LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-WRESTLING legend Rey Misterio Snr has died aged 66 – just weeks after a family tragedy. Misterio Snr, real name Miguel Ángel López Días, was the uncle of WWE hall of fame entrant Rey Mysterio. The masked luchador started wrestling in 1976 and officially retired in 2009. Mexican wrestling company Lucha Libre…
The unauthorized landing of a unidentified aircraft at Freetown International Airport last Friday, September 20, has ignited a firestorm of concern across Sierra Leone. The mysterious plane, said to have flown from Liberia and allegedly en route to Mexico, landed in Freetown without the necessary clearance and was found to be using a fake registration…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico’s first woman president in an historic landslide win. Mexico’s official electoral authority said preliminary results showed the 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City winning between 58% and 60% of the vote in Sunday’s election. That gives her a lead of about 30 percentage points over…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- A former international football player was shot and killed in Mexico during a friendly game. During the game, Sergio Jáuregui, 38, was shot six times in Cuautla, Morelos’ Santa Inés neighborhood. The attacker reportedly opened fire at close range as the former Bolivian defender went to the bench to rehydrate. According…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- At least seven people have been killed in a shoot-out in Mexico as officials searched for 30 inmates who staged a bloody prison break on Sunday. Gunmen opened fire on state investigators who were hunting the escapees, killing at least two of them. Five gunmen also died in the shoot-out, but…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Several thousand migrants, many from Venezuela, set off from southern Mexico early Monday aiming to reach the United States, timing their journey to coincide with the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week. Migration activists said the group could be one of the region’s largest migrant caravans in recent years….
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mexico lead Nigeria’s Senior Men National Team 2-0 in their international friendly match taking place at the imposing Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, simply known as LA Coliseum. The Mexicans scored two goals in four minutes to record the lead in the game played at the 77,500- capacity LA Coliseum on Sunday (Nigerian…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Refugees International has advised that Joe Biden administration has much more to do to restore and reform the United States asylum system and to welcome asylum seekers with humanity and dignity, stressing that where it falls short, Congress must step in. A statement signed by Sarah Sheffer, Director of Communications of…