El Jalapeño is Mexico News Daily’s satirical corner, where familiar headlines and everyday Mexican realities get a deliberately absurd twist. From a fisherman claiming a U.S. Navy torpedo as his latest catch to chilangos taking pride in gridlock and a decades-long “ahorita,” these fictional stories use humor to spotlight the quirks, frustrations and shared cultural references that make life in Mexico so memorable. Every El Jalapeño story is satire—not real news.
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An Ensenada fisherman trolling for dorado reeled in a 600-pound U.S. Navy training torpedo instead, and is refusing to give it back.
Mexico City residents took to the streets to celebrate, albeit slowly, after officially reclaiming the title of “world’s worst traffic.”
The nonexplosive device was lost by the U.S. Navy off the Southern California coast, after which it drifted into Mexican waters. The torpedo was returned to the U.S. defense attaché…
The Mexican capital is far from alone. Almost half of the world’s 20 most congested cities are in Latin America, according to traffic monitor TomTom, who used GPS data to…
