Three US Citizens Go Missing off Sinaloa Coast
Three U.S. citizens who were sailing from to San Diego to Mazatlán went missing just north of that Mexican coastal resort town
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On the Mark: América, Rayados Barge into Liga MX Semis
By MARK LORENZANA Club América and the Monterrey Rayados both punched their tickets to the Liga MX semifinals on Saturday, Oct. 15, after dispatching their respective opponents — Club Puebla and Cruz Azul — in convincing fashion. América defeated Puebla 5-1 on the evening of Saturday, in a match that came after the Mexico City-based club similarly humiliated their foe,
Read moreMissing Mexican Journalist Found Safe and Sound
By MARK LORENZANA Mexican journalist Jorge Luis Chew Cervantes posted on his official Facebook account that he is safe and sound, after being reported missing since Friday, Sept. 30, in the municipality of Taxco de Alarcón, in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero. “Given the news of my disappearance, I want to inform my friends and followers who are worried about me
Read moreOn the Mark: América Makes History, Checo’s Bad Streak Continues
By MARK LORENZANA Club América is already one of the most popular — and most decorated — soccer clubs in the history of the Liga MX, but the Mexico City-based team added another feather to its cap: It just notched its ninth consecutive win, 2-1, on Saturday, Sept. 10, against home team Club Necaxa at the Victoria Stadium in the
Read moreNavy Helicopter Sixth to Crash under AMLO’s Watch
By MARK LORENZANA The Black Hawk helicopter of Mexico’s Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) that left 14 sailors dead after crashing in Los Mochis in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa on Friday, July 15, was the sixth helicopter to have figured in a crash under the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) since 2019. According to
Read morePassengers Continue to Face Problems at AICM
By MARK LORENZANA Passengers continue to encounter problems at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM), chief among them late arrivals, long wait times for checked luggage, delays at customs, lack of water and, now, the banning of ride-hailing applications. In addition to these problems, as of May 25, 2021, the AICM was downgraded to category 2 from category 1 in
Read moreNomadic Work-from-Homers Raising Rental Prices in Mexico
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Thanks to international work-from-homers, about 3 million of whom have chosen Mexico as their remote office destination-of-choice since the outbreak of the global covid-19 pandemic, the cost of rents have grown exponentially in some parts of the country. In Mexico City alone, rents have increased by as much as 20 percent in some areas,
Read morePamela Turns into Category 1 Hurricane, Heads Toward Jalisco
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Tropical storm Pamela strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday, Oct. 12, as it moved toward the Mexican Pacific, and could reach a Category 3,forecasters said. The 16th named storm of the 2021 East Pacific hurricane season, Pamela, is expected to make landfall sometime on Wednesday, Oct. 13, as a Category 2 storm
Read moreLiga MX Hit With 177 Million Peso Sanction
By KELIN DILLON A total of 17 teams from Liga MX, Mexico’s top football division, were hit with sanctions of 177.6 million pesos by the Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) for alleged monopolistic practices and putting a salary cap on the league’s women’s vision. The clubs sanctioned include América, Pachuca, Mazatlán, Guadalajara, Santos Laguna, Tigres, Toluca, Pumas, Monterrey, Necaxa, Atlante
Read moreLiga MX Guadalajara-Ámerica Game to Have Live Audience
XINHUA The soccer match between Mexican giants Guadalajara and Ámerica later this month will be played with the presence of fans, a year after most sports venues in Mexico were shut to the public because of the covid-19 pandemic. The Liga MX announced Friday, March 5, that the state government of Jalisco had given permission for Guadalajara to partially open
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