Mexico government – Charm

Members of a local self-defense group formed by residents in response to cartel violence fly a drone in Guajes de Ayala, Mexico, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Cartel drone attacks hit Guajes de Ayala in Mexico during World Cup

Cs news2 months ago010 mins

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The bombs started raining down from cartel drones at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, just as the sun crested over the mountains of central Mexico. The cluster of rural communities known as Guajes de Ayala now under siege had spent weeks warning law enforcement in the state of Guerrero of mounting threats…

Montserrat Fuentes, a sex worker, arrives to Calzada de Tlalpan, the street in Mexico City where she has worked for the last 20 years and the city is building a bike lane in preparation for the World Cup that blocks cars from pulling over and cuts into the livelihoods of sex workers and street vendors, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

World Cup hurts the livelihoods of some Mexico City workers

Cs news6 months ago016 mins

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Montserrat Fuentes stands on the same street corner where she has worked for 20 years. But the sex worker’s normal rush of clients every Friday night is nowhere to be seen. Instead, the busy Mexico City throughway where some 2,500 sex workers make their living is lined with construction, part of…