Unrest in Baltimore

Baltimore: a contrast to Mexican reality

Peaceful protest protected, but not criminal acts of violence

We have recently seen several cases of police brutality in the United States, where fatal victims are always of Afro-American origin. One of the most arresting happened in a city FULL STORY
emergency operators

066 will be the sole emergency number

But work needs to be done to improve the existing service

The Chamber of Deputies has approved legislation that will make 066 the official, nation-wide emergency number for civil protection, emergency response and denunciations. But there is some work to be done FULL STORY
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atoyac river shooting

2 killed, 1 wounded in 45-year land dispute

Indigenous communities in Sola de Vega and Ejutla battle over 19,000 hectares

Land disputes between indigenous communities in the southern Sierra of Oaxaca continue to simmer, occasionally boiling over as one did on Tuesday when two people lost their lives. The two FULL STORY
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle

SCT announces new drone regulations

The government, meanwhile, is eyeing an autonomous model

Look out, Big Brother may be watching, along with your neighbors, friends, family and anyone else who wants to pony up as little as a few hundred dollars for a FULL STORY
Public Administration Secretary Virgilio Andrade

Public servants must declare conflicts

Requirement to make an annual declaration takes effect Friday

The latest anti-corruption strategy takes effect tomorrow when Mexico’s 206,000 public servants must make an annual declaration of any possible conflicts of interest. That is one of several actions designed to curb and prevent corruption announced FULL STORY
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Unfinished tunnel found in Tijuana

Authorities discover more drug tunnels

Divers in the All-American Canal led to the discovery of one in Mexicali

Two more tunnels have been discovered crossing the Mexico-United States border, both in Baja California. One was an unfinished but sophisticated 200-meter-long tunnel from between Tijuana and San Isidro, California, FULL STORY
Possible CTA sites

BC could be site of new telescope project

Cherenkov Telescope Array would complement Puebla facility

Mexico is one of two countries on a short list for the construction of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), a project that will be the world’s largest and most sensitive, FULL STORY
The Pegasus, created by Oaxaca Aerospace.

Firm unveils prototype of all-Mexican plane

The Pegasus is a single-engine, two-seater aircraft designed in Mexico

Mexico’s aerospace industry, experiencing an annual growth rate of more than 14%, is on a roll and a small company in Oaxaca wants to be part of it. Oaxaca Aerospace FULL STORY
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Martha Debayle, Silvia Novoa and Marybel Yáñez present the World Vision report.

Mexico malnutrition comparable to Africa

In some states, levels as high as 36% among children

Living as a boy, girl, teen or youth under 18 years old in one of the most marginalized areas of Mexico implies belonging to a vulnerable, unattended and unprotected part FULL STORY
president pena nieto

EPN vows to improve the justice system

Situation 'profoundly worrying' says director of CIDE, author of a new report

The justice system in Mexico presents “a profoundly worrying scenario,” said the head of an organization that was charged with examining the problems and recommending solutions. Sergio López Ayllón, director FULL STORY
world mosaic

The world is certainly a great mosaic

Despite communications, we know little about customs and laws of many countries

Modern telecommunications systems can broadcast, in a matter of seconds, world events like the recent earthquake in Nepal, a small nation in the Himalayas, where one can find the imposing FULL STORY
female transit officer

Too many mordidas: traffic fines on hold

Handing out fines is women's work in the State of México

They can’t stop police officers — male officers, that is — from going after mordidas in the State of México so they’ll stop handing out traffic fines for a while instead. FULL STORY
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