XINHUA An explosion caused by accumulation of LP gas inside a home in Mexico City killed one person and injured at least 12 others on Saturday, Nov. 13, authorities said. Additionally, another 28 families were left homeless by the blast. The explosion occurred at about 9:40 a.m. local time in the Pensil Norte neighborhood of the Miguel Hidalgo Precinct, said
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Embassy acting Chargé d’Affaires John Creamer led a brief ceremony on Tuesday, May 11, to commemorate the completion of the basic structure of the new embassy building in Mexico City and the start of the final stages of its construction. As a gesture of the importance of the bilateral relationship and the solid
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In an unprecedented effort to inoculate older Mexicans against the covid-19 coronavirus, Mexico City registered a record 81,500 residents over age 60 of the upscale Miguel Hidalgo precinct immunized during a one-week period, city officials announced Sunday, March 14. On Sunday, the capital government completed its vaccination campaign in Miguel Hidalgo, immunizing a total
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As of Monday, March 8, Mexico City will begin its Phase 3 administration of covid-19 vaccines, covering elderly residents of the Miguel Hidalgo and Azcapotzalco Precincts, the Mexican Social Security Institute announced Saturday, March 6. As in the case of previous Mexico City precincts, the order for the administration of the vaccines will be
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A shootout in Mexico City’s upscale Miguel Hidalgo Precinct on Friday, Jan. 15, left five dead, according to capital police reports. The attack, which police said was probably gang-related, took place at the Miguel Hidalgo town hall, located close to the city’s Chapultepec Park and the former presidential palace of Los Pinos. When police
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A group of about 300 masked men and women sacked apartment buildings and offices in Mexico City’s upscale Colonia Polanco on Friday, June 5, smashing cars, breaking windows and defacing the front of buildings in a confused protest against police violence, racism and poverty. The self-proclaimed anarchists began their protest in the early afternoon
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