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

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …