Tag: Mexicos
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Shootout in Mexico’s Sinaloa state kills 19, local cartel leader arrested
MEXICO CITY — A shootout near the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state killed 19 suspected gang members, while one local cartel leader was arrested, Mexico’s defense ministry said on Tuesday, as intra-cartel violence intensifies. The deadly altercation on Monday took place about 7 miles outside the Sinaloa capital of Culiacan, when a group of more…
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Claudia Sheinbaum to be sworn in as Mexico’s first female president in historic inauguration
Claudia Sheinbaum is officially taking office Tuesday morning as Mexico’s first female president and the first of Jewish heritage. At an inauguration ceremony in the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro in Mexico City, Sheinbaum will take her oath and address a room of more than 100 high-profile invitees, including U.S. first lady Jill Biden and…