Category 5 Hurricane Otis Devastates Acapulco
The devastating storm reportedly left 27 dead and four people missing in its wake
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Local Protestors, Organized Crime Wreak Havoc across Chilpancingo
Following the murders of five public transport drivers in Chilpancingo over the weekend, violence peaked in the Guerrero capital on Monday as thousands of local protestors stormed the streets and penetrated state government buildings
Read moreMotorists Assaulted, Robbed on Highway to Acapulco
By MARK LORENZANA The Autopista del Sol, which connects Mexico City with Acapulco, the city and major seaport in the southwestern Mexican coastal state of Guerrero, has become a danger for motorists traveling along the busy highway due to constant assaults and robbery. On Saturday, Nov. 5, travelers were robbed by armed men on the Autopista del Sol, on the stretch between Acapulco
Read moreThe Little Town that Could, and Did, and Then Didn’t, and Now Wants to Again
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As a tourist destination, Iguala, the little town in the northeastern corner of the Mexican coastal state of Guerrero, gets a bad rap. Irreparably linked to the 2014 disappearance of 43 rural teachers’ college students who were allegedly disappeared by government forces in the nearby town of Ayotzinapa after they had commandeered a bus to travel
Read moreAfter Students Aim Truck at Guardsmen, AMLO Wants to Pay Toll Booth Highjackers
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After a group of students from Mexico’s Ayotzinapa Normal College, in the coastal state of Guerrero, launched a trailer truck with no brakes at members of the National Guard (GN) on Saturday, Feb. 5, because the GN prevented them from forcefully seizing control of a toll booth along the Mexico City-Acapulco highway, Mexican President
Read moreMexican Normalist Students Attack National Guard with Trailer Truck
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A group of about 300 students from Mexico’s Ayotzinapa Normal College, in the coastal state of Guerrero, launched a trailer truck with no brakes at members of the National Guard (GN) on Saturday, Feb. 5, after the GN prevented them from taking control of a toll booth along the Autopista del Sol Mexico City-Acapulco
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