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Zona Rosa Mexico City: man murdered in broad daylight in highly trafficked tourist area

According to lapoliciaca.com, a man about 35 years old was killed on the streets of Hamburg, in the Zona Rosa, where another man was shot at least four times. The incident occurred shortly before noon, when the victim, who has not been identified, walked into the street of Genoa. Witnesses said a man wearing dark clothes and which was traveling in a sport bike black color black got out and shot the man. The assailant fled into the streets of Antwerp, where two policemen who were near the scene could not stop it. The victim’s body was lying face down outside a restaurant Vips that sits next to the Plaza La Rosa. Local Attorney Agents (PGJDF), along with the SSP-DF working at the site. Read Article

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Health Advisory: Possible H7N3 outbreak in 5 Mexican poultry farms

As reported by wcax.com, “A possible outbreak of avian influenza H7N3 has been detected in five breeder farms located in the state of Guanajuato. The company has nearly one hundred breeder farms dispersed along the country which produce hatching eggs for producing chickens. This type of influenza is similar to the one detected in 2012 […]

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Mexico: video showing traffic officer shaking down foreign tourist

unionjalisco.mx reported ….In a new chapter embarrassing for traffic cops. Comes this video that highlights what many know, but rarely documented in video, as on this occasion. Everything happens on a road in Aguascalientes, when a traffic officer, which is not enough to distinguish whether municipal or state, but bears the insignia “protect and serve”, […]

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Risk of increased violence in Mexico City

The war on drugs in Mexico has largely stayed away from its capital city. But now some police chiefs are warning the violence could spread. On Sunday, 18 suspected members of La Familia cartel were arrested in connection to recent killings in Mexico City’s suburbs.

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Carnival cruise ship stranded after engine fire in Gulf of Mexico

As reported by cnn.com, “A Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico with more than 4,200 passengers and crew will be towed to port after a weekend engine fire left it dead in the water, a cruise line official said. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Vigorous arrived to aid the stranded ship early Monday, […]

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U.S. expatriate found murdered inside her residence in San Miguel del Allende Mexico

periodico.am reported that residents of the community of Santa Teresita de Don Diego in San Miguel de Allende, said they were dismayed by the news that Joyous Heart was killed inside his house. To the people the news they fell by surprise, the woman had no relatives in Mexico. “He was very kind lady but […]

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Mazatlan Mexico: tourist allegedly assaulted by taxi driver during Carnaval

Noroeste.com.mx reported that the Regional Deputy Justice in Mazatlan received a complaint from a tourist of being assaulted by a taxi driver on Saturday February 9, 2013. The alleged assault took place during Carnaval celebrations. Read Article THE NEWS ARTICLE DID NOT PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT OR THE ORIGIN OF THE TOURIST.

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Ek’ Balam archaeological site Mexico, tourist from Canada dies from apparent hear attack

According to yucatan.com.mx, a Canadian tourist suffered three strokes, one after another, died February 9, 2013. yesterday Canadian Marvin Blake, 71, to come down from the Acropolis in the archaeological site of Ek Balam. The Canadian tourist arrived in the area to board a bus, along with a group of the Riviera Maya, about 3 […]

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Mexico: second most dangerous city in the world, Acapulco

elmundo.es —– “Acapulco has deteriorated because there is no authority, not prevented the crime, not prosecuted, not investigated, not punished and impunity is what has made it the most violent city in Mexico and the second in the world, after Honduras San Pedro Sula.’s almost a failed state. ” The president of the NGO Citizens […]

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Mexico: automobile accident leaves one Canadian tourist dead, one injured in Baja California Sur

San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur. – According to peninsulardigital.com, an unwise “U” turn at the 030 + kilometer 920 of the highway San José del Cabo – Cabo San Lucas, at the roundabout FONATUR made ​​the vehicle they were traveling two ladies in their sixties and both Canadians, slammed into a Suburban, being […]

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