Forest Fires Surge Across Mexico
Wednesday’s figures mark the largest single-day forest fires seen in Mexico in 2024
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All Hell Breaks Loose in Jalisco, Guanajuato following Cartel Arrests
PULSE NEWS MEXICO A series of arrests of alleged drug cartel kingpins in the western Mexican states of Guanajuato and Jalisco set off a terrifying night of mayhem and destruction late Tuesday, Aug. 9. As residents ran for cover and sheltered in place, angry gangbangers set businesses and vehicles on fire in both states as an apparent act of retaliation.
Read moreForest Fires Ravage Mexico in First Quarter of 2021
By KELIN DILLON Between Jan. 1 and March 11 of this year, Mexico experienced its worst forest fires on record in the past decade, with 29,559 hectares of land affected by the flames in the two-month period. Mexico’s National Forestry Commission (Conafor) reported the areas of the country most affected were the State of Mexico (Edoméx), with 5,596 hectares, Oaxaca,
Read moreThank You, AMLO, for Aggravating My Asthma
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Who’s to blame for the terrible levels of air contamination in Mexico City right now (the worst levels of small-particle pollution in over five years)? You guessed it: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his bumbling band of inept advisers and cabinet members. Yes, high temperatures, stagnant air and a lack of any relief in
Read moreCity in Flames
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Uncontrolled fires in Mexico City and the rest of the Valley of Mexico continued to contaminate the capital’s air quality throughout the weekend and into Monday, May 13, as government officials sought to contain the flames and investigate the source of the blazes. As of Monday morning, there had been at least nine new fires reported in
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