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Four Mexican wolf pups, two males and two females, were recently born at the San Juan de Aragón Wildlife Conservation Center in Mexico City, according to the city Environment Ministry (Sedema). The birth of the pups represent a key advance in the conservation of the Mexican wolf, a subspecies of gray wolf, which virtually disappeared from the American landscape during the 1970s. Captive breeding programs like the one in Mexico City have helped bring back Mexican wolves. (Sedema) However, thanks in part to the contribution of the Wildlife Conservation Centers of Mexico City in 2019, the Mexican wolf is making a comeback and now once again lives wild in Arizona, New Mexico and Chihuahua. Since 1978 to date, this program has achieved the birth of 194 Mexican wolf pups. In 2019, Mexico reclassified the subspecies from the category of “probably extinct in the wild” to “endangered.” The newest pups were born April 21 and left the burrow for the first time on May 21 under the care of...

Amnesty International has expressed its “profound concern” over the “alleged irregular burial” of at least 60 people, including 10 babies, in a mass grave in the central Mexican state of Morelos. People searching for their missing loved ones said on Sunday that at least 60 bodies had been uncovered in a common grave in a cemetery in the community of Pedro Amaro, located in the municipality of Jojutla, Morelos. However, the Morelos Attorney General’s Office (FGE) said on Monday that media reports on the discovery of bodies in the grave were inaccurate. Members of the search collectives accuse the FGE of essentially dumping unidentified bodies in the mass grave in the cemetery in Jojutla, located around 50 kilometers south of Cuernavaca. The deceased persons buried in the grave were presumably victims of murder in most cases. Amnesty International’s view  In a statement posted to social media on Tuesday, Amnesty International Mexico expressed its “profound concern about the a...

June 2025 has been the rainiest month in Mexico City in the last two decades, drenching the capital with an exceptional volume of rainfall that has battered the city’s battalion of umbrellas to the point of surrender — with three months of rain remaining . In the past 25 days, more than 220 million cubic meters of water have fallen on the capital, an unprecedented figure in the last 21 years, according to the Ministry of Water and Sustainable Management (Segiagua). “We’re breaking a rainfall record. This June, which isn’t even over yet, already has the highest rainfall recorded in the last 21 years, and that record may be broken [by the end of the month],” José Mario Esparza, head of the Segiagua, said at a press conference.   Officials added that no serious damage has been reported thanks to the proper functioning of the deep drainage system. However, trash obstructing hydraulic infrastructure is an ongoing problem in the capital.   This month’s heavy rains are due to a ...

Development, luxury projects, and security concerns dominate this week’s news along Mexico’s Pacific coast and in Puerto Vallarta. In Riviera Nayarit, hospitality continues to grow with the rebranding of Fiesta Americana Nuevo Vallarta and the upcoming debut of the adults-only Unico 20°105° Hotel Vallarta.  Meanwhile, Puerto Vallarta is investing in urban revitalization and public health. Among its plans include a new linear park at the Coapinole Lagoon, a project focused on ecological restoration and green space development, and a state-led dengue management campaign to control mosquito-borne illnesses as the rainy season arrives.  The newly rebranded Fiesta Americana Nuevo Vallarta. (Fiesta Americana) Also, the U.S. State Department has issued a security alert after confirming cases of U.S. citizens being kidnapped through dating apps in Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Nayarit. Puerto Vallarta to restore El Coapinole lagoon Puerto Vallarta is taking steps toward a greener...

The Mexican Senate has unanimously approved a nationwide ban on dolphin and other marine mammal shows, culminating a three-year legislative effort sparked by public outrage over animal welfare violations. The 99-0 vote on Monday amended the General Wildlife Law to prohibit “extractive exploitation” of marine mammals, except for verified scientific research. Captivity is cruel. #notanksexpedia #expediachat @Expedia pic.twitter.com/d4NRzxbF2a — Empty The Tanks (@Empty_the_Tanks) July 28, 2021 “The research must be conducted or endorsed by an officially registered academic or research institution and have a protocol authorized” by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), reads the amendment accepted by the legislators. Resistance by operators of dolphinariums — deemed “prisons” in an article in Mexico News Daily — had delayed the implementation of a 2022 modification to the General Wildlife Law prohibiting the use of dolphins, seals and other marine an...

Major Mexican food supplier Grupo Pinsa agreed to conserve a watershed in the northern state of Sinaloa to neutralize its water footprint, the company announced on Friday.  Grupo Pinsa signed an agreement with the National Forestry Commission (Conafor) and the community of La Noria on Friday to fund the protection of 1,375 hectares of forest in the upper Presidio River Basin, east of Mazatlán, for five years.   Head of Conafor Joanna Acosta Velázquez, representatives of the La Noria Community Assembly and Grupo Pinsa representatives Javier Humarán and Bernabé Herrera participated in the contract signing.    The replenishment of the water body is equivalent to the annual volume of water used by the company, and the move makes it the first company in Mexico to offset its total water footprint through watershed conservation. “This agreement reflects our real and tangible commitment to the environment. It’s not just about compensating, but also about regenerating a...

The Mexican economy is growing despite significant headwinds, but inflation is above the Bank of Mexico’s target range, according to the latest data from the national statistics agency INEGI. On Monday, INEGI published data that showed that the Mexican economy grew 0.5% in April compared to the previous month and 1.4% in annual terms. On Tuesday, INEGI reported that Mexico’s annual headline inflation rate was 4.51% in the first half of June, above the Bank of Mexico’s target of 3% with tolerance of one percentage point in either direction. The annual rate was lower than the 4.62% reading for the second half of May, but above the 4.42% rate for last month as a whole. Growth data by sector INEGI’s data showed that Mexico’s primary or agricultural sector grew 3.2% in annual terms in April, but declined 3.7% compared to March in seasonally adjusted terms. The secondary sector, which includes manufacturing, mining, construction and electricity generation and distribution, declined 0...