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‘We have to do something to catch the bad guys:’ robbery victim
A Mexico City woman whose purse was stolen in a coffee shop pulled off a rare feat: she personally caught the perpetrators.
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Lax laws have turned Jalisco’s Santiago River into a disaster
Heavily contaminated Santiago River is “a powerful example of Mexico’s failure to protect its environment,” according to a report by The New York Times.
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Some happy thoughts for the new year: security analyst sees five reasons for hope
Things are looking rough from a security standpoint but there are reasons to be optimistic, says an often gloomy analyst.
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Economics put men to work at embroidery in Oaxaca town
‘To be an embroiderer in Santa Rosa is not a woman’s thing, it is nothing more than an economic thing,’ an embroiderer explains.
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Guerrero police strike over uniforms and equipment
Police in San Marcos, Guerrero, are off the job to demand better equipment and reject a life insurance policy provided by the local government.
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Ban on plastic bags takes effect Wednesday in Mexico City
The ban on single-use plastic bags takes effect following the passage of a law by the capital’s Congress in May.
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US returns 3,500 copper coins that were in use more than 500 years ago
The United States returned a collection of over 3,500 pre-Hispanic copper coins to Mexican authorities in a ceremony in Miami on Monday.
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University promotes UNESCO geopark in Querétaro
The park would encompass the Peña de Bernal, one of the world’s largest monoliths, as well as the area known as the Sacred Triangle of Querétaro.
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Challenge for vanilla growers is hiding crops from thieves
It’s a good and bad time to be a vanilla grower in Veracruz: vanilla is currently selling for about 10,000 pesos (US $530) a kilo.
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