First they told him that they were arresting him for stealing, but the official report says that he was disturbing the peace. He has a wound on his leg because the patrol ran him over when he was riding his bicycle. A 24-year-old young man was arrested by the Municipal Police of Puerto Vallarta on […]
This is what Cantinflas’ rest home in San Miguel Allende looks like today; this is how much it costs to swim in its pool that is shaped like a whistle
Mario Moreno Cantinflas lives on not only because of his legacy in the seventh art, with films like El barrendero, Ahí está el detalle, El padrecito and El Patrullero 777, but also because of the famous properties he owned and that can now be visited and even stayed in, since it went from being his […]
Criminal groups use Chiapas residents as “human barricades” to stop rivals from advancing, NGOs denounce
The Southern Border Monitoring Collective reported that residents of at least fifteen towns and municipalities in Chiapas are experiencing a critical moment of violence by the different criminal groups that operate in the state governed by Morena member Rutilio Escandón Cadenas. In a statement issued on July 31, the collective warned that the population of […]
AMLO asks ‘older people’ to speak with young people over drug war in Chiapas
A month after one of the largest massacres of his six-year term, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) visited La Concordia, Chiapas, the site where on June 28, 19 people became victims of the drug war for territorial control of southeastern Mexico; the national leader -whose administration will end in two months- said “he has […]
López Obrador travels to Chiapas in the midst of the crisis of displaced people in Guatemala
Andrés Manuel López Obrador will inaugurate this Friday a bridge in the heart of Chiapas, at the Angostura dam. The Governor of the State and close friend of the acting president, Rutilio Escandón, will be at his side. Predictably, there will be some kind of ceremony, speeches, congratulations for a job well done. The bridge […]
Seismic alert sounds by mistake in Puebla, CDMX, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Morelia and Colima
This afternoon, at 12:40 p.m., the seismic alert was activated by mistake in the states of Puebla, Mexico City, Guerrero, Morelia and Colima. It was the Mexican Seismic Alert System (SASMEX) itself that gave notice of a probable earthquake. The data from this institution indicated that the epicenter would have been recorded on the border […]
Fentanyl: US seizes more kilos and captures more criminals than Mexico
In the fight against fentanyl, the United States has an advantage over Mexico. During the administrations of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the United States President Joe Biden, both nations have seized almost 40,000 kilograms, but 76% of the synthetic opioid has been seized by US authorities. According to reports from Mexico and […]
Venezuelan immigrants in Mexico worried about relatives due to political instability in their country
Since Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela, in which both the current president, Nicolás Maduro, and the country’s main opposition coalition claim victory, the concerns of thousands of Venezuelan migrants have focused on families in their home country. Yenny Morales, 33, left her native Venezuela because she felt she had no other option. Her 9-year-old son […]
Higher inflation and stagnation, outlook for Mexico
Mexico’s most recent economic indicators, such as inflation, trade balance and gross domestic product (GDP), confirm that the macroeconomic framework that the Ministry of Finance had anticipated in the Pre-General Criteria for Economic Policy 2025 has broken down and that trends are unfavorable, despite the fact that the United States (US) GDP accelerated in the […]
Opening quote today, August 1st in Mexico: peso reports slight advance against the dollar
The Mexican peso rose slightly against the dollar, after the US currency was traded at 18.49 pesos on average in today’s opening session, which meant a 0.71% drop compared to the 18.62 pesos of the previous day. According to the exchange analysis of the financial group Monex, the Mexican peso extended its advance prior to […]