Remains of Eight Bodies Found Near Cancun
Authorities in the Mexican Caribbean state of Quintana Roo reported that they had discovered the remains of eight people dumped just outside the resort city of Cancun
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Navigating Mexico: Tipping
Looking to start some fireworks? Just ask people from various nationalities and cultural groups how much they suggest for tipping in a restaurant
Read moreIrish Envoy, Health Minister Toast Bilateral Ties with Mexico
In 2022, Irish foreign direct investment in Mexico grew by $101 million
Read moreNavigating Mexico: Beach Cities, Havens for Fugitives
Working legally and being officially on a Mexican payroll involves several checks and balances that are part of the process, so most fugitives will not apply for a formal job
Read moreNavigating Mexico: What’s with the Dogs?
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE While pets are more and more cherished members of the family for Mexico’s middle and upper classes, in poorer neighborhoods, they are still tied to the roof, given leftover food scraps and used for security. They are not usually seen in movie theaters or in fancy restaurants. Or are they? An interesting cultural transformation is
Read moreSection 6 of Tren Maya to Be Most Destructive, Expensive
By MARK LORENZANA Section 6 of the controversial Tren Maya, which will run from Tulum in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo to its capital city of Chetumal, will be the most destructive in environmental terms, and also the most expensive. The Environmental Impact Statement (MIA) for the 255-kilometer Section 6 of the Tren Maya — one of Mexican President
Read moreThe Accidental Terminal Tourist
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It sounds like a plot out of a Hollywood movie. Actually. it is a plot out of a Hollywood movie: An Eastern European businessman arrives in an international airport only to discover that he is denied entry in the nation in which he has just landed and cannot return to his native country. But in this case,
Read moreNine Suspects Detained in Playa de Carmen Shooting
PULSE NEWS MEXICO At least nine people have been detained by authorities in relationship to the Saturday, July 23, shootout in Mexico’s Playa del Carmen beach resort, police reported Thursday, July 28. According to police, at least two of the nine arrested persons were directly linked to the Fifth Avenue shootout in Playa del Carmen, in the Mexican Caribbean state
Read moreAt Least Three Injured in Playa del Carmen Shooting
By MARK LORENZANA A shootout on Saturday, July 23, in the Mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, has left at least three people injured, according to local reports. Surveillance cameras at a hotel captured the moment of the shooting, which caused tourists traversing Fifth Avenue — a popular street in Playa del Carmen filled with souvenir shops, restaurants
Read moreJudge Refuses to Budge on Stoppage of Tren Maya Project
PULSE NEWS MEXICO In yet another chapter in the continuing saga of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) come-hell-or-high-water Tren Maya tourist train project versus the Mexican legal system, a judge in the Mérida, Yucatán, reiterated on Monday, July 25, his previous order for the definitive suspension of works of the train’s Section 5 South. On May 30, the federal
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