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Tropical Storm Alberto deals death, disappointment to rain-starved northeast Mexico
6 months ago

Tropical Storm Alberto deals death, disappointment to rain-starved northeast Mexico

LA Times  

Beach furniture is strewn along Miramar Beach in Tampico, Mexico, after Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall. Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, weakened Thursday as it moved inland over northeast Mexico after bringing heavy rains to parts of the parched region and leaving at least three dead. But forecasters said heavy rain amounting to several inches was still …

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2 Central American migrants found dead in Mexico after trying to board a moving train
1 year, 2 months ago

2 Central American migrants found dead in Mexico after trying to board a moving train

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Two migrants from Honduras and El Salvador died Wednesday trying to board a moving train in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, authorities said. A sudden surge of migrants last week triggered the closure of one U.S. border crossing and forced Mexico’s largest railroad to suspend dozens of freight trains. Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said …

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Up to 11 Mexican Miners Trapped in Coal Mine After Collapse, Families Distraught
2 years, 4 months ago

Up to 11 Mexican Miners Trapped in Coal Mine After Collapse, Families Distraught

News 18  

Mexican authorities were working on Wednesday to rescue a group of miners trapped in a coal mine in the state of Coahuila after it collapsed, Coahuila State Secretary Fernando Donato de Las Fuentes said in an interview on national television. The coal mine started operations in January and has not received any complaints, the Labor Ministry said in a statement. …

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Rescuers in Mexico battle to free 10 trapped coal miners
2 years, 4 months ago

Rescuers in Mexico battle to free 10 trapped coal miners

Al Jazeera  

Military personnel and rescue dogs deployed to the scene of the accident in Coahuila, according to President Lopez Obrador. Rescuers are battling to free 10 workers believed to be trapped in a coal mine in northern Mexico, while three others were found alive, authorities said. Military personnel and rescue dogs were deployed to the scene of the accident in the …

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Mexico’s abortion ruling could make waves beyond its borders
3 years, 3 months ago

Mexico’s abortion ruling could make waves beyond its borders

CNN  

Mexico City CNN — The ground literally shook on the day the Mexican Supreme Court decriminalized abortion: On September 7, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Mexican Pacific coast, rocking several states and killing one person. One women’s right leader consulted by CNN says the unanimous ruling, which found penalizing abortion to be unconstitutional, could make Mexico a destination for …

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Mexico's Supreme Court Has Voted To Decriminalize Abortion
3 years, 3 months ago

Mexico's Supreme Court Has Voted To Decriminalize Abortion

NPR  

Mexico's Supreme Court Has Voted To Decriminalize Abortion Enlarge this image toggle caption Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion as a crime, a landmark ruling that clears the way for the legalization of abortion across the country. Women in Mexico were inspired by activists …

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For Mexico’s president, the future isn’t renewable energy — it’s coal
3 years, 8 months ago

For Mexico’s president, the future isn’t renewable energy — it’s coal

LA Times  

Juan Manuel Briones was 14 when he started working in the coal mines in this remote stretch of northern Mexico. “Coal is what we live from.” López Obrador’s devotion to fossil fuels and rejection of cleaner energy at a time when most nations are moving in the opposite direction has dismayed environmentalists, who warn that Mexico will be unable to …

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