Playa del Carmen, Mexico, (EFE).- The Mexican Caribbean is facing one of its worst sargassum seasons in recent years, with over 20,000 tons of seaweed already collected in the first half of 2024, a troubling sign as the summer tourist season begins, officials warned Wednesday. “We’re already exceeding 20,000 tons this season. We’ve seen especially … Read more
By Ana Baez Mexico City, May 10 (EFE). – Thousands of mothers marched on Saturday, ahead of Mothers’ Day in Mexico, to demand truth, justice, and reparations for over 127,000 people who have disappeared in the country, demanding that those dedicated to searching for their loved ones not disappear or be murdered. “We’re living in … Read more
By Ana Báez Mexico City (EFE).- There are over 127,000 missing persons who remain uned for, being searched for by their families in Mexico in the absence of an official response in their relatives’ cases. “When the authorities say there are no enforced disappearances, they are insulting them,” said the executive director of Amnesty International … Read more
Mexico City, (EFE).- Mexico City has launched the “Violet Glasses” initiative within its massive surveillance system, aiming to incorporate a gender perspective to detect and prevent violence against women. The program operates through the city’s C5 center: Mexico City’s Command, Control, Computing, Communications, and Citizen hub, which manages over 80,000 security cameras, the largest … Read more
New York, US, Feb 28 (EFE). – Mexican kingpins, co-founder and leader of the now-defunct Guadalajara Cartel, Rafael Caro Quintero (RCQ), and former Juarez Cartel leader Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, known as “El Viceroy,” pleaded not guilty on Friday in federal court in the Eastern District of New York to charges that could carry the death … Read more
International desk, Sep 25 (EFE).- Pedro Sánchez, the president of the Spanish government, said on Wednesday that the Mexican government’s decision not to invite King Felipe VI to the inauguration of president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum was “unacceptable” and “inexplicable.” Spain announced on Tuesday night that it would not be sending a representative to Sheinbaum’s inauguration on … Read more
By Juan Manuel Blanco Tapachula, Mexico, Feb 2 (EFE). – The city of Tapachula, on Mexico’s southern border, closed 2023 with the highest inflation in the country amid an unprecedented migration crisis, local business organizations warned Friday. The city had an annual inflation rate of 7.17%, above Mexico’s national average of 4.66%, according to the … Read more
Mexico City, Jan 12 (EFE).- Mexican LGBT groups demanded justice on Friday after the murder of Miriam Ríos, a trans member of the opposition Civic Movement (MC) party, in the western state of Michoacán. “We strongly condemn the transfeminicide of a fellow activist, an LGBTI+ leader. A precious woman of our community, an active member … Read more
Hermosillo, Mexico, Jan 10 (EFE).- The Attorney General’s Office of the Mexican state of Sonora announced Wednesday that it is investigating the femicide of the governor of the Cucapah ethnic group, Aronia Wilson Tambo, and that it has a suspect in custody. The crime occurred on Tuesday in the binational indigenous community of Pozas of … Read more
Mexico City, Dec 27 (EFE).- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Wednesday to address the resurgence of migratory flows that led to the closure of border checkpoints for several days in the last month. The emergency meeting at the National Palace in Mexico comes as a caravan … Read more
Mexico City, Dec 19 (EFE).- The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, described on Tuesday the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, of “having bad blood” for his recent measures that allow United States police officers to detain and deport migrants. “He has bad blood, he is an evil man from evil-land,” said the president, … Read more
Mexico City, Dec 18 (EFE).- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Monday that the massacre of 12 young people early Sunday morning in Guanajuato, central Mexico, was linked to a “structural problem” in the region caused by increased drug use. “Guanajuato needs special attention. There is a deep structural problem, something that has … Read more
