Chilpancingo Bishop Located After Kidnapping
Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Icela Rodríguez said National Anti-Kidnapping Coordination would aid in the investigation into Rangel’s abduction
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Report Says Organized Crime Occupies 81 Percent of Mexico
AC Consultores also said Mexico City has the highest concentration of organized crime cells in Mexico with an alleged 30 groups operating in the capital
Read moreMexico Just Got More Magic
With the addition of the new cities, Mexico now boasts a total of 177 Magic Towns
Read moreOlmec ‘Earth Monster’ Head Returned to Mexico from US
Carved out of volcanic rock sometime between 800 B.C. and 400 B.C., the sculpture is believed to represent the mouth of a mythical pre-Hispanic monster that was big enough to swallow people
Read moreProtest Marches in Mexico City Mark International Labor Day
While the workers’ protest marches filled the capital, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered a three-hour speech from the National Palace
Read moreItaly to Be Guest Country of Honor at Sabor es Morelos Festival
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Italy will be the guest country of honor at the 11th Sabor es Morelos (Flavor is Morelos) international food festival, slated to take place in Cuernavaca on Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4. “There will be more than 50 restaurants participating in the festival this year,” explained Morelos Tourism Secretary Julieta Godzweig Conejo during a press
Read moreMorelos State Attorney Accused of Covering up Femicide
By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Nov. 7, Mexican anti-corruption officials and Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum accused the Morelos Attorney General’s Office of covering up the murder of 27-year-old Ariadna López, whose lifeless body was found on a highway in Morelos last week. López reportedly disappeared from the Mexican capital’s trendy Condesa neighborhood on the evening of Oct. 30 after
Read moreCuauhtémoc Blanco: Morena’s Smart Move or Political Liability?
By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — For years, Mexican politics have been nurtured by high-profile personalities from different areas of Mexican society such as celebrities, businessmen, writers and prominent athletes. This situation, far from being caused by the scarcity of members of the political parties, is rather a strategic move by these institutions to attract voters on a large scale, taking
Read morePowerful 6.9 Magnitude Quake Shakes Mexico Anew
By MARK LORENZANA Another powerful earthquake shook Mexico in the early-morning hours of Thursday, Sept. 22, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, according to the National Seismological Service (SSN). The quake, which hit at 1:16 a.m. in the morning and sent nervous residents across the capital and central Mexico rushing into the street, was, in fact, an aftershock of the
Read moreMexico Hit by 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake on Sept. 19, Again
By MARK LORENZANA A 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico on the afternoon of Monday, Sept. 19, just minutes after a nationwide earthquake drill or “simulacro nacional” was held to commemorate the victims of the 1985 and 2017 earthquakes. Mexico’s National Seismological Service reported that the epicenter of the quake was 63 kilometers south of Coalcomán, Michoacán, but it could be
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