Tag Archives: Pueblo Mágico

Energizer Helps Mexicans Recharge Their Batteries This Season

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Sure, we all know that when it comes to getting that emergency flashlight in good working order before a family camping trip or making Junior’s toy race car hit the parquet floors with full force, there is nothing more reliable than a pair of good old Energizer batteries. Energizer, which has been lighting the way for TV

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Mexico City’s Most Crime-Ridden Neighborhood Earns ‘Magic Town’ Status

PULSE NEWS MEXICO One of Mexico’s most notorious crime neighborhoods, the Tepito district of Mexico City, was awarded “Pueblo Mágico” (“Magic Town”) status by the capital government on Monday, Nov. 14. Otherwise known as the city’s “Barrio Bravo” (“Rough Neighborhood”) due to its high crime rate, Tepito — home to the bloody Unión Tepito organized crime group and famed for

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The City Where It’s Christmas All Year Round

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Tlalpujahua, a little mountain town on the northeast end of the Mexican state of Michoacán, just two and a half hours outside Mexico City, didn’t start off to be a Christmas village. In fact, when it was first founded by Spanish settlers back in 1560, it was primarily a mining town, home to the Dos Estrellas mine,

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