Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, has formed over the Western Gulf of Mexico. It is expected to make landfall in northeastern Mexico early Thursday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the first human death from a bird flu strain known as H5N2 Bird Flu. This strain has been found in poultry worldwide and had never been detected in humans until now. The 59-year-old man from Mexico died to the virus on April 24, 2024, after experiencing severe symptoms.
Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico’s first woman president. The 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City secured between 58% and 60% of the vote, according to preliminary results from Mexico’s official electoral authority, INE. Her victory margin stands at about 30 percentage points over her closest rival, businesswoman Xóchitl Gálvez.
At least nine people including a child were killed and about 63 others injured when part of a stage collapsed at an election rally in Mexico’s northern Nuevo León state, local officials reported. The incident occurred during a campaign event for centre-left presidential candidate Jorge Álvarez Máynez of the Citizens’ Movement party.
Mexico authorities have confirmed the identities of three bodies discovered in a remote well as those of two Australian surfers and one American tourist who vanished during a surfing trip along Mexico’s Baja peninsula.
At least 12 people were killed and many wounded in an attack on a pre-Christmas party in central Mexico. The violence happened in the town of Salvatierra, reportedly at a hacienda, often rented out for festivities.
Three Mexican journalists, Silvia Nayssa Arce, Alberto Sanchez, and Marco Antonio Toledo, who were abducted in the southern province of Guerrero over the past week, have been released unharmed.
Jesús Ociel Baena Saucedo, Mexico’s first openly non-binary magistrate and a LGBTQ+ activist, was found dead at their home in the central state of Aguascalientes. The news, reported hours ago, has shocked the LGBTQ+ community, sparking vigils, protests, and demands for a thorough investigation in Baena’s death.
The toll of Hurricane Otis is increasing in the days following its impact on the Pacific beachfront city of Acapulco, Mexico, last week. Otis made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane on October 25, 2023.
On October 25, 2023, Hurricane Otis struck the southern coast of Mexico, leaving a trail of destruction. This storm intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane, bringing devastating winds, heavy rainfall, and the potential for life-threatening storm surges.
