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Grupo Firme cancels Mexico concert after threat by drug cartel
Mar 2, 2025
The 2025 Mazatlán Carnival, a major event crucial for reviving the city's tourism economy, has been shaken by cartel threats leading to artist cancellations. Grupo Firme withdrew from their scheduled performance after receiving a death threat via a narcomanta (banner)...
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim cuts ties with Elon Musk’s Starlink
Feb 28, 2025
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has cut ties with Elon Musk’s Starlink, choosing to invest $22 billion in his own telecommunications infrastructure through América Móvil instead. This strategic shift is expected to impact Starlink financially, as it loses a major...
High school Spanish teacher, 33, accused of having sex with 17-year-old stu …
Feb 28, 2025
Dulce Flores, a Spanish teacher at Riverbank High School in California, has been arrested for allegedly having an unlawful sexual relationship with a 17-year-old former student in 2023. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office took Flores into custody on Feb. 28 after...
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Zinedine Sidane has signed his first professional contract with Chivas de G …
Jan 25, 2024 | Community News
Some people name their children after famous people — like footballers. In the Mexican third division there's one footballer called Zinedine Sidane Hernandez Quezada (pictured in the title image on...
Karla Tatiana Vasquez makes history by creating the first Salvadoran cookbo …
Jan 25, 2024 | Community News
Karla Tatiana Vasquez, a Latina culinary expert and writer, has achieved a historic milestone by creating "THE SALVISOUL COOKBOOK," the first Salvadoran cookbook published in the United States. This...
Barrio reviews Netflix drama, Griselda
Jan 25, 2024 | Community News
A quote from Pablo Escobar shows up on the screen: "The only man I was ever afraid of was a woman named Griselda Blanco." So, why not tell her story? The team behind Narcos, including writer Doug...
Drug bust in Ecuador could be the largest cocaine seizure in history
Jan 24, 2024 | Community News
A huge amount of cocaine was found on a farm in Minces, Los Ríos Province last Sunday. The National Police, along with the military, seized 22 tons of packaged cocaine, valued at $1.3 billion or...
Kali Uchis scores first no. 1 on Top Album Sales with ‘Orquideas’
Jan 24, 2024 | Community News
Kali Uchis has just scored her first-ever No. 1 spot on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart with "Orquídeas" on January 27. It had the biggest sales week for her, selling 31,000 copies in the U.S. by...
Dozens arrested in Ecuador over hospital takeover attempt
Jan 23, 2024 | Community News
Ecuadorean security forces arrested 68 gang members who stormed a hospital in Yaguachi, Guayas province. The intruders aimed to protect a gang member receiving treatment, fearing attacks from...
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