Mexico City, Nov 9 (EFE).- Mexico’s National Migration Institute reported Thursday that 123 migrants were rescued in the central state of San Luis Potosi. The migrants were locked in the back of a trailer, screaming for help until a neighbor alerted authorities. The agency said in a statement that 40 were from Guatemala, 35 from … Read more
Alejandra Arredondo Eagle Pass/Piedras Negras, US/Mexico, Oct. 24 (EFE) – Despite regulations limiting access to asylum and tight border security, thousands continue to try to enter the United States in search of a better life, while border cities continue to receive record numbers of migrants. Paola (a fictional name to protect her identity) scans the … Read more
Mexico City, Oct 5 (EFE).- Some 3.7 million Mexicans between 5 and 17 years old worked in 2022, 13.1% of the total child population, 1.7% more than in 2019, 2 million of them are in hazardous labor, revealed Thursday the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). “That is, one in 10 children between five … Read more
Inés Amarelo Mexico City, Sep 19 (EFE).- Mexicans held a historic national earthquake drill Tuesday, on the anniversary of the 1985 and 2017 quakes, the most destructive in recent history. “Let citizens know that this is a city where at any moment it can tremble and let them know that we have prepared units and … Read more
Inés Amarelo Mexico City, Sept 15 (EFE).- Twenty-nine-year-old Mexican Ayyselet Gutiérrez was the victim of an attempted femicide on September 18, 2022. That night, her former partner stabbed her 27 times, bringing her very close to death. Now she is finding the strength to ensure that her attacker is arrested so that she and her … Read more
Tijuana (Mexico), Sep 14 (EFE).- Mexican authorities acknowledge that organized crime “totally” controls at least three crossing points for undocumented migrants in Baja California, on Mexico’s border with the United States. David Pérez, delegate of the National Migration Institute (INM) in Baja California, recognized that criminal groups’ control of these areas has been excessive. He … Read more
Martin Coronado Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), Sept 14 (EFE).- More and more U.S. couples are traveling to Ciudad Juárez, on the Mexican border, to get pregnant with treatments ranging from psychological therapy to the most advanced in vitro systems at a third of the U.S. price. According to a specialist from the Texas side of the … Read more
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Jan 5 (EFE) .- Mexican authorities reported on Thursday the death of a criminal leader whose break from prison on Sunday led to a riot that left 17 dead and the escape of over 20 inmates. The leader of the criminal gang Los Mexicles, Ernesto Alberto Piñon, also known as El Neto, … Read more
Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico, Jan 4 (EFE).- Hundreds of children descended from the indigenous Zoque people on Wednesday returned to the streets after two years of pandemic restrictions to dance for their patron saint, the Niño de Atocha (Sacred Child of Atocha), in the southeastern Mexican town of Chiapa de Corzo. The ancestral tradition, known … Read more
