Once a glittering weekend getaway for wealthy residents of Mexico City, Valle de Bravo has been reduced to a shrinking, increasingly polluted patch of mud flats and water by a combination of drought, water transfers to the capital, bad planning, and lawlessness. Residents said Thursday that Valle — as the reservoir has been known since […]
Mexican fireworks legacy is kept alive in Tultepec
Every year, in the first week of March, hundreds of giant papier-mâché bulls stuffed with fireworks are erected in the front yards of the Mexican town of Tultepec. Thousands of restless fingers carefully cut, pasted, and painted the colorful patterns that brought the “Toritos” to life on Friday, during an annual celebration when the bull-shaped […]
251 homicides registered in Mexico during the last weekend of February
During the last weekend of February, Estado de Mexico was the state with the highest number of murders, adding 26. Last weekend in February he recorded 251 murders, making him the most violent so far in 2024. According to the Security Report of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) on Friday, February 23, […]
Yair Martín Romero, candidate of Morena for federal representative murdered in Estado de Mexico
Armed men murdered Yair Martín Romero, candidate for federal representative for Morena in Ecatepec According to some versions, the politician had reported threats and extortion attempts, as well as political pressure from leaders of the Union of Unions and National Organizations. Yair Martín Romero Segura, candidate for a federal seat in the lower chamber for […]
Crime in Texcaltitlán has raised concerns about the security situation in the State of Mexico
The recent criminal activity in Texcaltitlán refers to a violent confrontation that occurred on December 8, 2023, between residents and alleged members of a criminal group known as La Familia Michoacana. The clash resulted in 14 deaths, 11 of which were suspected criminals and three of which were civilians. The incident was triggered by the […]
Which municipalities of Edomex will be left without water and what measures will they implement
Because the National Water Commission (Conagua) recently announced that the Cutzamala System has an alarming decrease in the vital resource, the Water Secretariat of the State of Mexico has begun work to generate strategies to prevent major problems from arising in the short term and to that the different municipalities have enough water in the […]
A total ban on slot machines is ordered by President Lopez Obrador
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has implemented a total ban on slot machines in casinos. These machines, legalized during the government of Felipe Calderón and supported in 2016 by a unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice, are now excluded by presidential decision. The president has published the reform to the Regulations of the Federal Law on Games […]