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Mexico City Doomed By Its Geology To More Earthquakes

Christopher Joyce, NPR

Posted on September 21, 2017 · The problem is that just to the west, a huge slab of the Earth's crust called the Cocos Plate is grinding relentlessly toward North America. And it's running under another slab to the north.

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Death Toll In Mexico Quake Rises To 95

Associated Press

Posted on September 11, 2017 · The Foreign Relations Department said the quake and Hurricane Katia have forced Mexico to withdraw an offer of aid for Houston.

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U.S. and Mexico are cracking down on southbound flow of guns to drug cartels, ambassador says

Andrew Schneider

Posted on July 18, 2023 · U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said roughly 70% of the guns that end up in Mexico come from the United States.

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Houston-area professor helps children traumatized by earthquakes in Turkey without ever leaving Texas

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Posted on May 2, 2023 · Dr. Sinem Akay-Sullivan has organized online training in play therapy for those working with children displaced after the February quakes.

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Stoppping fentanyl overdoses — are some Mexican pharmacies part of the problem?

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Posted on March 15, 2023 · Research shows some pharmacies catering to American tourists are selling medicine frequently laced with the opioid.

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Mexican president: Four kidnapped U.S. citizens have been found, and two are dead

Marian Navarro, Texas Public Radio / Gaige Davila, TPR

Posted on March 7, 2023 · Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed the deaths during his Tuesday press conference. The Tamaulipas governor also confirmed that one of the surviving citizens was wounded. The other was not.

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