About three million barrels of oil a day move through the pipelines of the world’s sixth largest producer of oil. But thanks to a complex and secure distribution system, not FULL STORY
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The archives of all our Mexico news stories, gleaned from Spanish and English-language news sources, from newspapers to magazines to blogs.
Police deployment fails to curb crime
Not even 850 Federal Police (PF) officers deployed to Tamaulipas have been able to stop an upsurge of extortion and kidnappings in the central part of the state that prompted FULL STORY
MX to Trump: country not second deadliest
Mexico strongly refuted a tweet this week by U.S. President Donald Trump saying that Mexico is the second deadliest country in the world, following which the organization that originally published FULL STORY
Dog fights as sport now illegal in Mexico
The blood sport of dog fighting became illegal today in Mexico. Congress approved legislation two months ago to make it illegal to raise and train dogs for participating in fighting matches FULL STORY
How much land is 6x Cancún’s hotel zone?
Anyone familiar with the zona hotelera in the resort city of Cancún would know that there are scores of luxury hotels with lavish pool areas and views of tranquil turquoise FULL STORY
Soil is a challenge in building new airport
Since Aztec times construction projects in the Valley of Mexico have faced unique challenges because of the lake-covered topography and spongy underlying soil. Those same challenges remain today. But at FULL STORY
Heat wave continues; 52 C in forecast
Weekend forecasts for the state of Chihuahua are for temperatures even higher than those that brought a weather alert last week, when authorities warned of temperatures approaching 50 C. Temperatures are FULL STORY
Mexico remains No. 3 opium poppy producer
With 26,100 hectares dedicated to opium poppies, Mexico continues to be the third largest producer of the plant from which heroin is made, says the 2017 report of the UNODC, FULL STORY
ICA: freeway halted; Murat: no it’s not
The latest reports on the progress — of which there appears to have been none — give no completion date for an ambitious highway project in Oaxaca, which is not FULL STORY
Homicides up because suspects being freed
May’s record homicide numbers were the result of a measure that came with the new accusatory justice system, said the National Security Commissioner yesterday. Renato Sales Heredia said the charge FULL STORY
Investigation flawed in Narvarte murders
An independent human rights organization has charged that the investigation into a high-profile 2015 multi-homicide in Mexico City was deficient and poorly managed by an inept and inefficient system. The FULL STORY
August completion for theater restoration
A Guanajuato theater that dates back to the late 18th century is scheduled to reopen again in August after a seven-month renovation. The work on Guanajuato’s Teatro Principal, or Main FULL STORY
Elusive gang leader has town behind him
Despite months of efforts by security forces in Guerrero to track him down, the leader of the Tequileros crime gang has eluded all attempts at capture. Yesterday, the state coordinator FULL STORY
Rustlers sent message by Hidalgo ranchers
Don’t mess with cattle ranchers in Hidalgo, was the message driven home yesterday to five presumed rustlers. The subjects were allegedly caught red-handed as they loaded cattle into pickup trucks FULL STORY
Plant offers hope for treating breast cancer
A plant called chan, or pignut, used in a Chiapas community to treat cancer has caught the attention of researchers at the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN). An analysis of the tropical FULL STORY