After enduring years of drought and facing the impact of commercial avocado farming, Mexican villagers are taking matters into their own hands. In the once-green and lush state of Michoacan, rivers and even entire lakes are disappearing due to a combination of drought and increased water usage for lucrative export crops, particularly avocados. Recently, subsistence […]
Lake Pátzcuaro in Mexico is disappearing authorities blame drought and water theft
A popular lake in central Mexico, which is a major tourist destination during the Day of the Dead festivities, is severely affected due to drought, deforestation, and the theft of its water. Lake Pátzcuaro, in the western state of Michoacán, has lost more than half of its volume since authorities began tracking the drop in […]
Mayor of Churumuco, Michoacan was shot dead at a taqueria in Morelia
Guillermo Torres won the mayoralty of Churumuco, Michoacan in the 2021 elections, championed by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), although months later he resigned from that political institute to join the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), founded by the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. On Friday, March 29, in Morelia, Michoacán, Guillermo Torres Rojas, […]
The regional commissioner of Pátzcuaro and her two bodyguards were beheaded and burned
PATZCUARO, MICHOACAN.- The police reports indicate that they took the victims out of the patrol car, then beheaded them and burned the police vehicle. The regional commissioner of Pátzcuaro and two female bodyguards are executed and beheaded. Commissioner Cristal García Hurtado, assigned to the Public Security Region in Pátzcuaro, as well as two of her […]
Three civilians were killed by a roadway bomb in Michoacán
Three farmers were killed on Tuesday, March 5th, by a bomb planted in a dirt road in the cartel-dominated western Mexico state of Michoacan. A state security official who was not authorized to be quoted by name said the blast occurred in the rural township of Tumbiscatio. Graphic photos of the scene posted on social […]
Man enters nightclub with chainsaw; security kicked him out with chairs | Video
The security cameras of a table dance, called La Jungla, captured the exact moment when a man entered the establishment by force with a chainsaw on in his hands. So far, the intentions of this man to enter this place are unknown, although he was scared away by those who were inside, as they threw […]
4 soldiers killed in an ‘ambush’ in Michoacan, Mexico
An improvised explosive device killed at least four soldiers in what President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday was a “trap” likely set by a drug cartel. The soldiers were killed Thursday, Feb. 29, on the outskirts of the city of Aguililla in the embattled Mexican state of Michoacán, López Obrador said in a weekly […]
Ambassador Ken Salazar says avocados grown in illegal orchards should not be exported to the U.S.
Mexican avocados grown on illegal orchards should not be exported to the United States, the largest importer of the popular staple used in guacamole, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico said Monday. In a visit to Michoacan, Mexico’s main avocado-producing state, U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar said there should be consequences if avocados were determined to be grown in […]
This is how the second peripheral ring of Morelia will be; contemplates 7 segments
The initial section contemplates 13.4 kilometers and will connect the roads to Pátzcuaro and Quiroga; it is expected to conclude in January 2025. Next Thursday, the construction of the first segment, of 7, of the second peripheral ring of the Michoacan capital, which implies 13.4 kilometers, begins. In total, the entire work will have 87.8 […]
Mexican priests say they negotiated for a possible peace accord with drug cartel leaders
Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, one of the bishops said, and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he approves of such talks. The revelation by Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José de Jesús González Hernández, in remarks at a public appearance, illustrates […]