Just after authorities closed some of the reefs due to disease, another threat to coral has been detected: sewage discharges from hotels.
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Pemex bribery mechanism revealed at meeting with Israeli investigators
Two senior Pemex officials were secretly recorded explaining how to pay bribes at the state oil company during a 2017 dinner.
Guadalajara police seek gang of robbers targeting churchgoers
Local and state authorities are collaborating with the Catholic church to apprehend a gang that has carried out four church robberies in the last two weeks.
UNAM scientist Valeria Souza named to prestigious US academy
A scientist at the National Autonomous University has become the fourth Mexican citizen to be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
9 businesses file charges against students for stealing from hijacked trucks
They filed criminal charges against students from a teacher training college in Michoacán for the theft of merchandise from trucks during roadblocks.
Employment numbers show some improvement
Monthly employment numbers showed gains for the first time in President López Obrador’s administration, although the increase was in temporary jobs.
Migrants didn’t get far: Chiapas caravan halted after 14 hours
The Mexico City-bound caravan that left the southern border city of Tapachula on Saturday was stopped and turned back 14 hours later.
Cartel ambush kills 14 state police officers in Aguililla, Michoacán
Presumed Jalisco cartel hitmen ambushed and killed 14 state police Monday morning in the Tierra Caliente municipality.
Narcos’ irrigation needs behind Oaxaca territorial dispute?
A community in Oaxaca has accused a neighboring town of ceding control of the only spring in the area to a drug trafficking organization.
3,000 community police set to take on Guerrero cartel
Community police are preparing an operation against the Cartel del Sur, a criminal organization they intend to ‘exterminate.’
Some state control over sales, distribution expected in marijuana law
A legalization bill to be presented in the Senate will stipulate some government control over sales and distribution, according to a Morena senator.
2 parades will celebrate Day of the Dead in Mexico City
The colorful floats, costumed dancers and music of two parades will celebrate the Day of the Dead in the capital this year.
Girl, 4, electrocuted after touching tracks at Hidalgo fair ride
Just a couple of weeks after two people died on a roller coaster at Mexico City a four-year-old girl was the victim of an accident at a fair in Pachuca.
Mexico City to invest 4 billion pesos in elevated trolleybus
Mexico City will invest almost 4 billion pesos in an elevated trolleybus line to improve transportation in Iztapalapa.
Sharp decline in growth is putting pressure on finances, IMF warns
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that fiscal pressures are mounting in Mexico while economic growth “has declined sharply.”
Almost 2,000 migrants give up waiting in Chiapas, head for Mexico City
Almost 2,000 undocumented migrants left the city of Tapachula Saturday to begin a journey north to Mexico City to seek support from President López Obrador.
Chapo University? Narco’s family plans school for indigenous in Sinaloa
Joaquín Guzmán’s family will build a university for indigenous students in Badiraguato, according to a lawyer who represented the convicted drug trafficker.
Female lawmaker complains like ‘a squealing pig, belongs in the kitchen’
An attempt to oust a female lawmaker from the presidency of the Morelos Congress descended on Friday into a misogynistic attack.
Schools closed in 6 Chihuahua communities after gunfight
Schools in six Chihuahua communities were closed after a gunfight between rival criminal organizations left two men dead earlier this week.
Double-digit tourism growth predicted at Jalisco’s haciendas and manors
Double-digit growth is predicted in visitor numbers at historical haciendas and manors, one of the unique experiences on offer.
Judges sweep away five suspensions holding back Santa Lucía airport
Federal judges have now annulled five of seven suspension orders that have delayed the start of construction at the Santa Lucía airport.
Bus races train to crossing in Querétaro: 9 dead, 13 injured
Nine people are dead after a transit bus driver in San Juan del Río attempted to race a train to a level crossing and lost.
Mexico City apologizes to woman jailed for nearly 7 years after illegal arrest
The city government offered a public apology to a woman who was wrongfully arrested on charges of kidnapping and homicide.
Michoacán teachers’ college students hijack 10 buses, trucks
Students from the Vasco de Quiroga teacher training college in Tiripetío hijacked at least 10 vehicles on the Morelia-Pátzcuaro highway on Friday morning.
Mexico No. 1 country in the world for workplace stress
Mexico has the highest rate of workplace stress in the world, according to the Secretariat of Labor and the International Labor Organization.
