Mexico city News

10,000-year-old Mammoth skeleton unearthed in Mexico City

Mexico - An excavation process initiated last March by Mexico's National Institute for Anthropology and History is beginning to show some astonishing results.

In the Media by Jeff Campagna - 1 comment

32 dead, around 121 injured in Mexican state oil company HQ blast

Mexico - An explosion rocked the high-rise headquarters of Pemex, a state-owned oil company in Mexico City on Thursday. At least 32 people were killed and around 121 people have been injured. (Updated)

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 2 comments

Mexico City police destroy toy guns to bring down crime rate

Mexico - Officials estimate that three-in-ten violent crimes in Mexico City are carried out with an authentic-looking toy gun. On Friday, in an effort to stop this, police destroyed thousands of toy guns.

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Tens of thousands protest Mexico presidential election results

Mexico - Accusing President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto of electoral fraud, around 32,000 protesters marched through Mexico City on Sunday.

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Museum of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City Special

Mexico - Coyoacán - a fashionable, historic and artsy part of Mexican capital has a unique museum dedicated to Leon Trotsky, one of the most controversial figures of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.

Digital Journal Report by Joseph Boltrukiewicz - 8 comments

Deadly shootout at Mexico airport, 3 police officers dead

Three police officers were killed in a deadly shootout at the Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City yesterday.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 3 comments

Op-Ed: Mexican medics drop heart destined for transplant

Mexico - International media outlets are reporting that two medics in Mexico carrying a transplant-bound heart stepped off a helicopter, stumbled, and dumped the cooler and its contents onto the street.

In the Media by Elizabeth Batt

Earthquake strikes Mexico City; at least 2 confirmed dead

An earthquake shook Mexico City, Mexico Saturday night. Most reports say the earthquake's magnitude was 6.7. At least two people who were in the outskirts of the city have been confirmed dead.

In the Media by Kevin Fitzgerald

Mexico City considers trial marriages with expiring licenses

Lawmakers in Mexico City have proposed a bill to allow temporary marriage licenses, which can be discarded or renewed after a minimum two-year period. When the the two-year license expires, the contract simply ends.

In the Media by Katerina Nikolas - 6 comments

Floating Gardens of Xochimilco, Mexico Special

Xochimilco - Floating Gardens of Xochimilco, as one of many UNESCO World Heritage Sites, attract both locals and visitors travelling to Mexico City to recreationally experience the old system of canals from pre-Hispanic Tenochtitlan.

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