In Mexico, a community gathers to celebrate a quinceañera — for the elderly | Arts and Culture

In Mexico, a community gathers to celebrate a quinceañera — for the elderly | Arts and Culture

Mexico City, Mexico – It was the eve of Lupita Rivera’s 84th birthday, but she had chosen instead to go back in time and celebrate her 15th. Hard of hearing and reliant on a wheelchair most of the time, Rivera was decked out in a bronze-coloured ballgown, sparkly nail polish…

United States and Mexico launch joint bid for 2027 Women’s World Cup | Women’s World Cup News

United States and Mexico launch joint bid for 2027 Women’s World Cup | Women’s World Cup News

Their bid is expected to face competition from other potential hosts such as Brazil and a trio of European nations. The United States and Mexico have announced a joint bid to host the Women’s World Cup in 2027, looking to build on their successful campaign to co-host the Men’s World…

Mexican journalists freed days after being abducted in southern province | Media News

Mexican journalists freed days after being abducted in southern province | Media News

Reporters Silvia Nayssa Arce, Alberto Sanchez and Marco Antonio Toledo have been released unharmed, officials say. Three Mexican journalists, who were abducted over the past week, have been released after authorities launched search operations in the southern province of Guerrero, according to the state attorney general’s office. The state’s prosecutor…

Mourners remember Shaeed Woodard, one of 2 Americans gunned down by cartel in Mexico
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Mourners remember Shaeed Woodard, one of 2 Americans gunned down by cartel in Mexico

LAKE CITY, S.C. — Photos of a peewee football player flashed across a slideshow. The image of a smiling young man adorned memorial T-shirts. But the body of the American gunned down three weeks ago by the Gulf cartel in Mexico was kept shielded from funeral-goers. Over 100 people gathered…

Mexico kidnapping survivor Eric James Williams mourns ‘brothers’ killed by cartel: wife
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Mexico kidnapping survivor Eric James Williams mourns ‘brothers’ killed by cartel: wife

One of the survivors of the Mexico cartel kidnapping is mourning the loss of his two murdered friends — who he viewed as his “brothers,” his wife said Tuesday. Michelle Williams told CNN she was able to speak to her husband, Eric James Williams, shortly after police rescued him and…

American dad Dustan Jackson attached with machete while vacationing in Cancun: report
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American dad Dustan Jackson attached with machete while vacationing in Cancun: report

Mexican prosecutors have launched an investigation into the alleged machete attack of a Utah dad vacationing with his wife in Cancun for Valentine’s Day. “The Attorney General’s office is announcing that an investigation is underway regarding the apparent illegal deprivation of liberty of a tourist of U.S. nationality, which occurred in Cancun…