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The Yucatán state government has teamed up with the World Wildlife Fund and an international alliance of institutions to amass funding of more than US $20 million to protect its jungles, mangroves and underground water systems. Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena on Wednesday launched the Herencia Maya (Maya Heritage) project , saying it will guarantee long-term financial resources for the conservation of 11 protected state nature reserves. The historic project — combining the resources of government, NGOs and private donors — aims to help protect more than 581,000 hectares of natural areas across the state. For example, Governor Díaz Mena said Herencia Maya will guarantee financing — through an investment of more than US $12 million over the next five years — to care for and preserve 52,000 hectares of mangroves along 273 kilometers of coastline. The project will allow for the development of marine species and curb environmental degradation and deforestation, while also restoring mangrove...

A prototype of Olinia, the low-cost Mexican electric mini-car project promoted by the Mexican government, is now complete and will debut June 7 ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Roberto Capuano Tripp, the director of the Olinia project, shared a first glimpse of the electric car prototype at President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Wednesday morning press conference. The Mexican government plans to begin producing the car in 2027. Resultados que transforman. Les presento el prototipo del minivehículo mexicano, Olinia. pic.twitter.com/xmuL6skRhj — Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) May 13, 2026 “Olinia is a technological project, an industrial project, and above all, a project for the people,” Capuano said. “A project from Mexico for the world.” About Olinia Reminiscent of a small European electric vehicle, Olinia features compact proportions and a tall, boxy body to maximize interior space. It is designed for ease of maneuverability on narrow streets and short trips. “The goal is t...

Chihuahua Governor Maru Campos asserted on Tuesday that she didn’t authorize or have knowledge of the presence of “foreign people” — i.e., U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) personnel — in a drug lab raid in the northern border state in April. Her declaration in a video message came as the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) conducts an investigation into the alleged participation of CIA officers in the dismantlement of a drug lab in the municipality of Morelos on April 18. Ante la desinformación y ataques políticos a propósito del exitoso operativo en la Sierra Tarahumara, donde se aseguraron toneladas de precursores químicos y miles de litros de metanfetamina, quiero compartir con ustedes información importante sobre los avances de la… pic.twitter.com/9iXDiinfvH — Maru Campos (@MaruCampos_G) May 13, 2026 President Claudia Sheinbaum has said that her government didn’t authorize or have any knowledge of the alleged CIA participation in the ope...

Mexico has issued a preventive hantavirus alert, although no cases of the emerging deadly virus have been recorded in Mexican territory. The alert was issued by the National Committee for Epidemiological Surveillance (Conave) to all medical units in the country, following the confirmation of a hantavirus outbreak on May 2 onboard an international cruise ship sailing the South Atlantic Ocean.   After the preventive hantavirus alert was issued, Health Minister David Kershenobich stressed that no cases have been documented in Mexico and that the probability of a human-to-human-transmitted breakout is very low. (Graciela López/Cuartoscuro) The purpose of the warning is to help hospitals, laboratories and epidemiological surveillance units to quickly detect any possible imported cases. “Although the risk to the country is low, timely detection remains crucial due to the high lethality of the disease, its rapid clinical progression, the diagnostic difficulty in early stages, and the nee...

The Mexican government and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have rejected a CNN report that claimed that the CIA “facilitated” a “targeted assassination” of an alleged Sinaloa Cartel member in México state in March. CNN’s report — published on Tuesday under the headline “Exclusive: CIA escalates secret war on cartels with deadly operations inside Mexico” — claims that the CIA “facilitated” an explosion that blew up a car traveling on a México state highway on March 28 , killing the vehicle’s two occupants, one of whom was identified as Francisco Beltrán, an alleged mid-level member of the Sinaloa Cartel who was known as “El Payín.” Vehicle explodes on highway near Mexico City’s AIFA airport, killing 2 “Mexican authorities have maintained extreme secrecy around the explosion, but multiple sources tell CNN that the attack was a targeted assassination, facilitated by CIA operations officers,...

Three American bison calves have been born in recent weeks at the El Santuario Ecological Reserve in the state of Coahuila, marking a milestone in the species’ return to northern Mexico. The Pro Cuatrociénegas Foundation said the births follow the November 2025 reintroduction of 44 bison — 38 females and six males — to the Sierra de Menchaca near Cuatro Ciénegas, part of a long-term effort to restore degraded grasslands and biodiversity. As one conservationist commented on the reintroduction of bison to northern Mexico: “It’s not just about bringing in a charismatic animal. It’s about restoring critical ecosystem functions that no other species can perform.” (Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas) The calves, born in late April and early May, weighed between 15 and 20 kilograms (33 to 44 pounds) and are in good health, according to the foundation officials. They expect the herd to grow to at least 55 animals this year. “Each bison that is born reinforces the return of t...