A group protesting the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico in 2014 knocked down the door to the country’s presidential palace, video from local television stations showed on Wednesday, March 6th. The protesters rammed down the door using a white pickup truck from Mexico’s state electrical company, the videos showed, while President Andres Manuel Lopez […]
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 […]
AMLO confirms that 7 National Guard recruits drowned during an army training accident in Ensenada
Mexico’s president acknowledged for the first time Monday that seven National Guard recruits drowned in an army training accident in February — the worst military training accident in recent memory in Mexico. The drownings on Feb. 20 raised questions about the president’s insistence that guard members receive military training and be under army command, despite […]
Xochitl Galvez considers reviving Texcoco Airport shut down by AMLO
Mexico’s presidential candidate for the main opposition coalition, Xochitl Galvez, said Monday that she’s crunching numbers to determine whether to complete the project for an international Mexico City airport that was scrapped by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in favor of a military-built facility. Days after the formal launch of her campaign, Galvez said […]
Is AMLO’s influence looming over presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum?
Mexico kicked off its official presidential campaign season Friday, with leading candidates taking center stage as popular outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s overwhelming influence hangs over the country’s future. Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum is the comfortable frontrunner in the June 2 election: She held a 17-point lead over top opposition candidate Xochitl […]
A severe water crisis is threatening 21 million people in Mexico City
The most populous city in North America is in the grips of a severe water crisis, as lingering drought and years of low rainfall push the already-strained system that supplies Mexico City with running water to its limit. More than 21 million residents across the Mexico City metropolitan area have endured weeks of water shortages, […]
The Mexican paradox: a very macho country that says it is ready to elect a female president
53% of men and 69% of women prefer a female candidate to win the elections Mexicans know themselves well. When asked how macho the country is, 75% consider the population to be somewhat or very macho. If they had answered otherwise, the survey would have been invalidated from the first question. That was easy, but […]
A descendant of Moctezuma seeks the presidency of Mexico
Ituriel Moctezuma, a 40-year-old man who claims to be a descendant of the last Aztec emperor, Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, has announced his intention to run for the presidency of Mexico in the 2024 elections. He is the leader of the Pacto por Anáhuac, a movement that seeks to restore the ancestral values and traditions of the […]
Meta’s Social Networks Suffer Major Outage on March 5, 2024
Meta’s social networks, such as Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads, faced a huge outage on March 5, 2024, that left millions of users around the world unable to access them. The outage began around 10:30 a.m. ET, as users reported on social media that they were logged out of Facebook and Instagram and could not […]
Tourists are being “wiped off the face of Earth” in the Mexican Caribbean (The Stock Dork)
Private investigator Jay Armes III revealed to Fox News Digital the grim reality unfolding along an 80-mile stretch of resorts on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, where four rival drug cartels are locked in a brutal struggle for dominance. This battle for control, aimed at tapping into Mexico’s lucrative $30 billion tourism industry, has resulted in indiscriminate […]