An international arbitration tribunal dismissed the bulk of US-based Vulcan Materials Company's US$1.5bn NAFTA claim against Mexico over the 2012 seizure and closure of Calica's limestone quarry in Quintana Roo; Mexico will pay roughly US$15mn, or 1% of the original claim, as environmental remediation compensation; Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said Vulcan still must clean up damage in the state

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer arrived in Mexico City on July 23 for the third bilateral review round of the USMCA, meeting Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard and President Claudia Sheinbaum; Greer signalled the US will seek provisional arrangements with Mexico before end-2026 and said renewal of the agreement depends partly on Mexico's cooperation on water-sharing and border security

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on July 13 that Mexico would file criminal complaints and civil lawsuits in US courts over the deaths of 17 Mexican nationals in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or during raids; Al Jazeera confirmed Mexico had begun the legal action on July 14, sending cease-and-desist letters alongside the complaints

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement instructed agents on July 14 to halt most vehicle stops nationwide after two fatal agent-involved shootings in Biddeford, Maine and Houston, Texas, in which neither victim was the intended enforcement target; US President Donald Trump reversed the pause the following day, NBC News reported, after agents were described as being under 'too much stress' from arrest-quota pressure

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement halted traffic checkpoint operations on July 15 following the deaths of two migrants at the hands of ICE agents, while Mexico formally escalated by asking US state attorneys general to investigate all 17 Mexican migrant deaths in ICE custody or raids

Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG dominate global fentanyl and cocaine supply chains, driving a conflict that has killed more than 463,000 people since 2006.

The trilateral trade agreement governing roughly US$1.8 trillion in annual North American commerce, currently under a decade of annual reviews after the US declined to extend it in July 2026.

Official count stood at 1,943 dead and 10,571 injured as of June 30, with 43,000 still missing; La Guaira port declared operational June 30, removing the aid bottleneck; UNICEF confirmed 680,000 children require assistance

A 7.2 foreshock and 7.5 mainshock 39 seconds apart destroyed buildings near La Guaira and Caracas; USGS gives 44% odds the toll exceeds 10,000; confirmed dead rises as teams clear rubble

Mexico's security chief reports the Jalisco cartel splintering 'like Sinaloa did', with a stepson among the contenders facing extradition

Daily killings at a 12-year low under Harfuch's strategy, but the rising missing-persons count undercuts the headline

Mexico dodged Trump's reciprocal tariffs; now the July 1 joint review turns on whether it can keep China out of North America's supply chain

Headline returns below 4% even as Q1 GDP contracts 0.6%, framing the central bank's June pause

Farías Laguna's letters to Sheinbaum widen the huachicol fiscal case; his defence disputes that the full file was handed over

Reports name Sonora's Durazo and Tamaulipas's Villarreal; Sheinbaum calls it a discrediting campaign as her predecessor breaks silence

SDNY charges Sinaloa's Rocha Moya with aiding 'Los Chapitos'; Sheinbaum says Mexico may reject the detention request absent evidence

An 87-40 constitutional vote reworks candidate selection and lets TEPJF magistrates seek re-election, extending the bench overhaul

Two deputy governors dissent to hold at 6.75% as inflation returns to the band; the next decision lands 26 June

Army kills the CJNG founder in a US-assisted operation; narco-blockades and shootouts ripple across multiple states, and a succession war opens