Querétaro International Airport handles 1.7% more cargo this year

Querétaro International Airport (AIQ) ranked fourth in cargo movement in the first four months of the year, with a 1.7% increase year-over-year, according to Airport Operational Statistics. During the first four months of the year, cargo movement at the AIQ reached 24,832 tons, representing an increase of 420.6 tons compared to the same period in […]

Querétaro exceeds the national average in same-sex marriages

Querétaro reported that 1.6% of marriages celebrated in its territory were same-sex unions. With this data, the state ranked 12th nationwide, above the national average of 1.3%, according to the report released by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) on the occasion of International LGBTI+ Pride Day. Nationally, same-sex marriages represented 1.3% of […]

Querétaro will host the regional video game championship

On August 2nd, the Bloque Center for Innovation and Creative Technology will host the regional video game championship of the National Federation of Video Games (Fenavide), announced Rodrigo Ruiz Ballesteros, director of Bloque. Ruiz Ballesteros noted that the National Sports Commission (Conade) already recognizes e-sports as a national sport, and therefore emphasized that on August […]

River sweeps away pedestrian and vehicle bridge in Querétaro municipality

A vehicular bridge with a pedestrian crossing collapsed due to strong river currents in the town of El Chilar in the municipality of Tolimán, Querétaro, reported Mayor Alejo Sánchez de Santiago. The municipality’s Public Works Department indicated that they are already working on a technical and risk assessment so that rehabilitation work can begin as […]

Nine dams in Querétaro are at 100% capacity.

Nine of Querétaro’s 26 dams are at 100% capacity, reported Javier Amaya Torres, the state coordinator of Civil Protection. Among the dams that reached their maximum level are El Carmen Pirules and Jesús María, located in the municipality of El Marqués, as well as the Cajón dams in the capital of Querétaro. It has also […]

Querétaro records the heaviest rainfall in the last 8 years

Querétaro Mayor Felipe Fernando Macías Olvera noted that the state capital is experiencing the heaviest rainfall in the last eight years at the start of the rainy season and urged the population to be on alert because the downpours will continue in the coming days. “We are experiencing the heaviest rainfall at the start of […]