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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

US-Mexico relations

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, January 31, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 2, 2025, 8:02 am
Trump launches trade war with tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
In three executive orders, US president imposes 25% tariffs on Mexican, Canadian imports and 10% on China; Canada, Mexico announce retaliatory tariffs on US goods
By David Lawder, Jarrett Renshaw and Andrea Shalal
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at meeting of the House GOP conference, November 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
November 26, 2024, 6:46 am
Trump says he’ll impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China upon entering office
Move could dramatically raise prices for American consumers, given that US is world’s largest importer of goods, with the three targeted countries being its top suppliers
By Jill Colvin and Rob Gillies
A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, on September 19, 2021. (Paul Ratje/AFP)
September 21, 2021, 8:06 am
Uproar over images of US mounted border agents rounding up Haitian migrants
Pictures show riders swinging their long reins to threaten migrants and push them back toward Mexico, some say evoking 19th-century scenes of the violence of slavery
By AFP
The Lebaron family, targeted in an apparent drug cartel attack that killed at least 10 on November 5, 2019, in northern Mexico. (Facebook screen capture)
November 5, 2019, 4:36 pm
At least 9 American Mormons killed in ambush in notorious drug area in Mexico
Suspected cartel members attack family in 3 vehicles, killing 3 adults and at least six children; one van set on fire with victims inside
By Mark Stevenson
Cathe Hill wipes tears from her eyes during a vigil for victims of Saturday's mass shooting at a shopping complex, August 4, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
August 5, 2019, 8:32 am
Shooting victims include a mom who died protecting her baby
Also among dead was a man who helped those with cancer; a mother of two, including a newborn, who was studying nursing; three children left orphaned
By MORGAN LEE and AMY GUTHRIE
In this February 22, 2014, file photo, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
July 17, 2019, 9:57 pm
Mexican drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ sentenced to life in US prison
Joaquin Guzman’s sentence of life plus 30 years was all but unavoidable after February conviction, comes with $12.6 billion fine equal to his cartel’s drug profits in the US
By Tom Hays
US President Donald Trump waves as he steps off Air Force One after arriving, June 7, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
June 8, 2019, 9:53 am
Trump says US, Mexico reach agreement to prevent tariffs
In deal which falls short of dramatic overhauls Washington had pushed for, and in dramatic reversal of White House position earlier on Friday, president says tariff plan suspended
By Jill Colvin, Matthew Lee and LUIS ALONSO LUGO
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2019. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
January 8, 2019, 12:17 am
Trump ramps up Mexico wall row with national address, border visit
US president signals plan to force an end to stalemate, has threatened to bypass Congress by invoking emergency powers
By Sebastian Smith
White House adviser Jared Kushner waves, as he arrives at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, for talks on trade with Canada, in Washington, DC, on August 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin/File)
November 28, 2018, 6:03 am
Mexico to grant highest honor to Jared Kushner
US president’s son-in-law and senior adviser to receive the Order of the Aztec Eagle for ‘significant contributions’ in renegotiating NAFTA
By AP
Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, of the MORENA party, arrives at a polling station to vote during general elections in Mexico City, on July 1, 2018. (AP Photo/ Marco Ugarte)
July 1, 2018, 10:46 pm
Mexico votes in elections centered on disgust with corruption, violence
Frontrunner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vows a social ‘transformation’, but critics worry he is promising more than the country can afford
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and Mark Stevenson
Alma Hernandez, a Mexican-American Jew and daughter of immigrants, is running for the Arizona House of Representatives and founded a progressive Jewish group in Tucson. (Courtesy of Hernandez)
June 22, 2018, 9:01 pm
Meet the Mexican-American Jew running for office on Arizona’s southern border
Leading push for Jewish activism on immigration, Alma Hernandez believes her many identities give her a unique perspective on social issues
By Ben Sales
FIFA president Gianni Infantino (R) poses with the United 2026 bid (Canada-Mexico-US) officials Carlos Cordeiro (3rd R), president of the United States Football Association, president of the Mexican Football Association Decio de Maria Serrano (2nd L), Steve Reed (2nd R), president of the Canadian Soccer Association, following the announcement of the 2026 World Cup host during the 68th FIFA Congress at the Expocentre in Moscow on June 13, 2018. (AFP/Mladen Antonov)
June 13, 2018, 5:52 pm
US, Mexico and Canada win race to host 2026 World Cup
North American bid pledges to bring $11 billion profit to FIFA; Trump congratulates co-hosts in tweet
By Guy JACKSON
US President Donald Trump signs Section 232 Proclamations on Steel and Aluminum Imports in the Oval Office of the White House on March 8, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
March 8, 2018, 11:10 pm
Trump rolls out sweeping tariffs, defying trade war warnings
The tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum will come into effect in 15 days, but will not initially apply to Canada and Mexico
By Andrew BEATTY and Margaret DONALDSON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto meet in Mexico City, September 14, 2017 (Avi Ohayun/GPO)
September 15, 2017, 1:51 am
In Mexico, Netanyahu seeks a ‘pardon’ — for not visiting sooner
Months after sparking anger by tweeting support for Trump’s border wall, PM hails Mexicans as a ‘great people’
By Raphael Ahren
The US Embassy building in Tel Aviv, December 28, 2016. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
July 13, 2017, 2:34 am
Israel, Egypt spared as Republicans unveil foreign aid cuts
Trump wants to slash almost $17 billion from overseas subsidies to help pay for controversial US-Mexico border wall
By Andrew Taylor
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