VERACRUZ , Mexico (AFP) — Gunmen in Mexico’s Veracruz state shot dead four men on Sunday hours after police killed an alleged criminal elsewhere in the region and another man was kidnapped at church, authorities said. Three armed men stormed into a nightclub called La Madame in the regional capital Xalapa Sunday morning, shooting four victims at a table inside. “Four elderly men were killed,” the state government said in a statement. Several more were […]
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Experts warn of potential for major activity at Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano
SAN NICOLAS DE LOS RANCHOS, STATE OF MEXICO, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican authorities warned of potential for major activity at the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City on Wednesday (April 6) after observing an increased level of explosive activity in recent months. In the last two weeks alone, the Popocatepetl volcano, located some 50 miles (80 km) to the southeast of the capital, has exploded on several occasions resulting in the expulsion of gases and smoking, […]
Pena Nieto calls for “necessary” measures as smog blankets Mexico City
MEXICO City (Reuters) — Mexico City’s government has widened traffic restrictions and recommended people stay indoors due to serious air pollution, as the sprawling capital enters day three of its second-highest alert warning for ozone levels after more than a decade in the clear. The government of Mexico City, which is home to over 20 million people, driving five million cars, blamed the high levels of pollution on the high concentration of ozone in the […]
Mexico tests DNA of babies who survived blast in search for parents
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Plunged into chaos just hours after entering this world, nine babies found alive after a gas blast in a Mexican maternity hospital underwent DNA tests on Friday in a bid to reunite them with their parents. Thursday’s blast devastated the hospital on the western edge of Mexico City, sending a fireball into the air and killing a nurse and two infants. But dozens of people, including mothers and newborns, who were […]
Protesters clash with police in Mexico City
Protesters threw Molotov cocktails and clashed with riot police outside Mexico City’s National Palace on Thursday (November 20) as thousands protested against President Enrique Pena Nieto’s handling of the apparent massacre of 43 trainee school teachers. Hundreds of police in riot gear blocked access to the palace in the capital’s main square, the Zocalo, where thousands of protesters had gathered in support of the students, apparently murdered after their abduction by corrupt police on September 26. Three marches had […]
