Reuters – An international panel of experts that picked apart the Mexican government’s account of what happened to 43 students who disappeared in 2014 will cease work in the country by late April, a senior government official said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3514912/Mexico-says-experts-investigating-43-students-cease-work-April.html

Televisa – According to data from the OECD, Mexico ranks first worldwide in sexual abuse, physical abuse and murder of children under 14 years. This means that about 4.5 million children are victims of sexual abuse in Mexico.

http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1603/mexico-primer-lugar-mundial-abusos-menores-14-anos-ocde/

By Santiago Perez / Wall Street Journal

Mexico’s financial watchdog slapped close to $3.5 million in fines on toll-road operator OHL Mexico and two of its units over accounting practices that boosted its income and asset valuations.

OHL Mexico, a unit of Spain’s Obrascón Huarte Lain, said in a news release Monday that Mexico’s Banking and Securities Commission also ordered it to submit a restatement proposal as part of its probe into the company’s alleged accounting irregularities.

The investigation focused on OHL’s claim that its contract with the State of Mexico for a major toll road it operates outside Mexico City allows the company to earn a guaranteed 10 percent annual profit above inflation via toll increases and other measures.

OHL has said the state is liable for the guaranteed profit even if OHL doesn’t recover those funds during the life of the contract, an interpretation that Mexico’s financial watchdog disputes.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/ohl-mexico-fined-over-accounting-practices-1459179415

By Neil Ramsden / Undercurrent News

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has extended its rules labeling Mexican tuna imports as “dolphin-safe” to cover the rest of the world, in a bid to end its trade dispute with Mexico.

On March 22, NOAA Fisheries filed an interim final rule to implement regulations under the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (DPCIA), to enhance the requirements for documentation and captain training to support labels on tuna products that represent the product as “dolphin safe.”

“NOAA Fisheries considers the DPCIA and the dolphin-safe labeling effort to be a valuable management and conservation tool in reducing tuna fishing-related death and serious injury to dolphins,” it said.

The interim final rule is intended to strengthen the regulatory framework by which the DPCIA is implemented, and to ensure that the United States satisfies its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the body added.

This week, it was revealed that Mexico is planning to request authorization from the WTO to impose $472 million in sanctions against the US.

https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2016/03/23/us-extends-dolphin-safe-tuna-rules-in-bid-to-end-mexico-trade-dispute/

AP – The Red Cross in Mexico says it is bringing down the bodies of two climbers who died in a fall at the Nevado de Toluca volcano. Three other climbers reported that they saw the two men fall about 1,000 feet to their deaths. A search team reached the spot late Sunday and confirmed the deaths, but recovery efforts were delayed because of bad weather.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-climbers-fall-to-their-deaths-at-mexicos-nevado-de-toluca-volcano/

Blouinart – A US design collective Third Mind Foundation has announced an international competition to design a wall on the border between the US and Mexico, in response to presidential candidate Donald Trump’s promise to build a wall along the border.

http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1359355/international-competition-announced-to-design-trump-wall