The Nayarit coast's burgeoning fame as an attractive tourist destination has inevitably led to increased development, which has just as inevitably led to protests on environmental and public-access grounds.

The spill has killed at least 22 sea turtles, four dolphins and one manatee, in addition to damaging fish populations, coastal birds (including two pelican deaths), mangroves and reefs, according to media reports.

Prosecutors in the United States have formally accused Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other current and former Mexican officials of drug trafficking and related weapons offenses, alleging that they colluded with the Sinaloa Cartel.

Senators Óscar Cantón, Lucía Trasviña and Martha Lucía Mícher launched accusations of treason and violating national sovereignty on Tuesday after the Governor of Chihuahua, Maru Campos, declined to appear before the Constitutional Points and Public Security Committees.

Is your local parking assistant in the CIA? Chances are he might be.

Protests against luxury developments continue to grow in Nayarit following the shooting of environmental activist, Erik Saracho.

Also during the president's daily press conference, Labor Minister Marath Bolaños highlighted that Mexico's labor poverty rate is currently at its lowest level on record.

In an unprecedented nod to its target market — tourists — the professionals-only tourism fair opened its "Window to Mexico" exhibit to the public over the weekend before its official launch on Monday.

Mexico can expect one or two major hurricanes in the Atlantic and four or five in the Pacific during the upcoming season, which starts between mid-May and early June.

Katia Itzel García will make World Cup history this summer as the only woman appointed as a main referee from Mexico — and one of just two women among 52 main referees selected worldwide.