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Events of 2019 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and includes a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues.
In Mexico, there are three major kinds of public holidays: Statutory holiday: Holidays observed all around Mexico. Employees are entitled to a day off with regular pay and schools (public and private) are closed for the day.
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Rancho La Mora
Some of Rancho La Mora families' ancestors include forebears surnamed Johnson who helped to settle Colonia Oaxaca (now "Rancho Oaxaca"), in the Bavispe Municipality, Sonora, Mexico), part of the historical Mormon colonies, in 1892. Rancho La Mora (also in the Bavispe Municipality) was founded by Langford family members immigrating there from other Sonoran Latter-day Saint colonias in the 1930s. Its proportion of fundamentalist Latter Day Saints swelled when some new residents left previous ho...
Narco smuggling routes
Reportedly the La Mora community had achieved a type of understanding with the area's currently dominant outlaw band, Los Salazar, (Sinaloa Cartel), who have enjoyed some history of influence with Mexico's federal government. In months leading up to the attack, Sinaloa instructed residents to refrain from buying fuel across state lines in Chihuahua. Newly arrived enforcers who were unfamiliar to area residents and now manned the smuggling route's usual checkpoints occasionally pointed weapons...
In a pair of attacks, gunmen opened fire on three SUVs, first upon a Chevrolet Tahoe and subsequently two Chevy Suburbans, that were carrying American Mexican independent fundamentalist Mormons of the extended LeBarón family, en route the paved highway near Galeana, Chihuahua (after which Christina Langford planned to drive her vehicle northward in...
Nine people were killed; three women and six children, all of whom held dual US–Mexican citizenship. The victims of the attack were: Of the eight vehicle passengers, six were children. Five children who were wounded were flown to an Arizona hospital. Three others were uninjured and returned to family members.All survivors' injuries were caused by g...
Family members visited the scene of the massacre, escorted by members of the Mexican Army. The deceased were buried in La Mora and Colonia LeBarón with funerals beginning on November 7.The funerals were attended by hundreds of individuals, with some traveling reportedly as far as North Dakota to attend.
Mexican officials announced at a news conference that the believed reason for the attack was that the family was believed to be a cartel convoy of vehicles. Prior in the day the area of the massacre had also been the scene of a shootout between rival cartel gangs. According to the Dallas Morning News's Alfredo Corchado, targeting of the victims may...
U.S. President Donald Trump offered Mexico military support to assist with defeating the drug cartels. The offer was declined by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but said that he would speak with Trump over security cooperation between the two nations. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsissued a statement expressing its "l...
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Nov 5, 2019 · 2:43. The burnt wreckage of a vehicle transporting a Mormon famil...Show More. Show More. Kenneth Miller/Lafe Langford J/via Reuters. At least nine members of an American family, including six children, were killed in an attack in northern Mexico on Monday, the Mexican military has confirmed.
Jan 30, 2019 · There are only a handful of official national holidays in Mexico, but there are a great many regional celebrations. Every community has its own fiesta, and saints are celebrated on their feast days.
May 1, 2024 · The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA, or T-MEC by its Spanish acronym) entered into force in 2020 and replaced its predecessor, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Mexico amended its constitution in 2019 to facilitate the implementation of the labor components of USMCA.
Dec 29, 2021 · Mexico's $2.4 trillion economy – 11th largest in the world - has become increasingly oriented toward manufacturing since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entered into force in 1994. Per capita income is roughly one-third that of the US; income distribution remains highly unequal.
