A Canadian man was stabbed to death on Friday in what police have called a “crime of passion” but friends reject the conclusion.
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Vehicles left stranded on Sonora beach after surprise high tide
A rare high tide left at least 20 vehicles in the water — some more than half submerged — at La Cholla beach in Puerto Peñasco.
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First quarter sets new homicide record; numbers are up 10% over last year
Mexico has recorded its most violent first quarter in recent history with 7,242 homicide cases between January and March, up almost 10% over last year.
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Dog lover’s project installs feeding stations in Oaxaca city
A love for dogs inspired a young man to pursue a project to ensure that animals living on the street have something to eat and drink.
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Spanish hotelier to invest US $250 million in Riviera Maya project
Barceló Group will build a new resort and convention center in the Riviera Maya of Quintana Roo.
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Temporary migrant employment program begins in Chiapas
Immigration officials said registration has begunn for a temporary employment program for migrants, an initiative of the department of Social Wellbeing.
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Pipeline taps up 10% in February; Hidalgo leads with 994 of them
Illegal taps on petroleum pipelines increased in both January and February compared to the same months last year despite a crackdown on fuel theft.
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15 swimmers bitten by moray eels at Nayarit beach
Beachgoers in Compostela, Nayarit, suffered some nasty bites this week by moray eels.
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Fuel theft cartel issues second threat against AMLO
The Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel has issued another threat to President López Obrador to halt the fight against fuel theft and crime in Guanajuato.
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Veracruz massacre: 14 dead after gang opens fire during family party
Fourteen people including an infant boy were killed last night when armed men opened fire at a bar during a family celebration in Minatitlán.
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Couple have put beaches of eastern Yucatán on international tourism map
The eastern coast is far from an international tourism hot spot but things are starting to change thanks to an English woman and her Mexican husband.
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Oaxaca street vendor replaces Styrofoam with corn husks—and sales are up
Anyone with a hankering for a tasty snack served by an environmentally aware vendor should look out for “El Chuy” in downtown Oaxaca city.
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Juárez swamped with migrants; over 1,000 arrived in just 4 days this week
International migrants and Mexicans who have been deported from the US are flooding into the Chihuahua city, placing a heavy strain on local resources.
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Indigenous inmates in Chihuahua have their own Passion of Christ celebration
Easter is a major celebration across Mexico, even among indigenous Rareamuri inmates of a prison in Chihuahua.
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Are the beaches really clean? Don’t count on it, biologist warns
Beaches in Mexico may not be as safe as the federal government claims because their waters are tested with samples FULL STORY
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Two women attacked by family’s eight dogs
Two women were attacked and mauled this week by their own family’s eight dogs — six pit bulls and two Dalmatians.
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15,000 trucks stranded in Ciudad Juárez as border chaos enters week No. 4
Thousands of trucks are stranded in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and Tijuana, Baja California, as chaos at the northern border enters its fourth week.
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4 dead after gang attacks Celaya police station, frees jailed gang leader
Officials reported that uniformed men who identified themselves as judicial police entered a police station and proceeded to the cells.
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Kidnapped baby found; she was sold for 3,000 pesos and a gold chain
A couple from México state have confessed to paying 3,000 pesos and a gold chain for an eight-month-old baby that was kidnapped in Mexico City on Sunday.
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Feds allocate 386 million pesos for new dam in Nuevo León
The federal government has agreed to provide 386 million pesos to build a new dam in the south of the state, the governor said.
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Mexico, Canada to sign aircraft maintenance agreement
Mexico will sign an agreement with Canada this month to provide maintenance for Canadian planes, an air force general announced yesterday.
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17 bodies found in secret graves on Zapopan property
A total of 17 bodies have been recovered from a property in the Zapopan neighborhood of Colli Urbano, part of the greater Guadalajara area.
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5 homicide suspects jailed 11 years ago are still awaiting trial
Five men arrested for homicide have spent almost 12 years in preventive imprisonment awaiting trial in Baja California.
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New secret cemetery in Veracruz contains at least 36 graves
A property with a large number of hidden graves has been located in La Antigua, Veracruz, the state attorney general said yesterday.
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3 Jalisco cartel hitmen get sentences of 17 to 37 years
Three members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel who had been active in the Lagos de Moreno region of Jalisco have been sentenced for drug trafficking.