Mexican activist Gabriel Hernandez Tovar was assassinated in Reynosa, Tamaulipas last week, just days after a Mexican judge removed his court-ordered police protection. Hernandez had previously been kidnapped four times by the Gulf Cartel, one of six Mexican organized crime groups officially designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump administration.
An illegal immigrant from Mexico has been charged with staging her own kidnapping by ICE officers in an elaborate hoax that was promoted by LA Mayor Karen Bass and used to raise thousands in donations. Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, living in South Los Angeles, now faces federal charges of conspiracy and making false statements to law enforcement. She faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
President Donald Trump has announced plans to impose 30% tariffs on all imports from the European Union and Mexico, intensifying his administration’s push for fair trade and stronger border enforcement. The new tariffs are set to take effect August 1 and follow a wave of trade actions targeting America’s largest trading partners.
Hundreds of protesters rallied in Mexico City’s Condesa and Roma on July 4–5 to denounce gentrification fueled by American digital nomads and short‑term rentals.
A Mexican border town is seeing unexpectedly calm conditions despite President Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign. Business owners in Nogales report fewer crossing attempts and lower drug trafficking, even as the administration touted sweeping enforcement measures at the border.
A group of families who lost loved ones to cartel violence is calling on the Trump administration to formally designate the Juarez Cartel and its armed wing, La Linea, as foreign terrorist organizations. The designation would place them alongside six other Mexican cartels already classified as FTOs, enabling enhanced U.S. action against the groups.
A Washington man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a large international drug smuggling ring with direct ties to Mexico and Colombia. Curtis McDaniel, 56, received his sentence Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle after his June 2024 arrest during a joint operation led by the DEA, Seattle Police, and IRS Criminal Investigation.
The Trump administration has sanctioned three Mexican financial firms—CIBanco, Intercam Banco, and Vector Casa de Bolsa—for laundering drug cartel money tied to fentanyl production.
The President of the Mexican Senate, Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña, suggested that the country attempt to take a portion of the United States amid the ongoing Los Angeles riots.
Mexico’s president and foreign ministry have intervened after immigration operations in Los Angeles led to the detention of Mexican nationals by ICE. The federal government is deploying its consular network to offer legal support and monitor conditions for those arrested amid protests.
