Pentagon: Defense Secretary Mark Esper approves $3.6 billion in DoD funds to build 175 miles of wall on southern border with Mexico. Congress getting briefed on list of construction projects in U.S. and abroad affected by order
The Pentagon is expected to announce as soon as later today that DOD is planning to invoke emergency authorities and divert military construction funds to build portions of a border wall on the southwest border
1 year agoTropical Depression 7 forms in the western Gulf. Headed toward NE Mexico and is no threat to our area. Could become Fernand today or tomorrow
1 year agoTropical Depression Seven has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and will bring a flood risk to parts of southern Texas and Mexico
1 year agoProtesters marched this Sunday in Mexico City to protest the policies of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, during his presentation at the National Palace of the first Government report.
Number of US troops deployed along border with Mexico depends on needs of @DHSgov, according to @EsperDoD
23 killed, 13 injured in attack on bar in Mexico's Gulf coast city of Coatzacoalcos
Last night, @CommerceGov "initialed a draft agreement with Mexican tomato growers to suspend the ongoing antidumping investigation of fresh tomatoes from Mexico, ensuring that the domestic tomato industry will be protected from unfair trade."
1 year agoSSN reported earthquake of magnitude at 4.0 located 28 km south of San Marcos, Guerrero.
1 year agoDramatic eruption by Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano
Number of Mexican nationals injured in El Paso shooting rises to 9; Mexican foreign minister says country will take legal actions to demand protection of Mexicans in the United States - Reuters
1 year agoAnother journalist is murdered in Veracruz: Journalist Jorge Celestino Ruíz Vázquez, a contributor to the Graphic newspaper of Xalapa, was murdered, who had already been the victim of another attack in 2018, when his car was shot
Mexican government confirms among the injured are 6 Mexican nationals. They include a 10-year-old little girl shot in the leg
Mexico's president, @lopezobrador_ confirms three of the 20 killed today at the Cielo Vista Walmart were Mexican nationals. They are working with Mexican consulate officials and El Paso law enforcement to best assist families.
At least 3 Mexicans died in shooting in El Paso, Texas - Press Release
Preliminary SSN: M5.2 earthquake with epicenter 3 km hit north of Juan Rodríguez Clara, Veracruz
Short but strong shake of earthquake reported in Veracruz
Earthquake shake reported in Oaxaca
Earthquake reported in Puebla
In Saltillo last night, agents from the Coahuila Attorney General's Office opened fire on a group of migrants trying to board a train, killing a father from El Salvador as he ran to protect his 8-year-old daughter
1 year agoAsh emissions from Popocatépetl persist. Winds disperse ash northward between EdoMex - Puebla - Tlaxcala
The Guerrero al Instante journalist, Rogelio Barragán, was killed and found in the trunk of a vehicle, with injuries to his face and head, in Zacatepec, according to Morelos authorities
1 year agoSSN estimates earthquake of magnitude of 4.0 located 10 km southwest of Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca. Detected by @RedSkyAlert with mild epicenter intensity
A 44-year old Mexican national in @ICEgov custody at Stewart Detention Facility in Lumpkin, GA, died Wednesday at an area hospital. Prelim cause of death "cardio-pulmonary arrest secondary to multi-organ system failure": ICE
1 year agoExplosión del Popocatépetl a las 8:35 h. Columna eruptiva superior a 1.5 km sobre el cráter; dispersión de ceniza hacia EdoMex - Morelos
1 year agoWhile Tropical Depression 3 looks like it will harmlessly pass along the East Coast of Florida, the National Weather Service National Hurricane Center indicates a nontropical low pressure system could form over the northern golf of Mexico by late Wednesday or Thursday.
1 year agoCDMX: earthquake at 13:54, of magnitude 3.0 (SSN). Together with that of the night of July 16, they are the largest.
1 year agoConstant activity of Popocatépetl in the last hours: explosion at 3:05 am and ash emissions dispersing towards EdoMex.
The 2,000 additional U.S. troops deploying to border with Mexico will raise total to ~6,500 (both active-duty and National Guard). About 6,000 troops were deployed there when Mattis resigned in December.
1 year agoThe Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico investigates the murder of Iván Lugo, UP medical student, who was assassinated on Monday night during an assault in Ciudad Satélite, Naucalpan
