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Mexico breaks tourism record with 59.7 million international visitors

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Mexico received 59.7 million international visitors during the first seven months of 2026, who spent $21.743 billion, figures that consolidate tourism as one of the country’s main economic engines. Presenting the sector’s results nearly two years after the start of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration, Tourism Minister Josefina Rodríguez Zamora reported that visitor arrivals increased 7 […]

Mexico calls for an end to the logic of war and renewed strength for diplomacy

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Before an international community fractured by wars, the weakening of international law and the inability of multilateral institutions to contain violence, Mexico called from the United Nations General Assembly for abandoning the logic of force and building peace based on social justice, cooperation and respect for sovereignty. Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Álvarez delivered that message […]

From Acapulco to the World: Mexico Invented Padel Amid Sun, Walls and Glamour

Mexican businessman Enrique Corcuera built a court too small to be a tennis court and too original to remain at home. Mexico had just invented padel. Photo: pexels

Acapulco smelled of salt, coconut and suntan lotion. It was 1969: the sun was setting over the bay, and Las Brisas embodied the carefree luxury of a port frequented by stars, businesspeople and aristocrats. In the backyard of one of those residences, Mexican businessman Enrique Corcuera built a court too small to be a tennis […]

Raúl ‘Tayzon’ Flores Takes Mexico to the Top as the World’s Strongest Man in the Deadlift

Raúl Abraham “Tayzon” Flores Castro took Mexico to the top of strength sports by lifting 511 kilograms—approximately 1,127 pounds—winning the World Deadlift Championship and setting the heaviest mark in the history of the discipline.

Raúl Abraham “Tayzon” Flores Castro took Mexico to the top of strength sports by lifting 511 kilograms—approximately 1,127 pounds—winning the World Deadlift Championship and setting the heaviest mark in the history of the discipline. The Mexican athlete achieved the feat this Saturday, September 5, during the 2026 World Deadlift Championships, held at Utilita Arena in […]

Mexican Detector Seeks to Make History at the Large Hadron Collider

The particle detector, known as the Muon Identifier Detector, or MID, was designed to identify muons with high precision and study matter subjected to temperatures and densities similar to those that existed immediately after the Big Bang.

A particle detector developed under Mexican leadership could become part of ALICE 3, the next-generation experiment expected to operate at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider beginning in 2036. If the project moves forward, it would mark the first time Mexico has led the construction of one of the international project’s central scientific subsystems. The device, known […]

Mexico Prepares 255 Military Personnel for Colombia; Awaits Authorization to Deploy Them

The Mexican contingent is comprised of 261 personnel: 240 members of the Army, 11 from the Air Force, and 10 from the National Guard. Photo: SRE

Mexico has a contingent of 255 military personnel ready, including search-and-rescue specialists, physicians and canine teams, to support Colombia following the magnitude 7.4 earthquake, but their deployment depends on a formal request from the Colombian government. President Claudia Sheinbaum reported Tuesday that the Armed Forces had begun assembling personnel, equipment and humanitarian aid to depart […]

Alfonso ‘N’, alias ‘Poncho’ or ‘Quiringua’, head of the criminal group ‘Cártel de los Reyes’, was apprehended. He is on the U.S. Government’s most wanted list.

In the locality of Imbarácuaro in the municipality of Los Reyes de Salgado, Michoacán, in which Alfonso N, alias “Poncho” or “Quiringua” was arrested, accompanied by two other individuals.

Lomas de Sotelo, Mexico City, August 1, 2026. It was reported that as a result of intelligence work by the XII Military Region, with jurisdiction in the state of Michoacán, members of the Mexican Army and the National Guard, in coordination with personnel from the Navy, the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection, the Federal […]