Hurricane John, classified as Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, made landfall on Monday night in the state of Guerrero, specifically near Marquelia, at 9:15 p.m. (Central Mexico time). With maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour and gusts reaching up to 220 km/h, the meteorological phenomenon has unleashed its fury on the southern […]
Tropical storm ‘John’ will ‘stall’ in Guerrero: This will be its strange trajectory in the next 48 hours
‘John’ was downgraded to a tropical storm on Tuesday, September 24, after making landfall on Monday as a Category 3 hurricane in Guerrero, where it remains, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) reported. “‘John’ remains on land over Guerrero as a tropical storm,” the SMN warned, adding that it will cause intense to extraordinary rains, strong […]
John leaves landslides and fallen branches in Zihuatanejo
The rains caused by Hurricane John continue in this municipality. The director of Civil Protection, Jorge Cervantes, reported that there is a probability that the now tropical storm will strengthen. Regarding the damage, the fall of branches and slight landslides were recorded on the Zihuatanejo-Lázaro Cárdenas highway and on the Pantla bypass, which were attended […]
Guerrero migrants reward the mayor of Taxco in Chicago
The municipal president of Tetipac, Bárbara Mercado Arce and the mayor of Taxco, Mario Figueroa Mundo received the Sentimiento Migrante award that has been given for 21 years by the Clubes Unidos Guerrerenses del Medio Oeste, for “their human quality and solidarity with migrant communities.” The Sentimiento Migrante award seeks to recognize the activity of […]
The Parthenon in Zihuatanejo will open to the public this week
Starting this week, the remodeling of El Partenón in La Ropa beach and Capricho de Rey will be opened to the public, where the sculpture of Caltzontzin will be unveiled, works made by the municipal and state government. Municipal President Jorge Sánchez Allec reported that these works will be great tourist attractions for Zihuatanejo to […]
Sailfest Zihuatanejo: A Fun Event Supporting Local Children
Every February, Sailfest takes place in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. This two-week event brings together sailors and land lovers to raise money for local children’s education. The goal of Sailfest is to provide safe, healthy, and sustainable schools that promote a positive learning environment. What to Expect at Sailfest 2025 Sailfest will feature: * Daily sailing cruises […]
Potential of Zihuatanejo’s El Limón Park as a protected area is highlighted
The biologist and coordinator of the UMDI-Zihuatanejo UNAM Multidisciplinary Teaching and Research Unit, Carlos Candelaria, considered that the El Limón state park can be a reference in the conservation of Protected Natural Areas (ANP) in Guerrero. However, he said, a project of opening for local people and national and foreign visitors can be applied and […]
The National Museum of Popular Cultures highlights the faces of Guerrero’s mask makers
Deities that express freedom, tigers and tecuanes, colorful demons, faces with long beards, fish and calacas. Faces that look with empty eyes and dance to the sound of tradition are exhibited in the exhibition Mascareros de Guerrero, of the traditional and the fantastic. Two hundred masks hang motionless in the National Museum of Popular Cultures […]
Morena expels Norma Otilia Hernández, mayor of Chilpancingo, for meeting with drug trafficker
Norma Otilia Hernández Martínez, mayor of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, was expelled from Morena, the party to which she belonged, for an alleged meeting with a drug trafficking leader in June of last year. The National Commission of Honesty and Justice of the party was the one who unanimously resolved the cancellation of the registration of the […]
Mexico arrests alleged cartel kingpin tied to 43 missing students
Mexican authorities announced that they have apprehended an alleged leader of the cartel connected to the decade-long disappearance of numerous students. Gildardo Lopez Astudillo, also known as “El Gil”, was detained on charges of organized crime and taken to Mexico’s maximum-security prison in south-central Mexico, according to a federal security source cited by Reuters news […]