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A record 29,000 Mexicans were murdered last year – can soldiers stop the bloodshed?

Mexico’s war on drugs has left 234,966 people dead in the last 11 years. In 2017 alone, the country saw some 29,000 murders, the highest...
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Underwater archaeology site imperiled in Mexico

Pollution is threatening the recently mapped Sac Actun cave system in the Yucatan Peninsula, a vast underground network that experts in Mexico say could be...
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Gray whale returned to ocean after 3 days beached in Mexico

A gray whale has been returned safely to the Pacific Ocean after three days beached on the coast of Mexico’s Baja California Sur state. The...
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7.2 quake damages homes, but Mexico avoids major destruction

Mexico escaped major destruction from a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that jolted southern and central parts of the country, authorities said Saturday, though 13 people were...
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Mexicans hold mournful procession for endangered porpoise

Activists and artists in Mexico held a mournful, dirge-like procession Saturday for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise as the species’ numbers fell below 30. With...
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7.5 magnitude quake in Oaxaca sways buildings in Puerto Vallarta

The U.S. Geological Survey put today's quake at a preliminary magnitude 7.2 and said its epicenter was 33 miles (53 kilometers) northeast of Pinotepa in...
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U.S. breaks ground on new embassy in Mexico

Work has begun on the long-awaited new United States Embassy in Mexico City that will be one of the most expensive in the world at...
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Marina Puerto Escondido Welcomed its Largest Yacht to Date

Marina Puerto Escondido accomodated its first 150 foot yacht in January. According to harbormaster Javier Fuerte, “the yacht’s owners have since planned a repeat trip...
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Meet Mexico’s not-so-Mexican delegation to the Winter Olympics

Three of the four competitors have another nationality and another has not lived in Mexico for 10 years. In any case, they form the largest...
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Mexico claims relationship with U.S. is closer than previous administrations

Mexico’s foreign relations secretary said Friday that it might come as a surprise but his country’s relationship with the United States today is “more fluid”...
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Armed U.S. Marshals could be placed on flights to Mexico

Mexico and the United States are looking into whether armed U.S. federal air marshals could be deployed on commercial cross-border flights, according to a document...
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Mexico to send troops to stem violence

Mexican officials said on Sunday the government was set to unleash a new wave of troops to crack down on criminal groups in regions where...
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