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Central West

Discover Central West Mexico news, covering Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí. We highlight key developments in industry, heritage tourism and urban renewal across these historic states.

Criminals gangs burn stores and vehicles in Jalisco and Guanajuato

Terror took hold of Jalisco and Guanajuato on Tuesday night. Criminals burned cars, trucks, and businesses, and also blocked several roads in these two states...
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Mayor of San Miguel de Allende doesn’t want ‘short, brown, and ugly’ street merchants in tourist zones

In a press conference for local media, merchants from the Historic Center of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato denounced the discrimination by Mayor Mauricio Trejo...
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Cartel launches massacre in Guanajuato leaving 11 dead

Guanajuato has become one of the most violent regions in Mexico in recent years, as drug trafficking groups, mainly the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)...
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Militarization of Mexico under the spotlight after National Guard kills student in Guanajuato

A student has died and another has been injured by shots fired by a National Guard agent, a situation that occurred this Wednesday in Guanajuato,...
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2 killed on outskirts of Mexico’s San Miguel de Allende

Two men were killed in a brazen shooting in Mexico’s colonial city of San Miguel de Allende when gunmen opened fire on a funeral procession....
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2 police killed in Mexico tourist city San Miguel de Allende

Mexican police have arrested two suspects in the killing of two police officers in San Miguel de Allende, a colonial city popular with foreign tourists...
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At least 13 killed in a bar shooting in violent Guanajuato state

At least 13 people were killed and another seven wounded in a shooting at a bar early on Saturday in Mexico’s violence-wracked Guanajuato state, local...
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Guanajuato Mayor slams cheap tourists

The mayor of Mexico’s quaint colonial city of Guanajuato has taken a drubbing after he criticized low-spending tourists, saying, “We want the type of visitor...
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San Miguel de Allende was chosen as the American Capital of Culture 2019

San Miguel de Allende was chosen as the American Capital of Culture 2019, determined by the International Bureau of Cultural Capitals. The appointment will be...
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Toyota eyes possible SUV production at Guanajuato, Mexico plant

Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will study producing SUVs at a plant it is building in Mexico’s central state of Guanajuato, in addition to the Tacoma...
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Art, colonial flavor in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

With cobblestone streets and no traffic lights, San Miguel de Allende has the look of a sleepy Mexican town. But behind the colonial-era facades it hums with cultural...
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110 Women Pose Nude in Group Photo in Guanajuato

With just a strip of flowers around their necks, women of all ages braved the chilly morning temperatures and fog Thursday covering this highland town...
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