Moon Handbooks: Pacific Mexico 5 Ed: Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta, Oaxac, Guadalajara, and Mazatlan
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
ACAPULCO, Mexico — Hurricane Rick swiftly strengthened Friday off Mexico's Pacific coast with winds near 100 mph (160 kph), and forecasters warned it could soon become a major hurricane.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Mexico City - Hurricane Rick emerged Friday off Mexico's Pacific coast and was quickly gaining strength, Mexican authorities said. It was located about 465 kilometres south of the world-famous resort of Acapulco, although predictions about its trajec...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
ACAPULCO, Mexico - Police have found the decapitated bodies of nine men inside a pickup truck abandoned on a highway in the drug-plagued Mexican state of Guerrero. The...
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Hurricane Rick forms off Mexico's Pacific coast; officials in Acapulco warn of heavy rain.
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Hurricane Rick forms off Mexico's Pacific coast; officials in Acapulco warn of heavy rain.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
Gunmen killed the leader of the state legislature in Guerrero, a drug-plagued southwestern state where Acapulco is.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
ACAPULCO, Mexico, July 29 -- The body of a Mexican radio journalist was found beaten, gagged and partially buried in the resort city of Acapulco, police said Wednesday.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Mexico City - A radio journalist in Mexico's Pacific Coast resort city Acapulco was beaten, then killed, his employer W Radio said Wednesday. The killing of Juan Martinez Gil brought to six the number of journalists slain in Mexico so far this year. ...
The Nookular Option (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Well....maybe not just like the US tortures--I didn't read anything about waterboarding. Maybe this was some sort of NAFTA agreement. You send us cheap labor and we teach you how to torture . The Mexican army has carried out forced disappearances, acts of torture and illegal raids in pursuit of drug traffickers, according to documents and interviews with victims, their families, political leaders and...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Andres, the first cyclone of the eastern Pacific season, pounded western Mexico on Tuesday after sweeping a fisherman to his death and flooding streets in Acapulco.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
From the resort city of Acapulco to the Guatemala border, Mexico's southern region has become the "Cocaine Coast," the main destination ...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
ACAPULCO, Mexico — Gunmen ordered a priest and two seminarians out of their vehicle and shot them dead in a drug-plagued region of western Mexico, authorities said Monday. The three were killed as they drove through the town of Arcelia in Guerrero state to nearby Ciudad Altamirano to organize a spiritual retreat, said the Archbishop of Acapulco, Felipe Aguirre Franco.
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
The arrest of a top drug cartel chief in Cancún comes a week after a deadly shootout killed 16 alleged cartel members and two soldiers in Acapulco.
CNN (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
Gunmen killed three police officers in Acapulco, Mexico, early Monday morning in attacks on two police stations, the state news agency Notimex reported.
World Hum (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
In the Telegraph, Michael Simkins attempts to overcome his “good old Anglo-Saxon prejudices” and learn to love France. More bad news from Mexico: A group of tourists was evacuated in Acapulco over the weekend after a shoot-out broke out between soldiers and gunmen nearby. The Washington Post worries about the fate of Chesapeake Bay as human impact increases. There’s a lovely accompanying...
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