Michoacán breaks Guinness World Record with the world’s largest guacamole: it exceeds 6 tons
The municipality of Tancítaro, in Michoacán, achieved a new Guinness World Record by preparing the world’s largest guacamole, in a massive event that brought together hundreds of participants and celebrated one of Mexico’s most emblematic products: the avocado. How was the world’s largest guacamole achieved? The feat took place on April 10, 2026, as part […]
150,000 tilapia fingerlings are being released into the Infiernillo dam in Michoacán.
The Michoacán Fisheries Commission (Compesca) stocked 150,000 tilapia fingerlings in the Adolfo López Mateos Dam, better known as Infiernillo, in the municipality of Churumuco, to strengthen the fishing sector in the Tierra Caliente region through which the Balsas River flows. Compesca Director Ramón Hernández Orozco reported that the fingerlings stocked are of excellent genetic quality, […]
Mexican farmworkers cross into the US for the agricultural harvest amid fear and need
Workers arrive independently or in small groups to participate in temporary work programs that allow them to enter the United States legally. Tijuana. Amidst increasingly stringent immigration policies in the United States and a rise in deportations, thousands of Mexican farmworkers continue to legally cross the border to work the harvest season, driven by the […]
Silvano Aureoles escaped with the help of the CJNG: ‘He is hiding in the United States,’ says the governor of Michoacán
Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, governor of Michoacán, revealed this Thursday, April 9, that all indications point to former state governor Silvano Aureoles Conejo hiding in the United States. Ramírez Bedolla explained at a press conference that he has already requested the intervention of the Attorney General of the Republic, Ernestina Godoy Ramos, to issue an international […]
36% of wastewater treatment plants in Jalisco are not operating
Because municipalities lack sufficient budgets for their maintenance, a total of 84 wastewater treatment plants in Jalisco—out of a total of 235—are not operating, representing 36 percent. According to Carlos Ornelas Orozco, coordinator of the Center for Research on Hydroadaptive Cities at the Pan-American University (UP), the main resources required to keep them running are […]
Groups in Jalisco are calling for the removal of a Tequila official for alleged negligence in missing persons cases.
Search collectives in Jalisco demanded the removal of the public prosecutor in Tequila, whom they accuse of alleged negligence in handling missing persons cases and a lack of follow-up on ongoing investigations in the region. The petition was filed by the collectives Huellas de Amor (Footprints of Love) and Buscando Corazones (Searching for Hearts) in […]
This is the level of Lake Chapala and the Jalisco dams at the beginning of the dry season.
Lake Chapala and most of Jalisco’s major dams maintained favorable storage levels at the start of the dry season, a result of the accumulated rainfall during the last rainy season. However, they have lost a significant amount of storage capacity during the current dry season. At the end of the rainy season in October, the […]
Human rights groups denounce the massive discovery of human remains in Jalisco and Mexico City, World Cup host cities.
Several groups of mothers searching for their missing loved ones reported the discovery of skeletal remains in the Tláhuac borough of Mexico City and at the Izaguirre ranch in Guadalajara, Jalisco, both of which will host the 2026 World Cup. The Jalisco Searching Warriors group reported on Saturday the discovery of remains inside the Izaguirre […]
The 8 municipalities in Veracruz where bridges damaged by the 2025 floods will be rebuilt
The Veracruz State Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transportation (SICT) announced this Sunday morning, April 12, that 18 bridges will be rebuilt in northern Veracruz following the floods and rains of October 2025. The state agency’s announcement comes three days after the federal SICT reported that reconstruction work on damaged roads and bridges would begin […]