Mexico City News, Government, Culture, and Urban Life

Mexico City is the cultural, political, and economic heart of the country—one of the world’s largest and most dynamic urban centers. In this section, explore news on government, infrastructure, crime, tourism, arts, business, and everyday life across the capital’s boroughs. From historic downtown to modern business districts and thriving neighborhoods, Mexico City offers a nonstop stream of events and developments that shape the nation and influence Latin America as a whole.

Mexico City News

•May 4, 2021

Thirteen people killed in Mexico City subway accident

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvfD_nTB42s On Monday night, a bridge on Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro collapsed at Olivos station, causing a train to fall to the...

•March 19, 2021

A 5.9 earthquake sends tremors through Mexico City, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Morelia

An earthquake of 5.7 (preliminary reports 5.9) degrees was registered this Friday night in Mexico City and other parts of the country. According to information...

•March 6, 2021

Mexico City launches Latin America’s latest cable car line

Mexico City has launched the first of what it hopes will be several cable-car lines serving the poorer outskirts of the city of 9 million....

•December 4, 2020

Mexico City hospitals are filling up, but so are the streets

Sometimes Latin American dance tunes on the radio — salsa, cumbia, ranchera — bring a little cheer into the emergency room of Mexico City’s Ajusco...

•November 25, 2020

Mexico City seeks to ‘break the chain’ of coronavirus with rapid tests, QR codes

Mexico City has launched a test-and-trace approach to containing the coronavirus, after a rise in hospitalizations that has raised fears of a new economic lockdown...

•November 14, 2020

Mexico City closes bars, limits eateries as virus cases rise

Mexico City announced Friday it will order bars closed for two weeks after the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 rose to levels not seen...

•October 23, 2020

Mexico City discourages large gatherings as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise

The mayor of Mexico City, the country’s largest city, on Friday called on residents to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people as the capital...

•October 5, 2020

Mexico City shooting leaves 6 dead, 4 injured

A shootout between rival gangs in Mexico City left six people dead and four wounded, and police in the north-central state of Guanajuato found two...

•September 8, 2020

Volkswagen drops Mexico City dealership that displayed Nazi poster

German carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) said late Monday it had severed ties with a distributor in Mexico City after a Twitter user posted photographs taken at...

•August 31, 2020

Mexico City’s 2nd oldest church burns amid homeless takeover

Authorities promised Monday to erect a barricade around Mexico City’s second oldest church after a weekend fire damaged the tower, choir, an organ and stained...