“What’s happening to our forests hurts,” said firefighter Jacobo Rivera López, who fought the wildfires in the Morelos preserve this week.
Stories by Peter Davies
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Government signed 4 contracts to conduct cell phone espionage
In 2019 and 2020, the federal Attorney General’s office spent US $5.6 million on programs to track cell phones and collect internet use data.
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Sargassum arrivals leave low to moderate accumulations on Quintana Roo beaches
The ocean weed’s annual season is well and truly underway: large quantities have washed up on beaches in Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Cozumel.
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Study finds higher Covid mortality rate in public sector healthcare
According to the report, the higher death rates were partly due to a lack of medical personnel well-trained in respiratory care.
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Michoacán governor confirms that Aguililla being held hostage by feuding cartels
Silvano Aureoles has finally conceded that the town of Aguililla is being held hostage by two feuding criminal organizations.
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Senate approves cell phone users registry that will collect biometric data
Privacy advocates say a new law requiring mobile customers to give the government iris scans or other such information is unconstitutional.
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Canadian airlines extend their suspension of Mexico flights
WestJet announced it was extending its suspension until June 4 while Air Canada said it wouldn’t take passengers to sun destinations in May.
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Science agency celebrates Mexican vaccine that in fact was developed in US
The National Council of Science and Technology and the president both erroneously attributed a supposed ‘motherland vaccine’ to Mexico.
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Business as usual: despite troop deployments migrants continue crossing southern border
Border closures and troop deployments haven’t stopped Central Americans from flowing into Mexico, hoping to make it to the United States.
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Elections body ratifies disqualification of candidates; ‘It’s an attack on democracy:’ AMLO
Félix Salgado and Raúl Morón say they will appeal Tuesday’s decision by the National Electoral Institute.
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13% don’t want a Covid shot; most want to wait and see its effects: poll
A Mitofsky consulting agency survey found that of those inclined to wait on vaccination, almost 20% want to see the effects on others first.
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30 marines arrested in connection with 2014 disappearances
The soldiers were detained in a case related to persons reported missing more than six years ago in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
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Mexicans are heading to US again: massive increase in migration recorded
So far In 2021, United States border agents have detained 147,000 Mexican migrants, two-thirds of all such arrests made in 2020.
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400 forced from their homes by Jalisco cartel in the last 2 weeks
About 80 families have had to start their lives over from scratch after criminals ordered them at gunpoint to abandon their communities.
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Would-be candidate threatens to track down elections agency councilors
Disqualified gubernatorial hopeful Félix Salgado said he and supporters would find INE’s councilors if he’s not put on the June 6 ballot.
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WHO study estimates Mexico’s handling of Covid crisis cost 190,000 lives
The World Health Organization says the deaths could have been avoided with better management of the pandemic.
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Child soldiers of Guerrero call out for government aid against the narcos
The boys, toting firearms and sticks, marched in formation in their community as a show of force against gangs who would target their town.
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US retirees caught in middle of Baja California land dispute
In a beachfront residential development near Rosarito, US citizens say they’ve been denied access to their own homes for months.
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State police take over in Tulum; municipal officers sent off for training
Citing constant acts of abuse by the resort town’s police force, Quintana Roo’s security chief said that his ministry has taken charge.
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Disqualified candidate threatens to prevent elections from taking place in Guerrero
Disqualified gubernatorial hopeful Félix Salgado told supporters that voting in the state on June 6 won’t happen if he’s not allowed to run.
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Private doctors unhappy after AMLO tells them to wait their turn for Covid vaccine
President López Obrador has raised the ire of private sector health workers after telling them to wait their turn for access to vaccination.
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Gunfire rings out again in Aguililla, where residents are fed up with the violence
Gunshots rang out once again in the Michoacán city as a bloody turf war between the Jalisco cartel and the Cárteles Unidos continues.
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For 8 states, Covid stoplight will be green: Nuevo León, Oaxaca rated low risk
Mexico will have 8 low risk states during the next two weeks after the Health Ministry presented an updated coronavirus stoplight map.
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Journalist who published video of migrant’s murder accuses cops of robbery
Journalist Francisco Canul says he believes that the break-in into his Tulum home was done by local police in retaliation.
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Cancún airport arrivals reach 1.57 million, highest since February 2020
Incoming passenger traffic to the Quintana Roo beach destination is the highest it’s been since before the Covid-19 pandemic began.
