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☆ Mexico High Schoolers Take up Arms After Village Kidnappings
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

Violence has recently escalated in Guerrero, one of the poorest states in Mexico. In Ayahualtempa, four members of a local family have been missing since Friday when they were kidnapped, the Guerrero state prosecutor's office said. "We're not going to allow them to kidnap us any more, or for people to keep disappearing," Toribio said. This is not the first time minors have been armed in Guerrero, where authorities have struggled to counter powerful drug trafficking gangs. (Reporting by Javier Verdin in Acapulco and Diego Oré in Mexico City, Writing by Isabel Woodford; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)

Persons: Javier Verdin, Diego Oré, Antonio Toribio, We're, Toribio, Isabel Woodford, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Familia Locations: Diego Oré ACAPULCO, Mexico, Ayahualtempa, Guerrero, Acapulco, Mexico City

☆ Analysis-In Mexico, Gender Balance Push Puts Political Parties in Unfamiliar Bind
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

Since 2018, Congress has been split 50-50, and nine of 31 state governors are now women - up from only one woman state governor five years ago. SET IN STONEThe push that also saw Lopez Obrador opt for gender parity in his first cabinet has ushered in a broader shift that looks very likely to yield Mexico's first woman president next year. Carla Humphrey, an INE commissioner who has helped lead the charge for equal representation, said the watershed dates back to gender parity recommendations enshrined in law in the 1990s. They were buttressed by 2012 changes that meant parties could have candidates disqualified if the rules were not met. Since 2019, Mexico's constitution requires gender parity in all elected positions.

Persons: David Alire Garcia, Clara Brugada, Omar Garcia Harfuch, Andres Manuel Lopez, Brugada, Garcia Harfuch, Violeta Vazquez, Rojas, " Vazquez, MORENA, Olga Sanchez Cordero, Lopez, Carla Humphrey, We've, Humphrey, Margo Glantz, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Evelyn Salgado, Glantz, Salgado, Hurricane Otis, Dave Graham Organizations: David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY, Mexico City mayoral, Regeneration, Mexico City, Senate Locations: Mexico, MORENA, Mexican, Oaxaca, America, Caribbean, Guerrero, Hurricane, Acapulco

☆ Three generations of Mexican family go missing in Acapulco hurricane
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Josue Decavele | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Damaged boats are seen at the Yates Club, in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis, in Acapulco, Mexico, October 30, 2023. Her elder brother, a boat captain, was on a separate vessel of which there has been no sign since the hurricane, she said. The missing relatives went to the boats because they had orders from their bosses to look after them, Saravia said. Still, the number of people reported missing has been steadily ticking up, and authorities have so far given few details about the dead and injured in Acapulco. On Wednesday, the Guerrero state government said 58 people were unaccounted for since the hurricane roared in.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Quetzalli, Maria del Rosario Saravia, Otis, Maria Hilaria Delgado, Luis Alberto Lopez, Luis Sebastian Herrera, Alejandro Marcelino Herrera, Saravia, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Josue, Dave Graham, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Yates, REUTERS, Rights, Authorities, Wednesday, Thomson Locations: Hurricane, Acapulco, Mexico, Rights ACAPULCO, Saravia, Guerrero

☆ Near an Acapulco Beach: Food, Water and Prayer After Hurricane Otis
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Emiliano Rodríguez Mega | More About Emiliano Rodríguez Mega | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a large church displaying a big blue cross near the Acapulco beachfront, dozens of people dozed in sleeping bags along the pews, prayed in silence or anxiously discussed their next move. As of Monday morning, 45 people were confirmed dead and 47 were missing, according to the Mexican government’s preliminary numbers. One woman wanted to know whether more water jugs were arriving soon. A man who traveled from Mexico City thanked Mr. Sánchez for finding his missing relatives. An incomplete list put together by local authorities identified 1,656 displaced people set up in hotels, schools and sports complexes.

Persons: Víctor Hugo Sánchez attentively, Sánchez, sobbed, ” Organizations: Mexico City Locations: Acapulco, Mexico, Guerrero

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in Mexico said Monday that three foreign residents were among at least 45 people killed when Hurricane Otis hit the resort city of Acapulco last week. Meanwhile, the Navy said the search effort will now focus on finding possible bodies among the 29 boats known to have sunk in Acapulco Bay the night the hurricane hit. The government reported Sunday that at least 48 people died when Category 5 Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, most of them in Acapulco. In Acapulco, families held funerals for the dead on Sunday and continued the search for essentials while government workers and volunteers cleared streets clogged with muck and debris left by the hurricane. “There are many, many people here at the (morgue) that are entire families; families of six, families of four, even eight people,” she said.

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☆ Hurricane Otis’ impact around Acapulco, Mexico remains unclear amid widespread communications outages
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The outages have significantly limited authorities’ ability to survey or share the magnitude of Otis’ impact. Otis rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane – the area’s strongest storm on record – in just 12 hours. Residents survey damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis in Xaltianguis, Guerrero state, Mexico. The storm’s heavy rains are forecast to continue impacting the region through Thursday, possibly triggering flash flooding and mudslides, the National Hurricane Center said. Residents survey damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis in Xaltianguis, Guerrero state, Mexico.

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☆ Hurricane Otis caused 27 confirmed deaths and left 4 missing, Mexican authorities report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Rodrigo Oropeza | Afp | Getty ImagesMexican authorities on Thursday gave the first human toll for Hurricane Otis' destruction along the country's Pacific coast: at least 27 dead and four missing. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his morning news briefing that the deaths occurred around Acapulco, but provided few details. "We regret the 27 dead," López Obrador said. "The people sheltered, protected themselves and that's why fortunately there weren't more tragedies, loss of human life," López Obrador said. López Obrador shared details of only one death: He said one soldier was among the dead after a wall of his home collapsed on him.

Persons: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Hurricane Otis, Rodrigo Oropeza, Otis, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, López Obrador, Jakob Sauczuk, Sauczuk, Pablo Navarro, Navarro, Isabel de la Cruz Organizations: Afp, Getty Images, Hurricane, Getty, National Guard, Mexico City Locations: Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, Hurricane, Chilpancingo

☆ After Hurricane Otis, Mexican Officials Race to Assess the Damage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Zolan Kanno-Youngs | More About Zolan Kanno-Youngs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mexican officials have been working since Wednesday to restore communication and power to the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca after Otis, which made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, cut off power for more than half a million residents, battered hotels and ripped the roofs from buildings. Authorities were particularly concerned about Acapulco, a Pacific Coast port city of more than 852,000 people that was in the direct path of Otis. The city, in Guerrero State, was hosting an international mining industry convention when the storm hit; additionally, many hotels were packed with tourists. People stuck there posted videos on social media showing ravaged hotel rooms, doors ripped from hinges and collapsed ceilings. With the region effectively cut off from the outside world, the extent of possible injuries and deaths was still unclear.

Persons: Otis Organizations: Otis Locations: Mexico, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Acapulco, Pacific Coast, Guerrero State

☆ Hurricane Otis weakens over southern Mexico after battering Acapulco
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

People stand on the beach after Hurricane Otis' arrival alert in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico on October 24, 2023. Hurricane Otis slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane early Wednesday, bringing dangerous winds and heavy rain to Acapulco and surrounding towns, stirring memories of a 1997 storm that killed dozens of people. The center of Otis is expected to move farther inland over southern Mexico through Wednesday night. Otis is stronger than Hurricane Pauline that hit Acapulco in 1997, López said. Otis' arrival came just days after Hurricane Norma struck the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula to the north.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Otis, Abelina López, Pauline, López, Norma, Coyuca de Benitez, Hurricane Tammy, Tammy Organizations: Hurricane, U.S, National Hurricane Center Locations: Hurricane, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, Pacific, Chilpancingo, Guerrero's, Mexico's Baja California, El Papayo, Coyuca, Lesser Antilles, Bermuda

☆ Mexico braces for Category 5 hurricane, risk of 'catastrophic' damage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Javier Verdin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Members of the federal forces chat as they keep watch at a beach as Hurricane Otis barrels towards Acapulco, Mexico, October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Javier Verdin Acquire Licensing RightsACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Mexico's southern coast braced for Hurricane Otis on Wednesday as the Category 5 storm made landfall near the beach resorts of Acapulco, with the potential to cause "catastrophic damage," the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The hurricane reached land near Acapulco, bringing maximum sustained winds around 165 mph (270 kmh) and heavy rain, the center said. In Guerrero, authorities were preparing storm shelters and the national guard said it was helping to prepare for rescues and evacuations. Reporting by Javier Verdin in Acapulco and Brendan O'Boyle in Mexico City; writing by Brendan O'Boyle; editing by Robert Birsel and Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Hurricane Otis, Javier Verdin, CONAGUA, Otis, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Evelyn Salgado, Brendan O'Boyle, Robert Birsel, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S, National Hurricane Center, Guerrero, Thomson Locations: Hurricane, Acapulco, Mexico, Rights ACAPULCO, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Miami, Mexico City

The hurricane was expected to weaken quickly in Guerrero state’s steep mountains. Otis had strengthened rapidly, going from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in 12 hours Tuesday. Otis’ arrival came just days after Hurricane Norma struck the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula to the north. Acapulco is a city of more than 1 million people at the foot of steep mountains. The storm was expected to become a powerful extratropical cyclone by Thursday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

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An armed group ambushed and killed more than a dozen law enforcement officers in southwestern Mexico on Monday, including a local security secretary and a police chief, adding to a soaring number of deadly attacks against the police in the region. Guerrero is now the second most dangerous state in Mexico for law enforcement officers, with more than 34 killed so far in 2023, according to Common Cause, a Mexico-based organization tracking the killings of police officers in the country. The group said more than 340 police officers had been killed so far this year in the nation, and more than 400 killed last year. Mr. López Obrador has said much of the violence in the nation is because of the United States’ inability to prevent guns from being trafficked south into Mexico. Leaders from both countries discussed the roots of such violence during high-profile meetings in Mexico City this month.

Persons: Coyuca de Benítez, Alfredo Alonso López, Honorio Salinas, Guerrero, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, López Obrador Organizations: United Locations: Mexico, Coyuca de, Mexican, Guerrero, Honorio Salinas Garay, United States, Mexico City

☆ Brazen ambush leaves at least 13 local police dead in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Forensic technicians work at a crime scene where several local police officers were shot dead by gunmen, in Coyuca de Benitez, Mexico October 23, 2023. Among the dead is the local security chief for the town of Coyuca de Benitez, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Coyuca de Benitez area is known for the presence of organized crime. Prior to the ambush, the agents were sent to respond to a report of alleged firearm detonations in the area, the source said. Reporting by Lizbeth Diaz; Writing by Isabel Woodford; Editing by David Alire Garcia and Sonali PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Coyuca de Benitez, Javier Verdin, de, Lizbeth Diaz, Isabel Woodford, David Alire Garcia, Sonali Paul Organizations: REUTERS, MEXICO CITY, National Guard, Thomson Locations: Coyuca, Mexico, MEXICO, Mexico's Guerrero, Acapulco, de Benitez, Guerrero

☆ Mexican journalist shot to death in car in Acapulco, local media report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, July 15 (Reuters) - Mexican journalist Nelson Matus was killed Saturday in the coastal resort city of Acapulco in the southwestern state of Guerrero, local media reported. The director of local news site Lo Real de Guerrero, Matus was shot in his car in the parking lot of a store, Mexican newspaper El Universal reported. The attack took place after 3:00 pm in the neighborhood of Emiliano Zapata in the north of Acapulco, Mexican newspaper Reforma reported. Reforma added that Matus had survived two assassination attempts in 2017 and 2019, citing local media. The Guerrero state attorney general's office did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

Persons: Nelson Matus, Lo, Matus, Emiliano Zapata, Luis Martin Sanchez, general's, Brendan O'Boyle Organizations: MEXICO CITY, El Universal, Reforma, Jornada, Borders, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Mexican, Acapulco, Guerrero, Emiliano, Reforma, Nayarit, Mexico

☆ In Mexico, legal struggle to free women jailed for abortion continues
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

MEXICO CITY — About 200 women are still in prison in Mexico under outdated anti-abortion state laws even though the Supreme Court decriminalized abortion last year, advocates said. García Cruceño grew up in a Nahua indigenous community in one of the poorest mountain regions of Guerrero state. “I was very sad, with a lot anxiety,” García Cruceño said. That night, a judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to continue holding García Cruceño. “It feels strange,” García Cruceño said.

☆ Mexico's missing students' investigation in 'crisis,' group warns
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A government Truth Commission report in August muddied the waters by presenting questionable screen captures of message exchanges as evidence, according to the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts. On Sept. 26, 2014, local police took the students off buses they had commandeered in Iguala, Guerrero. The students’ bodies have never been found, though fragments of burned bone have been matched to three of the students. The experts group said that a forensic analysis of screen captures of messages allegedly sent between people participating in the abduction and disappearance of the students could not be confirmed as authentic and displayed a number of inconsistencies. They also stressed the importance of maintaining the independence of the special prosecutor.

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