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MND Local San Miguel de Allende: Art passport, charity events and celebrity sightings

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A new passport guide focuses on the city’s lesser-known artists and art studios; a cow-sorting benefit event is coming up; an athletic challenge will help feed local schoolchildren, and a celebrity sighting is reported at a local bar and restaurant. Read on about some of the community activities going on in and around San Miguel de Allende . Art passport draws attention to SMA’s ‘hidden studios’ San Miguel jewelry maker Mariana Díaz started thinking about her Hidden Studios Art Passport project in January after a period of feeling invisible as an artist and realizing others were in a similar situation. Look for the Hidden Studios Art Passport at selected hotels, cafes and restaurants around San Miguel de Allende. (Mariana Diaz) “I just thought about everybody having so much talent, but no one knows about it,” she said. “People keep on the same route in Centro, and they really don’t walk around and see all the good stuff that’s out there.” Her idea led to a Sept. 12 launch of the ...
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Sheinbaum pledges continued military support for Sinaloa, again blaming US involvement for the state’s violence

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A day after pledging Sunday to keep federal security forces in Sinaloa “as long as necessary,” President Sheinbaum on Monday repeated her conviction that U.S. interference precipitated the explosion of violence and the ongoing cartel turf war plaguing the troubled state. While in Culiacán, the Sinaloa state capital, on Sunday, Sheinbaum said Governor Graciela Domínguez can count on the complete support of the federal government, while also announcing that Cabinet officials will visit the state in the coming weeks. The president was in the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacán on Sept 20 as part of her series of visits to present in person her annual Informe to each state. (José Betanzos Zárate / Cuartoscuro.com) “First and foremost, all federal forces … will remain here for as long as necessary,” she said. “We will not withdraw any element of the Army, the National Guard or the Navy; they will continue to support the governor and, above all, the people of Sinaloa.” Sinaloa...
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Hurricane Polo expected to reach Category 5 as it nears Mexico’s Pacific coast

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Hurricane Polo is expected to quickly intensify after forming Monday morning in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Guerrero, with Civil Protection encouraging residents of several states to remain vigilant and follow safety recommendations. Polo could bring heavy rain, rough surf and tropical-storm-force winds to parts of Mexico this week as it intensifies into a Category 5 hurricane near the coast of Michoacán by Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center warned. ⚠️ #Polo ahora como #Huracán categoría 1 ⚠️ ◾️Se localiza a 305 km al sur-suroeste de Zihuatanejo, #Guerrero , y a 435 km al sur-sureste de Manzanillo, #Colima ◾️Su circulación refuerza la psibabilidad de #Lluvias de distintas intensidades en Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero… pic.twitter.com/3RRiy2j0PQ — Coordinación Nacional de Protección Civil (@CNPC_MX) September 21, 2026 It was centered about 410 kilometers south-southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico, and 322 kilometers southwest of Zihuatanejo at 9 a.m. CST ...
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MND Local Guadalajara: Airport road update and Line 5’s environmental cost

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This week, we have an update on construction of the Guadalajara International Airport ’s second entrance and how the buildout of bus rapid transit (Line 5) along the Chapala highway has affected the local environment. Airport’s 2nd entrance road now expected to open by March 2027 The project to add a second airport entrance kicked off in earnest 13 months ago. It aimed to ease chronic traffic bottlenecks along the Chapala highway, where airport travelers, daily commuters and commercial trucks all battle for scarce road space.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Gobierno de Jalisco (@gobjalisco) In summer 2025, public officials promised the work would be finished in time for the FIFA World Cup earlier this summer, but that deadline came and went. Then work was suspended to prevent construction delays around the airport during the tournament. Now that work has resumed, we have an updated timeline for completion. Earlier ...
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Mexico City’s invisible recyclers fight for rights — and a share of the profits

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“Living from garbage doesn’t mean we become part of the garbage,” Soledad Mella told a packed auditorium in Iztapalapa, the Mexico City borough most burdened with the megacity’s massive waste stream. “We must dignify and defend our work. But above all, we must organize.” The energetic grassroots recycler — referred to here in Mexico as a pepenadora — had carried her message all the way from Chile on an international tour through the region. She has carried that message from the streets and landfills of Santiago to international climate conferences and United Nations negotiations. At Iztapalapa’s Forum on Inclusive Circular Economy, she spoke directly to Mexican pepenadores confronting a pivotal question: Will the country’s new circular economy become a route out of invisibility, or another lucrative industry that leaves them behind? A push for legal recognition Arnold Ricalde, environmental adviser to Iztapalapa Mayor Aleida Alavez Ruiz and principal organizer of the forum, summa...
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Mexico’s week in review: Independence Day fireworks give way to trade deal hopes

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Mexico’s Independence Day on Sept. 16 was the focal point this past week, even as less celebratory news circulated. Over the weekend, 21-year-old Spanish exchange student Claudia Tacoronte Aguilera, attending the Autonomous University of Morelos (UAEM) in Cuernavaca, Morelos, was stabbed and killed in Cuautla — the fourth femicide of a UAEM student just this year. On Thursday, Morelos authorities announced the arrest of a suspect , Francisco Javier “N,” but the attack on Tacoronte and the emergency medical response were met with indignation both locally and in Spain. Also on Sept. 12, Pemex admitted it had contained another oil spill off the coast of Campeche , which the Navy and the state oil company moved quickly to seal and clean up — a contrast to the government’s slower handling of a major spill in February. Meanwhile, the peso spent most of the week trading above 17 to the dollar , weakening toward its worst week since March as markets digested the U.S. ...
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Using US intelligence, Mexican Army downs drone and arrests its operator in Tijuana

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After receiving information from U.S. officials, the Mexican Army successfully deactivated a drone that crossed the border into Tijuana and arrested the operator in Mexican territory. The Defense Ministry (Defensa) on Thursday provided details of the Monday operation, explaining that the drone was being used by a criminal group to monitor human trafficking routes. En Tijuana, Baja California, como parte de la “Operación Águila Alta” y mediante el intercambio de información con autoridades de Estados Unidos, elementos de @Defensamx1 detectaron e inhibieron un dron utilizado por un grupo delictivo para vigilar rutas destinadas al tráfico… pic.twitter.com/xiRtDrlljY — Gabinete de Seguridad de México (@GabSeguridadMX) September 18, 2026 The drone operator was apprehended and found to be in possession of a handgun, ammunition and the aircraft control system. Defensa said the Tijuana operation resulted from information-sharing with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after its r...
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