Feed MRSS-S sonora_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:22:01 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-06-03/united-states-revokes-visas-of-two-mexican-governors.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:22:01 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-06-03/united-states-revokes-visas-of-two-mexican-governors.html Rodrigo Soriano Washington is investigating Alfonso Durazo and Américo Villarreal for alleged links to organized crime, according to the ‘Los Angeles Times’ Washington is investigating Alfonso Durazo and Américo Villarreal for alleged links to organized crime, according to the ‘Los Angeles Times’ México Sonora Sinaloa Tamaulipas Rubén Rocha Donald Trump Claudia Sheinbaum Alfonso Durazo Montaño Américo Villarreal Anaya Gobierno de Sonora / Gobierno de Tamaulipas AMERICO - DURAZO Alfonso Durazo and Américo Villareal. Alfonso Durazo and Américo Villareal. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/NQSL2W4C45HC3ITZLV23MVT4BU.jpg?auth=e57d5c19c4867aec7bef3ec6f8c52b6cf67160deded9f4cd28820c32be049d86" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Alfonso Durazo and Américo Villareal."></img><p>The United States government has revoked the visas of two governors from Mexico’s ruling Morena party — Sonora’s Alfonso Durazo and Tamaulipas’s Américo Villarreal — according to an exclusive report by the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-06-03/u-s-is-investigating-two-more-mexican-governors-for-connections-to-cartels" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-06-03/u-s-is-investigating-two-more-mexican-governors-for-connections-to-cartels"><i>Los Angeles Times</i>,</a> based on multiple sources familiar with the cases. The same report states that both politicians have entered the country under a “special parole typically reserved for cooperating witnesses.” Durazo and Villarreal are being investigated for alleged links to organized crime, according to the newspaper.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-06-03/united-states-revokes-visas-of-two-mexican-governors.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-16/mexico-intensifies-seizure-of-synthetic-drugs-with-raids-in-sinaloa-sonora-and-guerrero.html Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:59:06 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-16/mexico-intensifies-seizure-of-synthetic-drugs-with-raids-in-sinaloa-sonora-and-guerrero.html Paulina Anai Flores Ramírez The government dismantled a clandestine laboratory and confiscated over 41,000 liters and 12 tons of chemical substances, in actions that come after US pressure for greater results The government dismantled a clandestine laboratory and confiscated over 41,000 liters and 12 tons of chemical substances, in actions that come after US pressure for greater results México Claudia Sheinbaum Donald Trump Sinaloa Sonora Emma Coronel Omar García Harfuch SSPC Mexico synthetic drugs Dismantling a clandestine laboratory in Sonora on January 12. Dismantling a clandestine laboratory in Sonora on January 12. <p>The Mexican government has dealt another blow to drug trafficking. In separate operations across three states—Sinaloa, Sonora, and Guerrero—authorities reported the seizure of more than 41,000 liters and 12 tons of chemicals to be used in drug production. The announcement includes the dismantling of a clandestine laboratory in Guerrero and 11 other methamphetamine production sites in Sonora. In Sonora, between the towns of Culiacán and Mexicali, a vehicle containing 212 kilograms of methamphetamine was seized by the Army and the National Guard. Mexico’s efforts to combat drug trafficking have intensified, coinciding with <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-13/claudia-sheinbaum-curbs-trumps-interventionist-appetite.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-13/claudia-sheinbaum-curbs-trumps-interventionist-appetite.html">increased pressure from the United States</a> in recent weeks for more results in the fight against drug cartels.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-16/mexico-intensifies-seizure-of-synthetic-drugs-with-raids-in-sinaloa-sonora-and-guerrero.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/climate/2026-01-03/the-secrets-of-the-washingtonia-palm-named-after-the-first-us-president.html Sat, 03 Jan 2026 04:45:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/climate/2026-01-03/the-secrets-of-the-washingtonia-palm-named-after-the-first-us-president.html Eduardo Barba They are among the most widely cultivated plants in the world, and can thrive in complete neglect, able to withstand both harsh summers and low temperatures They are among the most widely cultivated plants in the world, and can thrive in complete neglect, able to withstand both harsh summers and low temperatures California Los Ángeles Málaga George Washington Sonora Baja California George Rose (Getty Images) Cuaderno del Jardinero A group of 'Washingtonia filifera' in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, with their characteristic skirts of dry leaves. A group of 'Washingtonia filifera' in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, with their characteristic skirts of dry leaves. <p>Palms possess <a href="https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2025-10-19/los-angeles-without-palm-trees-an-aesthetic-economic-and-climate-debate-grips-california.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2025-10-19/los-angeles-without-palm-trees-an-aesthetic-economic-and-climate-debate-grips-california.html">the elegance of simplicity</a>: a powerful, or perhaps it is better to say graceful, trunk crowned by a crown of attractive leaves that sway in the breeze. Each palm species has its own charm, a personality that makes it recognizable among the others. To the untrained eye, many of these plants may appear identical, but with just a little attention, the differences will emerge, noticeable, for example, in their trunks — more accurately called stems — each with its own unique shape and color.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2026-01-03/the-secrets-of-the-washingtonia-palm-named-after-the-first-us-president.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/MOR7DA7ABZE3VIWJQD6IN6SXIA.jpg?auth=96f5e65be5ae7155c66fbbbd39ba789de271546b7b1da619bc8eaf9efde98db0" width="3024" height="4032" alt="The specimens of 'Washingtonia robusta' outside the Málaga Museum in Malaga, Spain are very famous locally."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-09/mexico-seeks-answers-after-los-chapitos-lieutenant-el-ponchis-escapes-from-prison.html Fri, 09 May 2025 09:27:32 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-09/mexico-seeks-answers-after-los-chapitos-lieutenant-el-ponchis-escapes-from-prison.html Andrés Rodríguez Four guards have been arrested for alleged involvement in the breakout of Saúl Francisco Hernández, leader of Los Salazar, an armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel faction in Sonora Four guards have been arrested for alleged involvement in the breakout of Saúl Francisco Hernández, leader of Los Salazar, an armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel faction in Sonora Los Chapitos Sonora Cartel Sinaloa DEA Omar García Harfuch FGJ Sonora El Ponchis’ escape Saúl Francisco Hernández, leader of an armed wing of Los Chapitos in Sonora. Saúl Francisco Hernández, leader of an armed wing of Los Chapitos in Sonora. <p>The breakout took place on the night of Sunday, May 4. Saúl Francisco Hernández’s absence from the Hermosillo Social Reintegration Center (Cereso) 1, where he was being held, was noticed the following day during roll call, according to the Sonora Prosecutor’s Office. However, it wasn’t reported until the night of Tuesday, May 6, that “El Ponchis,” leader of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-06/los-chapitos-dual-battle-defeating-el-mayo-in-sinaloa-and-surviving-us-prosecution.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-06/los-chapitos-dual-battle-defeating-el-mayo-in-sinaloa-and-surviving-us-prosecution.html">Mexican cartel Los Salazar</a> and the “main generator of violence” in Sonora state, had escaped from the prison, just 39 days after his capture.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-09/mexico-seeks-answers-after-los-chapitos-lieutenant-el-ponchis-escapes-from-prison.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-24/cartel-war-in-sinaloa-spreads-fear-to-other-states-in-mexico-you-see-fewer-people-on-the-streets-and-businesses-close-early.html Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:40:44 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-24/cartel-war-in-sinaloa-spreads-fear-to-other-states-in-mexico-you-see-fewer-people-on-the-streets-and-businesses-close-early.html Almudena Barragán Gaspar Violence between warring factions has had a direct impact on people’s lives. Many have lost their jobs, children are not going to school, and car theft and kidnappings have increased Violence between warring factions has had a direct impact on people’s lives. Many have lost their jobs, children are not going to school, and car theft and kidnappings have increased Sinaloa Cartel Joaquín Guzmán Loera "El Chapo" Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Ovidio Guzmán López Sonora Baja California Cartel war in Sinaloa Soldiers, state police and municipal traffic personnel remove vehicles after a confrontation in Culiacán, Sinaloa. Soldiers, state police and municipal traffic personnel remove vehicles after a confrontation in Culiacán, Sinaloa. <p>The<a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-23/the-trail-of-el-mayo-and-los-chapitos-in-sinaloa-narco-blockades-executions-and-more-than-50-dead.html"> war between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel</a> has spread to other northern border states in Mexico, where Los Chapitos, led by the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, and those loyal to El Mayo Flaco, the son of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-07-26/mayo-zambada-the-great-mexican-drug-lord-and-founder-of-the-sinaloa-cartel-who-never-set-foot-in-prison-arrested-in-texas.html">arrested capo Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada</a>, previously shared the business of smuggling synthetic drugs into the United States. The struggle between the groups has stirred up the country’s <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-20/the-us-stirs-up-the-hornets-nest-of-drug-trafficking-in-mexico.html">drug trafficking hornet’s nest</a> and spread panic among the population, who fear new confrontations in the states of Sonora, Baja California, Chihuahua, and Durango. “You see fewer people on the streets and businesses close early,” says Eduardo López, a freelance journalist from Ciudad Obregon, in southern Sonora, near Sinaloa and one of the cities with the highest number of homicides in the country.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-09-24/cartel-war-in-sinaloa-spreads-fear-to-other-states-in-mexico-you-see-fewer-people-on-the-streets-and-businesses-close-early.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-04-23/xylazine-the-animal-sedative-adulterating-heroin-and-fentanyl-in-mexicali-and-tijuana.html Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:34:32 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-04-23/xylazine-the-animal-sedative-adulterating-heroin-and-fentanyl-in-mexicali-and-tijuana.html Alejandro Santos The drug, which was already used as an opioid adulterant in the US and Canada and which significantly increases the risk of overdose, has now appeared in Mexico The drug, which was already used as an opioid adulterant in the US and Canada and which significantly increases the risk of overdose, has now appeared in Mexico Baja California Baja California Sur Tijuana Sinaloa Texas Sonora Gladys Serrano (EL PAÍS) Xylazine, the animal sedative adulterating heroin and fentanyl in Mexicali and Tijuana A woman prepares a dose in Tijuana, Baja California, in May 2023. A woman prepares a dose in Tijuana, Baja California, in May 2023. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/dsKYZ4jTM84AUDYs1V4ifZdvBr8=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/UDY5KDNPPNGULLNZZAZ2GWTZHU.jpg" width="6000" height="4000" alt="A woman prepares a dose in Tijuana, Baja California, in May 2023."></img><p>In the narcotics underworld of Mexicali and Tijuana there is a new suspect. On the streets it is known as the “<a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-07-12/the-white-house-declares-war-on-xylazine-the-zombie-drug-linked-to-spike-in-fentanyl-overdoses.html">zombie drug</a>.” Many believe it is a horse tranquilizer. Its scientific name is xylazine and it is a veterinary sedative that is combined with other anesthetics and analgesics for operations on small animals, or in laboratories where rodents are experimented on. An unpublished study has discovered traces of the substance in syringes discarded by heroin and methamphetamine users in the two Mexican cities. If the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-01-14/fentanyl-the-portrait-of-a-mass-murderer.html">fentanyl crisis</a> had already taken over northern Baja California and other points along the U.S. border, the arrival of xylazine represents yet another lethal risk to already extremely vulnerable drug addicts whose chances of a fatal overdose have multiplied.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-04-23/xylazine-the-animal-sedative-adulterating-heroin-and-fentanyl-in-mexicali-and-tijuana.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-03/the-story-of-a-harrowing-migration-journey-through-the-eyes-of-a-child.html Sun, 03 Mar 2024 16:22:13 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-03/the-story-of-a-harrowing-migration-journey-through-the-eyes-of-a-child.html Sergio C Fanjul ‘Solito: A Memoir’ by Javier Zamora is a bestseller about his dangerous odyssey from El Salvador to rejoin his parents in the US ‘Solito: A Memoir’ by Javier Zamora is a bestseller about his dangerous odyssey from El Salvador to rejoin his parents in the US El Salvador Sonora Arizona Nicolò Filippo Rosso ‘Solito’ Javier Zamora Venezuelan asylum seekers ride a freight train to the border city of Ciudad Juárez in northern Mexico; April 4, 2023. Venezuelan asylum seekers ride a freight train to the border city of Ciudad Juárez in northern Mexico; April 4, 2023. <p>In 1999, he left his small hometown in El Salvador where he lived with his grandparents, and embarked on an arduous 3,100-mile (5,000-kilometer), nine-week journey to the United States. He braved a treacherous boat voyage from Guatemala to Mexico and crossed the suffocating Sonoran Desert on foot to reach Arizona. Accompanied by strangers, entrusted to <i>coyotes</i> and <i>polleros </i>(people smugglers, in English), he journeyed north on boats, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-09-19/migrants-maimed-by-the-beast-riding-the-rails-in-search-of-a-new-life.html" target="_blank">trains</a>, buses and trucks. He used fake identities, evaded soldiers, mimicked local accents, and embraced the “migrant” label — a word he had never associated with himself until then. Along the way, some of his fellow travelers perished and vanished, but the boy managed to survive. He aimed to reunite with his parents in California, where they had settled after fleeing their war-torn homeland years ago. Javier Zamora was only nine years old at the time.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-03-03/the-story-of-a-harrowing-migration-journey-through-the-eyes-of-a-child.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-02-21/new-york-lawyer-group-denounces-massacre-of-migrants-in-mexican-state-of-sonora.html Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:46:06 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-02-21/new-york-lawyer-group-denounces-massacre-of-migrants-in-mexican-state-of-sonora.html Beatriz Guillén ,EL PAÍS The state’s attorney general has only recognized three deaths, including a four-year-old child, after an attack by an armed group. A witness told 1800Migrante that up to 50 people were traveling in three vehicles that were attacked The state’s attorney general has only recognized three deaths, including a four-year-old child, after an attack by an armed group. A witness told 1800Migrante that up to 50 people were traveling in three vehicles that were attacked Noticias de México Sonora Christian Chavez (AP) An Army vehicle patrols a rural highway in the Mexican state of Sonora. An army vehicle patrols a rural highway in the Mexican state of Sonora. An army vehicle patrols a rural highway in the Mexican state of Sonora. <p>Four-year-old Jonzi was one of a group of migrants traveling across the Mexican state of Sonora last Thursday when the vehicles were attacked by an armed commando. The child, who had arrived in Mexico from Ecuador, died on the night of February 15, along with at least two other women. His death had gone unnoticed, added to the large number of missing, kidnapped and deceased migrants attempting to reach the U.S. border that nobody asks about and whose bodies nobody claims. But a New York law firm specializing in migrant issues, 1800Migrante, <a href="https://twitter.com/william_murillo/status/1759401802410197495/photo/2" target="_blank">released a statement</a> based on a witness account that spoke of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-12-27/us-mexico-border-records-one-of-its-deadliest-years-ever.html" target="_blank">a “migrant massacre”</a> in Sáric, about 50 miles from the border with Arizona.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-02-21/new-york-lawyer-group-denounces-massacre-of-migrants-in-mexican-state-of-sonora.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-17/the-poison-and-the-antidote-a-cry-for-help-from-ground-zero-of-the-fentanyl-epidemic.html Sun, 17 Dec 2023 19:09:25 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-17/the-poison-and-the-antidote-a-cry-for-help-from-ground-zero-of-the-fentanyl-epidemic.html Elias Camhaji Mascorro Caught between drug violence and the devastating effects of insatiable demand, the southern border clings to naloxone, a medication that can reverse overdoses stemming from opioids. But while it’s saving lives in the United States, it’s virtually impossible to find in Mexico Caught between drug violence and the devastating effects of insatiable demand, the southern border clings to naloxone, a medication that can reverse overdoses stemming from opioids. But while it’s saving lives in the United States, it’s virtually impossible to find in Mexico Arizona Nogales Sonora San Diego Tijuana Sinaloa Cartel Gladys Serrano (EL PAÍS) The poison and the antidote: a cry for help from ground zero of the fentanyl epidemic Channing Velázquez, a recovering fentanyl addict and worker with the organization 'Circulos de Paz,' stands next to an emergency naxolone kit, which works to prevent fentanyl overdoses, in Nogales, Arizona. Channing Velázquez, a recovering fentanyl addict and worker with the organization 'Circulos de Paz,' stands next to an emergency naxolone kit, which works to prevent fentanyl overdoses, in Nogales, Arizona. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/U9KHxHXMobi6xE-hxddtaZhTdrg=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/7JJ7TLKNZJBENGJ4KATEW3IMYI.JPG" width="5746" height="3232" alt="Channing Velázquez, a recovering fentanyl addict and worker with the organization 'Circulos de Paz,' stands next to an emergency naxolone kit, which works to prevent fentanyl overdoses, in Nogales, Arizona."></img><p>Channing Velázquez slowly closed his eyes and began to stop seeing everything around him. “I remember sitting down to watch television and everything turned gray. Afterwards, I couldn’t move. I felt like my heart was beating very slowly. Everything started to shut down. It was like being inside a tunnel,” he recalls. Velázquez grew up in Nogales, Arizona, a city of just over 20,000 inhabitants on the border between Mexico and the United States. It’s <a href="https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2016/11/04/inenglish/1478258437_558158.html">separated by a wall from its sister city of Nogales</a>, in the Mexican state of Sonora, which has 10 times the population.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-12-17/the-poison-and-the-antidote-a-cry-for-help-from-ground-zero-of-the-fentanyl-epidemic.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/JZsJmZwydDYOA-Zp106fxCrmFJQ=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/5YNF3BYVFZAALKMPUO32BMCUZM.JPG" width="5550" height="3700" alt="Channing Velazquez talks to Nicky, a homeless drug user, in a supermarket parking lot in Nogales, Arizona."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/J2jxGzuegR6eXgA2pDW4eO07hv4=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/J7YTQNB375GJJJU56NBLVR2KR4.JPG" width="4800" height="3200" alt="Velázquez picks up aluminum foil used to smoke fentanyl in an alley in Nogales, Arizona. "></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/1LRCYeEL6w8qzN_XV7x2ViC4ofI=/arc-anglerfish-eu-central-1-prod-prisa/public/PONWJI3YFFCIHEJPPT4O4G2C5M.JPG" width="4240" height="2832" alt="Martín Rentería at the Integration Center for Addicts and Alcoholics in Recovery, in Nogales (Sonora)."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-11-19/residents-battling-a-new-train-line-in-northern-mexico-face-a-wall-of-government-secrecy.html Sun, 19 Nov 2023 08:27:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-11-19/residents-battling-a-new-train-line-in-northern-mexico-face-a-wall-of-government-secrecy.html AP Associated Press The railroad project is billed as bolstering connections between a Pacific port and the border with Arizona. Local residents and conservationists say it ignores environmental concerns The railroad project is billed as bolstering connections between a Pacific port and the border with Arizona. Local residents and conservationists say it ignores environmental concerns Noticias de México AMLO - Andrés Manuel López Obrador Sonora Luis Castillo (AP) Mexico Construction continues for a new train line in northern Mexico, in San Lorenzo, Sonora state, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. Construction continues for a new train line in northern Mexico, in San Lorenzo, Sonora state, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. <p>The family of Germán Robles set up a camera trap in 2002 and, to their surprise, caught a black bear wandering through their farm in northern Mexico where residents fear a new freight train line will soon bisect their properties.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-11-19/residents-battling-a-new-train-line-in-northern-mexico-face-a-wall-of-government-secrecy.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-11-07/the-us-sanctions-mexican-sinaloa-cartel-members-and-firms-over-fentanyl-trafficking.html Tue, 07 Nov 2023 17:16:33 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-11-07/the-us-sanctions-mexican-sinaloa-cartel-members-and-firms-over-fentanyl-trafficking.html AP Associated Press Mexico and China are the primary sources for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances trafficked directly into the U.S., according to the Drug Enforcement Administration Mexico and China are the primary sources for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances trafficked directly into the U.S., according to the Drug Enforcement Administration América Sinaloa China Joseph Biden Noticias de México Sonora ALEXANDRE MENEGHINI (Reuters) FILE PHOTO: El Chapo’s sons: how narco princelings built fentanyl empire poisoning America Members of the Sinaloa Cartel prepare capsules with methamphetamine in a safe house in Culiacan, Mexico, April 4, 2022. Members of the Sinaloa Cartel prepare capsules with methamphetamine in a safe house in Culiacan, Mexico, April 4, 2022. <p>The Biden administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 13 members of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-05-03/dea-on-los-chapitos-the-sinaloa-cartel-has-never-been-more-powerful-or-made-more-money.html">Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel </a>and four Sonora, Mexico-based firms accused of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-05-22/how-the-united-states-got-hooked-on-fentanyl.html">trafficking fentanyl and other drugs into the United States</a>. The latest action follows a series of measures taken this year against members of the Sinaloa cartel, cash couriers and cartel fraud schemes.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-11-07/the-us-sanctions-mexican-sinaloa-cartel-members-and-firms-over-fentanyl-trafficking.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-10-24/bacanora-lithium-nothing-is-off-the-table-in-fight-to-defend-mexico-concessions.html Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:54:53 GMT https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-10-24/bacanora-lithium-nothing-is-off-the-table-in-fight-to-defend-mexico-concessions.html Isabella Cota If the company were allowed to break ground on their new plan tomorrow, it could start investing 800 million dollars over the next 18 months, said Bacanora CEO Peter Secker If the company were allowed to break ground on their new plan tomorrow, it could start investing 800 million dollars over the next 18 months, said Bacanora CEO Peter Secker México América China Sonora Tesla Motors AMLO - Andrés Manuel López Obrador Bacanora Lithium MEXICO-BACANORA LITHIUM Bacanora Lithium workers. Bacanora Lithium workers. <p>The Mexican government might have <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-09-26/mexicos-lopez-obrador-moves-ahead-with-his-crusade-for-lithium-revoking-nine-concessions-from-ganfeng-lithium-a-chinese-firm.html">cancelled lithium mining concessions</a> that the Chinese firm Bacanora Lithium had won 12 years ago, but the fight is far from over. The firm, a subsidiary of Ganfeng Lithium, said in an interview with EL PAÍS on Monday that it intends to go through the Mexican legal system to defend their permits and does not rule out an international arbitration proceeding. “Nothing is off the table”, said Peter Secker, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bacanora, “we will defend our ownership of the licenses to the full extent.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2023-10-24/bacanora-lithium-nothing-is-off-the-table-in-fight-to-defend-mexico-concessions.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-07-21/extreme-heat-tourism-in-death-valley-its-too-much-its-just-unbearable.html Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:08:18 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-07-21/extreme-heat-tourism-in-death-valley-its-too-much-its-just-unbearable.html Luis Pablo Beauregard The prospect of record-breaking heat in the California national park has drawn floods of European tourists exposing themselves to the dangers of a uniquely aggressive ecosystem The prospect of record-breaking heat in the California national park has drawn floods of European tourists exposing themselves to the dangers of a uniquely aggressive ecosystem California Nevada (Estados Unidos) Las Vegas NASA Sonora John Locher (AP) Extreme heat tourism in Death Valley: ‘It’s too much, it’s just unbearable!’ A Brazilian tourist sits on the Badwater salt flats in Death Valley National Park on July 16. A Brazilian tourist sits on the Badwater salt flats in Death Valley National Park on July 16. <p>Heather can’t contain a smile as she mentions how many customers this summer’s record-breaking temperatures have brought her. “We sold twice as much as usual over the weekend,” says the manager of the souvenir store in Death Valley, the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-07-16/extreme-heat-scorches-one-in-three-americans.html" target="_blank">hottest place in the United States</a> and the record-holder for the highest temperature ever recorded on the planet. Heather speaks with pride about the boom that the Furnace Creek community, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-05-22/california-arizona-and-nevada-offer-landmark-drought-deal-to-use-less-colorado-river-water-for-now.html" target="_blank">on the border between California and Nevada</a>, has witnessed due to the possibility of the 1913 record of 134º F (56.7º C) being beaten. “In the end it didn’t happen, but it was very exciting. We even had a little protest and everything!” she says.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-07-21/extreme-heat-tourism-in-death-valley-its-too-much-its-just-unbearable.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-07-06/gabriel-trujillo-the-us-botanist-murdered-in-mexico-while-doing-field-research.html Thu, 06 Jul 2023 11:06:16 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-07-06/gabriel-trujillo-the-us-botanist-murdered-in-mexico-while-doing-field-research.html Andrea J. The Berkeley student was shot dead in the town of Yécora, while studying plants for his doctorate thesis The Berkeley student was shot dead in the town of Yécora, while studying plants for his doctorate thesis América Sonora Roxanne Cruz-de Hoyos (AP) EE UU - BIOLOGO ASESINADO - GABRIEL TRUJILLO Gabriel Trujillo doing field work in Arizona. Gabriel Trujillo doing field work in Arizona. <p>The common buttonbush, also known as guayabillo, is a toxic plant with multiple medicinal uses. Native to eastern and southern North America, it grows in temperate climates and in different habitats in Mexico. One of these habitats is the forests of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/news/sonora/" target="_blank">Mexican state of Sonora</a>, where Gabriel Trujillo was found dead on June 21.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-07-06/gabriel-trujillo-the-us-botanist-murdered-in-mexico-while-doing-field-research.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-27/mexicos-45-new-magical-towns-the-tourist-attractions-they-offer-and-what-you-should-know-about-them.html Tue, 27 Jun 2023 20:02:40 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-27/mexicos-45-new-magical-towns-the-tourist-attractions-they-offer-and-what-you-should-know-about-them.html Julieta Sanguino 24 states have had areas designated as such for the first time, bringing the country’s total number of unique destinations of cultural interest to 177 24 states have had areas designated as such for the first time, bringing the country’s total number of unique destinations of cultural interest to 177 Noticias de México América Baja California Sonora Campeche Heather Paul (Getty Images) MEXICO - PUEBLOS MAGICOS The bay of Zihuatanejo, newly designated Pueblo Mágico in Guerrero (Mexico). The bay of Zihuatanejo, newly designated Pueblo Mágico in Guerrero (Mexico). <p>Each year, Mexico’s state governors nominate their <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-04-07/mexico-puts-soldiers-on-its-beaches-to-guard-vacationers.html">region’s tourist destinations</a> as candidates to be named Magical Towns. They do so to attract tourism and grow the economy. As Mexico’s Secretary of Tourism Miguel Torruco Marqués noted, “from today on, [these Magical Towns] will be important drivers of travel, they will attract greater flows of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-04-05/spring-break-and-easter-under-the-shadow-of-insecurity-is-it-safe-to-travel-to-mexico.html">tourists </a>and, consequently, will increase economic income, investment and employment, benefiting our local populations.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-27/mexicos-45-new-magical-towns-the-tourist-attractions-they-offer-and-what-you-should-know-about-them.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-05-11/zostera-marina-a-michelin-starred-sea-grain-that-could-point-to-the-future-of-hydroponic-crops.html Thu, 11 May 2023 12:51:28 GMT https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-05-11/zostera-marina-a-michelin-starred-sea-grain-that-could-point-to-the-future-of-hydroponic-crops.html Ana Fernández Abad Spanish chef Ángel León has worked with the Comcaac people of Mexico to cultivate the aquatic plant. ‘To generate food from the sea other than fish is the future of the oceans and of mankind’ Spanish chef Ángel León has worked with the Comcaac people of Mexico to cultivate the aquatic plant. ‘To generate food from the sea other than fish is the future of the oceans and of mankind’ Ángel León Sonora Cádiz Cortesía de Aponiente ‘Zostera marina,’ a Michelin-starred sea grain that could point to the future of hydroponic crops Ángel León's 'zostera marina' sea grain. Ángel León's 'zostera marina' sea grain. <p>Ángel León first noticed <i>zostera marina</i> while sailing in the Bay of Cádiz in Spain. “I saw something floating; it looked like an ear of wheat that had reached the sea. I picked it up, took it to the restaurant and they told me that it was a native plant in which cuttlefish and squid spawn, and that it is very important to the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2020/01/08/inenglish/1578501748_456316.html" target="_blank">ecosystem of the seabed</a>,” says the chef, who runs the three-Michelin star Aponiente restaurant in Puerto de Santa María. In 2021, after four years of research, he presented his discovery and began developing an ambitious project to produce what he baptized as “sea grain,” which he is increasingly closer to incorporating into his menu. “If all goes well, in two years it will be available at Aponiente all year round. I could already produce enough to last a month and a half, but until I have enough for a whole season, I will not put it on the menu,” he says. León has not been alone on his journey: in addition to his team of researchers, he has worked with the Comcaac people in Mexico, who shared their method of treating this marine plant, which is often called eelgrass.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-05-11/zostera-marina-a-michelin-starred-sea-grain-that-could-point-to-the-future-of-hydroponic-crops.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-03-06/murder-trial-over-death-of-mexican-migrant-raises-tension-on-us-mexico-border.html Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:35:39 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-03-06/murder-trial-over-death-of-mexican-migrant-raises-tension-on-us-mexico-border.html Luis Pablo Beauregard George Allan Kelly, an Arizona rancher, is accused of shooting an unarmed man who was crossing his property with a group of undocumented migrants. The far right is hailing him as an American hero George Allan Kelly, an Arizona rancher, is accused of shooting an unarmed man who was crossing his property with a group of undocumented migrants. The far right is hailing him as an American hero Arizona América Noticias de México Sonora Mark Henle (AP) Murder trial over death of Mexican migrant raises tension on US-Mexico border George Alan Kelly enters court for his preliminary hearing in Nogales, Arizona in February 2023. George Alan Kelly enters court for his preliminary hearing in Nogales, Arizona in February 2023. <p>George Allan Kelly, a 75-year-old Arizona rancher, awaits trial for second-degree murder. The trial, which begins on Monday, will raise the temperature in a region that is already red hot, on the border between Mexico and the United States. On January 30, Kelly says he found the body of a man shot on his property near Kino Springs, a town just yards away <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-01-05/arizona-begins-removing-wall-of-shipping-containers-on-mexico-border.html" target="_blank">from the frontier separating both countries</a>. His defense claims that on that day Kelly heard a shot, then saw a group of men armed with high-powered rifles who were crossing his land without permission. He took an AK-47 rifle and fired a few shots in the air to try to scare them away. But Gabriel Cuen Buitimea, a Mexican migrant from Sonora, fell dead. The Prosecutor’s Office considers it murder.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-03-06/murder-trial-over-death-of-mexican-migrant-raises-tension-on-us-mexico-border.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-01-10/mexicos-lopez-obrador-accuses-biden-of-disdain-in-talks-on-immigration-fentanyl-trafficking-and-security.html Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:24:15 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-01-10/mexicos-lopez-obrador-accuses-biden-of-disdain-in-talks-on-immigration-fentanyl-trafficking-and-security.html Elias Camhaji Mascorro The Mexican president told his US counterpart to ‘do away’ with his ‘abandonment of Latin America’ in a bilateral meeting held as part of the North American Leaders’ Summit The Mexican president told his US counterpart to ‘do away’ with his ‘abandonment of Latin America’ in a bilateral meeting held as part of the North American Leaders’ Summit AMLO - Andrés Manuel López Obrador Arizona América Canadá El Salvador Honduras Joseph Biden Justin Trudeau Noticias de México Sonora Andrew Harnik (AP) López Obrador accuses Biden of ‘disdain’ Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (l) and US President Joe Biden, at a bilateral meeting on January 9. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (l) and US President Joe Biden, at a bilateral meeting on January 9. <p>US President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador held a bilateral meeting on Monday as part of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-01-09/mexican-president-lopez-obrador-will-receive-biden-and-trudeau-at-summit-as-tensions-rise-due-to-migration-crisis-and-war-on-drugs.html" target="_blank">North American Leaders’ Summit.</a> Most of the summit’s work will be handled on Tuesday, when the two leaders and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are to hold hours of talks.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2023-01-10/mexicos-lopez-obrador-accuses-biden-of-disdain-in-talks-on-immigration-fentanyl-trafficking-and-security.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-12-15/sonoran-desert-toad-secretions-may-have-therapeutic-uses-says-mexican-psychologist.html Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:31:59 GMT https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-12-15/sonoran-desert-toad-secretions-may-have-therapeutic-uses-says-mexican-psychologist.html Angélica María Gallón Salazar Ana María Ortiz is researching treatments for depression and anxiety using the psychedelic toxins of a rare amphibian Ana María Ortiz is researching treatments for depression and anxiety using the psychedelic toxins of a rare amphibian Arizona América Colombia Noticias de México Perú Sonora C + N Photography Inc. Sonoran desert toad secretions may have therapeutic uses, says Mexican psychologist Psychologist and researcher, Ana Maria Ortiz. Psychologist and researcher, Ana Maria Ortiz. <img src="https://cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/J73VXSOM3VCZRCKUHWOXTYHJ7M.jpg" width="1825" height="1369" alt="Psychologist and researcher, Ana Maria Ortiz."></img><p>The Sonoran desert toad releases defensive secretions from its skin that contain 5-MeO-DMT, a powerful hallucinogenic that is attracting attention beyond the borderlands of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. Any mention of the <i>Bufo alvarius</i> toad generally conjures up thoughts of mystical hallucinations, scientific hypotheses, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-12-05/hallucinogenic-magic-how-psychedelics-paired-with-therapy-could-treat-chronic-mental-health-conditions.html">therapeutic potential</a> and even death by poisoning. Mexican psychologist Ana María Ortiz has been researching 5-MeO-DMT for years at the University of Wisconsin’s Transdisciplinary Center for Research in Psychoactive Substances. Next year she will begin controlled studies to understand the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-11-02/are-psychedelic-drugs-beneficial-for-people-without-mental-disorders.html">true benefits of a compound</a> that many people say changed their lives.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-12-15/sonoran-desert-toad-secretions-may-have-therapeutic-uses-says-mexican-psychologist.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>