Alfredo González Díaz, a candidate of the Labor Party (PT), for the mayor’s office of Atoyac de Álvarez, in Guerrero, was shot dead, the Guerrero State Prosecutor’s Office reported Sunday, March 3, 2024. The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Guerrero reports that it initiated an investigation against those responsible for the crime of […]
Incredibly, two tourists survive a tremendous accident on the Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo highway
A couple of tourists from Guanajuato suffered a spectacular accident when they were traveling to Ixtapa on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. According to information from the authorities, the tourists from Guanajuato were traveling aboard a compact Honda brand vehicle, type CRV, white with GRU-287-E license plates on the Zihuatanejo-Lázaro Cárdenas national highway. Presumably, the victims […]
Mexican priests say they negotiated for a possible peace accord with drug cartel leaders
Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, one of the bishops said, and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he approves of such talks. The revelation by Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José de Jesús González Hernández, in remarks at a public appearance, illustrates […]
Taxco, Guerrero once the “Silver Capital”, now shuttered by gang killings and threats
The bullet-ridden bodies of two detectives were found on the outskirts of Taxco, a colonial town in central Mexico that draws throngs of tourists to its silver workshops, authorities said on Wednesday, January 24. Prosecutors in the violence-plagued state of Guerrero said the two detectives worked for the state prosecutor’s office and had been reported […]
Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not a Category 5 Hurricane
Author Acapulco wasn’t prepared when Hurricane Otis struck as a powerful Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2023. The short notice as the storm rapidly intensified over the Pacific Ocean wasn’t the only problem – the Mexican resort city’s buildings weren’t designed to handle anything close to Otis’ 165 mph winds. While Acapulco’s oceanfront high-rises were built […]