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Authorities and search groups confirmed the discovery of six human remains in five clandestine graves found in Baja California Sur (BCS) after an anonymous March 5 tip prompted search operations over the weekend. The site was located amid scrubland along ​​isolated dirt roads in the BCS municipality of Comondú, near the La Paz-San Juan De La Costa highway. None of the bodies — one female and five male — were clothed, complicating immediate identification. After forensic testing, the local search collective Búsqueda x La Paz on Wednesday identified two of the victims — 43-year-old Rigoberto Álvarez Amador and Raúl Zamarrón García.  In a Facebook post , the collective expressed gratitude for the tip, insisting that the group guarantees anonymity for any and all reports, since “our only desire is to find our missing relatives.” The search continued through Monday, according to Búsqueda x La Paz leader Gabriel Álvarez, who added that it was possible that there were more graves in ...

BBVA and Barclays increased their growth forecasts for Mexico’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this year from 1.5% to 1.7%, and from 1.2% to 1.8%, respectively, in new outlooks published by the two financial institutions on Tuesday.  The new projections are far higher than the 0.8% GDP growth that BBVA expected for 2025. BBVA Mexico’s chief economist praised President Sheinbaum for driving mixed-ownership investments in both energy and infrastructure. (Facebook) Analysts at the two banks credited the Sheinbaum administration’s encouragement of greater private sector participation for the improved projections.  BBVA Mexico’s chief economist, Carlos Serrano Herrera, praised President Sheinbaum for driving mixed-ownership investments in both energy and infrastructure. “A major bottleneck in the previous administration was the electricity sector,” said Carlos Serrano. “To overcome this, investment is needed, and it will have to be primarily private.” The OECD and the Bank of...

Oil that has contaminated the southern coast of the state of Veracruz may have come from a natural oil seep, Governor Rocío Nahle said Tuesday. In early March, what appeared to be an oil spill was detected off the coast of Pajapan , a municipality in southern Veracruz that borders Coatzacoalcos. The contamination also affected the Gulf of Mexico coastline in other nearby municipalities. The mayor of Pajapan said last week that fishermen, restaurant owners and tourism were all affected. Pemex denies responsibility in Veracruz oil spill The state oil company Pemex promptly denied that it was to blame, saying in a statement that “no leaks or spills” had been detected and that its infrastructure in the region was “operating normally.” On Tuesday, Nahle said that there were no reports of an oil spill from a petroleum tanker or oil platform. There is a “theory,” the Veracruz governor said, that the oil that has contaminated the coastline of Veracruz and Tabasco is the result of a “na...

The U.S. government has taken another step in its fight against Mexican cartels, six of which it has designated as foreign terrorist organizations. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it had issued an “expanded Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) to help law enforcement combat the illicit activities and money laundering of Mexico-based cartels and other criminal actors along the southwest border of the United States.” “The GTO subjects certain money services businesses (MSBs) — which provide financial services outside of a formal bank — to enhanced reporting requirements with FinCEN,” the agency said in a statement . “This important tool ensures law enforcement has access to critical data and can act quickly as they investigate illicit activity.” The expanded GTO requires businesses such as money transfer companies (Western Union, MoneyGram, etc) and currency exchange offices to “file Currency Transaction Repor...

The southern state of Oaxaca will spend an unprecedented 712 million pesos (US $40 million) to overhaul its public safety and victim support operations during 2026. In a press conference announcing the initiative, Governor Salomon Jara Cruz said the new allocation of resources, which will focus on equipment, technology and police salaries, will make Oaxaca’s citizen protection budget one of the nation’s largest for the third consecutive year.     Karina Barón Ortiz, who heads the Executive Secretariat of the State Public Security System of Oaxaca, explained that this historic investment is made up of a federal contribution of 312.2 million pesos (US $18.36 million) and a state investment of 399.9 million pesos (US $23.52 million). Barón added that these resources are part of the investment plan for 2026 to strengthen the infrastructure, equipment and operation of security corporations.   With the investment, the state government will seek to keep its security equipmen...

A prehistoric skeleton has been found in the underground river and cave system along Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Octavio del Río, the cave-diving archaeologist who was among those who made the find, said it is the 11th such skeleton found in the region over the past three decades. Some of the earlier discoveries date back as far as 13,000 years, older than what was originally thought to be the earliest arrival of humans to the Americas (as detailed with a similar but earlier nearby finding that accompanies this article). 8,000 year-old human skeleton discovered by cave divers near Tulum The discovery was made between Tulum and Playa del Carmen in the state of Quintana Roo, an area that archaeologists consider strategic for research into the earliest inhabitants of North America. Del Rio, who works with the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), told The Associated Press in late February that the skeleton was “found in a flooded cave about 26 feet (8 meters) below t...