Porter likes to tout its emphasis on passenger comfort, with no middle seats and free beer and wine served in glassware. (Porter Airlines/Facebook)
Toronto-based Porter Airlines has announced new flights from Canada to two of Mexico’s most popular resort destinations.
Starting in November of this year, the flights will depart from Toronto Pearson (YYZ), Ottawa (YOW) and Hamilton (YHM) airports to Cancún (CUN), Quintana Roo and Puerto Vallarta (PVR), Jalisco.
Con sus tres rutas, tienes más formas de conectar con este destino único:
🛬 Ahora tienes más aerolíneas para llegar a Toronto y Ottawa.
🆕 Y Hamilton se une al mapa desde @VallartaAirport.
— Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (@aeropuertosGAP) June 25, 2025
The Mexican destinations are part of a Porter expansion to Latin American and Caribbean beach spots that also include Nassau, The Bahamas (NAS), Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (GCM), and Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR).
The new routes will operate onboard 132-seat Embraer E195-E2 aircraft.
These are the services to Mexican cities:
To
From
Peak weekly departures
Start date
Cancún
Toronto Pearson
7
Nov. 5, 2025
Ottawa
3
Dec. 17, 2025
Hamilton
4
Dec. 17, 2025
Puerto Vallarta
Toronto Pearson
3
Nov. 14, 2025
Ottawa
2
Dec. 13, 2025
Hamilton
2
Dec. 18, 2025
“This is a significant development for anyone who wants to fly with Porter to more places and experience our award-winning service that focuses on making flying enjoyable for economy travelers,” Jackson said.
Jackson was referring to Porter’s emphasis on comfort. There are no middle seats on Porter flights and the free beer and wine are served in glassware.
No other airline connects Hamilton to Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, so the new flight is welcomed by Jalisco officials.
“We are very pleased with the growth of the Canadian market in Jalisco,” said state Tourism Minister Michelle Fridman Hirsch. “This is a key moment to strengthen our ties, highlight the closeness and affinity we share, and make it clear [that] in Jalisco we welcome Canadians with open arms.”.
She pointed out that with this new route, Jalisco is now connected with 17 airports across Canada.
Air passenger movement between Canada and Mexico is on the rise, finally surpassing pre-pandemic numbers. According to the newspaper El Imparcial, the 5.3 million passengers between the two countries in 2024 marked a 10.41% increase over the 4.8 million in 2019.
In contrast, Mexican tourism to the United States has recently decreased.
Amalia Alejandra Hernández, a member of a search collective called Desaparecidos Tetelcingo y Jojutla, told reporters that 10 to 12 of the bodies were of babies and 10 to 12 were of women. (X)
Amnesty International has expressed its “profound concern” over the “alleged irregular burial” of at least 60 people, including 10 babies, in a mass grave in the central Mexican state of Morelos.
People searching for their missing loved ones said on Sunday that at least 60 bodies had been uncovered in a common grave in a cemetery in the community of Pedro Amaro, located in the municipality of Jojutla, Morelos.
However, the Morelos Attorney General’s Office (FGE) said on Monday that media reports on the discovery of bodies in the grave were inaccurate.
Members of the search collectives accuse the FGE of essentially dumping unidentified bodies in the mass grave in the cemetery in Jojutla, located around 50 kilometers south of Cuernavaca. The deceased persons buried in the grave were presumably victims of murder in most cases.
Amnesty International’s view
In a statement posted to social media on Tuesday, Amnesty International Mexico expressed its “profound concern about the alleged irregular burial of at least 60 people and 10 babies in a common grave in Pedro Amaro, Jojutla, Morelos.”
“This could represent a serious violation of the right to the truth, justice and reparation for the victims and their families,” Amnesty International said.
The non-governmental organization made five demands of the Morelos Attorney General’s Office:
Continue excavations with specialized personnel.
Guarantee the participation of search collectives.
Carry out investigations and identify the exhumed bodies.
Don’t stigmatize or re-victimize those who observe and document (the process).
Publish the results of the genetic profiles of all people found.
“Common graves cannot continue being a synonym of impunity,” Amnesty International said.
“The victims and their families deserve truth and justice.”
🔴 Amnistía Internacional expresa su profunda preocupación por la presunta inhumación irregular de al menos 60 personas y 10 bebés en una fosa común en Pedro Amaro, #Jojutla, Morelos.
Este hecho podría representar una grave violación al derecho a la verdad, la justicia y la… pic.twitter.com/5zyrNR6kJ4
— Amnistía Int. México (@amnistiamexico) June 24, 2025
Searching mother: ‘We hadn’t seen a situation like this before’
Patricia García Navaro, a mother whose son disappeared in Cuautla, Morelos, in 2022, told the newspaper La Jornada that the mass grave “belongs to the Attorney General’s Office.”
She accused the FGE of burying the bodies of unidentified people in the grave, and asserted that the bodies hadn’t been subjected to autopsies.
The “fight” now is to determine the identity of the people whose bodies are in the grave, García Navaro said.
“We’ve been here for four weeks and we’re very tired because it’s only us,” she said, referring to herself and other mothers of missing persons.
Romana García Miranda, another madre buscadora (searching mother), told La Jornada that “things are coming out that we never imagined.”
“… We hadn’t seen a situation like this before. We’re not just looking for our children,” said García Miranda, whose son disappeared in 2021.
“We’re looking for everyone who is missing. That’s why we’re fighting so much for the identification [of bodies],” she said.
Attorney General for Morelos Edgar Maldonado met with search collective representatives and members on Tuesday to share information and establish dialogue. (@notimpactomor/X)
García Miranda said that the attorney general of Morelos, Edgar Maldonado, had shown only limited interest in their search for their missing loved ones.
“Hopefully he and the entire country hear our clamor [for justice] and join us with a little bit of empathy,” she said.
Amalia Alejandra Hernández, a member of a search collective called Desaparecidos Tetelcingo y Jojutla, told reporters that more than 60 bodies have been exhumed from the mass grave at the cemetery in Pedro Amaro. She said that 10 to 12 of the bodies were of babies and 10 to 12 were of women.
Hernández also said that separate bone remains have been found in the grave.
The common grave has been searched on three previous occasions by search collectives — in 2017, in 2022 and in 2024 — and scores of bodies were previously exhumed. A fourth phase of excavation of the grave began in late May and continued until June 19 when adverse weather conditions created a safety risk at the site.
The news agency EFE reported that “between 2015 and 2017, [search] collectives and relatives of missing people demonstrated that the Morelos Attorney General’s Office irregularly buried dozens of bodies in common graves, many with signs of violence and without a prior investigation [being carried out], ignoring the relevant protocols.”
The Morelos Attorney General’s Office published a statement on Monday to respond to media reports about the discovery of at least 60 bodies in the grave.
The FGE said that reports referring to the “supposed recovery” of more than 60 bodies and “a dozen skeletal remains” lacked “veracity.”
It asserted that the reports included “unconfirmed information that creates social alarm and disinformation.”
The FGE didn’t, however, provide an alternative figure on the number of bodies found in the grave in recent weeks.
The grave in question has been searched on three previous occasions by search collectives — in 2017, in 2022 and in 2024 — and scores of bodies were previously exhumed. (@MarioBeteta/X)
“The technical expert report is currently being prepared and will be presented in accordance with the criteria of responsibility, transparency and strict compliance with the law,” the Attorney General’s Office said.
It said that the report will be presented publicly this week after it has been disclosed to members of search collectives.
The FGE also said that it “maintains its commitment to the victims and the right to truth.”
“For that reason, a new meeting with the representatives of the collectives will be held,” it said.
Attorney General Maldonado met with search collective representatives and members on Tuesday.
The objective of the meeting, the FGE said in a statement, was to “review progress, share information and strengthen permanent dialogue about the exhumation work being carried out at the common grave in the cemetery” in Pedro Amaro.
“During the meeting, the attorney general expressed the institutional will to accompany the processes of truth and justice that the families have demanded for years,” the FGE said.
“… One of the main agreements was to develop genetic profiles of the remains found during the fourth phase of judicial intervention at the ‘Pedro Amaro’ cemetery,” the Attorney General’s Office said.
“… The attorney general reported that the exhumation work, which was temporarily suspended last Friday due to the risk of collapse of a wall adjacent to the excavation area, will resume as soon as the structural safety of the area is guaranteed,” the FGE said.
“In response to requests made, the Attorney General’s Office opened the door to the inclusion of independent experts [in the excavation and exhumation process] and will consider bringing in specialists in archaeology and physical anthropology, with the aim of ensuring a more robust and respectful technical intervention,” it said.
The burial of unidentified bodies in common graves is a common practice in Mexico
Thousands of unidentified bodies — many of which correspond to people who were victims of abduction and murder — are typically buried in common graves every year in Mexico, a country where well over 100,000 people are officially classified as missing.
In Morelos, among the other places where the FGE is said to have buried unidentified bodies in common graves is Tetelcingo, located in the municipality of Cuautla. Dozens of bodies were found in a common grave in the town more than a decade ago.
“Afterwards, during search work, relatives [of missing people] continued their investigations to Jojutla, where they found a similar situation,” El País said.
Javier Sicilia, a poet and activist whose son was murdered in Morelos in 2011, has said that “the graves of Tetelcingo and Jojutla are proof of how the state is criminal.”
“… In Tetelcingo and Jojutla it is confirmed that the state also disappears people,” he said.
¡Aguas con la lluvia! (Carolina Jiménez/Cuartoscuro)
June 2025 has been the rainiest month in Mexico City in the last two decades, drenching the capital with an exceptional volume of rainfall that has battered the city’s battalion of umbrellas to the point of surrender — with three months of rain remaining.
In the past 25 days, more than 220 million cubic meters of water have fallen on the capital, an unprecedented figure in the last 21 years, according to the Ministry of Water and Sustainable Management (Segiagua).
“We’re breaking a rainfall record. This June, which isn’t even over yet, already has the highest rainfall recorded in the last 21 years, and that record may be broken [by the end of the month],” José Mario Esparza, head of the Segiagua, said at a press conference.
Officials added that no serious damage has been reported thanks to the proper functioning of the deep drainage system. However, trash obstructing hydraulic infrastructure is an ongoing problem in the capital.
This month’s heavy rains are due to a combination of meteorological factors, including the El Niño weather phenomenon, which increased the number and intensity of tropical cyclones in the Pacific and Atlantic, raising the probability of rainfall above the historical average.
Near-constant rainfall has impacted almost every state during June, with particular severity in Mexico City, where flooding, fallen trees and road damage have been reported following major deluges on June 2, 16 and 22. In Jalisco, all regions exceeded the normal statistical averages for June precipitation. Other impacted states include Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Nayarit, Michoacán, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Puebla, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo.
☔️💧La #lluvia de esta tarde dejó #encharcamientos sobre los carriles centrales de Ignacio Zaragoza a la altura de la colonia Federal en la @A_VCarranza
El gobierno de la capital activó alerta amarilla por presencia de lluvias en las 16 alcaldías de la #CDMX.
Authorities have issued alerts for flooding, landslides and rising rivers, recommending that the population take precautions and stay informed about the possibility of continued rain in the coming weeks.
Nationwide, June 2024 was the rainiest month in Mexico since 1941, per the National Water Commission (Conagua). The average of 148.7 millimeters of rain recorded throughout the country one year ago represented 49% more than the usual rainfall total for this time of year (99.8 mm).
In Mexico City, a total of 154.4 mm of rain would be considered normal for the month of June 2025, according to Conagua. With only five days left in June, we will soon see how much rainfall Mexico City has accumulated.
Within eyeshot of the Colima Volcano, the Hacienda de San Antonio provides a remarkable stay on a historic property. (Hacienda de San Antonio)
As expats living in Dubai and far away from our families, opportunities to travel without our six-year-old daughter are rare for my husband and me. But on a return trip to Mexico this spring, we jumped at the chance of a short getaway to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary — and we treated ourselves.
After years of being obsessed with this hotel, we booked a two-night stay at what is arguably the most extraordinary property we’ve ever experienced: the Hacienda de San Antonio.
The story of the Hacienda de San Antonio dates back to 1879, when it began as a coffee plantation. (Hacienda de San Antonio)
From coffee plantation to hacienda
Set amidst lush jungle in the state of Colima with dramatic views of the Colima volcano, this 19th-century hacienda used to be a coffee plantation owned by German businessman Arnoldo Vogel and his Mexican wife Doña Clotilde Vogel. The story goes that the Arabica coffee produced in these highlands was served to the German royal family.
In the late 1970s, the hacienda was sold to Bolivian mining tycoon Don Antenor Patiño, who ten years later sold it to his son in law, Sir John Goldsmith. Before acquiring the hacienda, Sir John had bought the property where he would later build one of Mexico’s most exclusive hotels: Cuixmala.
For years, the Hacienda de San Antonio was the Goldsmith family’s country house until they renovated it and turned it into a luxurious boutique hotel.
The journey to the hacienda from Guadalajara took 2.5 hours. We traveled there in March, one of the driest and dustiest months in western Mexico, so the scenery wasn’t particularly inviting: sunbaked mountains, leafless trees and brownish hills. However, after passing the wooden sign that read “Hacienda de San Antonio,” the vegetation turned lush and vividly green.
A warm welcome at the Hacienda de San Antonio
Hacienda de San Antonio | 2024
We drove to the building following a path lined by towering trees and dense jungle. Rays of sunlight filtered through the tree canopy, and birds chirped as if announcing our arrival. At the end of the path, a perfectly groomed green lawn extended in front of us, with the hacienda standing majestically at the far edge. For three days, we forgot it was the dry season.
The hotel staff was already waiting for us at the front entrance. We were greeted with wet wipes scented with lavender from the hacienda’s fields and juice made from the fruits of its orchard.
After check-in, one of the hotel staff members gave us a tour of the property. We began with the chapel, which sits at one end of the building. It was built in 1913 following a volcanic eruption that threatened to destroy the coffee plantations. Doña Clotilde, who had prayed to Saint Anthony for a miracle during the eruption, not only built a chapel in his honor to thank him for sparing her land but also renamed the property after him.
We then explored the rest of the property. The more we walked around the grounds, the more we felt like leaving the noisy world behind and entering a parallel universe where the hacienda and its grounds kept the real world at bay.
There’s a sprawling garden with winding fountains inspired by Moorish architecture. A tennis court hidden behind thick vegetation, a living room with a grand piano, huge wooden chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and a fireplace for cold nights. The Hacienda de San Antonio also boasts two libraries and a room with chess tables and a bar that makes you feel like a character in a movie from Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinema. But it was probably the checkered pool surrounded by palm trees and bougainvillea where we spent most of our time.
Living off the land
Rancho El Jabalí produces much of the food served at the hacienda. (Hacienda de San Antonio)
The restaurant served authentic Mexican dishes prepared with produce grown on the adjacent El Jabalí ranch, which is also part of the property. The butter, cream and any dairy products we ate, including Parmesan cheese, were made with milk from the ranch’s cows. The steaks came directly from the hacienda’s farm, as did the honey and most of the fruits and vegetables.
“We like to serve only the healthiest produce,” Jacobo, one of the hotel’s waiters, told me during our first meal at the hotel. We were sitting on the terrace overlooking the sprawling fountains and hills beyond the property. “Almost all the produce that we use here comes from El Jabalí or from Cuixmala, like the papaya. Except for apples, peaches and some other fruits and vegetables, we grow everything here,” he said.
We didn’t have time to explore the Jabalí ranch, but Antonio “Toro” Mejía, one of the hotel’s staff members, took us on a short excursion to El Jabalí, one of the property’s two lagoons, on our last day. We started by visiting the waterfall that feeds the lagoon — where I had a quick but refreshing dip — followed by a paddleboarding experience, where I also got a chance to swim.
This was probably my favorite part of the trip. It was early morning, the air was crisp and the sky was impossibly blue. We were surrounded by wild vegetation and even spotted a few eagles. What more could we ask for? It really put into perspective the way we live now. Why has enjoying some unaltered nature become a paid experience?
But it is what it is, and I would pay every penny again to stay at this remarkable hotel.
Gabriela Solis is a Mexican lawyer turned full-time writer. She was born and raised in Guadalajara and covers business, culture, lifestyle and travel for Mexico News Daily. You can follow her lifestyle blog Dunas y Palmeras.
June brings a blend of positive developments as well as a U.S. security alert for travelers to Puerto Vallarta. (Emmanuel Appiah/Unsplash)
Development, luxury projects, and security concerns dominate this week’s news along Mexico’s Pacific coast and in Puerto Vallarta. In Riviera Nayarit, hospitality continues to grow with the rebranding of Fiesta Americana Nuevo Vallarta and the upcoming debut of the adults-only Unico 20°105° Hotel Vallarta.
Meanwhile, Puerto Vallarta is investing in urban revitalization and public health. Among its plans include a new linear park at the Coapinole Lagoon, a project focused on ecological restoration and green space development, and a state-led dengue management campaign to control mosquito-borne illnesses as the rainy season arrives.
The newly rebranded Fiesta Americana Nuevo Vallarta. (Fiesta Americana)
Also, the U.S. State Department has issued a security alert after confirming cases of U.S. citizens being kidnapped through dating apps in Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Nayarit.
Puerto Vallarta to restore El Coapinole lagoon
Puerto Vallarta is taking steps toward a greener future. According to representatives from the Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board, the city’s first ecohydrological restoration project is slated to begin in 2026 at El Coapinole lagoon, a neglected natural area in the northern zone of the city. Ecohydrology is an interdisciplinary science that links ecology and hydrology.
Spearheaded by the administration of Puerto Vallarta Mayor Luis Munguía, this project will restore the lagoon’s ecosystem, which regularly dries out. The restoration will include recovery of surface runoff, removal of sediment buildup and better management of native and invasive species. The plan also prioritizes the protection of wildlife that rely on the lagoon as a habitat.
Despite being located within an urban area, the polluted Laguna del Coapinole is a habitat for many wildlife. (Gov. of Puerto Vallarta)
As part of the restoration effort, the project will lay the groundwork for the proposed Coapinole Linear Park, a green corridor that will connect the lagoon to the underused La Bobadilla Sports Complex. The goal is to provide accessible recreational space for residents in less developed areas of the city.
Health campaign targets dengue prevention
Ministry vehicles are patrolling neighborhoods to spray a specialized chemical that kills adult mosquitoes, which officials note is safe for humans and pets.
These efforts appear to be working. While the first quarter of 2025 saw 118 reported cases of dengue fever in Puerto Vallarta, only two new cases were registered in the past week, according to the Tourism Board.
Two new resorts announced for Riviera Nayarit
Riviera Nayarit continues to grow with the announcement of two new resort developments. Grupo Posadas has completed the rebranding of the former Wyndham Altar Nuevo Vallarta, which now operates as the Fiesta Americana Nuevo Vallarta Resort & Spa. Located 20 minutes from Puerto Vallarta International Airport, the beachfront property features 229 suites, new dining concepts led by Chef Gerardo Rivera, ocean-view pools, a wellness spa and family programming.
This September, the highly anticipated Unico 20°105° Hotel Vallarta opens its doors, promising an adults-only, all-inclusive escape. (Unico Hotel Collection)
Separately, AIC Hotel Group has announced a September 1 opening date for Unico 20°105° Hotel Vallarta, the second property under its Unico Hotel Collection. The adults-only, all-inclusive resort will have 141 guest rooms and multiple dining venues, including restaurants featuring Mexican, Italian and Japanese cuisine. Signature UNICO features—such as the Esencia Wellness Spa and Local Hosts concierge program — will also be available.
U.S. issues security alert over dating app kidnappings
The U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara has issued a security alert following confirmed reports of U.S. citizens being kidnapped after meeting individuals on dating apps in Puerto Vallarta and nearby Nuevo Nayarit.
According to the consulate, some victims were extorted for large sums of money, with family members in the U.S. contacted to pay for their release.
The U.S. alert warns that such crimes are not confined to a single location and warns U.S. citizens to exercise extreme care when meeting strangers, meet with strangers only in public places, avoid private residences or hotel rooms and inform someone of their whereabouts and plans.
Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus responded to the alert by stating that the recent incident involved four foreign tourists who allegedly used a dating app to hire sex workers. They crossed into Nuevo Nayarit, where they were coerced into calling relatives for ransom money.
Meagan Drillinger is a New York native who has spent the past 15 years traveling around and writing about Mexico. While she’s on the road for assignments most of the time, Puerto Vallarta is her home base. Follow her travels on Instagram at @drillinjourneys or through her blog at drillinjourneys.com
At the end of her press conference, Sheinbaum shared cake with the scores of reporters and other people in attendance. (Galo Cañas/Cuartoscuro)
Reporters broke into a rendition of the Mexican birthday song “Las Mañanitas” when President Claudia Sheinbaum appeared in the Treasury Hall of the National Palace for her Tuesday morning press conference.
Sheinbaum, born in Mexico City on June 24, 1962, celebrates her 63rd birthday — and first as president — on Tuesday.
Al inicio de la mañanera, reporteros le cantaron “Las Mañanitas” a Claudia Sheinbaum (@Claudiashein) por su cumpleaños número 63.
“Now, at this age, there is no need for birthdays,” Sheinbaum said.
“… A year older, but what’s important is the youth in one’s heart,” she said.
At the end of her press conference, Sheinbaum shared cake with the scores of reporters and other people in attendance.
More than 1,200 people arrested for ‘high-impact crimes’ in past 2 weeks
Early in the president’s press conference, Security Minister Omar García Harfuch provided an update on “the most recent advances” in security as a result of the implementation of the National Security Strategy.
Between June 10 and 22, García Harfuch said that authorities:
Arrested 1,233 people for high-impact crimes, such as murder and extortion, including 22 “priority targets.”
Seized around 8 tonnes of drugs.
Dismantled 48 clandestine drug laboratories.
Seized more than 1.8 million liters of fuel.
Between Oct. 1, 2024, when Sheinbaum and the current government took office, and June 22, García Harfuch said that authorities:
Arrested 24,652 people for high-impact crimes.
Seized 178 tonnes of drugs “and more than 3 million fentanyl pills.”
Confiscated 12,736 firearms.
Dismantled 1,150 clandestine drug laboratories across 21 states.
Between October 1, 2024, and June 22, 2025, Mexico’s Security Ministry reports arresting nearly 25,000 people for high-impact crimes. (Galo Cañas/Cuartoscuro)
Sheinbaum: Mexico not a safe third country, but accepts deportees for ‘humanitarian reasons’
A reporter noted that the United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the U.S. government can deport people to “third countries,” i.e., countries other than their own.
Reuters reported that the ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to “resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them a chance to show the harms they could face.”
Asked whether Mexico had “accepted the possibility” of being a safe third country or receiving non-Mexican deportees, Sheinbaum responded:
“No. We have not accepted being a third country. If there is a [non-Mexican] migrant that is transferred to national territory, for humanitarian reasons, we have to receive him or her and send him or her to their country of origin if it is the wish of this person.”
Sheinbaum said that the United States has “agreements with practically all countries” that allow it to send deportees “directly” to their nation of origin.
“Therefore, passage through Mexico is not required,” she said.
Sheinbaum noted, however, that Mexico has received over 5,000 non-Mexican deportees from the United States since Donald Trump began his second term as U.S. president in January.
“Since Jan. 20, 65,475 people have arrived to our country: 59,747 Mexicans and 5,728 foreigners,” she said.
“What is done in these cases? They are welcomed [to Mexico], it is seen whether they want to go to their country of origin. If that is the case, they are transferred. If it isn’t, we look for the way to incorporate them [into Mexican society],” Sheinbaum said.
She stressed that Mexico has not signed any agreement with the United States to be a safe third country and asserted it wouldn’t do so.
‘Growth without well-being is not development’
In response to a question about economic growth data, Sheinbaum said that GDP growth is not the only way to measure how an economy is performing.
“No one says we shouldn’t grow, but growth without well-being is not development,” she said a day after the national statistics agency INEGI reported that the Mexican economy grew 0.5% in April compared to the previous month and 1.4% in annual terms.
“So taking … growth of gross domestic product as the indicator of success in the economy is very limited,” Sheinbaum said.
She subsequently noted that the Mexican economy contracted in 2020 due to the pandemic, and growth was “moderate” during the subsequent years of the previous government.
“How do the neoliberals explain that under that scheme, 11 million people came out of poverty [in Mexico]?” Sheinbaum asked, citing World Bank data for the period between 2018 and 2022.
Under the current government, and during the previous administration led by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, redistribution of wealth has taken place, “something that there wasn’t before,” the president said.
She added that at “the heart” of the government’s doctrine of “Mexican Humanism” is the “great phrase”: ‘For the good of all, the poor first.'”
“That is what we didn’t have before, but [now] it’s a different economic model in which public resources help investment and help well-being and recognize the rights of the people of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.
San Luis Potosí Economic Development Minister Jesús Salvador González welcomes SL MEX President Kyungsoo Koo, who announced his company's US $45 million investment in its local auto parts plant. (@sedecoslp/on X)
Korean automotive company SL MEX has made an initial investment of US $45 million to establish a new production plant in the Logistik II industrial park, located in Villa de Reyes, San Luis Potosí, about 50 kilometers south of the state capital.
The announcement was made by Governor Ricardo Gallardo Cardona, who noted that the establishment of SL MEX represents a firm step toward the diversification and modernization of San Luis Potosí state’s automotive industry.
History-rich Villa de Reyes, SLP, home of the new SL MEX auto parts plant, is at once a candidate for Pueblo Mágico status and a thriving automotive industry center. (@villa_dereyes/X)
The plant, led by Kyungsoo Koo, president of SL MEX, is already built and operations are expected to begin in the coming months. It covers 8.9 hectares, including a building of more than 14,000 square meters.
The factory will manufacture automotive headlight modules for major global brands such as BMW, General Motors, Hyundai and Kia.
With 12 production lines and an installed capacity to manufacture up to one million modules per year, the company will generate 385 direct jobs, strengthening regional economic development and adding value to the automotive supply chain. SL MEX estimates annual sales of US $144 million by 2030.
The company’s investment adds to a positive nearshoring trend in San Luis Potosí, which attracted US $642 million in new investments during the first quarter of 2025, most of it by the automotive industry. The majority of the state’s foreign direct investment projects so far this year are associated with auto parts companies and vehicle manufacturers, including the production of electric vehicles and components such as lithium batteries.
🔧🚗 SL MEX consolida su presencia en San Luis Potosí con una inversión de 45 MDD
Con el respaldo del Gobernador Ricardo Gallardo, la empresa coreana instala su planta en Logistik II, Villa de Reyes, donde fabricará módulos de faros para BMW, GM, Hyundai y Kia. pic.twitter.com/66gtnpF3NM
SL MEX is the Mexican arm of SL Corporation, established in South Korea in 1954. The multinational company is headquartered in Gyeongsan, South Korea, and produces automotive lighting systems, as well as chassis, mirrors, and front-end modules.
It has plants in Korea, the United States, India, China, Brazil, and Poland. Its annual sales as a conglomerate are around US $4 billion.
The Senate vote culminated a years-long effort to ban the capture and exploitation of sea mammals in Mexico, spawned by public outrage over evidence of their mistreatment. (Adam Berkecz/Unsplash)
The Mexican Senate has unanimously approved a nationwide ban on dolphin and other marine mammal shows, culminating a three-year legislative effort sparked by public outrage over animal welfare violations.
The 99-0 vote on Monday amended the General Wildlife Law to prohibit “extractive exploitation” of marine mammals, except for verified scientific research.
“The research must be conducted or endorsed by an officially registered academic or research institution and have a protocol authorized” by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), reads the amendment accepted by the legislators.
President Claudia Sheinbaum personally prioritized the new legislation during a special session of Congress, calling it essential to prevent animal abuse.
The session, which began Monday and is slated to run through July 2, was convened to address a set of urgent or pending legislative matters — in this case, more than 20 pending laws and reforms.
“We are against any violence, but animal abuse in particular is a reflection of what could later escalate in terms of violence,” Sheinbaum stated.
The legislative breakthrough — which also bans captive breeding except for reintroduction programs — follows intensified enforcement actions against violators, after months of lax implementation following the Chamber of Deputies’ initial 2022 approval.
In March, Mexico’s Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) suspended shows at the Barceló Maya after the emergence earlier this year of a 2020 video of a leaping Mincho landing hard on concrete, and amid reports of the deaths of two other dolphins, Alex and Plata, last year.
At that time, Profepa issued a press release noting that it “will begin conducting inspections at all dolphinariums in the country to ensure the dignified treatment of the animals they house.”
By the middle of May, Profepa had permanently closed Dolphinaris Barceló and fined the company more than 7.5 million pesos (US $395,000), according to the Riviera Maya News. The newspaper also reported that Mincho survived and still has adequate mobility, but at age 35, he is the oldest dolphin at his new dolphinarium and “he suffers from chronic keratitis in both eyes,” with 60% vision in his right eye and 0% in his left.
The Mincho incident sparked outrage and calls for the closure of dolphinariums across Mexico, where there are approximately 30 facilities, according to the newspaper El País. Most are located in Quintana Roo, but there are others in Guerrero, Veracruz, Baja California Sur, Nayarit and Mexico City.
The new law mandates humane lifetime care for existing captive mammals and imposes significant fines for noncompliance.
The storm has a 10% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone by Thursday, and a 70% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone next week. (SMN Conagua/X)
The National Weather Service (SMN) and the National Water Commission (Conagua) are tracking a storm system off the coast of El Salvador that is expected to bring heavy rain to the southwestern states of Chiapas and Oaxaca this weekend.
In a social media post early Tuesday, the SMN said it is monitoring a low-pressure system about 670 km south-southeast of the Suchiate River at the Mexico-Guatemala border. The storm was moving slowly in a west-northwesterly direction.
The storm has a 10% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone by Thursday, appearing off the coast of Oaxaca and Chiapas between June 27-29. Conagua is forecasting that the storm has a 70% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone next week by which time it will approach the states of Jalisco, Michoacán and Guerrero.
If the system becomes a tropical storm, it will be named Flossie.
Oaxaca and Guerrero are still cleaning up after Hurricane Erick made landfall on Thursday, dumping considerable rain on those two states through Sunday. The National Civil Protection Commission (CNPC) said Erick damaged at least 26,000 homes in those two states, nearly 20% of the buildings in the 17 municipalities where it hit hardest.
The CNPC was still assessing the damage at 286 school buildings in the affected area, while federal authorities worked to re-open roads and highways, supply potable water and provisions and address health considerations to prevent epidemiological outbreaks.
The passage of Hurricane Erick last week damaged at least 26,000 homes in Guerrero and Oaxaca. (Carlos Carbajal/Cuartoscuro)
Mexico is confronted with the onset of the most active tropical cyclone season in recent memory. There have already been three named tropical storms (Alvin, Cosme and Dalila), one Category 1-2 hurricane (Barbara) and a Category 3 hurricane (Erick), the strongest hurricane to hit Mexico so early in the year.
While Oaxaca and Chiapas brace for drenching rains, storm surge and high winds in the coming days, meteorological models project the current storm could remain parallel to Mexico’s southwestern coast, eventually impacting Baja California Sur as a tropical storm. However, it could also veer west away from the coast.
Even if the storm does not make landfall, Conagua is forecasting it will produce heavy rains as far inland as Puebla in central Mexico and, as it continues on its northward path, states such as Colima, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora, Chihuahua and Durango could see severe rainstorms.
In the meantime, seasonal rains will continue to drench much of Mexico, according to the SMN, as low-pressure systems are interacting with troughs of low atmospheric pressure from the Yucatán Peninsula north to the Mesa Central.
Heavy rains are forecast on Tuesday in Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas and Tabasco. The newspaper Debate even headlined its story about rains in Mexico City and México state thusly: “Don’t go outside without a boat.”
The financial details have not been made public, but the move signficantly expands Fox's sports programming footprint in the Mexican market.
(Fox Sports/Caliente)
Fox Corporation has acquired Mexican sports streaming platform and television channel Caliente TV, expanding its sports programming footprint in Mexico and Latin America.
Financial details of the acquisition, announced on June 19, have not been disclosed.
León and Pachuca are two of the Liga MX men’s soccer clubs for which Caliente — and now Fox — has the TV rights. (Jorge Ortega/Cuartoscuro)
Fox said it wants to develop a multi-platform business, according to the news agency Reuters, and has plans to launch Caliente TV in Central America.
SportsPro media group reported that Fox plans to introduce new channels in Mexico and Central America, including a new pay-TV channel, as well as the long-awaited Fox One, a new direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service.
The Murdoch family-controlled company told Reuters that Fox One will launch during the summer before the U.S. professional football season kicks off, in an effort to reach audiences beyond its mainstay cable television business.
The media giant also plans to add a new subscription streaming offering that will complement its free ad-supported streaming television service, Tubi.
Carlos Martínez, executive vice president and managing director of Latin America for Fox, will take charge of the presentation of new sports channels and streaming platforms in Mexico and Central America, which are expected to employ more than 350 people.
Martínez has over three decades of broadcast industry experience in Latin America, holding executive roles at companies such as Turner, Discovery, Fox and Tubi, the company told Reuters.
“Fox’s investment to acquire Caliente TV reflects our commitment to building a leading sports streaming business in Mexico with massive audience reach, a robust sports rights portfolio and an impressive roster of exclusive sports leagues and talent,” said Martínez.
The move allows Fox to tap into the growing appetite for premium sports and bulk up its sports content as streaming becomes the top way for viewers to watch TV.
Last month, streaming surpassed the combined share of broadcast and cable TV viewing for the first time ever, according to a Nielsen report that tracked viewership.
What Fox gets from Caliente
Caliente TV provides local knowledge, Martínez said, and an established subscriber base.
It also boasts a rights portfolio that includes several prominent soccer leagues and tournaments, including the UEFA Champions League, the Concacaf Champions League, France’s Ligue 1 and the men’s and women’s Coppa Italia, Italy’s domestic cup tournament.
It also has rights to six top-flight Liga MX men’s soccer clubs — Tijuana, FC Juárez, Querétaro, León, Pachuca and Tigres — the most important property in the Mexican market. And it holds the rights to 10 Liga MX Women’s Clubs — Guadalajara, León, Pachuca, Tijuana, FC Juárez, Quéretaro, Atlas, Santos Laguna, Puebla and Mazatlán.
The additional soccer programming will broaden Fox’s portfolio of original sports content that already features the English Premier League and the FA Cup, as well as Big Ten Conference football and the United Football League.
