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10 May 2022, Mexico, Mexico City: A woman holds a banner during a protest on Mother's Day demanding the government's help in the search for their missing children. Photo: Jair Cabrera Torres/dpa.

World

WAR ON DRUGS

Number of 'disappeared' in Mexico exceeds 100,000

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/17/22

According to organizations that search for people who have disappeared, many families do not report missing loved ones because of distrust in the authorities

10 April 2022, Mexico, Mexico City: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds up his identity card as he arrives at polling station to cast his vote during a national referendum on his impeachment. Photo: Antonio Nava/Prensa Internacional via ZUMA/dpa.

World

CRIME

Ninth journalist killed in Mexico since beginning of 2022

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/6/22

Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for the press

Sports

TENNIS

Nadal defeats Paul to set up re-match with Medvedev in Acapulco

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/25/22

Nadal was at his tenacious best early, winning the first set 6-0 for the second consecutive match, before Paul hit back in the second

30 January 2022, Australia, Melbourne: Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal celebrates winning the third set during his Men's Singles Final tennis match against Russia's Daniil Medvedev on Day 14 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park. Photo: Dave Hunt/AAP/dpa.

Sports

MEXICAN OPEN

Nadal makes more history after beating Kozlov in Acapulco

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/24/22

The Australian Open champion's next opponent will be Tommy Paul

02 February 2022, Spain, Manacor: Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal attends a press conference at the Rafa Nadal Academy following his arrival from Australia. Nadal became the first male tennis player to win 21 Grand Slams after defeating Russian Daniil Medvedev at the Australian Open in a match that lasted more than five hours. Photo: Isaac Buj/EUROPA PRESS/dpa.

Sports

MEXICAN OPEN

Nadal matches best start to a season in Mexico as Medvedev wins

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/23/22

Medvedev, who faces Pablo Andujar next, will become world number one if he wins in Mexico, regardless of Novak Djokovic's performances in Dubai

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Mexico records over 300,000 Covid deaths

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/8/22

Some 646,000 more people died in Mexico in the past two years up to 13 December than would have been expected according to the average of the previous five years

18 November 2021, Mexico, Heroic Veracruz: Numerous people from Central America walk together along a rural road towards the US border. Photo: Yahir Ceballos/dpa.

World

IMMIGRATION

55 dead, 100 injured in truck accident involving migrants in Mexico

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/10/21

The trailer, which was presumably taking the migrants towards the United States, crashed into a pedestrian bridge

11 October 2021, US, Albuquerque: Athena Martinez performs a traditional dance at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center during the Indigenous Peoples Day 2021 celebrations. Photo: Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal via ZUMA/dpa

World

'DIA DE LA HISPANIDAD'

Sculpture of Indigenous woman to replace Columbus statue in Mexico

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/13/21

The Columbus statue had stood on the boulevard Paseo de la Reforma since 1877 until it was removed in October last year

HANDOUT - 08 October 2021, Mexico, Hidalgo: Police and officials help migrants out of a truck. Soldiers in Mexico discovered a total of 652 Central American migrants hiding in three sealed refrigerated cargo trucks, the country's INM immigration agency said on Friday. Photo: --/Regierung des Bundesstaates Tamaulipas/dpa - ACHTUNG: Nur zur redaktionellen Verwendung im Zusammenhang mit der aktuellen Berichterstattung und nur mit vollständiger Nennung des vorstehenden Credits

World

MIGRATION

Over 650 migrants found hiding in three refrigerated trucks in Mexico

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/9/21

Among the victims were 349 minors, 198 of them unaccompanied, the agency said

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

50 cases of Mexican variant detected in Danish coronavirus outbreak

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/10/21

Those infected were mostly staff and guests at a restaurant in Copenhagen.

08 January 2021, Mexico, Mexico City: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during his daily press conference at the National Palace. Photo: El Universal/El Universal via ZUMA Wire/dpa

World

ORGANIZED CRIME

Number of murders in Mexico fell slightly in 2020

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/21/21

Mexico saw an average of nearly 100 murders a day last year, despite the slight decrease.

World

Volkswagen pledges measures over Nazi picture at Mexican dealership

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/8/20

A tweet posted on Saturday showed a picture of the day when Adolf Hitler laid the foundation stone of a Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, in May 1938.