It has long been estimated that the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico will last until the last months of 2020. Given this, the state of Oaxaca made the decision that the Guelaguetza, one of the most popular cultural events in the country, be postponed until the month of December. 10 days ago, the governor of Oaxaca,...Read More

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

What now passes for the law in Xaltianguis, a little town on the road to Acapulco, arrived with a car bomb and butchery. A heavily armed vigilante force took over the town in the Mexican state of Guerrero last month by driving out a rival band, blowing up a car with gas cylinders and cutting...Read More

Mexico and El Salvador signed a cooperation agreement Thursday that includes a $30 million Mexican donation for reforestation in the Central American nation, amid increased pressure from the United States to slow a surge of migrants toward the U.S. border. The project to reforest some 124,000 acres (50,000 hectares), with the expected creation of 20,000...Read More

Mexican researchers said Thursday they have confirmed the existence of 1,606 secret graves containing 2,489 bodies from 2006 to 2017, but that may just scratch the surface of the true numbers behind what the study called a “building phenomenon.” “Those are not all the graves … Unfortunately, it’s just a fraction,” Denise González, lead coordinator...Read More

Mexico on Wednesday became the first country to ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) agreed last year by the three countries to replace the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). By an overwhelming majority, Mexico’s Senate backed the trade deal negotiated between 2017 and 2018 after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw from...Read More

The bus terminals of ADO in Oaxaca have applied new restrictions for the sale of tickets and boarding. The company made the announcement through a statement to comply with the provisions of the National Institute of Migration as part of the crackdown on illegal migration from Central America to the U.S. border with Mexico. The...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

At the small migrant Juventud 2000 shelter near the border, a Honduran expressed disappointment Sunday over the agreement between Mexico and the United States to more aggressively to curtail migration from Central America. But Edwin Sabillon Orellana of Honduras said he and his family will stick with their effort to seek asylum in the U.S....Read More