Given the need for labor to till Zacatecas’s fields, as young people prefer to study or work in manufacturing or automotive industries, Undersecretary of Agriculture Juan Manuel Martínez García affirmed that a greater focus must be placed on the use of technology to help the state regain its top ranking in agricultural products. After explaining […]

The city of Zacatecas is poised to have a depopulated historic center in the future. So far, up to 80% of the inhabitants of the capital’s first square have been lost for various reasons. The lack of drinking water, lack of parking, and noise and music from clubs until the early hours of the morning […]

Authorities from the federal Ministry of Agriculture and the state Ministry of Agriculture reported that they have strengthened the phytosanitary campaign to combat the grasshopper infestation affecting bean and corn farmers on plots in between 7, 9, and 12 municipalities. This is due to disagreement among government institutions regarding the geographic extent of the insect […]

In Zacatecas, 200 children with childhood cancer are receiving cancer treatment or follow-up medication. Among them is Uriel de Jesús, a 16-year-old boy who, at 14, was diagnosed with a stomach tumor that had spread to his lungs and liver. “I was in shock; I didn’t expect that,” he recalls of the moment he received […]

On Sunday, August 31, the Zacatecas capital will host a historic Guinness World Record attempt during the traditional celebration of the Morismas de Bracho. According to the Ministry of Tourism (Secturz), Guinness World Records officials will be present to evaluate whether the event meets the requirements for inclusion on the world list. The goal is […]

In the heart of Zacatecas’s Historic Center, more than 150 homes are in a legal limbo that prevents their intervention and maintenance. Entangled in intestate succession proceedings, these properties are neither inhabited nor restored, which has resulted in increasing structural deterioration and a constant risk to the population. According to information from the Monuments Board, […]

As part of the comprehensive security strategy, the Governor of Zacatecas, David Monreal Ávila, oversaw the progress of the new Coordination, Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence Center (C5i), considered the most ambitious public security project in the state and one of the most advanced in the country. This Thursday, the state governor toured the C5i […]

A devastating scene unfolded early Tuesday morning, July 30th, on the Durango–Zacatecas federal highway in the municipality of Vicente Guerrero, Zacatecas. A priest accidentally struck a man trying to cross the road. The impact was fatal. The priest, identified as Father Edgar Enrique “N,” originally from Zacatecas, was traveling toward Sombrerete in a white 2009 […]

The director of the INAH Zacatecas Center, Carlos Torreblanca Padilla, stated that the municipality must strengthen the regulation of informal commerce in the capital’s Historic Center to prevent damage to its architectural and urban heritage. The warning follows the city’s declaration as a Historic Monument Zone, which includes 169 blocks, an area of 1,052 square […]

An armed attack against a family took place this Wednesday in the state of Zacatecas, after armed individuals opened fire on a tourist transport van on Federal Highway 45, on the stretch that connects Zacatecas with Durango, near the municipality of Saín Alto. According to official information, the attack occurred in broad daylight when armed […]