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By Aurora Harrison ACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 26, 2023 (AFP) – Mexican authorities rushed to send emergency aid, restore communications and assess damage in the Pacific beach resort of Acapulco on Wednesday after a powerful hurricane left a trail of destruction and tourists stranded. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador personally joined an official convoy heading for the seaside city by road, despite landslides and other debris blocking the way. “The army is bringing machinery and we’re […]
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AFP) — A police commander was kidnapped in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco and then shot to death, an official said Saturday. Hector Moreno, of the Morelos state police command, was abducted when off duty by criminals in a poor area of the city and later shot to death, according to a member of the command’s staff. Guerrero state is home to popular beach resorts such as Acapulco, Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo, but is […]
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AFP) — Floods and landslides caused by a tropical depression have damaged or affected some 70 homes and schools and trapped around 200 people in the Mexican resort town of Acapulco, authorities said Sunday. Torrential rains which began Saturday morning caused 33 rock and landslides on interstate highways and the Ayutla-Cruz Grande federal highway, Guerrero state authorities said. The downpour also caused a road to collapse in central Acapulco, sending two cars falling […]
