Monthly Archives: January 2026

Canadian Snowboarder Turned Cocaine Kingpin Surrenders at U.S. Embassy in Mexico City

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Allan Wall

Here’s a bizarre story, of a former Olympic snowboarder from Canada who allegedly became a drug lord in Mexico and is now in U.S. custody. Ryan Wedding is a Canadian Olympic snowboarder allegedly turned drug kingpin, but his crime career … Continue reading →

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Mexico is Cuba’s Biggest Oil Supplier and Trump is OK With That

Posted on January 17, 2026 by Allan Wall

Nicolas Maduro has been removed as president of Venezuela and U.S. President Donald Trump has set his sights on the communist island of Cuba. Mexico is now Cuba’s main supplier of petroleum. And the Trump administration is ok with that. … Continue reading →

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Will the U.S. Hit Mexican Drug Cartels on Mexican Soil? Would It Be Effective?

Posted on January 11, 2026 by Allan Wall

There’s a lot of talk nowadays about the U.S. government attacking Mexican drug cartels in Mexico. A recent example is Sean Hannity’s interview with President Trump on January 8th, in which Trump said that “And we are going to start … Continue reading →

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Journalists Killed in Mexico

Posted on January 9, 2026 by Allan Wall

On January 2nd, 2026, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Federación Internacional de Periodistas (FIP) in Spanish, released a report on journalists killed in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025. You can see it here. According to the IFJ/FIP, there … Continue reading →

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President Sheinbaum’s Response to Trump’s Strike on Caracas

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Allan Wall

In case you’ve been living in a cave with no internet, on January 3rd, 2025, under President Trump’s direction, U.S. forces attacked Caracas, Venezuela, captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and took them to the United States. What … Continue reading →

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Mexico Sending Five Competitors to 2026 Winter Olympics

Posted on January 3, 2026 by Allan Wall

The 2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled for February 6th-22nd in various venues in northern Italy. It’s known as the Milano Cortina 2026. Source: Milano-Cortina 2026 Organizing Committee Mexico is sending a team to the Winter Olympics. Beginning in 1928, Mexico … Continue reading →

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Three Babies Born in Mexico City Metro System in 2025

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Allan Wall

Mexico City has an extensive train/subway system called the Metro, I’ve ridden it when I was in the city. See my article about it from back in 2013 entitled Moving Millions Through Mexico City’s Metro (how do you like that … Continue reading →

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