NBC News reports that Mexico is bracing itself for more bad weather in the form of tropical storms Octave and Priscilla, which are moving across the eastern Pacific weeks after more than 100 people were killed by Hurricanes Manuel and Ingrid. Whipping up winds of nearly 40mph, Priscilla is expected to strengthen as it moves towards Mexico’s Baja California from its current starting position around 705 miles south of there. Tom Moore, a coordinating meteorologist at weather.com, said Priscilla was not likely to pose a major risk except at sea. “It’s going to be out and not affect any land,” he said. Read article
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WORST SINCE 1997 7/10 OF THE VICTIMS ARE MEN THREE OUT OF TEN VICTIMS ARE KILLED informador.com.mx REPORTED that During the first six months of government of Enrique Peña Nieto, kidnappings have tripled compared to those perpetrated in the past two administrations. According to the National Observatory Citizen Security, Justice and Legality, December 2012 to […]
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Sadly the reality right now is that thousands of exhausted travellers are lining up in the mud, relying largely on military personnel and muster points to get out. Tourists are being taken to Mexico City by air but very limited flights mean long waits and priority for the elderly and families with young children. Meanwhile […]
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Shanghaidaily.com reports that the first flight to Mexico City from the swamped airport in Acapulco city took off on Tuesday to evacuate some stranded tourists, Interjet airline reported. Two of Mexico’s largest airlines, Interjet and Aeromexico, are running flights to the swamped airport. Families with small children, elderly members or women are given priority boarding, […]
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milenio.com reported tThis year, there have been in Matamoros, a total of 418 cases of dengue, of which 131 are related to bleeding, also this week, were recruited 24 new cases reported, Victor Garcia Fuentes, head of the Third Sanitary District in this border. These cases have been laboratory confirmed state of dependency on the […]
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Reuters reports that Tropical Storm Juliette blew through the Pacific Mexican tourist resort of Cabo San Lucas early on Thursday, killing one man, knocking down trees and causing electricity blackouts, local emergency services said. By mid-morning, Juliette had weakened as it moved along the west coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, about 80 miles northwest […]
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As reported by Usatoday.com, the outbreak of a diarrhea disease has been linked, at least in Iowa and Nebraska, to a food service salad mix sold to Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants. The salad mix was produced by the Mexican subsidiary of an American food-service company, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. Read […]
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According to canada.com, Mexican federal and state police have rescued 81 migrants who had apparently been kidnapped and held in a house on the border with Texas. Tamaulipas state authorities said in a statement Wednesday that 39 migrants are from Honduras, 38 from Guatemala, three from EL Salvador and one from Mexico. Read article
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The Washington Post reports that an airport serving Mexico’s fourth-largest city suspended operations for seven hours because of volcanic ash from the Popocatepetl volcano. The international airport in Puebla was temporarily closed as a precautionary measure, said Puebla airport spokesman Herbert Lopez Palma. Read article
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According to News.Sky.com, a newlywed has died in a suspected hit-and-run crash while he was on his honeymoon in Mexico. Ray Cottam, 55, died in Cancun, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said. Mr Cottam, of Middlestown, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was on holiday with his new wife Karen after they were married at […]
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