for questions about claims based in Mexico, or limited in Mexico.
Questions tagged [mexico]
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Is slime mold eaten in Mexico as a dish called "feces of the moon"?
Various web sites make the claim that slime mold is eaten as a dish called "caca de luna" -- feces of the moon -- in Mexico. Sometimes the claim is attached to Fuligo septica, "dog vomit slime mold", as in this representative example:
Fuligo…
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Did the Mexican Government publish a manual for how to illegally enter the US?
On donaldjtrump.com, Trump writes
For many years, Mexico’s leaders have been taking advantage of the United States by using illegal immigration to export the crime and poverty in their own country (as well as in other Latin American countries).…
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Is one guilty until proven innocent in the Mexican legal system?
While reading this Travel SE question, an answer cited this website about Mexican gun laws which states the following (emphasis mine):
Remember, once you cross the border with a firearm or ammunition it is
too late! Ignorance of this law will not…
March Ho
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Did most Mexicans who are in the U.S. illegally, enter through legal means?
According to the BBC,
Most of the Mexicans who are in the US illegally entered through legal means and then overstayed their visas, not by illicit border-crossing that a wall could prevent.
Looking for data on this, I found a 2006 Pew Report based…
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Is Mexico one of the "highest crime Nations in the world"?
Recently, an often-shared tweet claimed:
With Mexico being one of the highest crime Nations in the world, we must have THE WALL. Mexico will pay for it through reimbursement/other.
I have a bit of doubt about this, as I was only able to find this…
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Are there hundreds of thousands of US citizens living in Mexico illegally?
I've seen an article shared a few times on social media entitled "Here's a twist: 91% of Americans living in Mexico are 'Illegal'". It claims:
According to a study by the National Institute of Geography and Statistics, around 739,168 thousand…
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Does this photo show large crowds of protestors in Mexico?
I'm prompted to ask this question by a Facebook post by "US Uncut".
[Image lost to link rot.]
The Mexican media has blacking out the protests against their new government, who have been accused of doing everything from buying votes to buying off…
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Does Mexico have stringent voter ID requirements?
Does the picture below (found on Facebook) accurately describe laws regarding voter identification cards in Mexico?
To vote in Mexico every eligible Mexican citizen has to have a tamper-proof photo-ID card with a thumbprint and an embossed…
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Are some police in Mexico acting as hired killers?
According to the 2016 book "The Three U.S.-Mexico Border Wars" by Tony Payan,
some police in Mexican border towns protect wealthy criminals and even "serve as sicarios" (hit men; p. 58).
Are there any cases where police officers in Mexico have been…
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Does most illegal fentanyl sold in the US come through Mexico?
The Atlantic claims:
most illicit fentanyl used in America, where 32,000 people died from fentanyl last year, comes through Mexico. Mexican cartels lack trained chemists to make fentanyl from scratch, so they buy precursors in bulk from China.…
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Is the US saving enough money from the USMCA to pay for the Wall?
President Trump just tweeted this:
I often stated, “One way or the other, Mexico is going to pay for the Wall.” This has never changed. Our new deal with Mexico (and Canada), the USMCA, is so much better than the old, very costly & anti-USA NAFTA…
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Is Mexico building a southern border wall that the United States is helping to pay for?
I saw a few headlines from more conservative news outlets about this. Mexico builds its own wall against migrants is the primary source but it's behind a paywall so I can't investigate on my own. Even if I was able to read the story, I'd want to see…
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Has the US already taken in 25% of Mexicos population as immigrants?
In a recent interview Ann Coulter claimed:
America has already taken in one-fourth of Mexico's entire population.
Is this true?
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Are a majority of the FBI's most wanted fugitive murderers born outside the USA?
American News posted an article in defense of some recent comments by Donald Trump.
They say:
'the Center for Immigration Studies reported that “57 of the 76 fugitive murderers most wanted by the FBI were foreign-born."'
American News doesn't…
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Could COVID-19 infect ~78 million Mexicans?
This Imagen TV video (posted 27 February) (Spanish) reports a claim by Mexico's Undersecretary of Health, Hugo López-Gatell,
that approximately 78 million Mexicans could end up with COVID-19, ~8 to 10 million infected people would show symptoms and…
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