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Monthly Archives: October 2024
Comet Over Zacatecas
This is NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day for September 30th, 2024, of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (pronounced Choo-cheen-shahn At-less) over the city of Zacatecas, Mexico. It was taken a few days before September 30th with a drone.
The Passing of Fernando Valenzuela
On October 22nd, 2024, Fernando Valenzuela, a great baseball player from Mexico, passed away at the age of 63 in Los Angeles, California. Valenzuela’s life was a real rags-to-riches story, from poverty to sports stardom. Fernando Valenzuela was born in … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged Baseball, Dodgers, Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles in California, Sonora
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Culiacan, Sinaloa: Cartel Conflict Has Changed Life for the Locals, Even Talking on a Cellphone Can Be a Death Sentence
The war in Mexico’s Sinaloa state between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel (see here, here, here and here) is still going on. There have been 200 reported deaths since the outbreak of the conflict on September 9th. An Associated Press … Continue reading
Ocelotl: The Mexican Army’s New Armored Vehicle
At the customary September 16th Independence Day military parade, the Mexican Army (Ejército Mexicano) premiered a new armored vehicle it recently acquired, the Ocelotl, from the Nahuatl word for jaguar. (In articles about the vehicle, I’ve seen it spelled both … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Military
Tagged Army (Ejército Mexicano), Drug cartels, Michoacan, Ocelotl armored vehicle, Sinaloa Cartel, Sinaloa state
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On October 12th, President Sheinbaum Rejects Día de la Raza; Gets Plenty of Replies
Columbus Day, October 12th, commemorates the day Christopher Columbus brought Western Civilization to the New World. All New World nation-states, incuding both Mexico and the U.S. – are results of that. In Spain, Columbus Day is known as Día de … Continue reading
Decapitated Mayor’s Successor Takes Office in Chilpancingo; What Follows?
On October 1st, Alejandro Arcos Catalan became the mayor of Chilpancingo, capital of Guerrero state. It’s a city plagued by two rival drug gangs: the Ardillos and the Tlacos. On October 6th, the new Mayor Arcos was found decapitated, his … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Politics
Tagged Alejandro Arcos Catalan, Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, Gustavo Alarco, Los Ardillos, Los Tlacos
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Sheinbaum’s Four-Point Security Plan
The violence in Mexico continues, and in diverse locales: 1. In the eastern state of Chiapas, criminal groups connected to the Sinaloa Cartel battle those connected with the CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación). See here. 2. In Sinaloa state, the … Continue reading
Ifigenia Martinez, 94-Year Old Speaker of the House, Dies Four Days after Sheinbaum Inauguration
On October 5th, just four days after the inauguration of Claudia Sheinbaum as president of Mexico, Ifigenia Martinez, the Speaker of the House, who presided over the inauguration ceremony, passed away at the age of 94. Ifigenia Martinez was a … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged AMLO, Claudia Sheinbaum, Ifigenia Martinez, UNAM, XLVI Legislature (66th Congress)
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President Sheinbaum: “All The Programs” to be Constitutional Rights
On October 5th, 2024, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum delivered a speech in Jantetelco in the central state of Morelos (south of Mexico City). In her speech, President Sheinbaum pledged that “all the programs”, meaning government programs, would become constitutional rights. … Continue reading
Posted in Legal System, Politics
Tagged Claudia Sheinbaum, Jantetelco, Morelos state, Public Assistance, Welfare in Mexico
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