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Hurricane Lidia leaves at least one dead in Mexico
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» PUERTO VALLARTA (MEXICO) - Hurricane Lidia slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Tuesday, causing flooding, blocked roads, fallen trees and at least one death, officials said.
32 bodies, 9 human heads found in Mexico mass graves
AFP, Published on 25/11/2016
» MEXICO CITY - Authorities have exhumed 32 bodies and nine heads from several clandestine graves in Mexico's violence-plagued southern state of Guerrero this week, officials said.
In hot Acapulco, too many bodies in morgue's fridges
AFP, Published on 21/07/2016
» ACAPULCO (MEXICO) - Morgue workers lifted a man's dismembered body that was dumped on the street of a poor Acapulco neighborhood in broad daylight, then picked up his severed leg and a bag containing his head.
Experts leave Mexico 'sad' after not finding missing students
AFP, Published on 27/04/2016
» MEXICO CITY - The foreign experts came to Mexico in March 2015 with the daunting task of helping investigators solve the mysterious disappearance of 43 students.
Hurricane flattens Mexico homes, but major disaster averted
AFP, Published on 25/10/2015
» CHAMELA (MEXICO) - Patricia flattened dozens of homes on Mexico's Pacific coast, but authorities said Saturday the record-breaking hurricane largely spared the country as it weakened to a tropical depression.
"Historic" storm makes landfall in Mexico (Updated Saturday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/10/2015
» (New: 1st videos) Hurricane Patricia made landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico with wind speeds of 265km /hour and then rapidly weakened. Earlier sustained winds of over 300 kilometres an hour made Patricia the strongest hurricane ever measured.
Patricia grows into major hurricane threatening Mexico
AFP, Published on 23/10/2015
» MEXICO CITY - Fast-moving Patricia grew into an "extremely dangerous" major hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday, forecasters said, warning of possible landslides and flash flooding.
Bolivian judge remands CONMEBOL treasurer in custody
AFP, Published on 22/07/2015
» LA PAZ - A Bolivian judge remanded the president of the Bolivian Football Federation and treasurer of the sport's South American confederation in custody Tuesday, as he faces corruption charges.
Rescuers search for Mexico mudslide victims
AFP, Published on 19/09/2013
» Rescuers searched Thursday for 68 people missing since a massive mudslide buried a Mexican village, while deaths from storms that battered the country neared 100 nationwide.
Daiki leads Kameda brothers into history books
AFP, Published on 03/09/2013
» Japan's Daiki Kameda beat Rodrigo Guerrero of Mexico on points Tuesday to secure the vacant International Boxing Federation super-flyweight title and a place in the history books for himself and his two brothers.