Violent confrontations between drug cartels and the Mexican military have been reported south of the border from Laredo, Texas. The violence comes as U.S. officials say a key drug trafficker for the Cartel del Noreste plead guilty to bringing 17 tons of marijuana across the border to Laredo.
The first two weeks of July were also likely the Earth’s warmest on human record, for any time of year, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.