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One day a year cemeteries in Mexico City burst with life. Jo Tuckman joins locals at one on the outskirts of the capital.
Mexico orders economic shutdown, pandemic imminent
Mexico’s president told citizens to stay home from Friday for a five-day partial shutdown of the economy.
World Aids conference gets under way
Former United States president Bill Clinton was to take centre stage at the International Aids Conference in Mexico on Monday.
Mlambo-Ngcuka heads SA delegation at Aids conference
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has left for Mexico City to attend the United Nations XVII International Aids Conference.
Bomb kills one, wounds two in Mexico City
A bomb exploded on a street near the security ministry in central Mexico City on Friday, killing one person and wounding two. No group claimed responsibility for the blast and…
Quake shakes southern Mexico, no casualties
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6,4 shook south-western Mexico on Tuesday, the latest in a series of temblors in recent days, but there were no reports of casualties or serious…
Quake hits northern Mexico
A magnitude 5,4 quake struck very close to the northern Mexican city of Mexicali in Baja California on Saturday morning, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, but…
Mexico City starts grope-free buses for women
Mexico City has started a women-only bus service to protect female passengers from groping and verbal abuse common on the city’s packed public-transportation system. Millions of…
‘He didn’t eat her; he just cut her body up’
An aspiring writer who left a horror scene of body parts in his apartment was arraigned last Thursday on charges of murder and desecrating a corpse after he allegedly cut up and…
Tropical storm strengthens, heads for Mexico
Tropical Storm Kiko swirled along Mexico’s Pacific coast and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Saturday night, forecasters said on Friday. A tropical-storm watch was…
Severed limbs in the fridge and meat on the stove
Mexican police have arrested a suspected cannibal after finding the severed limbs of his fiancée in the fridge and a pot of meat boiling on the stove, prosecutors said on Friday.…
Tropical Storm Barbara strengthens off Mexico
Tropical Storm Barbara strengthened in the Pacific Ocean on Friday and was expected to make landfall near the border between Mexico and Guatemala on Saturday without becoming a…
Barbara seen becoming hurricane off Mexico
Tropical Storm Barbara, the first Pacific cyclone to form close to the coast this year, swirled erratically off Mexico on Wednesday and may reach hurricane strength within four…
Two strong quakes shake Mexico
Two strong earthquakes shook Mexico early on Friday, sparking gas fires in Mexico City and sending residents into the streets around the sprawling capital and in the southern…
First gay couple unite in Mexico City
An economist and a journalist became the first couple united under Mexico City’s new gay civil-union law, kissing while a string orchestra played Besame Mucho and police cordoned…