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Matan a tiros a una pareja estadounidense en Michoacán, México
1 week, 1 day ago

Matan a tiros a una pareja estadounidense en Michoacán, México

LA Times  

Una pareja estadounidense fue asesinada a tiros cuando visitaba el estado occidental de Michoacán en México. Identificó a Cardona como el cuñado del alcalde del pueblo y anunció la cancelación de los festejos públicos de la temporada navideña organizados por la localidad. El lugar está ubicado en la frontera con el estado vecino de Guanajuato, que tiene más homicidios que …

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California couple killed in Mexican town plagued by violence were visiting for the holidays
1 week, 3 days ago

California couple killed in Mexican town plagued by violence were visiting for the holidays

LA Times  

An October 2021 photo of Mexican soldiers on patrol in the state of Michoacán in Mexico. A California couple with Mexican roots went south for the holidays to visit relatives, an annual tradition among many U.S. residents of Mexican ancestry. But tragedy struck: Both were shot dead in Mexico’s violence-plagued Michoacán state, Mexican authorities said Friday. Angamacutiro Mayor Hermes Arnulfo …

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Young Latinos trying to transform Nevada politics face key foe: apathy
2 months, 1 week ago

Young Latinos trying to transform Nevada politics face key foe: apathy

LA Times  

In 2007, I visited Las Vegas at the invitation of a college student, Edgar Flores. The Times’ Gustavo Arellano in 2012 with students at the weeklong Latino Youth Leadership Conference, which originally aimed to get more Latinos in college and reduce the high school dropout rate. “You’re just itching to do something for your communities,” said Irene Cepeda, 35, a …

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The Mexican Mafia Tapes: How an informant nearly brokered a cartel alliance
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Mexican Mafia Tapes: How an informant nearly brokered a cartel alliance

LA Times  

From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California. That’s been our Achilles heel from day one.” But when Rocha showed up at Moreno’s house in Fresno, “Mike starts backing out.” “This is what you became a carnal for,” Rocha said he told Moreno. Imprisoned on the other side of the country, Landa-Rodriguez was …

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The U.S. and Mexico settle their avocado standoff — but not without a dig from the Mexican president
5 months, 4 weeks ago

The U.S. and Mexico settle their avocado standoff — but not without a dig from the Mexican president

LA Times  

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Monday criticized the U.S. government’s withdrawal of inspectors from avocado packing houses, even as both sides in the dispute said that exports to the United States would resume. of Agriculture halted inspections in the violence-plagued state of Michoacán on June 15 after two of its employees were “attacked and detained,” according to Ken …

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U.S. says avocado inspections may resume in troubled Mexican state, opening way for imports
6 months ago

U.S. says avocado inspections may resume in troubled Mexican state, opening way for imports

LA Times  

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will “gradually” resume inspections of avocados from the Mexican state of Michoacán, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City said Friday. The United States will “gradually” resume inspections of avocados and mangoes from the Mexican state of Michoacán, the U.S. Embassy here said Friday, opening the way for a prospective resumption of exports to the U.S. …

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Avocados toast? Price and availability could suffer after USDA halts some Mexican inspections
6 months ago

Avocados toast? Price and availability could suffer after USDA halts some Mexican inspections

LA Times  

The flow of avocados from Mexico to California could slow in the days ahead, potentially resulting in tough times for fans of guacamole and avocado toast. The United States Department of Agriculture said this week that it has suspended inspections of avocados and mangoes imported from the violence-plagued Mexican state of Michoacán, a move that could eventually result in higher …

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Here’s why ‘The Casagrandes Movie’ is set in Michoacán
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Here’s why ‘The Casagrandes Movie’ is set in Michoacán

LA Times  

Fans of the Nickelodeon show “The Casagrandes” showed their love for the animated series about a Mexican American family when “The Casagrandes Movie” debuted on Netflix on March 22. Lalo Alcaraz: We were working on the series and when I got the first inkling that they were maybe going to do a movie, I was like, “I don’t care what …

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Soldiers and civilians are dying as Mexican cartels embrace a terrifying new weapon: Land mines
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Soldiers and civilians are dying as Mexican cartels embrace a terrifying new weapon: Land mines

LA Times  

In one moment, a column of soldiers and military pickups creeps along a dirt road in western Mexico. “You live in fear every day — of land mines, of drones, of assassins,” said a rancher from the outskirts of El Aguaje, a contested town on the front lines of a war between the Jalisco cartel — known by its Spanish …

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Mexico’s Purepecha Indigenous group welcomes the New Year with ancient ‘New Fire’ ceremony
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico’s Purepecha Indigenous group welcomes the New Year with ancient ‘New Fire’ ceremony

Associated Press  

OCUMICHO, Mexico — Guided by their ancestral lunar calendar, members of Mexico’s Purepecha Indigenous group celebrated their own New Year’s Eve — a little differently than the West’s traditional New Year. Purepecha Indigenous people hold a New Fire ceremony to mark the start of the new year, based on an ancient lunar calendar, in Ocumicho, Michoacan state, Mexico, just before …

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Yahritza y Su Esencia, Yakima and Mexican culture
1 year, 4 months ago

Yahritza y Su Esencia, Yakima and Mexican culture

LA Times  

Sitting at Los Hernandez Tamales feels familiar. When asked about their stay in Mexico City, Yahritza said she didn’t love the commotion of the city, and the kicker was older brother Armando mentioning that he preferred the Mexican food of Washington state, “where they really give it a seasoning that is spicy and tastes good,” he said. As a first …

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Yahritza y Su Esencia: ‘The whole thing was heartbreaking for us’
1 year, 4 months ago

Yahritza y Su Esencia: ‘The whole thing was heartbreaking for us’

LA Times  

The story of the hitmaking regional Mexican band Yahritza y Su Esencia began as a modern-day American dream. Yahritza, now 16, and her older brothers — requinto player Armando Martínez, 25, and bajoloche player Jairo Martínez, 18 — are signed to a joint deal with regional Mexican label Lumbre Music and Columbia Records, and in 2022, they released their debut …

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Mexican Mafia member sentenced to 11 years for role in cartel alliance
2 years ago

Mexican Mafia member sentenced to 11 years for role in cartel alliance

LA Times  

Michael Moreno, a reputed member of the Mexican Mafia, has been jailed for more than nine years on a charge that he helped orchestrate a novel but ultimately thwarted alliance with a Mexican drug cartel that wanted to trade money and drugs for protection in prison and muscle on the streets. Out of my nine brothers, five of them are …

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Mexico earthquake latest: Colima volcano threat debunked as country reels from aftershocks of Michoacán quake
2 years, 3 months ago

Mexico earthquake latest: Colima volcano threat debunked as country reels from aftershocks of Michoacán quake

The Independent  

✕ Close Deadly earthquake rattles Mexico’s Pacific Coast The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. …

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Mexican police find 23 bodies in pits near thermal springs
2 years, 5 months ago

Mexican police find 23 bodies in pits near thermal springs

Daily Mail  

A three-week search for missing persons has led authorities to 23 sets of human remains that were discovered in a lakeside community in the western Mexica state of Michoacán. The bodies were found in secret mass graves located at a property in the community of Los Negritos, which is known for black mud facial masks that are popular there Villamar …

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The empire the Aztecs couldn't conquer
2 years, 5 months ago

The empire the Aztecs couldn't conquer

BBC  

The empire the Aztecs couldn't conquer Brian Overcast / Alamy Stock Photo The yácatas of Tzintzuntzan are uniquely round and made of volcanic stone – perhaps the most intact relics of the P'urhépechas The P'urhépechas were one of the only indigenous groups in Mexico the Aztecs failed to conquer – but despite that feat, they were nearly lost to history. …

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How Mexico’s lucrative avocado industry found itself in ganglands
2 years, 6 months ago

How Mexico’s lucrative avocado industry found itself in ganglands

Salon  

To the relief of avocado lovers from coast to coast, the recent drama between the United States and Mexico was fleeting. Mexico's cash crop Avocados from Mexico have been fueling America's taste for the fruit since 1997, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture lifted a 1914 import ban, which originally was implemented due to fears over pests like seed weevils …

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How we got to peak avocado: Super Bowls to Mexico’s drug cartels
2 years, 10 months ago

How we got to peak avocado: Super Bowls to Mexico’s drug cartels

LA Times  

Humans have been eating avocados on this continent for some 10,000 years or possibly longer, according to the archeological record. The history of the annual NFL championship game as a cultural event is firmly entwined with the rise of guacamole in mainstream U.S. culture, according to Times columnist Gustavo Arellano, whose encyclopedic knowledge on all things American Mexican food is …

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Inside the International Effort to Save One Tiny Mexican Fish
2 years, 10 months ago

Inside the International Effort to Save One Tiny Mexican Fish

Wired  

This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. But scientists at Michoacán University’s Aquatic Biology Unit knew the tequila fish, as it is commonly called, played an important role in the river’s delicate ecosystem—eating dengue-spreading mosquitoes and serving as a food source for larger fish and birds. Now, almost two decades on, a …

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‘We are trapped here.’ A Mexican town isolated by cartel terror
3 years, 8 months ago

‘We are trapped here.’ A Mexican town isolated by cartel terror

LA Times  

Franco Coppola, the Vatican’s diplomat to Mexico, greets people as he arrives to meet families and celebrate Mass in Aguililla, a town that has been cut off by warring cartels in Michoacan state, Mexico. “It’s part of his big plan to move into strategic areas where he can control various criminal activities.” Many in Aguililla are calling on the Mexican …

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