Latest Mexico Headlines

All the headlines from our Mexico Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Louisiana Must Turn Over Records to BP-U.S. Judge

Oct 28 2011 // Louisiana must quickly turn over documents requested by oil giant BP, or else face dismissal of its lawsuit against the company for losses caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a judge ruled Thursday.Louisiana faces...

Mexican Truck Finally Enters U.S. Under NAFTA

Oct 24 2011 // The first Mexican long-haul truck bound for the U.S. interior crossed at the international bridge at Laredo, Texas, Friday, carrying electronic equipment destined for suburban Dallas and fulfilling a controversial...

Ratings Recap: Qualitas, Qatar General

Oct 17 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B-‘ (Fair) and issuer credit rating of “bb-” of Mexico’s Qualitas Compania de Seguros, S.A.B. de C.V., both with stable outlooks....

Death Toll from Rain in Central America Climbs to 81

Oct 17 2011 // The death toll from torrential rains in Central America over the past week has almost doubled since Saturday, with a further 25 lives lost in El Salvador, authorities said Sunday.A tropical depression that swept in from...

AIR Estimates Insured Losses from Hurricane Jova at Less than $52 Million

Oct 14 2011 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, estimates that insured losses caused by Hurricane Jova from flood-induced damage, as well as from some isolated wind damage along Mexico’s southern coastal areas, will be...

AIR Analyzes Jova Damages

Oct 13 2011 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide’s Dr. Tim Doggett, even though hurricane Jova has weakened to a tropical depression, it’s still capable of causing further damage. “Jova’s slow...

UPDATE: Hurricane Jova Hits Mexican Port; Kills Four; Mudslides in Central America

Oct 13 2011 // Hurricane Jova flooded the streets of Mexico’s main Pacific port with torrential rain Wednesday, inundating popular beach resorts and killing at least four people in mudslides.While Jova ravaged the coast, a tropical...

UPDATE: Hurricane Jova Crosses Mexico’s Pacific Coast

Oct 12 2011 // Hurricane Jova made landfall as a Category Two storm on Mexico’s Pacific coast late Tuesday, threatening one of the country’s busiest cargo ports and tourist resorts with high waves, heavy rain and...

Category 3 Hurricane Jova Targets Mexico’s Pacific Coast

Oct 11 2011 // Hurricane Jova bore down on the Pacific coast of Mexico Tuesday threatening to pound one of the country’s busiest cargo ports and tourist resorts with destructive waves, heavy rainfall and flooding.The Category 3...

Hurricane Center Tracking Hurricane Hilary off Coast of Mexico; Atlantic Storms

Sep 27 2011 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami is currently tracking Hurricane Hilary in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula.The NHC’s latest bulletin, issued at 2:00 a.m. PDT,...

New Mexico Drought Matter of Perspective, Risk

Sep 16 2011 // Perhaps it’s a matter of perspective. If you’re a cattle rancher in New Mexico without enough grass to feed your stock, it’s a drought. If you’re a satellite orbiting a couple of hundred miles away...

Storm Nate Fizzles After Landfall in Gulf of Mexico

Sep 11 2011 // Storm Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday as it moved farther inland across the coffee and sugar growing state of Veracruz, in the Gulf of Mexico.Nate, which could still dump one to two inches of rain over...

Hurricane Center Tracking 3 Atlantic Storms: Katia, Maria and Nate

Sep 8 2011 // It’s a busy time of year for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The NHC is currently following one hurricane – Katia, and two tropical storms – Maria and Nate.Katia is following the previously forecast track...

Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Arsons, Attempted Murder

Sep 7 2011 // Steven Scott Cantrell, of Crane, Texas, pled guilty to hate crime charges stemming from a series of racially-motivated arsons in December 2010, including the arson of a historic African-American church as part of an effort...

Earthquake Hits Rural Colorado, Too

Aug 24 2011 // Virginia’s earthquake isn’t the only notable temblor to hit the United States this week.On Monday the largest earthquake to strike Colorado in almost 40 years shook hundreds of people in the southern part of...

Insurance Pays $55 Million for New Mexico Freeze

Jul 28 2011 // The natural gas shortage and record freezing temperatures that slammed New Mexico in February cost insurance companies $55 million in claims.A memo from the state Public Regulation Commission’s Insurance Division...

Tropical Storm Warning Issued for Texas Coast

Jul 28 2011 // The National Hurricane Center has issued tropical storm warnings and watches for areas along the Texas coast after the formation of Tropical Storm Don just north of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. As of 10 a.m. on July...

Season’s First Major Storm Threatens Gulf of Mexico, Texas

Jul 27 2011 // The first major Gulf of Mexico storm of the year is brewing over the northwestern Caribbean Sea, with an 80 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone as it heads northwest to the Texas coast, and posing a threat to...

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U.S., Mexico Agree to Cross-Border Trucking Program

Jul 18 2011 // Agreements resolving the dispute over long-haul, cross-border trucking services between the United States and Mexico have been signed, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.Mexico will lift retaliatory...