Mexico Archives

Advierte Protección Civil tener cuidado con pirotecnia

December 1, 2020 12:25 pm Laura Meza

En estas fechas decembrinas los fuegos artificiales son muy comunes, por ello la dirección de Protección Civil y Bomberos Municipales, hace un…

Baja California to go back to red traffic light, health officials say

December 2, 2020 5:40 am Sumiko Keil

The Secretary of Health of Baja California, Alonso Pérez Rico, says the state will inevitably go to the red maximum alert traffic…

Mexico’s president acknowledges end to killings far away

December 2, 2020 5:05 am The Associated Press

Homicide rates have barely budged from his predecessor’s last year in office, with Mexico still registering about 3,000 homicides per…

First batch of COVID-19 vaccine set to arrive in Baja California within weeks

December 1, 2020 5:54 am Sumiko Keil

Health officials will discuss on Wednesday if Baja California goes back to red light due to COVID-19…

WHO chief: Mexico in ‘bad shape’ with coronavirus pandemic

December 1, 2020 5:29 am The Associated Press

The head of the World Health Organization said that “Mexico is in bad shape” with the pandemic and urged its leaders to be serious about the…

As coronavirus cases in Sonora rise, officials weigh in on closing businesses down

November 30, 2020 6:07 am Sumiko Keil

Given the recent increase in cases of COVID-19, health officials in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, say businesses may close down…

Mexico extends northern border tax breaks to southern border

November 30, 2020 5:42 am The Associated Press

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he will extend tax breaks for communities on the northern border until…

Border remains open for those needing dental work

November 25, 2020 12:06 pm April Hettinger

Los Algodones, Mexico is a popular destination for dental procedures saving locals lots of money, but things look different since the pandemic. …

More than 16 migrants died trying to cross the border

November 24, 2020 1:52 pm Sumiko Keil, Brandon Mejia

More than 60 people have also been injured after attempting to cross to the U.S.…

Officials: 113 bodies found in secret graves in Mexico

November 24, 2020 5:07 am The Associated Press

Mexican authorities have recovered 113 bodies and additional human remains from a secret grave outside the western city of…

Mexicali mayor considering curfew to curb skyrocketing COVID-19 cases

November 23, 2020 5:33 am Sumiko Keil

The Mayor of Mexicali, Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, says she will implement a curfew in Mexicali to keep preventing the rise in…

Mexicali man volunteers to be injected with an experimental COVID-19 vaccine

November 20, 2020 6:07 am Sumiko Keil

Film director Ernesto Herrera is the first Mexican in the world to undergo the COVID-19 vaccine…

Mexico tops 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, 4th country to do so

November 20, 2020 5:34 am The Associated Press

José Luis Alomía Zegarra, Mexico’s director of epidemiology, announced late Thursday that Mexico had 100,104 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, behind…

U.S. dropping case against former Mexican defense secretary

November 18, 2020 5:21 am The Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr said the department would drop its case so Cienfuegos “may be investigated and, if appropriate, charged, under…

Mexico reaches 1 million virus cases, nears 100,000 deaths

November 16, 2020 6:15 am The Associated Press

Mexico topped 1 million registered coronavirus cases and nearly 100,000 test-confirmed…

Planned Museum of Chinese Food Celebrates Chinese Border Culture in Mexicali

November 12, 2020 11:23 pm Christian Galeno

MEXICALI, B.C., Mex. (KYMA/KECY) – Every November 12th, as ordered by local authorities in Mexicali, the border town will celebrate its Chinese…

Baja California at risk of going back to red light due to COVID-19 cases

November 12, 2020 9:06 am Sumiko Keil

Health officials say there’s still a possibility for Baja California to return to the red light due to increased COVID-19…

Mexico City police nab 2 boys with body of 3rd in suitcase

November 12, 2020 5:40 am The Associated Press

Mexico City saw yet another chapter in a shocking crime wave of child killings Wednesday, when police caught two boys carrying the body of a murdered…

Flooding kills dozens in Mexico

November 11, 2020 5:07 pm Lisa Sturgis

Flooding in Mexico’s gulf coast state of Tabasco has left nine people dead and force 9,000 people out of their…

Baja California governor discusses possibility of medical marijuana

November 11, 2020 8:45 am Sumiko Keil

Gov. Jaime Bonilla Valdez says the benefits of medical marijuana would be justified with prescriptions only and not for recreational…