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- In this photo courtesy of Octavio del Rio, shows fragments of a pre-historic human skeleton partly covered by sediment in an underwater cave in Tulum, Mexico, Sept. 10, 2022. The cave system was flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to an archaeologist and cave diver Octavio del Rio, and is located near where the government plans to build a high-speed tourist train through the jungle. (Octavio del Rio via AP)
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Ancient skeleton found in Mexico cave threatened by train
By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press
Tue,09/13/22-10:37AM , 611 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prehistoric human skeleton has been found in a cave system that was flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to a cave-diving archaeologist on Mexico’s Caribbean coast.
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- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during his State of the Nation address at the National Palace in Mexico City, Sept. 1, 2022. In Mexico, a long list of nonviolent crimes bring automatic pretrial detention, with no bail or house arrest allowed. The country's Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on that policy. President Obrador has expanded the number of crimes considered ineligible for bail and he has publicly called on the Supreme Court not to release more people pending trial. (AP Photo /Marco Ugarte, file)
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Mexico debates its no-bail policy for nonviolent suspects
By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press
Sun,09/04/22-10:03AM , 443 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In Mexico, a long list of nonviolent crimes — such as home burglary and freight and fuel theft — bring automatic pretrial detention, with no bail or house arrest allowed.
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- A bulldozer sits idle during repairs as it clears a path through the forest to make way for the Maya Train project in Akumal, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. The Maya Train is one of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s signature projects and has drawn objections from environmentalists, archaeologists and cave divers, who have held protests to block backhoes from tearing down trees and scraping clean the thin layer of soil. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Maya village's water, future threatened by Mexican train
By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press
Mon,08/22/22-9:13AM , 290 Reads
VIDA Y ESPERANZA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project is supposed to bring development to the Yucatan Peninsula, but along the country’s Caribbean coast it is threatening the Indigenous Maya people it was named for and dividing communities it was meant to help.
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- A worker selects avocados at a packing plant in Uruapan, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Mexico has acknowledged that the U.S. government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat. (AP Photo/Armando Solis)
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US paves way for resumption of Mexico avocado exports
By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press
Fri,02/18/22-12:28PM , 217 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Embassy announced Friday that Washington is lifting a ban on inspections of Mexican avocados, freeing the way for exports to resume.

The suspension of inspections had threatened Mexico's $3 billion annual exports and raised the possibility of prices increases for U.S. consumers.
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