One or more users briefly gained access to change government-run accounts for a state in India and city in Mexico to different handles representing Hitler
X originally granted the special gray verification badge to the countries' government accounts
not those representing the former German dictator
A rumor circulating online in February 2025 claimed tech billionaire Elon Musk's X provided gray verification badges — intended for government or multilateral organizations or officials — to accounts representing Adolf Hitler
the former German dictator and leader of the Nazi Party
One week earlier, on Feb. 15, another X user posted (archived) about a different Hitler account
"What the f*** is going on." The post featured two authentic screenshots from an X account also displaying a gray verification badge
One post from @adolf_gov visible in one of the screenshots began
"I have returned to make Germany great again."
However, Musk's X did not provide gray verification badges to accounts representing Hitler. One or more unknown users changed the handles of existing government accounts for India and Mexico to make political statements against Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, for which Musk serves as the public face of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
with a user briefly changing the handle to @adolf_gov
Those handles displayed the same ID number (897695570206355457)
neither @mxjilotepec nor @WRD_Bihar displayed any posts
Government officials for Jilotepec and Bihar did not respond to a request for further information about the incidents involving the two accounts
this deception will just be another nail in the coffin of legacy media."
In May 2024, Musk reinstated the X account for Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust-denying white supremacist. Musk posted (archived) of Fuentes' reinstatement to "let him be crushed by the comments and Community Notes," adding
"It is better to have anti whatever out in the open to be rebutted than grow simmering in the darkness."
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they are distinctive in their simple geometries
the design team has taken influence from the dichotomy of its two locations
a vibrant urban context and a pacific coast village
the team’s experience in mexico city has lent a priority toward rebuilding and repairing while the village location taught them to work with a team of locals during the design and build processes
images courtesy of PALMA | @palmamx
the jilotepec residences by PALMA (see more here) comprise a pair of private houses which rise from a gently sloping landscape
the project is sited along the outskirts of mexico city
and takes on an expression which is informed by its rural context backed by a range of mountain peaks
these cues led to the buildings’ natural materiality of locally sourced stone along with their simple
the overall material palette includes a facade of terracotta plaster and a roof wrapped in ceramic tiles
masonry walls define two courtyards within each house
the houses are built of locally-sourced stone
the jilotepec residences comprise two dwellings
the project looks outward to the distant mountains
the simple geometries take shape as abstracted mountain peaks
each dwelling hosts two open-air courtyards at its front and rear
architecture: PALMA | @palmamx
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I’ve been searching for the perfect wall: a towering giant of rope-stretching routes that are technical and sustained
Add camping on a flat and grassy cliff base
a short approach that merely serves to deposit me away from the road I’ve parked on
and a longer-than-normal climbing season with fairly low temps
a couple hours northwest of Mexico City in the Dexcaní Mountains
is home to the crag that’s the closest I’ve found yet to my personal heaven
that’s only because it’s in Mexico and not my backyard
“holy shit” is likely to be your first response after catching your first glimpse of El Huevo
egg-shaped monolith smack dab in the middle of the Jilotepec (Jilo) climbing area
Walking up the trail to the base of El Huevo had me craning my neck farther and farther back as I tried to digest the thought of climbing to the top of this daunting wall in a single mega-pitch
Opting for something a bit less intimidating on which to warm up
our group meandered around the trails to Jilo’s various cobbled volcanic crags
Whether the standard for the area (or for Mexican climbers) is higher or the rock just doesn’t lend itself to easier climbing
a vast majority of the Jilo routes are 5.10 and up
with only a few 5.9s and 5.8s scattered through the area
La Prima de Nancy (5.8) and Nancy (5.9) are two slabby but solid warm-ups on the trail leading to El Huevo
directly opposite and up the hill from Dio de Campo on El Huevo
with the highest concentration of good 5.10 climbing
while the backside of El Huevo at the Frenesí sector has slightly harder routes in the 5.11 range
If you’re the type of climber that likes warming up on 5.10 or 5.11 and projecting 5.12
you’d be hard-pressed to find a more suitable area for your strengths
Many of the 5.11 and 5.12 routes yield sustained and thoughtful climbing
And if you’re psyched on climbing routes even harder (5.13a to 5.14+)
the front side of El Huevo has a wealth of hard
and there are plenty of open projects to go around
A few of these harder routes are chipped and contain drilled pockets (denoted in the guidebook)
Jilo’s vertical and slightly overhanging cliffs are a technical climber’s dreamland
with squared-off cobbles littering each route
We quickly found that some areas (like Frenesí) have great 5.10 climbing as long as you can get past the one- or two-move
The fun Serpientes y Escaleras (5.10c) requires circumnavigating a cruxy cactus in the middle of the route
Often you’ll find yourself negotiating voluminous cobbles welded into the hard volcanic stone only to reach smaller cobbles that force you to get creative with your hands
El Nahual (5.12d) and El Chaneque (5.12a) both have cruxes that force the climber to put basically every limb on a single giant cobble to advance to easier climbing above
once you learn a few tricks and techniques (such as identifying good and bad cobbles
and knowing when to rest and when to simply keep moving)
I’m told by others who have visited the area that it’s best to keep all of your belongings with you and not in a rental car
Because of Jilo’s location far from the U.S
border and a good distance from Mexico City
but you can never forget that you’re still in Mexico
a developing country plagued by poverty in many parts—crime can occasionally be a problem
Knowledge of the language and culture are certainly a plus when traveling here
the people of Mexico were as kind as possible and incredibly excited that climbers were visiting their local area
Will Jilo be your personal cragging heaven
With more than 80 bolted sport routes (50-plus of them under 5.12)
you should fi nd plenty to keep you busy while you decide
Getting there: Fly into Mexico City and take a bus to Jilotepec
departing from the Terminal de Autobuses Norte
Take a cab from the airport to reach this terminal
Getting around: If you’re not planning on leaving the area
taxis are fine for getting between the crags and the town of Jilotepec
and the cabs will run you about $5 to $6
but if you’re more into creature comforts
the Xilonen Palace is the nicest hotel in town
and will only run you about 550 pesos ($45) per night
• ¡Ay Nanita!: El Hombre del Costal (5.11b)
El Nahual (5.12d)• Frenesí: El Alacrán (5.10d)
Frenesí (5.12b)• El Circo: Cirque du Solei (5.10b)
This sports facility is part of the production complex of the Mexican tool manufacturer Truper
and the complex tries to keep its volumes as imperceptible as possible
embedding itself in the horizontal landscape
Amid stairs and different descending levels
the route tries to evoke pre-Hispanic heritage
The concrete is pigmented to mimic the ground
different pavilions with metal beams in a rust red tone rise next to the pitches
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a small town in the eastern state of Veracruz
It takes him 15 minutes to pass through the commotion of backslapping
selfies and jabbing microphones to reach the car parked outside the tent where he spoke
The point of the rally is to promote Mr López Obrador’s party
in municipal elections to be held in Veracruz in June
But his main goal is much bigger: to win Mexico’s presidency on his third attempt
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Mexico City
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Em Pellerin has been one of Canada’s top trad climbers for the past few years, with an onsight of The Shadow 5.13a on University Wall and a repeat of La Zébrée 5.14 in Quebec
It’s been eight months since she had shoulder surgery and she’s back to climbing strong
who’s originally from Quebec was recently living in Golden
but travelled south to climb around Guadalajara and Jilotepec in Mexico
where she’s reported sending a few impressive lines
she onsighted a three-pitch 5.12c trad route called Odisea
“I’m slowly back into climbing and just flashed my first 8a [5.13b]
It feels embarrassingly great to be able to lift my arm up again.”
Watch a short film on Pellerin below called Em, which was directed by Alexa Fay, and be sure to follow her on Instagram.
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A midwinter escape to cool crags near Mexico City
As our van pulled into the wooded cul de sac
cobbled cliffs and dozens of climbers waiting their turn
Mexican hip-hop blared from a speaker somewhere up the hill
filtered through the woods as climbers urged each other on
Three of us walked up to the nearest cliff
and tried to puzzle out which route was which in our guidebook
bearded Mexican came over and started pointing out the best climbs
We’d been led to these cliffs by Bernardo Beteta and Steve Levin
two Boulder-based guides who had explored the crags near Mexico City one year earlier
Now we were tagging along on Colorado Mountain School’s first-ever Rock Climbing Mexico expedition
a 10- to 12-day tour of climbing areas within a few hours’ drive of the huge capital city
My wife and I could have managed a simpler version of this trip on our own; we speak reasonable Spanish and have visited Mexico many times
The climbing areas generally are easily accessible and safe for foreign visitors
and guidebooks and online info are available
But the planning and logistics would have added a lot of stress to our vacation
and the driving would have been somewhat terrifying
with whom we were eager to spend more time
not only brought his fluent Spanish to the group but also intimate knowledge of Mexican culture
Bernardo would order widely from the menus
giving us the opportunity to try dozens of foods we’d never had—and nothing like the Tex-Mex you see at home
and sleeping in comfortable hotels—we weren’t exactly roughing it
our group of nine climbed at four separate places in El Bajío
a region northwest of Mexico City that long has been among the country’s most fertile and prosperous areas
the rest of the team continued to a fifth climbing area
but otherwise they were completely different
Few of their names would be recognized by most U.S
but the climbing at most of them is worth a trip
Made somewhat famous outside Mexico by a Petzl RocTrip in 2010 (video/article) this is one of the most popular destinations for Mexico City climbers
the crags ring an enormous monolith of ash-colored conglomerate called El Huevo (“the egg”)
where hanging draws trace overhanging lines up to solid 5.14
the flowering trees were alive with buzzing insects and birds
We started at an area near the car called Sal de Mi
with routes up to about 25 meters high and a good range of grades
The nearby El Pilar had three short 5.7 to 5.9 routes that made good warmups
a young guy offered to clip the first bolt for me on one route
but I declined and bouldered it out as he watched
A few minutes up the hill was a zone called El Circo
sustained 5.10 and 5.11 pitches on vertical stone
As we walked back down toward the parking at the end of the first day
the young climber who had volunteered to help earlier came running over with a friend and a camera
Half a dozen members of our group—all in their 40s and 50s—lined up for the photo
After a morning of climbing at Jilotepec—nearly empty on a Monday—we headed north into the state of Querétaro and one of the highlights of the trip: the Peña de Bernal
The Peña (“rock”) is a spectacular volcanic plug—one of the larger monoliths in the world—with routes up five to seven pitches long on skin-friendly rhyolite
There are shorter and harder climbs nearby
Three grand classics ascend the southeast and northwest sides of the rock
and over two days our group climbed them all: the Filo Noroeste
Each was 5.9 or 5.10 and almost entirely bolted; I carried a small rack but never placed a piece
posed for photos below large green crosses mounted on the summit
and took in the views over green hills and the colonial city of Bernal
The descent was by rappel and scrambling down past a shrine that draws religious hikers up hundreds of steps
I was sick (from a head cold—nothing to do with Montezuma or any feelings of revenge)
so after breakfast at a rooftop place where the tables overflowed with glasses of fresh-squeezed juice
and cups of aromatic Mexican hot chocolate
my wife and a friend joined me to explore the town while the others headed back up to the Peña
Bernal is an attractive colonial town with colorful mustard and ochre churches and shops filled with weavings
and gifts for the mostly Mexican tourists who visit
and my wife and the proprietor soon were sharing photos of their dogs; he walked his dog up to the Peña each day
For lunch we picked the place with the longest line in town
and chowed on gorditas fried up by a pair of women standing by a griddle at the front door
Then I made my way back to our colonial-era hotel
the group was ready for a rest day and the spot for it was San Miguel de Allende
a colonial city and World Heritage Site in the neighboring state of Guanajuato
and other attractions that make it one of Mexico’s most popular tourist destinations and the home of many Norte Americano expats (though it still has a Mexican feel)
We spent an entire day wandering the streets and alleys and returned to our hotel with a painting
and three camisas to pack alongside our climbing gear in the already overloaded van
The next day we drove about an hour to the colorful city of Guanajuato and then followed a winding two-track high above town to La Bufa
a cluster of rock fins and towers along a brush-covered ridge
much like the pocketed rhyolite at Penitente Canyon in Colorado
We spent the day on the shady bolted cliffs
sampling routes from 5.8 to upper 5.11 and ogling a 5.13 out a stunning arête
La Bufa itself is not a major climbing destination
but it would make a worthy sport break in a tourist trip to San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato
a bustling university city that has numerous attractions in its own right
we drove down to a park honoring El Pípila
a hero of the early days of the Mexican war of independence
and then walked down a series of stone steps to explore the center of the city
we ate outside at a restaurant bordering the tree-filled zocalo (central plaza)
we paid a mariachi band to serenade us with Cielito Lindo
My only previous climbing trip to Mexico—and all of my mental images of Mexican climbing—had involved exclusively sport climbing
But we were about to discover that trad climbing is alive and well south of the border
After three nights in San Miguel de Allende
we drove to the whitewashed village of Aculco
a river has carved a gorge from basalt reminiscent of the Lower Gorge at Smith Rock or Paradise Forks in Arizona
The guidebook calls it the “Mexican Indian Creek.”
About 150 climbs line both sides of the gorge below a pretty waterfall
with rappels or top-ropes anchored to convenient trees
or from below by a simple scramble and trail
and arêtes up to about 30 meters high—what they have in common is relentless steepness
We all agreed that every climb we did seemed under-graded by one to two letters
Or maybe we’d all just gotten soft from clipping bolts and following Bernardo’s menu recommendations
the climbing was superb and this is a place I’d definitely visit again
I’d bring three sets of cams instead of two
But the rest of the group still looked forward to two days at Los Dinámos
one of the best cragging areas in central Mexico
Los Dinámos comprises a series of cliff lines on a pine-covered hillside
High above the west side of the already high-elevation Mexico City
Los Dinámos tops out at nearly 10,000 feet
making for chilly climbing and perhaps a fun way to acclimatize for Mexico’s popular volcano climbs
the last full day in Mexico was capped with an afternoon trip to the 2,000-year-old pyramids of Teotihuacán
and dinner at an amazing restaurant inside a huge cave
where some of us added ant eggs and moth larvae to the gross-out-your-family Facebook photos in our collection
I was sorry we were headed home instead of going to Los Dinámos with the rest of the gang
But I also took some comfort in the knowledge that Bernardo and Steve were planning a brand-new Mexican trip
to the rock climbing areas near the city of Guadalajara
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El Puerto de Liverpool informed that it will invest 25,000 million pesos in a logistics center in Mexico
the company communicated relevant aspects of the project «Arco Norte Logistics Platform» (PLAN)
which is located in the municipality of Jilotepec
The first stage will be dedicated to the storage and distribution of “Big Ticket” items
The investment associated with this phase will be 7,400 million pesos and it is expected to start operating in the first quarter of 2022
The Port of Liverpool added that in this first phase it is expected to generate a total of 1,300 direct jobs and 1,750 indirect jobs
A second warehouse for the handling and storage of clothing and general merchandise
will require an investment of 8.800 million
estimating its start-up during the first quarter of 2024
The master plan of the PLAN project will be deployed on a total area of 188 hectares of land
considers a total of six warehouses and a global investment of more than 25,000 million pesos
El Puerto de Liverpool is one of the largest full-line departmental warehouses in the country with 122 Liverpool units and 167 Suburbia units in operation in 57 cities in the Mexican Republic
Additionally, it is the third largest credit card issuer in Mexico with more than 5.5 million accounts
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