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Mexican Areas Hit by Devastating Floods Also Struggle With Severe Cartel Violence: Report

Many of the municipalities hit the hardest by devastating floods lie within territories where violent clashes are common, as rival criminal groups continue fighting in the region.

Latin Times

MEET Helena Moreno, the Mexican-Born Journalist New Mayor of New Orleans

Helena Moreno's story begins far from New Orleans, the city that made her its first Latina mayor. She was born on September 30, 1977, in Veracruz, Mexico, to parents Felix Moreno (an oil executive) and Nancy Pearson Moreno (an academic). At age 8, her family moved to the United States,…

Latin Times

Deadly landslides and flooding cut off 300 communities in Mexico

More than 300 communities in central and eastern Mexico remained cut off by deadly landslides and flooding

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Photos of the aftermath of torrential rain in Mexico

The death toll from Mexico’s torrential rains increased, as the fallout mounted from widespread flooding and landslides across the country. President Claudia Sheinbaum convened governors from hard-hit states to direct an emergency response plan Sunday and visited Poza Rica, Veracruz state.

The Independent UK

Mexico Investigates 10 Municipalities Over Alleged Ties to Organized Crime

Intelligence agencies, along with federal, military and civil authorities, are currently investigating the alleged involvement of police chiefs and local public officials with criminal groups in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

Latin Times

Suspect Of Kidnapping And Killing New Mexico Teen Arrested In Veracruz

A 21-year-old has been arrested in Mexico in connection with the kidnapping and death of a female teen in New Mexico

Latin Times

Yeri Mua: Her Mental Health Struggles, Her Dreams of Becoming a Mom, and How She Crafted an Album on a Formula of Grit, Glitter and Sexual Freedom - INTERVIEW

The Mexican artist and influencer opened up in an interview in Miami about her story, from Veracruz in the Mexican coast, to reigning over the world of Latin music and social media.

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Mexican President Says Motive Still Unclear in Killing Of Mayoral Candidate During Rally

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she remains in contact with state officials and that investigations into the killing of mayoral candidate Yesenia Lara are ongoing.

Latin Times

Paquita la del Barrio death: Beloved Mexican singer and ‘Warrior of Bolero’ dies at 77

The Veracruz-born singer was known for speaking out against macho culture in songs like ‘Rata de dos patas’

The Independent UK

Mexican Congressman Benito Atlahua Fatally Attacked In Veracruz

Mexican congressman Benito Aguas Atlahua was taken to the hospital in serious condition after the shooting, but did not survive. An engineer's body was also found at the scene of the attack in Zongolica municipality.

International Business Times

Mexican Congressman Atlahua And Engineer Fatally Attacked In Veracruz, Authorities Confirm

Latin Times

Mexico federal congressman shot dead in Veracruz state

Benito Aguas from president Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena party is latest victim of spate of political violence

The Guardian - US

Mexican Lighting Engineer Víctor Muro, Who Worked on 'Roma,' Murdered in Xalapa

Víctor Muro Velásquez, a respected Mexican lighting engineer known for his work in the Oscar-winning film Roma (2018) by Alfonso Cuarón, was tragically murdered in Xalapa, Veracruz.

Latin Times

From street vendor to UFC Fighter: The unlikely success story of Mexico’s Ronaldo ‘Lazy Boy’ Rodriguez

Mexican prospect Ronaldo 'Lazy Boy' Rodriguez recounts his rough upbringing and difficult road to the UFC.

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The Independent UK

Heat wave claims lives of at least 125 in Mexico this year, hitting country's most vulnerable

Mexico's healthy ministry as tallied at least 125 heat-related deaths this year

Reuters

103 unaccompanied minors found in abandoned trailer in Mexico, govt says

Mexican authorities found 103 unaccompanied minors mostly from Guatemala inside an abandoned truck trailer in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the government said on Monday, in one of the biggest recent discoveries of migrant children traveling through Mexico.

The Independent UK

Mexican states in hot competition over possible Tesla plant

Mexico is undergoing a fevered competition among states to win a potential Tesla facility in jostling reminiscent of what happens among U.S. cities and states vying to win investments from tech companies

Reuters

In Mexico, birdwatching offers fragile lifeline for nature, economy

Every year millions of birds glide the air currents between Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental mountains and the Gulf of Mexico in a spectacle dubbed the "river of raptors" that attracts hundreds of foreign birdwatchers to coastal Veracruz.

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Another Mexican reporter gunned down in deadly year for local media

A part-time Mexican journalist was shot dead in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, home turf for several violent drug gangs, adding to the death toll for the bloodiest year to date for local media workers.

Tribune News Service

Author Katherine Corcoran digs deep into the killing of a Mexican reporter

In her new book, "In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-Up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press," Katherine Corcoran digs deep into the killing of Mexican reporter Regina Martinez in April 2012 in the state of Veracruz.

Reuters

Migrants escape from suffocating people-smuggling trailer in Mexico

(This July 28 story adds dropped word in last paragraph)

Daily Mirror

Family-of-7 including child slaughtered by gunmen in ruthless gang execution in home

The bloodbath in the Veracruz state of Mexico happened late on Sunday and left three men, three women and a child dead after an armed group broke into the house while members of the family were sleeping

Texas Observer

Mexico’s Repo Man

The Mexican state of Veracruz hired a prominent lawyer to recover billions laundered in the Houston suburbs. Then things went awry.

Asharq Al-Awsat

10 Dead, around 20 Missing after Hurricane Agatha Hits Mexico

The toll from Hurricane Agatha climbed to at least ten dead and around 20 missing in southern Mexico, where heavy rains triggered landslides and flooding, local officials said Tuesday. The storm, the first hurricane of the Pacific season, was the strongest to make landfall along Mexico's Pacific coast in May…

The Independent UK

2 journalists killed in Mexico; 10th and 11th of the year

Mexican state prosecutors say two journalists have been shot to death in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz

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