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Mexico’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear a landmark case that could recognize bees as subjects of rights, a move Indigenous communities say is critical to protecting both biodiversity and their own cultural survival. In an amparo case — a Mexican constitutional injunction used to defend fundamental rights — a group of Maya communities in the southeastern state of Campeche is asking the high court to grant legal standing to melipona bees native to the area. The Campeche municipality of Hopelchén, located toward the bottom of the map, 93 kilometers due west of the city of Campeche and 174 kilometers south of Mérida, is the state’s most productive beekeeping and agricultural region and home to the communities involved in the rights case. (Google Maps) The case also asks that Indigenous beekeepers be recognized as the guardians of these stingless honeybees, which are facing mass die-offs linked to deforestation for soy production, heavy pesticide use and climate change. These hards...

National health regulator Cofepris found concentrations of bacteria higher than permitted in several coastal destinations in Mexico, including two of the country’s most popular beaches. As part of its annual pre-summer vacation beach monitoring , Cofepris (Federal Commission for the Protection Against Health Risks) reviewed beaches in all 17 coastal states and examined thousands of samples taken at 289 beaches between mid-June and early July.  La #Cofepris alertó que Playa del Cuale, en #PuertoVallarta , rebasó los límites permitidos de bacterias, por lo que fue clasificada como no apta para uso recreativo en este periodo vacacional. Noticiero en #ImagenTVGDL con @erickbreguer #NoticiasImagen pic.twitter.com/wO7DLRsYmt — Imagen TV Guadalajara (@ImagenTVGDL) July 13, 2026 Most destinations met federal health standards (98.3% to be exact), but five sites exceeded the established microbiological limit for recreational activities. Among the five deemed not suitable for swimming w...

What looked like an unprecedented sargassum invasion on a popular beach in the western state of Nayarit has instead been identified as a harmless Pacific macroalgae — not the same seaweed that has become the scourge of Quintana Roo’s Caribbean shores. For the past couple of weeks, beachgoers and residents in Rincón de Guayabitos have observed clumps of brown muck covering the shoreline.  An especially large accumulation Sunday morning led to Facebook and other social media posts, including by the municipal government of Compostela which the Guayabitos beach is part of, describing a “ sargazo” invasion. “This has never happened before,” residents and boatmen told the newspaper La Jornada as they joined cleanup efforts. But researchers from the Autonomous University of Nayarit (UAN) said the material is not sargassum — which typically affects Mexico’s Caribbean coast — but Hypnea, a naturally occurring macroalgae. In an interview on Radio UAN, marine researchers Ubisha Hernánde...

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ron Johnson touted on Friday the U.S. government’s actions against the illegal trafficking of firearms — weapons that often end up in the hands of members of Mexican cartels. “The Trump Administration is delivering results to dismantle the cartels and stop illegal firearms trafficking: nearly 50,000 firearms seized, almost 2.9 million rounds of ammunition seized and more than 10,000 arrests linked to firearms trafficking,” Johnson wrote on social media . The Trump Administration is delivering results to dismantle the cartels and stop illegal firearms trafficking: nearly 50,000 firearms seized, almost 2.9 million rounds of ammunition seized, and more than 10,000 arrests linked to firearms trafficking. Under the leadership of… pic.twitter.com/gkepZ6SOvg — Embajador Ronald Johnson (@USAmbMex) July 10, 2026 “ Under the leadership of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and President @ClaudiaShein, our countries continue working together to make both...

A road blockade drill will take place on Monday at seven access points to the Guadalajara metropolitan area, as part of a coordinated security and emergency response initiative involving authorities from all three levels of government.  According to official notices, the drill will start at 1 p.m. and is expected to last for a couple of hours, though the duration may vary at each location. Authorities will set up controlled roadblocks at the following entrances to the city to rehearse protocols for potential real closures due to violence, major accidents or other emergencies:   Highway to Zacatecas Highway to Saltillo Highway to Lagos de Moreno Highway to La Barca Highway to Chapala Highway to Colima Highway to Vallarta Authorities have emphasized that although the road closures may cause slow traffic and delays across the city, they do not represent an actual risk to the public. Motorists are expected to allow emergency vehicles to pass during the operation and give them...

Mexico’s World Cup run gave way this week to two of the country’s most persistent storylines: the fallout from the “El Mayo” Zambada case and economic uncertainty tied to trade and global conditions. El Tri’s tournament ended Sunday with a 3-2 loss to England in the round of 16, a result Sheinbaum called the team’s best World Cup performance despite the early exit, and the match itself became the most-watched soccer broadcast in Mexico this century . By Tuesday, attention shifted to a sharper dispute with Washington. Sheinbaum used her press conference to ask who lied about the U.S. role in capturing Sinaloa Cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada , suggesting American officials misrepresented arrangements made with organized crime figures to facilitate his 2024 capture. Former U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar denied the accusation in a statement Wednesday, rejecting Sheinbaum’s characterization of events. The dispute unfolded as Zambad...