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Mexico - March 2025
Introduction
This March 2025 edition of the Latin American Regional Report: Mexico begins by looking at the US State Department’s designation of six Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs).... Read More
Politics & Security
On 19 February the US State Department announced a list of six Mexican cartels to be designated as foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs), as US President Donald Trump made good on a key campaign promise.... Read More
Security
Javier May, the governor of Mexico’s south-eastern state of Tabasco, appointed a new public security minister and state police commissioner on 15 February.... Read More
Corruption
The latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released by global anti-corruption NGO Transparency International (TI) on 11 February, described Mexico as being on a “downward swing”.... Read More
Remittances
The return to power of Donald Trump in the US has raised concerns over the impact that the volatile leader’s drive to deport illegal migrants and ramp up border security could have on remittances in Mexico, where they represent the largest single source of foreign income.... Read More
Oil
When Bloomberg reported on 10 February that US oil refineries had been “snubbing” Mexico’s crude oil shipments, President Claudia Sheinbaum and the CEO of the state-run oil company Pemex, Víctor Rodríguez Padilla, were forced to publicly recognise that there was a problem of excess salt and water in Mexican crude oil.... Read More
Tourism
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