Vessels carrying Russian fertilizer orders are heading for Brazil amid concerns that sanctions against Russia would cause a shortfall of fertilizers for the country's grain planting season.
Rosario Ibarra died at age 95 due to failing health. Ibarra has been championing cases of disappeared people in Mexico since the disappearance of her own son.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday revoked an order that required all commercial trucks from Mexico crossing the border to undergo extra inspections.
A human head and a cardboard with a threatening message from the Sinaloa Cartel for its rival gang, the Jalisco cartel, were found in Mexico's Colima state.
A hitman allegedly hired by the four sons of Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera was killed near his home in Mexico's state of Baja California.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has been scrutinized after revelations that the defense ministry approved the purchase of penile implants and Viagra pills.
Armed men broke into a home in the municipality of Tultepec in the central State of Mexico and killed eight members of a family, including four children.