Sonora is making steady progress toward a sustainable future by consolidating strategic alliances with international companies specializing in technology and sustainability, such as Huawei Technologies of Mexico, highlighted Governor Alfonso Durazo Montaño. This industry, he said, has expressed interest in collaborating with the Sonora government to promote innovation and technological development projects focused on clean […]
Cofepris approves the first traditional indigenous clinic in Sonora
For the first time in Mexico, the ancient heartbeat of Yaqui medicine has found an official place within the public health system. María Francisca Rosario Matuz, known as Doña Panchita, will lead the first traditional indigenous clinic approved by the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), at the IMSS Bienestar Hospital in […]
Prosecutor’s Office confirms: Young woman rescued safe and sound after being kidnapped in Ciudad Obregón
In a brief statement issued on its X account, the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Sonora (FGJES) confirmed that Blanca Siomara Velázquez Rochin, the young woman illegally deprived of her liberty in Ciudad Obregón, was found safe and sound after the ALBA Protocol was activated. The institution indicated that, thanks to a coordinated […]
Searching mothers find three graves containing human remains and more than 200 items of clothing in Sonora.
The Searching Mothers of Sonora collective reported this Saturday the discovery of a camp with at least three graves containing human remains and more than 200 items of clothing inside, during a search in the rural area of Hermosillo, in the Mexican state of Sonora. The collective’s founder, Cecilia Flores, shared photographs of the discovery […]
Sheinbaum inaugurates a rural hospital in a Yaqui community and announces a $700 million investment in health care for Sonora.
From the Yaqui community of Vícam, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo led the inauguration of the IMSS-Bienestar Vícam Switch Rural Hospital, a new medical center with state-of-the-art equipment. During the ceremony, the president reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to strengthening hospital infrastructure in Sonora and announced an investment of more than 700 million pesos to improve […]
They claim that drug traffickers are putting children in Sonora at risk by recruiting hundreds of children.
The involvement of minors in organized crime is increasingly common in Sonora, Mexico, authorities warned. The Attorney General’s Office in Sonora revealed that at least 349 minors, between the ages of 10 and 12, have been detained for their alleged involvement in organized crime activities in the state. On July 10, 2025, the delegate of […]
Comca’ac people of Sonora are featured in Vogue Mexico magazine
The Comca’ac people, known as “Seri” by Spanish speakers, were recently featured in Vogue Mexico, which highlighted their history, territory, and way of life. “Between the desert and the sea of Sonora, Mexico, the existence of the Seri people is perpetuated,” Vogue Mexico shared on its Instagram account to celebrate the cultural and territorial permanence […]
Opposition condemns murder of three sisters in Sonora: “What kind of country allows something like this?”
The murder of a woman and her daughters in Sonora has sparked outrage across the country, not only because three of the victims were girls, ages 11 and 9, two of them twins, but also because of how the events unfolded and the bodies were found. Politicians and authorities at various levels of government condemned […]
Difficult economic outlook for Sonora and Mexico expected
Due to tariffs, President Donald Trump’s public policies, the lack of investment, and economic uncertainty in the country, business leaders, with the exception of Index, see a complicated outlook for the second half of 2025. Jesús Gámez García, president of the Maquiladora and Export Manufacturing Industry (Index) in Sonora, emphasized that the tariff issue has […]
The US border crossing in Sonora was closed after a shooting at the Dennis DeConcinni checkpoint in Nogales.
A shooting that occurred on the afternoon of July 1, 2025, at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales forced the temporary closure of the vehicle and pedestrian crossing connecting the municipality of Nogales and the state of Arizona. The incident involved a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer, who shot an armed individual […]