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‘She stood up to men with machetes’: Sandra Domínguez fought against femicide in Mexico – then became a victim herself

Her disappearance shocked a country where such cases are all too common. Now Domínguez’s family are fighting to stop yet another woman’s death being written off as ‘collateral damage’

On 4 October 202…

5 months ago

Weather tracker: Mexico’s Pacific coast hit by tropical storm and hurricane

Tropical Storm Dalila brings flooding to Acapulco, while Hurricane Erick causes disruption in Oaxaca state

While the western Atlantic has experienced a quiet start to the hurricane season, the eastern…

6 months ago

Indigenous lawyer to head Mexico’s supreme court after direct election

Hugo Aguilar, who has links to governing party, topped unprecedented and controversial popular vote

An Indigenous lawyer from the state of Oaxaca is set to become the president of Mexico’s supreme cou…

7 months ago

Viva Zapotec! A thriving ecotourism project in Mexico’s Oaxaca state

The people of the Sierra Norte have achieved a rare balance – preserving an ancient way of mountain life while welcoming visitors

When I reach the mountaintop chapel, I slump on the dry stone wall, wh…

He fought to stop the forest being felled. The price was 30 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit

The UN has called the detention of Pablo López Alavez ‘arbitrary’, while human rights organisations say his sentence is part of a systematic and alarming pattern of criminalisation of Mexico’s enviro…

8 months ago

Children's clown is beaten and burned alive by mob after he's accused of groping a young girl

Cayetano San Juan, known as El Payaso Soldadín or The Clown Soldier to his fans, was reportedly surrounded by a furious mob in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico last week and beaten unconscious.

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