By MEREL HAENEN On Oct. 21, 2019, relatives of Mónica Ruth Rojas reported her disappearance after she did not return after a day’s work from a factory only a few blocks from her home in Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico (EdoMéx). A year later, her lifeless body was found not far from where she was last reportedly seen, differentiating her case
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By MARK LORENZANA On Monday, Aug. 15, 12 municipalities in Mexico City experienced a reduction in the supply of drinking water due to the low water levels in the storage dams of the Cutzamala System aqueduct. Representatives from the Mexico City Water System (Sacmex) explained early Monday that the water pressure in the capital would be decreased from the usual
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A massive landslide Tlalnepantla, in the central Mexican State of Mexico (Edoméx) near the capital, on Friday, Sept. 10, left at least 1 person dead and 10 missing. The landslide was caused when tons of giant boulders began to slide down a steep hillside, possibly triggered by heavy rains and a 7.1.magnitude earthquake earlier
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF An explosive device set to go off in the midafternoon was discovered by police in the Mexico City suburb of Tlalnepantla’s Mundo E shopping center on Friday, Feb. 15. The device, which was found inside a men’s bathroom on the third floor of the mall, was apparently homemade by nonprofessionals using a mechanical clock
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF For 20 full hours, traffic on both sides of the Mexico City-Pachuca Highway were blocked on Monday, Nov. 12, as several hundred residents of Tlalnepantla’s San Juan Ixhuatepec district, in the State of Mexico (Edoméx) took over the thoroughfare to protest what they claimed was an act of excessive force by police. The conflict
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS With the near-citywide water service suspension now entering its second week (with no end in sight) and Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) employees making personal fortunes by selling off tankers of potable water that are supposed to be provided free of charge by the government, Mexico City residents are up in arms and fighting mad. Particularly affected
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICIO STAFF Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the shower (and expect running water), Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) announced on Monday, Nov. 4, that after five days of water service cutoff — from Wednesday, Oct. 31 through Sunday, Nov. 4 — that despite having turned back on the equipment to pump
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By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) announced that, despite some setbacks installing a key part of the tubing needed to replace the damaged sections of the Cutzamala water system, initial water service for Mexico City and the State of Mexico (Edoméx) was reinstated at 8:05 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, when the pumps that supply the areas
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By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF Just in time for Halloween (and the two-day Day of the Dead holiday), Mexico’s National Water Commission (Conagua) is giving roughly half of Mexico City residents and a large share of State of Mexico (Edoméx) residents anything but a “treat” in the form of a massive water service cutoff starting Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 8
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By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF Supermarkets and self-service convenience stores struggled to keep up with demand this week as anxious Mexico City residents rushed to load up on bottled water in anticipation of the potable water cutoff starting at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31. The National Water Commission (Conagua) has warned that more than 50 percent of Mexico City
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