Jaime Castañeda was in the coastal Mexican city of Mazatlán on Sunday to identify the body of his 43-year-old brother. José Manuel Castañeda Hernández was working for Vancouver-based mining company Vizsla Silver Corp. when he was kidnapped last month, along with nine other employees. CBC | World News
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Body found in Mexico appears to be 1 of 10 kidnapped employees of Canadian mining company, authorities say
Mexican authorities said Friday that federal forces had found a body that appeared to belong to one of 10 employees of a Canadian mining company who were kidnapped three weeks ago from a city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. CBC | World News
Read More »Masks in schools mandated as measles outbreak prompts health alert in World Cup host Jalisco, Mexico
Jalisco state in west-central Mexico is issuing a health alert and mandating the use of face masks in schools amid a measles outbreak in the state capital ahead of serving as a host city for upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump blindsided Mexico with Cuba oil export tariff threat, says Mexican president
U.S. President Donald Trump blindsided Mexico with an executive order threatening tariffs on any country that supplied Cuba with oil, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed on Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian mining firm says 10 employees abducted in Sinaloa, Mexico
A Vancouver-based mining company says 10 of its employees were abducted from one of its project sites in the city of Concordia in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa, which has been gripped by a cartel civil war since 2024. CBC | World News
Read More »Carney’s Davos speech strikes a chord in Mexico
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, resonated in Mexico, a country which, much like Canada, has also been forced to grapple with the mercurial temperament of its much larger and powerful U.S. neighbour CBC | World News
Read More »At least 13 killed after train derails in southern Mexico
The governor of Oaxaca, Salomon Jara Cruz, expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the accident and said state authorities were co-ordinating with federal agencies to assist those affected. CBC | World News
Read More »Mexico seizes Olympic medals, motorcycles in raids seemingly linked to hunt for Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding
Mexican authorities say they’ve seized motorcycles, Olympic medals and drugs in a series of raids — a move seemingly linked to the hunt for Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Mexico, Brazil call on UN to act to tamp down U.S.-Venezuela tensions after Trump blockade
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Read More »Trump’s point man on trade floats separate deals with Canada, Mexico to replace CUSMA
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