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Mexico’s fastest-growing states aren’t the ones having the most children
Why are Quintana Roo and Baja California Sur leading the country for population growth, even as their birth rates plummet?
Authorities present 4 new lines of investigation in Ayotzinapa case
Deputy Interior Minister Arturo Medina and Mauricio Pazarán presented on Monday four lines of investigation they consider to be new and relevant to advancing the case of 43 students who were disappeared in Guerrero in 2014, for which there have been hundreds of arrests but no convictions.
Oaxaca AG launches investigations into 6 municipal presidents with alleged organized...
All six cases described by Attorney General Bernardo Rodríguez are related to Juchitán — the third-largest city in Oaxaca — and feature a wide variety of charges related to alleged organized crime activities.
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How Oaxaca’s La Ventanilla turned tourism into conservation
After providing a sanctuary for sea turtles, crocodiles and the mangroves that protect the Oaxaca coast, La Ventanilla emerged as one of Mexico's best ecotourism destinations.
The strange, ancient bird hiding in Mexico’s cloud forests
The endangered horned guan is found only Guatemala and parts of Chiapas, but this strange and wonderful bird is worth seeing in the wild, writes Bob Pateman.
Mayor of Juchitán, Oaxaca, arrested over alleged CJNG ties, triggering blockades and protests
Juchitán, Oaxaca mayor Miguel Sánchez Altamirano was detained on extortion charges over alleged ties to CJNG-linked group Los Cromos, triggering road blockades and protests.
Hurricane Polo, having regained strength, drenches the Pacific coast and heads for Baja
The Pacific cyclone has behaved oddly, intensifying from a “disorganized tropical depression” to a dangerous Category 5 hurricane with unprecedented speed, and reaching high temperatures unrecorded since 2005.
Southwest residents on alert as ‘dangerous’ Hurricane Polo moves up Mexico’s Pacific coast
The Category 5 hurricane triggered school closings in Guerrero and Michoacán and is dumping rain on southwestern states. It is expected to continue to do both at least through Wednesday.
Mass nesting event brings more than 100,000 olive ridley sea turtles to Oaxaca’s Playa...
As high as that figure sounds, only about 30%-40% of the eggs are likely to hatch, and then it's thought that perhaps one in a thousand of the resulting hatchlings reach adulthood.
Hurricane Polo expected to reach Category 5 as it nears Mexico’s Pacific coast
After developing into a tropical storm Sunday evening, Polo strengthened into a hurricane Monday morning and could reach Category 5 by midweek.
Why pozole is more than just a Mexican stew
Was pozole made from human remains? Probably not, but that doesn't mean this iconic Mexican stew's history is any less fascinating.
Fire damages 108 stalls in Acapulco’s Central Market
Officials identified a short circuit as the possible cause of the worst blaze to hit the market since 2023.
Women farmers in Oaxaca, Guerrero report catastrophic drought
Two farming associations called on state and federal authorities to declare a climate emergency in drought-affected areas of Oaxaca and Guerrero and establish programs aimed at guaranteeing food sovereignty and supporting female farmers.
