The National Seismological Service (SSN) reported that during the last hours, 14 earthquakes have been recorded in Oaxacan territory, mainly in the Costa region. In its social networks, the SSN explained that the strongest earthquake had a magnitude of 4.1, with epicenter in Pinotepa Nacional, at 6:14 in the morning on Friday. Likewise, another one...Read More

Oaxaca, the state where the homicide rate grew more than 400% in the last four years, according to the 2019 Peace Index, will receive 4,500 elements of the National Guard. 42.8 percent of the total elements of the new National Guard that were assigned to the southern border will be sent to Oaxaca. Governor Murat...Read More

The dismembered bodies of five men and two women were located inside fourteen black bags in Ejido La Reforma in the municipality of San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec, in Oaxaca. Also, another body was located inside two black bags at the height of the Amapa bridge, on the stretch of the Temascal highway, making the discovery...Read More

Fearing that “explosive” outbreaks of dengue will occur this year, Oaxaca Health Services (SSO) changed its prevention plan to one of containment. The risk of contagion is concentrated in 18 localities in 17 municipalities, but the main concern is centered in Oaxaca de Juárez, which belongs to the jurisdiction of the Central Valleys, where 30...Read More

In the community of Maguey Largo, municipality of San José del Progreso, by agreement of the general assembly, was declared a plastic-free community. The decision was made as a step towards conserving the environment and is the first community of the Valley of Ocotlan to declare itself plastic-free. “It is time to do something for...Read More

After two years of drought in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region in Oaxaca, the temple located in the town of Jalapa el Viejo has emerged from the waters. The town was flooded for the construction of the Benito Juárez dam in 1962, submerging what construction remained in the city, including this Dominican construction dating from...Read More

Oaxaca ranks fourth in Mexico for homicides by firearm. After Guanajuato, Nuevo León, and Michoacán, it has the highest percentage of homicides committed with a firearm from January to April 2019. The most recent figures from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), details that in that time in Oaxaca the Attorney...Read More

On Tuesday, the wind farm of the Eólica del Sur project will be inaugurated in Oaxaca. It is considered the largest in Latin America and in its construction process had an investment of over 200 million dollars in the municipalities of Juchitán and El Espinal, owned by the Japanese company Mitsubishi Corporation. The inauguration will...Read More

The lack of hygiene in the preparation of food or the consumption of water with feces makes the problem of viral hepatitis A persist in Oaxaca. At epidemiological week number 20, the Health Services of Oaxaca reports 192 cases and four active outbreaks. The Health Services of Oaxaca recognized that so far in 2019 there...Read More

In defense of biodiversity, the Judicial Branch of the Federation granted an appeal to the Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA), against specific criteria of the Pacific Marine and Regional Ecological Ordinance Program. The objective is that they be reformed and effectively contribute to protect the populations of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) that are in...Read More