Stay informed on the latest developments in Mexico, from a deadly highway crash and a high-profile femicide investigation to President Sheinbaum’s pushback on U.S. policy and key diplomatic talks with China.
Yesterday, at least 21 people lost their lives in a multi-vehicle collision on the Oaxaca-Puebla highway when a cement truck attempting to overtake another vehicle veered into oncoming traffic, striking a bus and a transport van before plunging into a ravine and bursting into flames. Dozens more were injured and are receiving treatment in local hospitals.
Mexico’s security cabinet, led by President Claudia Sheinbaum, has launched an investigation into the killing of 23-year-old beauty influencer Valeria Marquez, who was shot dead during a TikTok livestream at a Zapopan salon. Authorities are probing the incident as a possible femicide, and Sheinbaum expressed solidarity with Marquez’s family at her morning press conference.
In Mexico City, President Sheinbaum denounced a Republican-led proposal in the U.S. Congress that would impose a 5 percent excise tax on remittances sent by non-citizen immigrants, calling it “unacceptable” and “even unconstitutional” under U.S. law. She announced that Mexican diplomats are engaging with U.S. lawmakers and their counterparts from other affected nations to block the measure.
On the diplomatic front, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Mexico’s Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente in Beijing on May 14 to reaffirm their comprehensive strategic partnership. Wang emphasized cooperation on trade, multilateral frameworks, and people-to-people exchanges, while Mexico underscored its commitment to the one-China principle and a rules-based international order.
Also at the National Palace, President Sheinbaum rejected claims—circulating with a photograph of U.S. agents at an anti-drug operation in Sinaloa—that any U.S. agency has operated on Mexican soil. She labeled the report “fake news,” affirmed Mexico’s sovereignty, and ordered an inquiry into the photograph’s origin and authenticity.