition to the fact that all his triumphant announcements about the “conflict” – equally false and reckless – are denied by Tehran. Among the most recent, but not the last, was the suggestion of “demanding” that the Persian nation pay “compensation for all the people they have killed over time.”
Colombia suffered yesterday the largest earthquake in a decade, leaving at least 132 dead, 570 injured, 86 buildings collapsed, thousands of homes damaged and dozens of health and educational centers affected. The earthquake occurred at 7:34 a.m., had its epicenter in the department of Chocó, on the Pacific coast, and caused serious damage in the eastern and southeastern region of the country.
Nice. The Dutch Demi Vollering won the Women's Tour de France yesterday for the second time in her career by winning alone in the last stage in Nice, while the Mexican Romina Hinojosa came in 91st place to finish her first participation in the Grande Boucle.
Although it is shamelessly favorable to Tel Aviv, Donald Trump's most recent plan for Gaza was rejected yesterday by the Israeli Prime Minister, the fugitive from the International Criminal Court Benjamin Netanyahu, who stated that the army of the regime he heads "will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas has disarmed" and has renounced "heavy weapons, light weapons, all types of weapons (...) A genuine disarmament, not a fictitious disarmament." In contrast, the US president's proposal stipulates that the withdrawal of forces from Tel Aviv and the disarmament of the Palestinian organization must be simultaneous processes.
By announcing that by 2027 it will need resources of 36.1 billion pesos, the National Electoral Institute (INE) could be requesting a higher figure to then negotiate it and reach a final agreement, considered the president of the Budget and Public Accounts Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, Merilyn Gómez Pozos (Morena).
The federal government's proposal to establish general guidelines for the Protection of Hearing Rights has sparked a virulent reaction among large corporate media, right-wing politicians and parabusiness organizations misidentified as “civil society.” These actors have unleashed an intense disinformation campaign with which they seek to convince citizens that the authorities intend to impose prior censorship mechanisms, regulate content and reserve the power to establish the truth.