The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) analyzed nearly 1,000 suspected counterfeit bills and coins, including foreign currency, from the Yucatan region during the first quarter of 2024. An average of 11 pieces of fake currency were snagged every day in January, February and March. Banxico is currently analyzing the banknotes and coins to determine their authenticity….
Large drug-fuelled parties and a sense of anything goes have created an atmosphere that even several investors are starting to worry about.
The not-for-profit environmental organization CEMDA has outlined eight recent attacks against environmentalists on the Yucatán Peninsula.
Yucatán has ranked as the safest state in all of Mexico according to a report published Wednesday by federal authorities.
Two men were shot to death and another was injured at an upscale beachfront restaurant in Tulum. The attack took place at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Art Beach restaurant at the beginning of the hotel zone in Boca Paila. The complex, which has live entertainment and an art gallery, was filled with customers at…
Members of the collective Sororidad Anahuac say that they have been threatened and verbally assaulted both online and in-person for their role in bringing attention to the case.
Journalists across the country joined coordinated demonstrations to protest the murder of their colleagues.
Numerous students at Mérida’s Anáuac Mayab University are reportedly active in a “secret” chat group to trade intimate photos of classmates, as well as engage in cyberbullying.
Yucatán’s government has opened a new remote surveillance center to oversee the state’s thousands of active security cameras.
The victim, Pablo G.L., was a 42-year-old chef and father of two young children who had just opened a new restaurant in Mérida’s Santiago neighborhood.
The gunman suspected of opening fire against a bicyclist in Mérida’s Centro is reported to be under police custody.
A cyclist was shot and wounded Monday night in downtown Mérida by the driver of a black vehicle. Police are looking for a suspect known to be involved in the illicit drug trade.
In a recent poll conducted by the INEGI, 71% of adults in Yucatán reported that corruption is a serious problem in the state.
It would seem that despite the consequences, smugglers have not been dissuaded from trafficking live animals through Mérida’s airport.
Mexico’s central bank has warned consumers that fake currency is in circulation.
A woman from El Salvador lost her life last weekend in a violent altercation with the police in Tulum. Video of the incident shows the victim laying on the floor while a female police officer kneels on her neck. Police officers detained the woman on the grounds of a public disturbance. After a struggle that…
Police have arested a man suspected of having fired 4 shots at a vehicle in Mérida on the night of March 24. The suspect identified as Michell Omar M.S. was arrested by police near his domicile in the Los Reyes neighborhood after he tried to evade capture by escaping on foot. The weapon allegedly used…
A motorcyclist opened fire against an automobile Wednesday night in Mérida’s Manuel Ávila Camacho neighborhood. Police said the motorcyclist allegedly fired at least four shots at a Chevrolet Aveo on Calle 31 before leaving the scene. The bullets apparently missed the driver and passengers because there were no reports of injuries or deaths. After the…
The trail of one of Florida’s most-wanted suspects led to Mérida where a suspect was detained after a joint investigation by city, county and federal agencies in the United States. Yosbel Flores Rodriguez had been sought on a $10 million bond following a 2013 drug trafficking investigation. The Key West Police Special Investigation Unit, the…
A woman in Tizimín has denounced the senseless killing of a Keel-billed toucan. Mauris Febles posted allegations on Facebook that unidentified men purposefully attacked and killed the bird with a slingshot. “It makes me so sad and angry to see how such a beautiful and endangered bird was killed, and for no reason at all….
Police in Yucatán detained two suspects for their alleged involvement in a fatal shooting in northern Mérida. The shooting took place Feb. 23 at approximately 7 a.m. in Mérida’s Fraccionamiento Las Americas. The first suspect, identified as Daniel A.P. was arrested after police found him hiding in a home located in northern Mérida on Feb….
A California-based magazine places Mérida at the top of a list of Mexican cities that foreigners should consider calling home. Entrepreneur magazine, in an article aimed at the growing number of remote workers, suggested five cities south of the border where location-independent professionals can safely continue their careers. Expensive, crowded tech hubs have been seeing…
A woman stabbed her husband several times after thinking she found photos of him with a younger woman. It turns out that she herself was that “other” woman. The photo of the couple was taken years ago, when they were dating, police in Sonora, Mexico said. Authorities from the municipality of Cajeme reported that a…
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