The number of cases rose to just under 1.59 million on Thursday while the official death toll reached 137,916 with 999 additional deaths.
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Fuel theft has supposedly declined, but the violence in Guanajuato has not
An apparent paradox has emerged in Guanajuato: petroleum pipeline theft has declined but high levels of violence continue.
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Ambassador says Mexico rejected offers of help to control arms trafficking
The federal government rejected an offer of equipment to help control illegal arms trafficking, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico said Thursday.
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Elections authority wants to stipulate what AMLO cannot say during campaign
The National Electoral Institute is considering putting strict limits on what the president can say in the lead-up to the elections in June.
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National Guard assumes policing duties after candidate’s murder
A day after the assassination of a Guanajuato politician, the National Guard and state police disarmed local police in Juventino Rosas.
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Ex-defense minister cleared of drug charges; AMLO claims US fabricated evidence
The Attorney General’s Office has exonerated former defense minister Salvador Cienfuegos of drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
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Superbowl avocado exports expected to be up 4% despite coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic won’t stop Mexico from sending a huge quantity of avocados to the US before the Super Bowl February 7.
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Of 324 Covid-free ‘municipalities of hope’ just 80 remain untouched by the virus
Mexico’s list of coronavirus-free “municipalities of hope” has dwindled from 324 to 80 in the space of eight months.
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Pemex workers file corruption charges against union officials
A group of current and former workers in Campeche have filed a complaint against their local union leader and a former secretary general.
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‘Searching Mothers’ turn up 19 secret graves in Guaymas, Sonora
The remains of at least 10 people were found in one of graves, which are located in Ortiz, Guaymas.
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Elections agency asks if reporters paid to ask questions of AMLO
The query arose after a question produced a lengthy and partisan response, triggering a complaint to the INE.
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Mexico City restaurants to reopen Monday with restrictions
The city government and restaurant owners have come to a tentative compromise that will allow restaurants to reopen Monday.
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Costly Pemex: former cash cow burned through US $15 billion in 2020
Propping up the state oil company is costing the cash-strapped government at least 1.4 points of GDP a year.
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Facebookóatl? AMLO moves to create social media network for Mexicans
A week after Donald Trump was kicked off Facebook and Twitter, the president floated the idea of creating a national social media network.
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Artisan’s teddy bears a comfort for those who have lost loved ones to Covid
The bears give them something to hold onto after their loved ones pass away: they are made from the Covid victims’ clothing.
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Australian designer accused of copying traditional Oaxacan huipil
Zimmermann has withdrawn a dress from its 2021 collection after accusations that it plagiarized the design of a huipil.
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AMLO’s flagship roadbuilding program hits a snag in Oaxaca
A recently built road that was part of a highly promoted federal program to connect remote towns may have to be relocated.
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Authorities investigate buffalo hunters in Coahuila
Environmental authorities have launched an investigation after a photograph appeared showing two men next to a buffalo they had killed.
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Mayor apprehended, tied to a tree for shoddy public works project
Eschewing bureaucratic legal processes to hold him accountable, residents of a Chiapas municipality took direct measures against their mayor.
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AMLO, elections authority face off over broadcast of press conference before elections
A battle is brewing over a possible ban on the transmission of the president’s daily press conferences during the lead-up to June elections.
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State legislator and mayoral hopeful murdered in Guanajuato
A Guanajuato state legislator who was hoping to run for mayor of Juventino Rosas was shot in the back and killed Tuesday morning.
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Valley of México within 53 hospital beds of predicted worst-case scenario
The number of Covid patients in hospitals in the Valley of México metro area is 53 short of the maximum predicted by in December.
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Oaxaca beach town parties stoke fears of virus spread
The state of Oaxaca is at the high risk level on the coronavirus stoplight map but that is not stopping beach parties in Puerto Escondido.
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Baseball stadium where AMLO’s brother’s team plays gets federal funds
The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Urban Planning awarded an 89-million-peso contract for the upgrade of a stadium in Chiapas.
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After 3-year delay, medical marijuana will be legal as of Wednesday
More than three years after Congress approved the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, it will finally become legal.
