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Mexico assesses damage from Hurricane Erick as rising rivers leave at least 1 dead
Read full article: Mexico assesses damage from Hurricane Erick as rising rivers leave at least 1 deadAuthorities in southern Mexico were still assessing damage and watching rising rivers as rain from the remnants of Hurricane Erick doused the region.
21-year-old man stabbed multiple times inside Paper Tiger along St. Mary’s Strip, SAPD says
Read full article: 21-year-old man stabbed multiple times inside Paper Tiger along St. Mary’s Strip, SAPD saysSan Antonio police arrested a man in connection with a stabbing inside a popular music venue along the St. Mary’s Strip.
A new mayor takes office in southern Mexico after his predecessor was beheaded
Read full article: A new mayor takes office in southern Mexico after his predecessor was beheadedA new mayor has been sworn in a city in southern Mexico where his predecessor was killed and beheaded less than a week after taking office.
Mob in Mexico brutally beats suspected kidnapper to death hours before Holy Week procession
Read full article: Mob in Mexico brutally beats suspected kidnapper to death hours before Holy Week processionA mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco has brutally beat a woman to death because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before the city's Holy Week procession.
Behind the Kitchen Door: Restaurant fails health inspection for second time in a row
Read full article: Behind the Kitchen Door: Restaurant fails health inspection for second time in a rowA Mexican restaurant got a failing score on its health inspection last month, the second failing score for the business in the past two months. Meanwhile, another business had its license temporarily suspended due to a sewage backup.
Day of bloodshed in southwest Mexico kills at least 19 people, including police and officials
Read full article: Day of bloodshed in southwest Mexico kills at least 19 people, including police and officialsA local security secretary and 12 police officers were shot dead in Guerrero state Monday, authorities said, the worst episode in a day of violence across southwestern Mexico that killed at least 19 people.
Mexico arrests former official in disappearance of 43 students in 2014, charges 8 soldiers
Read full article: Mexico arrests former official in disappearance of 43 students in 2014, charges 8 soldiersMexico says it has arrested the former head of a federal anti-kidnapping unit in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014.
8 Mexican army soldiers arrested in 2014 disappearances of 43 students
Read full article: 8 Mexican army soldiers arrested in 2014 disappearances of 43 studentsA military official has confirmed that eight soldiers have been detained and taken to a military prison for their possible involvement in events surrounding the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from a rural teacher's college in southern Mexico.
Families of Mexico's missing students march on anniversary
Read full article: Families of Mexico's missing students march on anniversaryCarrying photographs of their children at their chests, relatives of the 43 students who disappeared in southern Mexico in 2014 have marched on the eighth anniversary of their abductions with conflicting sentiments.
Mass same-sex wedding in Mexico challenges discrimination
Read full article: Mass same-sex wedding in Mexico challenges discriminationEven after five years of living together in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, something as simple as holding hands or sharing a kiss in public is unthinkable for Dayanny Marcelo and Mayela Villalobos.
Abortion access still difficult after historic Mexico ruling
Read full article: Abortion access still difficult after historic Mexico rulingSix months after Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that criminalizing abortion was unconstitutional, a hospital in the southern state of Guerrero refused to perform an abortion on a 9-year-old rape victim.
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Mexican president defends record as women protest
Read full article: Mexican president defends record as women protestThousands of women marched in Mexico City Monday to mark Women’s Day, focusing the spotlight on López Obrador’s contradictions. “He should start really fighting, but for the women of Mexico,” said marcher Ana De la Toba, a 39-year old Mexico City lawyer. “Half of the cabinet are women,” López Obrador said at his daily morning news conference. Attention focused on the barricades erected in fronts of the colonial-era National Palace where López Obrador lives and works. “The barricades were put up because the conservatives are very upset,” López Obrador said.