Tag: Mexico
Mexico, NSO Group’s first client, turned into a “spy government”
From 2014 to 2017, some 15,000 people were targeted in Mexico by Pegasus. Mass surveillance that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars in a country where half of the…
From Mexico to India, via Azerbaijan, the obsession with monitoring journalists
Posted today at 6:00 p.m., updated at 6:00 p.m. Reserved for our subscribers InvestigationThe revelations of the “Project Pegasus” show that press espionage does not only concern autocratic countries, such…
Hospital under water after a storm in Mexico
Atizapan Hospital staff move patients to higher floors after the hospital was flooded with hail from extreme rainfall. Photo: Valente Rosas / El Universal via ZUMA Wire / dpa On…
Pipeline leak creates “eye of fire” in the Gulf of Mexico
This was announced by the state oil company Pemex. A video that is supposed to show the fire also spread outside of Mexico on social media – some Twitter users…
Mexico: Government denies private bank Bitcoin plan
Mexico has no plans to be the next Latin American country on the Bitcoin course. The Mexican government clearly rejected a crypto advance by the CEO of Banco Azteca. The…
Mexico decriminalizes recreational cannabis use with conditions
During a demonstration calling for the legalization of cannabis, in front of the Senate, in Mexico City, on April 20, 2021. MARCO UGARTE / AP The Supreme Court of Mexico…
Mexico City and Paris cooperate to prevent pandemic risks
Mexico City and Paris have signed a cooperation agreement on the prevention of pandemic risks, announced Friday, June 18, Mexico, which thus becomes the first Latin American country to join…
The Mexico City metro accident was caused by a “structural defect” in the bridge
View of the collapsed metro sky bridge on May 4 in Mexico City. FERNANDO LLANO / AP The collapse of an overhead section of the metro in Mexico City, which…
Serial killers in Mexico reportedly killed and dismembered dozens of women
EFE 1/9 In Mexico, investigators have tracked down a suspected serial killer. EPA 2/9 He is said to have committed the murder of at least 17 women whose remains he…
In Mexico, legislative elections punctuated by violence
An indigenous Wixarika woman at a polling station in the community of Mezquitic, Jalisco state, Mexico, June 6, 2021. ULISES RUIZ / AFP Mexicans elected their deputies and local officials…
In Mexico, wave of political assassinations ahead of June 6 elections
A soldier monitors the stock of boxes with voting materials for the upcoming midterm elections on June 6, 2021, in Tepotzotlan, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico on May…
Mexico City metro tragedy weakens ruling left
View of the collapsed subway overhead bridge on May 4 in Mexico City. CARLOS JASSO / REUTERS Two orange and green oars form a “V”, suspended a dozen meters above…