A judge has formally charged the owners of a dog that bit a pedestrian in Mérida, the Yucatán Attorney General’s Office reported Saturday afternoon. Criminal trouble for the owners of a dog that bit a pedestrianIn a statement dated Saturday (December 20, 2025), the Attorney General’s Office indicated that, according to criminal case 511/2024, the […]

Mérida will celebrate the 484th anniversary of its founding with a wide-ranging cultural program as part of Mérida Fest 2026, which includes more than 200 artistic activities distributed throughout the city, announced Karla Berrón, head of the Mérida City Council’s Directorate of Culture and Identity. During the presentation of the program’s progress, Berrón noted that […]

Taxi drivers from the three states that make up the Yucatán Peninsula have decided to unite and form a common front to demand that the federal and state governments regulate digital transportation platforms, which they consider “unfair competition.” During a press conference, union leaders stated that they are not against modernization, but they demand equality […]

Yucatán leads the nation in seasonal influenza cases, accounting for nearly 30% of confirmed infections. So far in the 2025-2026 flu season, 952 cases of influenza have been confirmed nationwide, along with five deaths, one of which occurred in the state of Yucatán. Infections are concentrated in the following age groups: 5 to 9 years […]

Yucatán continues to see an annual increase in cases of acute alcohol poisoning registered in the state, according to the most recent data from the National Epidemiological Surveillance System (Sinave) corresponding to the end of 2025. So far this year, 314 cases have been confirmed, a figure that represents a 27 percent increase compared to […]

A man was killed after being struck by the Maya Train early Thursday morning near the Umán station, on the Poxilá-Chocholá section of the line, in the municipality of Chocholá, according to local reports. So far, the Maya Train, which is military-owned, has not released any information about the incident. However, according to several media […]

In Mérida, Yucatán, a phenomenon of metropolitanization is occurring, meaning expansion towards the peripheries where new territories are increasingly being incorporated, including other municipalities, and, at the same time, fragmentation, with dispersed growth and a discontinuous presence of residential developments, industrial parks, and shopping centers. The coordinator of the Academic Unit of Territorial Studies Yucatán, […]

The company Enerall, founded by Alfonso Romo, filled a 5,500-square-meter cenote in Yucatán with earth and rocks, destroying it. The Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) did not demand restoration of the damage or refer the case to the Public Prosecutor’s Office to investigate a possible environmental crime; instead, the only consequence was a fine. […]

That is, on average, one death by femicide or homicide was recorded every 14 hours. This makes it the most violent week of 2025, which is now entering its final stage. What is striking is that 80% of these incidents occurred in the interior of the state. In the case of intentional homicides and femicides, […]