Summer travel is typically slow in Puerto Vallarta. But not as slow as it is this year. Writer Charlotte Smith ponders why the city is so quiet right now.

Ohuira Bay communities in Sinaloa are looking at the most recent environmental plan for the controversial and nearly completed ammonia plant they've been fighting for over a decade.

César Gastélum is the ninth content creator murdered in Sinaloa since 2024. Sheinbaum said the case was discussed before the mañanera at Wednesday's federal security cabinet meeting, and authorities are working to detain the perpetrators.

Among Mexico's 32 federal entities, 20 recorded sequential contractions in the first quarter of the year, but Sinaloa's economic result was easily the worst.

From helping endangered sea turtle hatchlings reach the sea to beach quality issues, Puerto Vallarta is keeping a focus on its natural environment even as the city continues to grow.

The port city and tourist destination has suffered through ongoing violent incidents since the arrest of El Mayo in July of 2024, but this month has brought even more violence.

The Vallarta Botanical Gardens welcomed nearly 60,000 visitors last year, with admission fees helping to fund its true mission: to conserve endangered regional flora and fauna.

The move comes on the heels of the May cancellation of the even bigger “Perfect Day Mexico” megaproject on the Caribbean coast, perhaps signaling a growing official suspicion of large coastal construction projects.

Playa del Cuale in Puerto Vallarta and Playa Principal in Puerto Escondido are two of five beaches exceeding federal contamination limits. But 98.3% of the Mexican shoreline got a clean bill of health.

Beachgoers in Rincón de Guayabitos, Nayarit, were alarmed by what appeared to be a massive sargassum invasion — unusual for a Pacific coast typically seen as a haven from the smelly seaweed.