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Arabian Business
16-04-2025
- Automotive
- Arabian Business
Ford Middle East moves up a gear with 23% sales surge
This performance builds on the record-breaking momentum achieved in 2024 and reinforces Ford's position as one of the region's leading original equipment manufacturers. Q1 of 2025 proved to be the standout quarter for Ford, achieving the best sales figures for the brand since October 2015 and the best March performance since 2014, with key markets driving this success including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, and the rest of the GCC. Ford Middle East sales Ravi Ravichandran, President of Ford Middle East, said: 'We are thankful to our incredible distributor partners for their continued dedication and hard work. It's rewarding to see that the successful sales momentum across our portfolio from last year has continued into 2025, and we are equally excited about our upcoming product launches, which will further strengthen our lineup and boost our offering to customers.' The Ford models leading the charge include the flagship Ford Taurus sedan, the popular entry-level Ford Territory SUV and the Ford Everest SUV. The Lincoln brand, too, is experiencing significant growth in the Middle East, Further Q1 2025 highlights, contributing to the Ford's ever-increasing popularity in the Middle East, include the recently inaugurated Parts Distribution Centre in Dubai and the UAE launch of Ford's Transit van – with imminent plans to expand its availability to Saudi Arabia.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Yahoo
The old man: Mexico arrests 'El Viejon,' reputed Sinaloa cartel boss for Valley of Juárez
He was called "El Viejon" — the old man — and was reputed to be the Sinaloa drug cartel's regional leader in the Valley of Juárez. Border drug cartels: El Paso CBP officer arrested for human smuggling was allegedly in Mexican drug cartel Humberto Rivera, 51, who Mexican authorities described as a priority target of the FBI, was flown out of the Juárez airport on Sunday to await extradition proceedings in Mexico City following his arrest in a multi-agency operation last week, a Chihuahua state police official said on Monday, Feb. 17. Rivera is accused of being among the top leaders for more than a decade of the regional Sinaloa cartel faction operating in the Valley of Juárez border smuggling corridor, southeast of Juárez across from the Fabens and Fort Hancock area. The valley is where U.S. Border Patrol agents on the Texas side of the Rio Grande and Mexican troops in Mexico came under fire by gunmen along the border last month. The arrest of Rivera was the result of an operation including Mexico's National Guard, Chihuahua state police, the Mexican military and federal agents, Luis Aguirre, chief of staff for the Chihuahua state police, said on Monday, Feb. 17, at the state police's weekly news conference in Chihuahua City. A multi-agency investigation obtained intelligence linking Rivera to some residences that were placed under ground and aerial surveillance by state police in an effort to find Rivera, Aguirre said. In an arrest operation headed by the National Guard, Rivera was taken into custody after he was pulled over for speeding in a recent-model Ford Territory SUV on Thursday, Feb. 13, in the area of Valle de Juárez avenue and Fray Junipero Serra street near the well-known San Lorenzo Catholic Church in Juárez, officials said. At the time of his arrest, Rivera was allegedly in possession of several identification credentials under the name "Victor Cruz" as well as two small baggies of cocaine, the Chihuahua Attorney General's Office said. State police backed by the military transported Rivera to the Mexico's federal Attorney General's Office building in Juárez. On Sunday, state police detectives escorted Rivera to the Juárez airport where he was boarded onto a small passenger jet and taken by Mexican federal agents to Mexico City, Aguirre said. The federal security authorities described Rivera as an organized crime leader. He faces extradition to the United States. The gray-haired Rivera — also known as "El Chato" and "El Don" — more than a decade ago had allegedly been the right arm of "El Ingeniero" (the engineer) Gabino Salas Valenciano, the reputed Sinaloa cartel "plaza boss" in the Valley of Juárez who was killed in a shootout with police forces in 2013. More: Mexican military troops inspect US-bound vehicles in Juárez to curb border smuggling "El Ingeniero" Salas was part of the Gente Nueva (new people) faction of the Sinaloa cartel in Chihuahua state and one of the most-notorious figures of drug cartel war that engulfed the Juárez region more than a decade ago. Salas had been described as a lieutenant in the Sinaloa cartel. Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@ and @BorundaDaniel on X. This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: Sinaloa cartel leader arrested in Juárez taken to Mexico City
