Gossip is the fuel that powers Mérida’s reputation for safety. At least, that’s the theory posited by a top security official from a city dealing with violence and drugs. Not everyone is thrilled with that analysis. Raúl Tassinari González, Secretary of Public Security at Playa del Carmen, said in an interview that “there is less crime…
Government travel warnings tell us that Zacatecas is not a “safe state” like Nayarit or Yucatán, but to discount it completely would be a mistake. After all, Zacatecas can be seen as a microcosm of sorts regarding the ills that afflict Mexico in general. Zacatecas is known for its baroque architecture, steep alleyways, historical sites,…
Mexico is officially home to 187 Prehispanic archaeological sites, but not all of them are truly open to the public.
While the presence of the military is necessary to help ensure peace, growing segments of society, even some of the president’s most prominent supporters, argue that enough is enough.
Four months to the day after he was killed by a passing car, little Iker Pérez López’s body has not been claimed. On June 13, the 7- or 8-year-old street performer was killed by a car on Avenida Libano in Col. México. Like many other children from Chiapas, he earned his money begging for tips….
A burglary suspect bled to death attempting to smash his way into a downtown Mérida church. Paramedics responded to the Seventh Day Adventist church at Calle 60 near Calle 77 when a man severely cut both wrists, apparently using his bare hands to break through a glass door. Witnesses said the man, around 30, jumped…
Back in the mid 1990s, Playa del Carmen was mostly known as the place one took the ferry to Cozumel, which by then was already established as a popular spot for domestic and international tourists.
Currently, over 200 properties in Mérida’s centro are severely structurally unstable,” says Christian Chan Estrella of Yucatán’s civil protection unit.
Over the past few days in Yucatán, a growing number of people are reporting having their WhatsApp accounts hacked.
According to a new study by the INEGI, corruption in Yucatán costs the state 9.5 billion pesos a year, the highest in the entire country.
Authorities are searching for a 32-year-old Australian woman who resides in Mérida.
Yucatán has ranked as the safest state in all of Mexico according to a report published Wednesday by federal authorities.
Mexico’s Marines will be taking control of seven airports across the country, with Mérida and Cancún among them.
Yucatán’s government has opened a new remote surveillance center to oversee the state’s thousands of active security cameras.
State and municipal police have mounted a special task force to monitor the sale of pyrotechnics across Yucatán.
Approximately 400,000 people are expected to crowd the streets of Mérida’s Centro on Christmas Eve.
Soon after a special battalion of National Guard troops was assigned to protect the area, gunfire broke out Tuesday on a hotel-zone beach in Cancún. Tourists scrambled for cover, but nobody appeared to be injured. The attackers apparently pulled up to the beach on jet skis and shot pistols into the air. “We just had…
At just 18, Heider Alexander Cruz Reyes, is being hailed as a hero by his community after saving a disabled neighbor from a fire in his home.
A 41-year-old American woman missing in Yucatán for nearly three months has been found safe, police said. Jennifer Marie Trujillo, of Denver, was found Wednsday near the Parque de la Paz on Avenida Itzáes. Her family in Colorado said they had not heard from her since July 18, when she reported being in Pisté, police…
The parents of a 16-year-old boy who drowned last Saturday in a Quintana Roo cenote say that the accident should have been prevented by cenote administrators. The youth had visited the Cenote Azul in Sacalaca with a couple of friends but did not resurface after jumping into the water. The witnesses, also minors, reported that…
Women in Mexico are building ties over the Internet to find safety. The network works by connecting women with each other across platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook to share their locations. The central idea is that if a woman on the network were to run into a dangerous situation, she would notify her group…
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…
A United Airlines flight from Cancun made an emergency landing this morning after briefly disappearing from radar screens. United 1832 reportedly experienced a mechanical problem and landed early rather than risk continuing to its planned destination in Houston. The pilot told passengers that there was “a contaminant in the fuel and that one of the…
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