RIMPAC stands for “Rim of the Pacific Exercise”. It’s the world’s biggest international maritime military exercise. RIMPAC is based in Hawaii and is hosted and run by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, which has its headquarters at Pearl Harbor. It’s a biennial exercise, held every other year.
Thirty countries participated in RIMPAC 2026, and Mexico was one of them.
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Article by Allan Wall, published August 8th, 2026, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: Hawaii, Mexican Military, Mexican Navy, Pacific Ocean, RIMPAC
Yesterday I quoted the Associated Press on Mexico News Report, reporting that U.S. inspectors have suspended inspection operations in the state of Michoacan, the principal source of avocados exported to the United States.
Last night the Associated Press ran another piece on the developing story.
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Article by Allan Wall, published August 7th, 2026, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: Avocados, Mexican Drug Cartels, Michoacan
Mexico exports a large quantity of vegetables to the United States. The Mexican climate is very advantageous for this, as they can be growing vegetables in Mexico when it’s winter in the U.S.
Mexico is the biggest producer of avocados (Persea americana). Botanically, the avocado is a fruit but in the kitchen and dining room it is treated as a vegetable. It grows on a tree.
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Article by Allan Wall, published August 6th, 2026, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: Alfonso Fernandez Magallon "Poncho", Alfredo Ramirez Bedolla, Avocados, Mexican Drug Cartels, Michoacan
Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez was born in California, and thus is a U.S. citizen; he’s also a Mexican citizen.
Valencia is now the boss of the CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación) , which is now Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel.
Well, sure enough, on August 5th, 2026, the U.S. government quintupled Valencia’s bounty to 25 million dollars!
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Article by Allan Wall, published August 5th, 2026, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: Audia Flores Silva "El Jardinero", CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion), Dual Citizenship, Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez, Mexican Drug Cartels, U.S. State Department
The Odyssey, a movie written and directed by Christopher Nolan, is one of the big blockbusters of the Summer of 2026.
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Article by Allan Wall, published August 4th, 2026, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Film, Helen of Sparta/Troy, Hollywood, Lupita Nyong’o, Odyssey Movie, The Golden Rule, The Odyssey
Several months ago, this website had an article about Mexican drug cartel activity in Africa. That article reported the discovery of a meth lab in Ogun state, southwestern Nigeria. Ten were arrested, including 3 Mexicans.
The Africanews.com website recently provided an update to that story.
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Article by Allan Wall, published August 1st, 2026, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: Africa, Methamphetamine, Methamphetamine Production, Mexican Drug Cartels, Nigeria
July 4th, 2026 was the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, 250 years ago.
Two hundred and fifty years is a quarter-millennium, making the USA the 23rd oldest nation-state in the world.
Oklahoma was not one of the 13 English Colonies that became the USA, so we don’t have Revolutionary War battlefields in Oklahoma.
However, as State #46 in the United States of America, Oklahoma is a part of the American nation-state and its history. Many Oklahomans are descendants of men who served in the American Revolution. And did you know that there is at least one Revolutionary War veteran buried in the current state of Oklahoma?
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Article by Allan Wall, published July 24th, 2026, on Oklahoma Constitution newspaper website.
Tags: American History, American Indians, Andrew Jackson, Cherokee National Cemetery, DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution), Ft. Gibson, July 4th, Montfort Stokes, New York City, North Carolina, Oklahoma, SAR (Sons of the American Revolution), Thirteen English Colonies, Virginia, War of Independence
On July 20th, 2026, Ismael Zambada, “El Mayo”, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the U.S.
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Article by Allan Wall, published July 24th, 2026, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: ADX Florence, Chapo Guzman, Colorado, Federal Judiciary, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, Mexican Drug Cartels, New York City
Is Ruben Rocha Moya, the Biggest Fish of the Sinaloa Ten, negotiating his surrender with the U.S. government?
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Article by Allan Wall, published July 22nd, 2026, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: Enrique Diaz Vega, Enrique Inzunza Cazarez, Federal Judiciary, Gerardo Merida Sanchez, Mexican Drug Cartels, Ruben Rocha Moya, Sinaloa Cartel, Sinaloa state
The 2026 World Cup is now over. It ran from June 11th to July 19th. Spain won it.
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Article by Allan Wall, published July 21st, 2026 on Mexico News Report.
Tags: Argentina, Claudia Sheinbaum, Donald Trump, Felipe VI, New Jersey, Pedro Sanchez, Soccer, Spain, Spain and Latin America, World Cup 2026