Volaris and TPQ officials at Routes Americas 2025 Mexican ULCC Volaris will launch the first international service from Aeropuerto Internacional de Tepic-Riviera Nayarit (TPQ) with a new route to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) beginning July 16 The service will operate three times per week, marking a major milestone for the Tepic airport, which has sought to establish direct international connectivity. Details of the route were announced during Routes Americas 2025 taking place in Nassau & Paradise Island “We are delighted because this represents a breakthrough for our airport,” said Javier Garcia Bejos he emphasized the strategic importance of the new route for both tourism and VFR traffic continues to see growing international demand and the route is expected to facilitate increased visitor arrivals the flights will cater to a significant number of Nayarit natives residing in California who frequently travel between the two regions Volaris highlighted its commitment to serving the Mexican diaspora as a key factor behind the route’s launch “This is what we do,” said Eric Friedman Volaris’ director of network planning and strategy “We have grown to become the second-largest foreign airline in the U.S and there’s a large community from Nayarit in Southern California But this route isn’t just about that—it also opens up a major leisure opportunity for travelers looking to explore Riviera Nayarit.” Volaris currently operates one domestic route from TPQ The planned LAX service is subject to final regulatory approvals Aviation Week Network’s aviation consultancy ASM worked to secure the new route which included several airport and airline meetings at Routes events “Securing Riviera Nayarit Airport's first international flight to Los Angeles is fantastic news for the city of Tepic and the state of Nayarit providing a smooth connection from Southern California to the Riviera Nayarit coast,” said ASM Director for Air Service Development Consulting David Appleby “This new TPQ-LAX route highlights the dedication and strong collaboration with airlines that have made this and other services possible ASM's Catchment Analyser tool played a crucial role in the implementation of this particular service by demonstrating the demand within a 40-mi giving Volaris the confidence to launch this exciting new flight.” the global route development community's trusted source for news and information View the coverage from Routes Americas 2025 in Nassau, Bahamas. Routes Americas 2026 will take place in Rio de Janeiro providing a platform for senior decision makers to meet and discuss the region's air services insight and analysis from our award-winning editors delivered to your inbox daily The exciting build up to the start of the WBSC Premier12 2024 presented by RAXUS took another significant step on Wednesday with the inauguration of the Coloso del Pacifico stadium in Tepic one of the two venues in Mexico for Group A play “This stadium is a testament to what we can achieve when we work together with a common goal,” said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari who was a special guest at the opening ceremony along with Miguel Angel Navarro Quintero; Governor of Nayarit; and Rommel Pacheco National Sports Commission Director and four-time Olympian diver and LOC President Guillermo Morales jointly funded by the Mexican Federal Government and the Nayarit State Government seats 9,480 spectators across six different zones a 94-seat presidential suite and space for 20 wheelchairs The ballpark counts with all the facilities to provide fans the best experience The field of play meets all requirements to host world-class international events The brand new turf is 45 mm high with a density of 1600 g/m2 The modern lightning system highlights 1500 luxes in the infield and 1000 in the outfield guaranteeing the highest standards for players The venue also offers first-class facilities for the teams The Mexican National Baseball Team took the field against a Cuban selection getting a good win to warm up for the Premier12 third edition The Coloso del Pacifico ballpark will host Game 2 of the WBSC Premier12 presented by RAXUS on Saturday Sitemap Media Data Protection Contacts Avenue Général-Guisan, 45 CH-1009 Pully | Switzerland The WBSC is recognised as the sole competent authority in Baseball and Softball by the International Olympic Committee MEXICO CITY (AP) — A bus tipped over in central Mexico after colliding with a trailer that detached from a truck transporting corn The crash happened at midnight Friday when the bus was leaving Tepic in the western Mexico state of Nayarit bound for Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico The injured were being treated at a hospital in Zacatecas coordinator of the National Guard in Zacatecas said in a video statement shared on social media that the truck trailer detached on a highway The passenger bus collided with the trailer and tipped over on its right side secretary general of the government in Zacatecas also shared a statement from the scene of the accident “We send our solidarity and condolences to all the families and people who have lost a loved one in this unfortunate accident,” he said He added that the highway where the crash happened was closed as officials secured the area Authorities said they will soon release the name of the injured for families to locate them The passenger bus from Omnibus de Mexico was traveling from Tepic authorities in Zacatecas said in a news statement Borderland: Water heater manufacturer opening third Juárez factory, adding 400 jobs by 2025 The accident occurred in the early morning hours on Saturday when the bus collided with the back of a tractor-trailer carrying corn The Zacatecas governor early on Saturday initially reported a preliminary death toll of 24 people but the state attorney general's office later revised the tally in a statement Recovery efforts to retrieve the bodies of some of the victims from the wreckage in the ravine were taking place Saturday involving emergency responders and the Mexican army and National Guard Borderland: Museum opens honoring memory of Juan Gabriel, icon of Latin music Reuters reported that the attorney general's office said it was "carrying out investigations to arrest the driver" of the tractor-trailer. The victims did not include migrants, according to the attorney general's office. The injured passengers were being treated at hospitals in the city of Zacatecas. They were identified by state authorities as Carlos Eduardo Perez Delgado, Enrique Paredes Ruiz, Gustavo Adolfo Maciel, Esau Natanel Piña Casas, Alondra Rodriguez Mariscal and Guillermo Padilla Avila. The names of the persons who died were pending formal identification. BELGRADE (FIBA World Championship) - Serbia & Montenegro have drafted U20 team captain Milenko Tepic into their preliminary squad after being hit with an injury crisis. Playmaker Vule Avdalovic and Arizona forward Ivan Radenovic are sidelined in Belgrade undergoing therapy, while Igor Rakocevic had a fever after a win over China Playmaker Vule Avdalovic and Arizona forward Ivan Radenovic are sidelined in Belgrade undergoing therapy while Igor Rakocevic had a fever after a win over China MEXICO (KFOX14/CBS4) — A bus headed toward Ciudad Juarez crashed and killed 24 passengers and injured five more according to the Zacatecas Governor David Monreal Avila and was destined for Cuidad Juarez according to KINT The accident happened on Highway 45 Zacatecas - Aguascalientes and it involved the bus and an 18-wheeler according to KINT KINT reports that authorities say the crash happened early morning on Saturday and legal authorities are investigating the cause of the accident and have not revealed more details according to KINT RECOMMENDED:El Paso Police seek help to identify suspects involved in burglary RECOMMENDED:Two hospitalized after late-night car crash in Northeast El Paso Sign up to receive the most interesting stories from in and around our community once a day in your inbox Police in Mexico have arrested a man in connection with the strangling death of an Illinois attorney in 2016 who made the 15 Most Wanted fugitives list in 2020 Panaligan is accused of killing attorney Victor Jigar Patel At the time Patel was representing clients who were suing Panaligan in civil court "I hope this arrest brings some measure of comfort to the Patel family and serves as a stark reminder to fugitives from justice that there is no place to hide," Marshals Service Director Ronald Davis said in a statement USA TODAY was unable to reach an attorney for Panaligan for comment The Marshals Service allege that Panaligan scheduled an appointment under an alias to make an appointment with Patel at his law office Security cameras captured Panaligan wearing a disguise upon arrival before allegedly killing the attorney in his office Evidence collected by authorities led to him being the lead suspect in the murder investigation Authorities detained Panaligan at the Canadian border two days later for allegedly attempting to smuggle a firearm into Canada so the Northbrook Police Department could interview him in the investigation into Patel's death a warrant for Panaligan's arrest was filed so he could be charged for first-degree murder but he presumably fled to Mexico before he authorities could find him Marshals Service placed him on its 15 Most Wanted offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that led to his capture Speculation into Panaligan's whereabouts were complicated due to his dual citizenship between the U.S Soon it will be even easier to explore Mexico's state of Nayarit thanks to a major expansion of Tepic Airport and the construction of a new highway connecting the state capital to the coast I was at the Gala Puerto Vallarta-Riviera Nayarit 2024 where I learned about the upcoming changes to Tepic Airport and what that will mean for travel to Nayarit Seventy-two percent of visitors who come to Nayarit do so for tourism and 60 percent of those visitors are international tourists Eighty-one percent of visitors who come to the Riviera Nayarit currently fly into either Puerto Vallarta or Guadalajara will shorten the drive time between Tepic and the Riviera Nayarit The new highway will shorten the journey from Tepic to Punta Mita to just an hour and 15 minutes down from the nearly three-hour journey it is now the Nayarit airport is projected to receive at least 4 million passengers a year The investment will include a new terminal building through which 3 million passengers a year will pass more than 33,000 square feet of shops and restaurants a new car rental center with companies like Hertz The highway connecting the expanded airport to the Riviera Nayarit is expected to be completed by October This will make it easier for travelers to access existing and upcoming Riviera Nayarit developments like the One&Only Mandarina and the Rosewood Mandarina Four Seasons Punta Mita and Naviva and the Costa Canuva The Riviera Nayarit has more than 14,000 hotel rooms 75 percent of which are in the luxury segment The new airport will provide a huge opportunity to boost tourism to this part of Mexico The attack occurred while Marinika Tepic was with her mother in front of the building in Pancevo, where her mother lives, she announced Freedom and Justice Party known for long-term insults and politically motivated provocations first screamed and threatened Marinika Tepić that he would rape her and uttered a series of the most vulgar curses pulled her hard and got into her face," says the SSP "Only due to the sobriety of Marinika Tepić and a few citizens who came to her aid and called the police the attack did not have serious consequences The attacker threatened all those present that he would take out a gun and show it to everyone," says the SSP SSP: Violence inspired by Aleksandar Vučić "this attack is a direct consequence of the brutal targeting of Marinika Tepić opposition leaders and students by Aleksandar Vučić himself." threatens and draws targets," the SSP states this is also the responsibility of all institutions that do not react to the violence directly inspired and supported by Aleksandar Vučić "We demand that the attacker be detained and prosecuted in accordance with the gravity of the crime he committed nor can anyone stop her in the fight for a democratic The members of the Freedom and Justice Party as well as members of other opposition parties who are the targets of the regime's attacks who are shamelessly paid with the money of all the citizens of Serbia," adds the SSP Serbian students repeated a hundred times that this is a marathon Similar to Adam Mihnjik in the eighties in Poland The government in Serbia is on the way to the end - you just need to be patient With the inclusivity created at the plenums students should continue during election engagement including the opposition at some point - whatever it may be Who mentions the extraordinary elections when the rating of the party in power is falling Vučić is not the most important political factor in the country © 2025 Time, Belgrade. Developed by cubes A new flight connecting the city of Tepic in western Mexico with Los Angeles could soon be a boon to Pacific coast beach destinations along the Riviera Nayarit This week, Mexican aviation authorities began conducting test flights from Tepic to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) These trials became possible upon completion of a 2.5 billion-peso (US $145 million) renovation project at the Tepic airport The trade magazine Aviación 21 reported that the funds were used to modernize the existing terminal extend and recondition the runway to be 3.1 kilometers The runway extension was key in earning authorization for international flights A new terminal is also under construction at the Tepic airport at an additional cost of 1.6 billion pesos (US $93 million) and should be operational in a few months State and national highways are being rehabilitated to facilitate access to the airport from destinations up and down the Nayarit coast The renovations could expand operations to include international routes to and from Canada In announcing Tuesday’s test flight to Los Angeles, Nayarit Governor Miguel Ángel Navarro posted to Facebook: “Nayarit is transforming itself it is developing … This test flight is the first of several that will demonstrate the project’s viability and earn it certification.” The domestic airline Volaris has been granted the rights to the Tepic-LAX route El Financiero reported that Volaris began its operations in Tepic back in 2012 with a flight to the border city of Tijuana claiming at the time that it planned to extend service to Los Angeles Los Angeles is a popular destination for nayaritenses El Financiero reported that an estimated 1 million Nayarit natives live in southern California The most recent census shows Nayarit’s population is just over 1.2 million The modernization venture aims to make the Tepic airport the international point of entry for the nearby Riviera Nayarit which extends south toward Puerto Vallarta Most tourists who arrive at this vacation hotspot today come in via the Puerto Vallarta airport located about 168 kilometers south of Tepic ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Team USA is relying heavily on the strong start by Matt Shaw into the tournament with an 8-for-11 performance with two home runs four runs scored and nine RBI in three games Chandler Simpson has scored four times as well On Monday at 7pm local time at Coloso del Pacifico ballpark in Tepic, Mexico the No. 4 in the current KONAMI/WBSC Men’s Baseball World Ranking, Venezuela, is taking on No. 5 USA on day three in the opening round of Group A at the WBSC Premier12 2024 presented by RAXUS After the opener between Panama and the Netherlands the WBSC Premier12 2024 presented by RAXUS continues at 4pm local time on Saturday at the brand-new Coloso del Pacifico ballpark in Tepic Mexico with the matchup between USA and Puerto Rico Sabin Ceballos homered in the top of the sixth with two outs to give world No. 8 Puerto Rico a key win in their opening game in the WBSC Premier12 2024 presented by RAXUS against No Puerto Rican starter Jonathan Bermudez pitched four scoreless innings and was the first of seven hurlers in the game Ceballos sent the first pitch he saw in the sixth inning over the center field wall giving his team all the offence they needed It was the first official home run at Coloso del Pacifico Stadium "USA always come prepared for this kind of tournaments but we followed a plan that gave us the victory at the end of the road." Puerto Rico manager Juan Gonzalez pitched by committee in Tepic sending seven different hurlers to the hill Jonathan Bermudez went four innings to start the game who pitched 1.1 inning of one hit ball and got the win Ceballos said pitching and defence was the key to win but highlighted the game plan as the key of the game That’s what both the coaches and the pitchers brought Every time we bring in or take out a pitcher And that comes from the staff and the great work they are doing with us USA pitched extremely well during today's game too Five pitchers limited Puerto Rico to four hits in the game We played well," said veteran left-hander Rich Hill who started the game for USA and pitched three scoreless innings but were not able to score in the nine innings That's what's great about baseball," added Hill "You can have high scores or low-run games like this How the pitchers did for Puerto Rico and how we pitched for Team USA." The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced today the host cities and venues for Group A of the Premier12 2024 presented by RAXUS Jalisco and the brand new Santa Teresita Stadium in Tepic will host the 15 games of Group A from 10 to 14 November The Charros de Jalisco Pan American Stadium has a 16,500-seat capacity and was built for the 2011 Pan Am Games track and field competitions a club competing in the Winter Mexican Pacific League (Liga Mexicana del Pacifico In addition to Group A of the last edition of the Premier12 in 2019 the stadium also hosted Group D of the World Baseball Classic 2017 opening round the brand new Santa Teresita Stadium in Tepic will be inaugurated for the Premier12 2024 will seat 8,000 fans in the capital of Nayarit State It broke ground on 1 April 2023 and is expected to be delivered in the coming months "The WBSC is pleased to announce Mexico as a host for the WBSC Premier12 2024 presented by RAXUS joining Japan and Taiwan," said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari "With top-tier facilities in Guadalajara and Tepic confirmed as host venues we're ready to stage the most important and biggest international baseball tournament of the year in November." it's a source of pride to host the WBSC Premier12 for the second consecutive time in Mexico," said Ana Gabriela Guevara "This year's Premier12 will add to the effort and support that we have made as a country for sport obtaining historic achievements such as second place in the WBSC/KONAMI world ranking the inauguration of the new stadium in Tepic will bring high-level baseball back to Nayarit leaving a long-lasting legacy for the community." The group will open on 13 November with three games at the Nagoya Dome and the Tianmu Stadium and the new Taipei Dome in Taipei City The Taipei Dome and Tianmu Stadium will host the remaining 12 games through 18 November The Tokyo Dome in Japan will host the Super Round The medal games will take place on 24 November at the Tokyo Dome The top 12 teams at the WBSC/KONAMI Men's Baseball World Ranking on 31 December 2023 qualified for the third edition of the Premier12 the biggest international baseball event of this year: No The 12 participants will split into two groups the top two finishers of each group will compete in the Super Round The first and second-place teams of the Super Round will compete in the Premier12 Championship game while the third and fourth-place finishers will play for the bronze medal The groups and schedule of the WBSC Flagship event will be announced later The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced the Group A and Group B game schedules for the Premier12 2024 presented by RAXUS the biggest international baseball event of the year Mexico and USA will play Group A's final game at the Estadio Panamericano on Thursday "Today is another exciting day in the buildup to the Premier12 - the WBSC's flagship tournament," said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari "From the opening game between the Netherlands and Panama in Mexico to the final on 24 November in Tokyo the pathway is now set for Premier12 glory showcasing the best of international baseball along the way." The full opening round schedule of the Premier12 2024 presented by RAXUS consists of a total of 30 games — 15 games per group The Tokyo Dome in Japan will host the Super Round (21-23 November) and the medal games on 24 November The Premier12, the WBSC's flagship event, is the most important baseball tournament of 2024. The 12 participants qualified through the WBSC/KONAMI World Rankings For two days, no one from the prosecutor's office was interested in the public recognition of the president Aleksandar Vucic that "there are 17.000 people in Serbia, so-called loyalists, led by his brother and who, as Vučić himself says, are extreme and ready to defend him to the death", said the vice-president of the Freedom and Justice Party (SSP) Marinika Tepic She recalled that Vučić specified that the number of members of that paraformation increased from 1.019 to 17.000 and that he informed the public that they meet in a small church Tepić also pointed out that even the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church did not come forward to explain which "small church" the extremists are using to prepare revenge against all those who do not like the dictatorship Phalanxes bound by blood: Ayatollah Vučić's New Year's gift "We live in a country where the highest state officials claim that the students are working on the orders of the Croatian intelligence services and where their colleagues who came to celebrate the New Year are called Croatian spies," Tepic said She added that Vučić publicly admitted that Dragan Đilas and Đorđe Aleksić were attacked by members of the Serbian Progressive Party Tepic called on the Prosecutor's Office to act urgently and find out who these "extremists are ready to shed the blood of those who peacefully fight for the implementation of the law and the Constitution" There are no more students ahead and us behind them Now we are all in the same situation: we drove the beast out into the open © 2025 Time, Belgrade. Developed by cubes April 16 was a historic day for the Nayarit as Tepic International Airport soared to new heights with its inaugural successful international test flight marking a pivotal step in the airport’s transformation into the Riviera Nayarit International Airport Formerly known as Tepic International Airport the decision to rebrand as Riviera Nayarit International Airport was a strategic move to position the airport as the gateway to Riviera Nayarit the airport’s successful international test flight signifies a breakthrough in providing an alternative to Puerto Vallarta’s airport improving access to Riviera Nayarit’s northern towns The expansion of international flight operations at Riviera Nayarit International Airport will greatly enhance connectivity with major cities across North America as the airport is currently in negotiation with several gateways in the U.S and Canada as the airport readies to debut a brand-new US $250 million expansion and new terminal at the end of 2024 One flight has already been confirmed with Volaris for service to Los Angeles “We have finished most of the work on the airport,” said Alejandro Muñoz de Cote Ortiz of the Riviera Nayarit International Airport told Mexico News Daily “Right now we have delivered a new runway and a new control tower The only thing that remains incomplete right now is the new terminal building.” the new terminal is projected to receive at least 4 million passengers per year for the first five years with the potential for 20 million passengers per year in the future The opening will also include new jet bridges and a new car rental center with franchises of international brands like Avis The airport is also set up for the entire immigration process to be digital a big time saver for travelers who are eager to get on the road to their destination Muñoz also told us that the airport is in discussions with U.S “The beautiful highway connects Guadalajara to Puerto Vallarta and in the middle are all the beautiful colonial destinations,” said Muñoz the airport and highway are going to be the new door to Riviera Nayarit from Tepic to Compostela We are in a great place to bring all of our passengers to these places.” the successful international test flight holds immense promise for catalyzing economic growth and development in northern Nayarit especially with the launch of the new highway between Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta The influx of international visitors is expected to generate a ripple effect across various sectors These northern towns are much smaller and quieter than their southern neighbors which have always been easy to access from Puerto Vallarta’s airport the towns have remained relatively undeveloped The new highway brings coastal destinations like the Magical towns of Mexcaltitán and Islas Marias much closer to travelers The highway also provides easier access to the Sierra region of Nayarit including its unique coffee culture and its mountainous Magical Towns like Ahuacatlán Meagan Drillinger is a New York native who has spent the past 15 years traveling around and writing about Mexico. While she’s on the road for assignments most of the time, Puerto Vallarta is her home base. Follow her travels on Instagram at @drillinjourneys or through her blog at drillinjourneys.com NAY - Grupo Aeroportuario Turístico Mexicano (GATM) revealed its plans for the transformation of Tepic International Airport the director stated that this renovation will allow the airport to receive 4 million domestic and international passengers a figure above the 250,000 passengers it currently receives The renovation will include the construction of a new terminal building and a commercial platform with five positions as well as an expansion of the runway to 3.1 kilometers which will allow the operation of any commercial aircraft available in the market With this amount we are building a new commercial platform that will have five positions one of the most equipped and tallest in the country at 42 meters high as well as a completely new terminal building," said Muñoz de Cote the executive explained the extension of the runway by 800 meters to 3 kilometers 100 meters which will allow the operation of any commercial aircraft routes are being shortened due to the cost of turbosine for this reason the airport will firstly focus on domestic routes and later on international routes Muñoz de Cote also pointed out that they are currently in negotiations with 19 airlines and that he hopes in the coming months to be able to have an airport with international routes "We are beginning negotiations with airlines from Canada and the United States Mexicana and other airlines with which we have sat down to present the project," he said created in partnership with Aeropuertos Mexicanos (AME) and ASA (Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares) which develops and operates airport infrastructure We’re in the business of providing relevant information through print and electronic media organizing events to bring industrial value chain actors together and services to create new business relationships Our goal is to improve our clients’ competitiveness On Tuesday, April 16, Tepic's airport now known as the Riviera Nayarit International Airport accepted its first test flight from the U.S The test flight was done in preparation for the end of the year when the airport will debut a second terminal as it prepares to welcome flights from the U.S as Tepic aims to become the gateway to the Riviera Nayarit This is a milestone moment for a new option for connectivity and tourism to the region, unlocking the untapped potential to the northern coast of the state of Nayarit as well as the mountains of its interior "Today we can declare that the Tepic airport is international," said Alejandro Munoz de Cote Ortiz with the Riviera Nayarit International Airport "We completed the test flight to show that the airport is secure for all aircraft and that the Tepic airport is ready for commercial and international operations." The expansion of the airport is a big step forward in the development of the tourism infrastructure for the state most travelers to Nayarit's coastline fly into Puerto Vallarta but with the Riviera Nayarit International Airport and Canada will have the option to fly into Tepic The drive time from the airport to Punta Mita will be an hour and 10 minutes The airport will also give travelers from North America new opportunities to dive deeper into the less-visited parts of Nayarit coffee plantations and indigenous communities What also sets the airport apart is that the entire immigration experience is going to be digital, saving valuable time for travelers. The airport is also in discussion with U.S. authorities to have pre-clearance at the airport, but that is not something that has been confirmed. When the new terminal opens it expects to serve 4 million tourists for the first five years, but according to Munoz de Cote Ortiz, the airport has a capacity for as many as 20 million passengers per year.  The terminal is expected to be fully up and running in the first trimester 2025. What has already been completed is the new runway and a 42-meter control tower, the third tallest in Mexico. The airport is in negotiations with airlines across the U.S. and Canada to bring year-round international service. The airport has already confirmed a flight with Volaris from Los Angeles. TEPIC, NAY - The Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) approved the Institutional Program of the majority state-owned company, Grupo Aeroportuario Turístico Mexicano, which will take over the Tepic Airport. Through the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), the agency explained that it seeks to contribute to increasing air connectivity by expanding and modernizing airport infrastructure in order to boost regional growth. It also seeks to improve operational safety and passenger service quality in accordance with national and international standards. "The objective is to contribute to the general welfare of the population by increasing air connectivity, increasing operational safety and passenger service quality, and improving airport performance," he stated. The works to be carried out will include: the construction of a new control tower, the extension of the runway, the extension and remodeling of the passenger terminal, the renovation of the vehicle fleet associated with airport operations, as well as the telescopic gangways and baggage recovery belts. The SICT specified that the Tepic airport is a regional airport with international classification and is part of the Mexican Airport System. From 2010 to 2022 it had a growth in the flow of passengers served, annual average of 15.2%. The highest value was recorded in 2019, with 210,545 passengers; however, due to the sanitary crisis caused by COVID 19, in 2020 it decreased by 37%. We’re in the business of providing relevant information through print and electronic media, organizing events to bring industrial value chain actors together and services to create new business relationships. Our goal is to improve our clients’ competitiveness. TEPIC, NAY - With an investment of more than US$146 million, the modernization of the terminal building, the new control tower, the extension and rehabilitation of the runway, the new platforms and roads at the Tepic-Riviera Nayarit International Airport were completed. In a press release, Grupo Aeroportuario Turístico Mexicano (GATM), made up of Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA) and Aeropuertos Mexicanos (AME), put into operation the airport infrastructure necessary to expand the operational capacities and national and international connectivity of this airport. In the coming months, the new passenger terminal will be completed with an additional investment of US$93 million, bringing the total public-private investment to US$239 million. The Tepic-Riviera Nayarit International Airport has become the main gateway to the Riviera Nayarit, thanks to its regional connectivity plan that makes the airport the central distribution point for tourism to the entire Nayarit coast, integrating itself to a network of highways that allow travel from end to end, from San Blas to Punta Mita. The press release stated that, thanks to its modernization, strengthening and expansion, this airport has become a world-class air terminal, backed by a renovated infrastructure and first-class operational certifications. He added that the immigration and customs services are now functional; in addition, the new runway configuration allowed for an international test flight to Los Angeles, California. With this, an international airport with operational capacity to operate flights to and from Canada, the United States, Central America, South America and Europe has been declared. The works at the Tepic-Riviera Nayarit International Airport significantly improve the airport's operational capacity and the user experience, through the remodeling and expansion of the current terminal and the construction of a new terminal building that allows us to offer state-of-the-art airport services. Thirteen people are dead after the driver of a tractor-trailer carrying propane on the Tepic-Guadalajara highway lost control and rolled over crashing into another car and causing a chain-reaction accident that involved two other passenger vehicles before it exploded Authorities said the explosion had a reach of about two hectares The Nayarit Attorney General’s Office said that 12 of the 13 victims never escaped their cars and were instantly killed by the explosion and burned beyond recognition One victim was initially taken to a hospital in Tepic Authorities speculated that it was someone in the gas truck The bodies were taken to forensic authorities for identification and investigation Source: El Universal (sp) La Jornada said the body of Luis Martín Sánchez Iñiguez was found on the outskirts of Tepic A journalist from Mexican national newspaper La Jornada has been found dead in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit, the publication has said. La Jornada reported on Saturday the body of Luis Martín Sánchez Iñiguez was found on the outskirts of the state capital, Tepic. The Nayarit state prosecutors’ office reported that Sánchez Iñiguez, 59, had been missing since Wednesday and issued an appeal to find him. But the office did not immediately confirm the identification of the body. Read moreThe journalist’s wife reported him missing along with a computer and his mobile phone a Nayarit town near Tepic that has long been linked to the smuggling of heroin and opium Sánchez Iñiguez would be at least the second journalist killed in Mexico this year. Last year was among the deadliest ever for Mexican media workers news photographer José Ramiro Araujo was stabbed and beaten to death in the northern border state of Baja California Police later arrested two youths on a beach near the scene of the attack who they said had a knife and blood stains on their clothing The suspects face charges of homicide and robbery Less than two weeks ago, Hipólito Mora, a vigilante crusader against Mexico’s drug cartels, was killed in an ambush further south in the violence-stricken state of Michoacán Video footage posted on social media showed the burning wreckage of what was identified as Mora’s vehicle in La Ruana Also in late June explosives were thrown at a police station in the southern state of Chiapas following the abduction of 14 police employees at gunpoint on a local highway in a turf battle between cartels for control of drug and immigrant trafficking in the state Airlines Cancel Flights to Israel After Missile Strike Near Airport Bowman’s Travel Brief: Avoid Newark Airport Mastering the Art of Group Travel Bookings Fiesta Americana Travelty Celebrates Travel Advisors The Top 24 Most Powerful Travel Agencies of 2024 The Strategic Art of Pre-Planning Luxury Vacations: A Perspective for Travel Advisors Aeromexico inaugurated its Mexico City-Tepic flight opening a new door for tourists to Riviera Nayarit and the state's Magic Towns Aeromexico inaugurated its first route between Mexico City and Tepic allowing travelers to quickly connect with strategic points of the Riviera Nayarit and its Magical Towns this route is vital for tourism targeting the new resort Islas Marías (formerly a jail) since it is located half an hour away from the dock of San Blas from where travelers take the ferry to this tourist attraction known as the Mexican Alcatraz Aeromexico will offer seven flights a week seating 100 people It also allows connecting night flights from the United States with which a significant increase in international tourism is expected in the Riviera Nayarit and its inland towns.This year the airline will operate 106 routes from Mexico City a growth plan for the Tepic airport has been announced For the latest travel news, updates and deals, subscribe to the daily TravelPulse newsletter. 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Learn more Bnamericas Published: Wednesday 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects news and interviews about your industry in English Mexican officials said the gunfire came because gunmen had shot at marines with "high-caliber" weapons in the area and then barricaded themselves in the upper level of a house One official told the Associated Press that the Black Hawk helicopter had been called in for "dissuasive fire," meant to suppress fire from the house "To reduce the level of aggression and lower the risk of death among civilians and federal forces (troops) repelled the attack with the support of dissuasive fire from a helicopter," a statement from the Mexican navy said Mexican marines were engaged in the initial exchange but were then joined by federal police and the army The first encounter led to the death of Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez, aka "H2," reportedly the leader of the Beltran Leyva Organization in Nayarit and the southern part of neighboring Jalisco state A "second aggression" later near the city's airport ended with four more suspects dead The governor of Nayarit praised the operation as "surgical" and called it "proof that Nayarit is .. at peace." No Mexican personnel were killed While Mexican authorities have used the kind of "minigun" mounted on the helicopter in the past over rural areas The exchange underscores the complexity and brutality that has come to characterize engagements between Mexican security forces and suspected criminals in Mexico particularly the northwestern part of the country The Mexican government has acquired several Black Hawk helicopters from the US government through the Plan Merida initiative reportedly using a Barrett .50-caliber rifle Those are not the only antiaircraft weapons some of Mexico's criminal groups have at their disposal Mexican authorities in the northern border state of Sonora seized a weapons cache containing a .50-caliber antiaircraft machine gun mounted on a van capable of firing 800 rounds a minute up to 1,500 meters away a hotel employee came across what appeared to be a SA-7 Soviet-made heat-seeking antiaircraft missile The missile was found abandoned on a beach called Playa Bagdad in northeastern Tamaulipas state near where the Rio Grande empties into the Gulf of Mexico In that cache was a Redeye man-portable air-defense system — a shoulder-fired antiaircraft missile another member of the BLO — Daniel Isaac Silva Garate known as "H9," was slain in a confrontation with police and marines nearby in Tepic The deaths of H2 and H9 come about two months after the BLO's purported leader, Alfredo Beltran Guzmán who is believed to be the nephew of recently extradited Sinaloa kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was captured in the suburbs of Guadalajara While the BLO and the Sinaloa cartel were longtime allies a falling out around 2008 pitted them against one another. The BLO suffered a series of blows as its leaders were killed and captured while the Sinaloa cartel climbed to the top of Mexico's narco hierarchy That primacy seems to be in doubt now, however, as Guzmán's extradition appears to have set off a battle for control of the cartel Gunfights have rocked the cartel's home base in Sinaloa state in recent weeks The 116 homicides recorded there in January were 50% more than registered in January last year and dozens of people have reportedly been killed there in the last few days Reuters reports seeing footage of a truck-mounted machine gun firing during a confrontation in Culiacan though the news agency could not independently verify the location where the footage was recorded observers on both sides of the border are concerned about the Mexican government's ability to staunch the bloodshed This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Serbian opposition leader Marinika Tepic fixes her makeshift bed -- a leather sofa inside a parliament building where she has been on hunger strike since Monday The 49-year-old is protesting what she says was "electoral fraud" during parliamentary and local elections held in Serbia on December 17 Tepic is one of seven members of the main opposition camp united under the banner "Serbia Against Violence" to have gone on hunger strike over the results Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's party said it secured a commanding victory during the ballot But a team of international observers -- including representatives from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) -- denounced several "irregularities" including "vote buying" and "ballot box stuffing" Tepic has been receiving intravenous liquids daily "They (the doctors) are trying to maintain this condition as long as possible because I have no intention to give up until fake elections are annulled and until the will of the people is defended," Tepic told AFP in an interview "This simply needs to be done in order to alert both domestic and international audiences," she added Several Western countries have expressed concern over the reported irregularities Germany labelled the reported allegations "unacceptable" for a country hoping to join the European Union The United States called on Belgrade to address the "concerns" of the election monitors while the EU said Serbia's "electoral process requires tangible improvement and further reform" Serbian prosecutors asked the police to probe allegations of fraud Serbian police said on Sunday that a total of 344 complaints had been lodged on election day -- less than during the last vote -- and that prosecutors had found elements of "criminal acts" in 18 cases International observers have underlined allegations of "voters living abroad being organised and bussed by the ruling party to cast the ballots for local elections in Belgrade" Tepic has accused Vucic of overseeing the scheme "I think that (Serbia) is the only country in the world with a phenomenon of electoral migrants," Tepic said Vucic denied the accusations -- in particular addressing the issue of voters who came from neighbouring Bosnia to vote "We will defend the electoral will of the people and there is no doubt about that," he said The president also urged the opposition MPs to find other ways to protest "I would like to ask all those who are on hunger strike not to continue it .. I'm used to protests," Vucic said during a televised address to the nation on Sunday who went on a hunger strike in 2011 demanding parliamentary elections Vucic said his former party colleague had "achieved nothing but endangering his health" Tepic however said she was determined to continue "It's been a while since I listened to what Aleksandar Vucic says And that is how we live for the past 10 years," she said Tepic says she is very much aware of the consequences of her actions "When they ask me if I'm under stress - no I'd feel more stressed if I did not do this." The Cuban beach volleyball duo of Noslen Diaz and Jorge Luis Alayo divided honors with teams from Germany and Mexico in group D of the main draw at the Elite 16 tournament in Tepic and this Friday they will face the US team Partain-Benesh Francisco Alvarez Cutiño’s disciples lost 0-2 to the German duo Ehlers-Wilckler but later defeated the Mexican duo of Miguel Sarabia-Gabriel Cruz 2-0 according to the International Federation’s website www.fivb.com The Cubans are looking for their Olympic qualification and have made outstanding performances in recent months with two second places and a fourth in the World Pro Tour tournaments in Recife and Saquarema all scoring for the ranking with a view to the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 The ranking will close on June 9 and will distribute 17 Olympic places for the best-placed duos with the requirement of having at least 12 of the scoring events Diaz and Alayo are doing well in the world rankings and the Olympic provisional although they also have other variants to get the Olympic ticket Central America and Caribbean Pre-Olympic (Norceca) putting new pressure on President Felipe Calderón to stop the growing violence opened fire on staff and customers in the carwash on the outskirts of the city of Tepic in Nayarit state provoking panic as the victims collapsed to the ground "The workers were all men; they were washing cars when the gunmen drove up in SUVs and started opening fire," said a spokeswoman at the Nayarit state attorney general's office Photographs in local media showed bodies slumped on the roadside with pools of blood around their heads The multiple murder is the third since Friday when gunmen shot and killed 14 people and injured a nine-year-old boy at a party in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso gunmen in Tijuana killed 14 people at a rehabilitation center in the city bordering San Diego Almost 30,000 people have died in drug-related killings across Mexico in the past four years Mexico's interior minister condemned the killings It was not immediately clear why the hitmen attacked the car wash workers It denied media reports that the victims were recovering drug addicts impoverished men who wash cars often work as street spies for drug gangs started out washing cars for local drug bosses in Nuevo Laredo and worked his way up the Gulf cartel a coastal state with expensive beach resorts catering to US tourists has remained a quiet corner of Mexico since Calderón launched his drug war in December 2006 But the shootings underscore how killings have spread from the notoriously violent border region across the country But the recent rash of massacres suggest that local gangs linked to major cartels are fighting turf wars for control of criminal rackets rather than over smuggling routes into the United States The massacres have put renewed pressure on Calderón who has vowed to beat back the cartels but is struggling to defend his strategy as the death toll from his drug war surges A group of armed men attacked the main police station in Madero near the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday injuring seven police officers and a civilian Calderón pledged to continue his fight and held a moment of silence for the victims of the attacks in Juarez He also signalled the difficulty in explaining the recent murders which differ from traditional attacks on drug gang rivals over the past few years They are crazy and they are using very violent means to look for their own purposes," Calderón said in an interview with the BBC A journalist who wrote for the newspaper La Jornada was found dead in Nayarit on Saturday a correspondent in the Pacific coast state and a contributor to the local news site Crítica Digital Noticias was kidnapped last Wednesday from a rural community near Tepic said that he disappeared after returning to Tepic alone following a trip with his family to the northern Nayarit municipality of Acaponeta The Nayarit Attorney General’s Office (FGE) said Saturday that the body of Sánchez was found in El Ahuacate There were “signs of violence” on the corpse as well as two cardboard posters with messages written on them authorities estimated that the 59-year-old journalist was killed 24 to 48 hours before he was found a town just south of Tepic that has long been linked to the smuggling of heroin and opium Sánchez was one of three journalists abducted in Nayarit this month Osiris Maldonado de la Paz was kidnapped on July 3 as he traveled to a job at an educational institute while Jonathan Lora Ramírez was abducted from his home last Friday by armed and hooded men Both Maldonado and Lora were subsequently found alive Deputy Security Minister Luis Rodríguez Bucio told President López Obrador’s Tuesday press conference that Maldonado sustained some injuries during his ordeal The FGE said that the journalistic work of the three men was being considered as the most likely motive for their abductions “it is known that [the three men] at some time collaborated on joint projects,” the FGE added La Jornada reported Wednesday that the family of the slain correspondent flew to Mexico City from Nayarit due to fears of criminals targeting them The Mexico branch of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) condemned the abduction and murder of Sánchez and acknowledged the abductions of Maldonado and Lora “The OHCHR calls for coordination between authorities of different levels in order to adopt the measures necessary to guarantee the protection of the journalists’ union in Nayarit,”  said a statement issued Sunday The office also called on authorities to conduct a “prompt independent and efficient” investigation into the crimes committed against the journalists Rodríguez Bucio said Tuesday that Sánchez was the second journalist murdered this year after Marco Aurelio Ramírez Hernández was killed in Tehuacán media reports indicate that at least two other journalists and a news photographer have been murdered in Mexico this year At least 13 journalists were murdered in Mexico last year the highest number ever recorded in a single year “In three of those cases, journalists were murdered in retaliation for their reporting on crime and politics and had received threats prior to their deaths,” the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in January “CPJ is investigating the motives for the 10 other killings but in a country characterized by violence and impunity it is notoriously difficult to confirm whether journalists were killed because of their work.” Gunmen opened fire on a car wash in western Mexico on Wednesday It was the third massacre in Mexico in less than a week The gunmen drove up to the car wash in the city of Tepic and opened fire without provocation said the official with the attorney general's office of Nayarit state Between 13 and 15 people were killed and at least two were injured who was not authorized to speak publicly about the case and spoke on condition of anonymity speaking at a forum on security just as news of the massacre was emerging called for a minute of silence for the victims but did not offer any details The Interior Department issued a short statement expressing "condolences to the family and friends" of the victims whom it described as "a group of young people in Nayarit." It also offered no details on the shooting Calderon also called the moment of silence for the victims of the two other massacres since Friday: an attack on a birthday party that killed 14 young people in the border city of Ciudad Juarez and a shooting at a drug rehab center in Tijuana that killed 13 recovering addicts The three attacks did not appear to be related Such mass shootings have become increasingly common in Mexico where drug-gang violence has surged in recent years Authorities did not say who might be behind the attack in Tepic but drug gangs were blamed in the first two massacres prosecutors say they are investigating whether that attack was related to a record seizure of nearly 135 tons of marijuana last week a voice was heard over a police radio frequency threatening that there would be as many as 135 killings in Tijuana — a possible reference to the government's pot haul investigators said two men found dead Tuesday — one of them decapitated — might have been involved in the birthday party massacre Friday night A note left with the bodies accused the men of killing women and children The victims of the party attack ranged from 13 to 32 years old and included six women and girls gunmen killed three undercover Mexican federal police officers as they waited for a person to cross a bridge from El Paso The Chihuahua state attorney general's office gave no further details of Tuesday's shooting but motorists crossing the Cordova Americas International Bridge at about 1:30 p.m were told by officials that there was a delay because of a shooting a Chihuahua state police officer was killed Wednesday in his Ciudad Juarez home a spokesman for the state attorney general's office A territorial battle between the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels has torn Ciudad Juarez for nearly three years The city of 1.3 million is one of the world's deadliest Federal police have come under increased attacks in Ciudad Juarez since taking over security in the city from the military earlier this year At least 115 police officers or investigators have been killed in Ciudad Juarez this year — including 32 federal police The bodies of some federal officers have been found with signs accusing Calderon's government of protecting the Sinaloa cartel The government vehemently denies the charge noting that many suspected members of all Mexican drug gangs have been arrested gunmen burst into a Red Cross hospital and kidnapped a young man who had been shot a spokesman for the Sinaloa state attorney general's office The 23-year-old man had just been brought in with a gunshot wound when the armed men burst in Gastelum said he did not have further information but did not believe any Red Cross workers were hurt Eighteen people are dead after a bus traveling from Mexico City to the Mexico-United States border veered off a highway in Nayarit and plunged into a ravine early Thursday Twenty other people, including six children and the driver, were taken to hospital in Tepic, according to a statement issued by the Nayarit Attorney General’s Office (FGE) Thursday afternoon The FGE said that the accident occurred at about 3 a.m on the new Libramiento Norte highway in an area just north of Tepic called Barranca Blanca A bus owned by the Elite bus company with approximately 42 people on board fell into a ravine that is approximately 40 meters deep The position of the bus in the ravine made for a challenging rescue operation for emergency services personnel The FGE said that the deceased passengers haven’t been identified but reported that most were foreigners and that some of them were heading to Tijuana the Dominican Republic and African nations were on board the bus which is believed to have been traveling above the 80 km/h speed limit when it reached a curve at which point it lost contact with the road the 42-year-old driver has been “detained as the probable culprit of the events,” the Attorney General’s Office said He began driving in Guadalajara — located about 220 kilometers southeast of the site of the accident — after relieving another driver The driver who drove the first leg of the journey a man from the Dominican Republic and a man from Mazatlán were among 14 people who gave accounts of the accident to authorities The FGE said that the bus was in “regular mechanical condition without damage in its brake system,” but its tires were worn The accident occurred less than a month after a bus crash in the mountainous Mixteca region of Oaxaca left a death toll of  29 people Seventeen people were killed in February when a bus transporting migrants from South America and Central America crashed in the state of Puebla MEXICO CITY – An alleged regional leader of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel and 11 accomplices have been killed in clashes with Mexican marines who poured gunfire into a house from a helicopter-mounted machine gun The federal Interior Department said via Twitter that Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez headed the cartel’s operations in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit and in the southern part of Jalisco state The Navy official identified the dead capo by the criminal nickname “H2.” A Mexican Navy official who was not authorized to be quoted by name said Friday that Patron and seven accomplices had opened fire on marines and had barricaded themselves in the upper part of a house in the Nayarit state capital of Tepic The official said that a helicopter gunship had been called in to provide “dissuasive fire,” to suppress outgoing gunfire from the structure on Thursday Use of such “minigun” weapons from a helicopter gunship is extremely rare in urban areas They apparently have been used before by Mexican police The Navy said the helicopter gunship was used in accordance with its rules of engagement “with the aim of reducing the level of aggression and reducing the risk of civilian or federal casualties.” The Navy said that a grenade launcher and several rifles and pistols were found at the scene The governor of Nayarit state praised the armed forces “surgical” precision in the gunbattle and said there had been no civilian casualties He called the gun battle “proof that Nayarit is “Yesterday’s events were done to protect and safeguard the citizenry,” Sandoval said The Navy said a second gunbattle occurred soon afterward near the Tepic airport when federal forces came under attack from gunmen Consulate in Guadalajara issued a notice Friday advising American citizens to avoid traveling to Tepic and barring its own personnel from going there until further notice “due to ongoing Mexican military operations in the city.” The Beltran Leyva cartel has been active in the northern state of Sinaloa and the southern state of Guerrero It has since purportedly expanded into other states and may have allied itself with Mexico’s fastest-growing gang Give directly to The Spokesman-Review's Northwest Passages community forums series -- which helps to offset the costs of several reporter and editor positions at 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