Analysis finds billions in irregular spending
6,015 cases where funds were diverted from their intended goal or simply disappeared
An analysis of the federal government’s books has uncovered 6,015 occurrences of irregular spending by states and municipalities amounting to billions of pesos, and representing 67% of all irregularities in expenditures FULL STORY
Time changes tonight in most of Mexico
The clocks change unless you're on the northern border, in Sonora or Quintana Roo
The clocks change tonight in Mexico with the exception of 33 border municipalities in the north and two states. The change to Daylight Savings Time occurs officially at 2:00am tomorrow FULL STORY
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LAX-MEX competition between 2 airlines
Alaska has agreed to turn over the route to American
Two American airlines are in a skirmish over who should get to fly between Los Angeles and Mexico City. Delta Air Lines has challenged a request for clearance by American FULL STORY
5 days of comedy on the Mayan Riviera
Nearly two dozen comedians will perform at the Akumal Comedy Festival
Nearly two dozen professional comedians will converge on three locations in the Mayan Riviera April 14 for the fourth edition of an annual comedy event. The Akumal Comedy Festival will FULL STORY
Green Party: another day, another fine
10 fines worth 185 million pesos might be good value for the publicity
The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) has racked up another fine, its 10th during the current election season as it continues to step beyond the limits of the rules FULL STORY
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Caballero is suspect in 100 kidnappings
Police arrest El Nico while on his way to a water park with his family
A 24-year-old crime gang boss suspected of being responsible for at least 100 kidnappings has been arrested in Hidalgo. Nicolás “El Nico” Trujillo Urieta, a presumed chief of a cell FULL STORY
Conagua boss used helicopter for own use
The Public Administration Secretary wants an explanation
The head of Mexico’s water commission will be asked to explain his use of federal resources — namely a helicopter — for personal use. A neighbor in a nearby residential FULL STORY
Women’s prisons: abuse runs rampant
Rights commission report highlights dangerous and substandard conditions
More than 12,000 women in Mexico live in conditions that are substandard and dangerous, where widespread sexual abuse, inadequate services and outright neglect are a part of everyday life. The FULL STORY
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55% can’t afford basic food requirements
Senate study blames structural weaknesses in formal labor market
The basic food basket is beyond the reach of as many as 66 million Mexicans, according to a study by the Senate’s Belisario Domínguez Institute. In percentage terms about 55% of the FULL STORY
Mexican firm partner in Texas pipeline
The project will feed natural gas into the Tarahumara pipeline
The Mexican energy firm Fermaca has entered into a partnership with U.S. natural gas company Oneok Partners to construct a 320-kilometer pipeline to deliver natural gas to Mexico from Texas’ FULL STORY
Torture expert decries ‘personal attack’
Mexican officials dispute charge that torture is widespread
The tiff between Mexican diplomats and the United Nations’ special reporter on torture continues, with the latter charging yesterday that he has been the subject of a “personal attack.” Juan FULL STORY
Money for repaving found other uses
Politicians decided to spend the money on social projects instead
Mexico isn’t the only place where potholes, known in Spanish as baches, are a problem. One reads of the endemic pothole phenomenon in New Mexico, Arizona and as far north FULL STORY
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