A couple who admitted to killing at least 20 women have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 13-year-old girl in 2012.
Stories by Peter Davies
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Longtime Pemex union boss linked to corruption remains on company payroll
He resigned as secretary general of the Pemex worker’s union in late 2019 but Carlos Romero remains on the state oil company’s payroll.
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Fisheries audit: 43 species consumed by Mexicans are threatened
Almost half of the fish species commonly eaten by Mexicans are in ‘serious decline,’ according to the ocean conservation organization Oceana.
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Due to Covid, foreign investment fell 11.7% last year
Foreign investment in Mexico slumped in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused a sharp contraction in money flows around the world.
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Texas puts temporary ban on gas exports; Mexico asks US for guaranteed supply
The federal government has asked the US to guarantee the supply of natural gas after Texas placed a ban on the fuel leaving the state.
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‘A great feat:’ CFE chief says utility succeeded in averting ‘total disaster’
Reestablishing electricity generation after a major outage on Monday was ‘a great feat,’ Manuel Bartlett said Thursday.
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‘Break the chauvinist pact:’ critics rally against candidate accused of rape
Thousands of Mexicans are demanding that the president withdraw his support for a Guerrero candidate accused of rape.
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Poverty levels moved up 3 points to 40.7% last year
Monthly income wasn’t enough to purchase a basic selection of foodstuffs, the monthly cost of which is about 1,700 pesos.
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Morena party divided over candidate accused of sexual assault
Sharp divisions have emerged within the ruling party over whether its candidate in Guerrero is the right person to contest the election.
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Foreign minister, Mexico City mayor lead poll to succeed AMLO in 2024
Marcelo Ebrard and Claudia Sheinbaum are the leading contenders to become the ruling party’s candidate in the next presidential election.
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Diversify energy sources, boost storage capacity, experts urge
Mexico needs to diversify its power generation sources and increase storage capacity to avoid more major blackouts, according to experts.
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Blackouts extended to 29 states; gas control center issues alert over shortage
Blackouts occurred in 29 states on Tuesday night, far more than anticipated as Mexico continues to experience a natural gas shortage.
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Exhibition marks 190th anniversary of revolutionary general’s murder
Independence hero and former president Vicente Guerrero died almost two centuries ago but a new exhibition is helping keep his memory alive.
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12 states will see random, rolling blackouts from 6:00-11:00 p.m. Tuesday
There will be random, rolling cuts to power supply in 12 states on Tuesday night, the National Energy Control Center (Cenace) announced.
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Mexico to raise objection at UN to global ‘inequality’ in access to vaccines
Countries that produce the Covid-19 shots have high vaccination rates whereas they are much lower in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Interruption in gas supply will cost industry 18bn pesos: business leader
The industrial sector in the north will see losses of 18 billion pesos (US $890.9 million) over the next four days, a business leader warns.
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Wearing a face mask indicates a lack of faith in God: bishop
A Catholic bishop in Tamaulipas has asserted that wearing a face mask indicates a lack of faith in God, sparking controversy on social media.
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AMLO wants to revive Spanish royal tradition, install National Palace governor
President López Obrador has ordered the revival of a largely ceremonial government position that hasn’t existed for over a hundred years.
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Families of missing in Jalisco take courses in search techniques
A Jalisco woman whose son was kidnapped in 2018 and never seen again is offering classes on search procedures.
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Natural gas shortage triggers major power outage; nearly 5 million affected
Almost 5 million people in northern Mexico were affected by an outage on Monday morning due to an interruption in the natural gas supply.
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Vaccination brigades begin inoculating seniors in remote, rural communities
The vaccination of seniors against Covid-19 is underway in marginalized, mostly rural municipalities across Mexico.
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A year after arrest of ex-Pemex boss, little progress seen in Odebrecht corruption case
A year after Emilio Lozoya was arrested in Spain, scant progress has been made in the Odebrecht corruption case.
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Covid takes its toll on job creation; January’s numbers lowest in seven years
A spike in coronavirus cases and a consequent tightening of restrictions put the brakes on the economic recovery.
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Coronavirus stoplight map changes color as new case numbers show decline
Mexico will have just two maximum risk red light states as of Monday, according to the updated coronavirus stoplight map, a reduction of 11.
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Stoplight to turn orange for Mexico city, México state after 8 weeks at maximum risk red
After remaining at the maximum risk level on the coronavirus stoplight map for eight weeks, both will switch to high risk orange on Monday.
