The earthquake’s epicenter was near San Marcos near the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, according to Mexico ’s national seismological agency.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday reiterated Mexico's opposition to Washington's extradition of Venezuela's president and to any kind of intervention in Mexico. "We categorically reject intervention in the internal matters of other countries,

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 with the epicenter near the Pacific coast resort town of Acapulco.

A strong earthquake registering 6.5 magnitude struck southern Mexico on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). No tsunami warnings were issued on January 2, the U.S. Tsunami Warning System confirmed. No injuries or damage were immediately reported.

Officials said 241 passengers and nine crew members were on the train when it went off the rails as it passed a curve near the town of Nizanda.

A powerful earthquake shook southern Mexico on Friday morning, damaging roads and hospitals and briefly interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press conference of the new year.

The train’s main line only came into service in 2023, under a new program aiming to create an alternative to the Panama Canal.

Apprehensions of illegal border crossers dropped by 95% in New Mexico under the Trump administration from their record high during the Biden administration. At the same time, arrests of foreign terrorist organization members and prosecutions of border crimes skyrocketed in New Mexico.

Mexican authorities reported a case of the New World screwworm parasite late on Thursday, the second case reported in two days as Mexico works to contain an outbreak that has kept the U.S.-Mexico border closed to Mexican livestock.

A U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane was spotted circling off the coast of Mexico for hours on Monday morning. The P-8 Poseidon was flying miles from the west coast of Tijuana, according to flight tracking websites.