As previously reported by BoxingScene the abovementioned vacant IBF junior bantamweight title fight is scheduled to take place May 23 – though at the time as the fight will land at Gimnasio Marcelino Gonzalez in Zacatecas The bout has received formal sanctioning from the IBF per an official letter obtained by BoxingScene it was outlined that both boxers are required to submit to anti-doping testing immediately after their contest – whether through the local commission or provided by the event promoters.  Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions – which represents Garcia – won the rights to the fight in a February 11 purse bid hearing the second act between the pair of Mexican contenders will come five months after their thrilling December 20 split decision draw in Shizuoka provided a Fight of the Year contender in their first meeting late last year Their memorable affair – the first in which either boxer was extended past the 10th round – was a rare occasion when all three wide-ranging scorecards were acceptable given the number of close and competitive rounds Judge Tetsuya Iida (118-110) had Garcia winning while Surat Soikrachang (116-112) scored the fight for Calixto It came down to judge Edward Ligas (114-114) who awarded six rounds apiece to produce the stalemate headed by former three-division titlist Koki Kameda presented the bout – hence its being staged in Japan despite both boxers not only hailing from Mexico but also from the same state (Guerrero) led by Tomoki Kameda – a former bantamweight titlist and current featherweight contender who is also Koki’s younger brother Original plans called for the rematch to return to Japan talks eventually stalled long enough for the IBF to send the matter to a purse bid hearing – and to re-stage the fight in Mexico where both boxers can expect a much greater reception Garcia is unbeaten in his past nine starts the streaking contender won eight bouts in a row following a June 2021 split decision defeat to two-division titlist Paul Butler in Bolton Calixto was perfect through 23 pro fights before having to settle for a split draw with his countryman The IBF junior bantamweight title has remained vacant since last fall retained the IBF belt and won the WBA strap in a July 7 unanimous decision win over Kazuto Ioka The title-unifying win came with the caveat that Martinez would have to next face Garcia as his IBF mandatory challenger The opportunity for a far more lucrative rematch with Ioka prompted Martinez to leave behind the IBF belt He was due to defend the WBA belt versus Ioka last December 31 but fell ill during fight week and was forced to withdraw Martinez and Ioka are now set to meet on May 11 at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo WBC and lineal champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, 21-0 (14 KOs), and WBO claimant Phumelela Cafu, 11-0-3 (8 KOs), are the division’s other two titlists. As previously reported by BoxingScene, they are set to meet on July 19 in Frisco, Texas Garcia-Calixto II will mark the first boxing event in Zacatecas since last August and the most notable fight to land in the nearly 600-year-old city in north central Mexico Jake Donovan is an award-winning journalist who served as a senior writer for BoxingScene from 2007-2024, and news editor for the final nine years of his first tour. He was also the lead writer for The Ring before his decision to return home. Follow Jake on X and Instagram. This website may contain adult language. TM & © 2025 BoxingScene.All Rights Reserved. This website may contain adult language TM & © 2025 BoxingScene.All Rights Reserved 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 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 Alondra Rodriguez Mariscal and Guillermo Padilla Avila The names of the persons who died were pending formal identification 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zacatecas Silver Corp (“Zacatecas Silver” or the “Company,” ZAC: TSX Venture; ZCTSF: OTC Markets; 7TV: Frankfurt) is pleased to announce that it has designed a drill program to follow up on previous work at its silver projects located in Zacatecas The Company will now seek bids from drill contractors based on the proposed program The drilling plan aims to expand the current resource (see News Release dated May 30 for details) and follow up on previously drilled high-grade intercepts outside the known resource area Drilling by the Company and previous operators has identified two significant vein systems warranting further exploration and drilling: Zacatecas Silver has identified two additional high-priority exploration targets: CEO CommentsZacatecas Silver CEO and Director stated: "As we focus on advancing our silver assets our technical team has designed a program aimed at expanding the current resource while following up on multiple high-grade intercepts drilled outside the known resource area This is a highly prospective project with significant expansion potential located in a top-tier silver mining jurisdiction." The Company is also pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement financing (see News Release dated January 20 with the Company issuing 30,000,000 common shares (each raising total gross proceeds of $1,500,000 (the “Offering”) The securities issued under the Offering are subject to resale restrictions under applicable securities laws The Company paid finder’s fees totaling $57,750 and issued 1,155,000 non-transferable warrants (“Finder’s Warrants”) to eligible finders Each Finder’s Warrant is exercisable at $0.05 per Share for a period of two years from the date of issuance The net proceeds from the Offering will be used to fund exploration activities at the Esperanza Gold Project and Zacatecas Silver Project This participation constitutes a “related party transaction” as defined under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 (“MI 61-101”) the Company expects to be exempt from formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements under Sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(a) of MI 61-101 as his participation does not exceed 25% of the Company’s market capitalization Regulatory DisclaimerThe securities issued under this Offering have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 They may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S persons absent registration or an applicable exemption This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States The Esperanza Gold Project in Morelos State Mexico and the Zacatecas Silver Project in Zacatecas State low-capital-intensity and low-technical-risk growth project located in Morelos state Alamos has progressed the project through advanced engineering while also focusing on stakeholder engagement The Company announced a Mineral Resource Estimate at Esperanza consisting of a Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource Estimate of 30.5 million tonnes at 0.97 g/t AuEq for 956 thousand ounces AuEq and an Inferred Mineral Resource estimate of 8.7 million tonnes at 0.98 g/t AuEq for 277 thousand ounces AuEq (see news release dated November 16 The Zacatecas Silver Project is located in Zacatecas state within the highly prospective Fresnillo silver belt which has produced over 6.2 billion ounces of silver The Company holds 7,826 hectares (19,338 acres) of ground that is highly prospective for low-sulphidation and intermediate-sulphidation silver base metal mineralization and potentially low-sulphidation gold-dominant mineralization The Company announced a Mineral Resource Estimate at the Panuco Deposit consisting of 2.7 million tonnes at 187 grams per tonne (g/t) silver equivalent (AgEq) (171 g/t silver (Ag) and 0.17 g/t gold (Au)) for 16.4 million ounces AgEq (15 million ounces silver and 15,000 ounces gold) (see news release dated December 14 The property is 25 kilometres (km) southeast of MAG Silver Corp.'s Juanicipio Mine and Fresnillo PLC's Fresnillo Mine The Property shares common boundaries with Pan American Silver Corp On behalf of the CompanyEric VanderleeuwChief Executive Officer and Director(519) 729 2440 The contents of this news release have been reviewed and approved by Chris Wilson Chief Operating Officer of Zacatecas Silver Wilson is Qualified Persons as defined by NI 43-101 Information set forth in this news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions as of the date of this news release These statements reflect management’s current estimates They are not guarantees of future performance Zacatecas Silver cautions that all forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain and that actual performance may be affected by many material factors many of which are beyond their respective control among other things: risks and uncertainties relating to Zacatecas Silver’s limited operating history its proposed exploration and development activities on is Zacatecas Properties and the need to comply with environmental and governmental regulations conditions and results may differ materially from the estimates intentions and expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking information Except as required under applicable securities legislation Zacatecas Silver does not undertake to publicly update or revise forward-looking information Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release 2024: Volaris Airlines is celebrating 15 years at OAK with the announcement of three new destinations in Mexico and additional frequency to existing destinations The airline announced a new nonstop service to Zacatecas Zacatecas is the capital of the Mexican state of Zacatecas It joins Monterrey and Los Cabos bringing the number to three nonstop routes between OAK and popular Mexican destinations Volaris recognizes that OAK is a convenient option for those traveling to the San Francisco Bay Area Volaris will now serve seven destinations in Mexico and one in El Salvador Its route map covers over 70 destinations in Mexico and international services to Colombia The new service represents an additional investment of over US$200M in aircraft to be used at OAK The airline will rely on its new A320/A321 NEO airliners They are equipped with CFM LEAP engines and winglets that reduce CO2 emissions by 22% per seat and NOx emissions by 55% compared to the previous models The aircraft are also quieter than earlier models reducing noise for passengers and airports by 50% airline and airport officials also pointed to the upcoming daily an often-requested route for San Francisco Bay Area travelers seeking a beach destination vacation The service between OAK and Cabo is the airline’s first foray into a popular leisure destination for US-based vacation travelers The daily nonstop flight to Los Cabos begins on March 20 and the flights are specifically timed to match up with hotel check-in/check-out times Combined with Volaris’s low fares and the convenience of OAK which is the closest airport for a majority of the area’s residents the new flights present exceptional value to San Francisco Bay Area travelers Rounding out a day of commemoration in Oakland the airline and airport also “cut the ribbon” on its newest flights between OAK and Monterrey Nuevo Leon that now operates three times weekly “We’re very proud of the success of Volaris at OAK They are OAK’s busiest international carrier and the second busiest at the airport overall Volaris becomes the top carrier to Mexico from the San Francisco Bay Area This success reflects the high level of consumer demand for the convenience of a nonstop from OAK,” said Craig Simon Port of Oakland Director of Aviation “A well-timed daily nonstop to Los Cabos is a request that we often hear from San Francisco Bay Area vacationers and we’re thrilled that Volaris will deliver this with the new flight beginning just before Spring Break in 2025.“ It is an absolute honor to be here today to represent the San Francisco Bay Area’s number one airline to Mexico: Volaris.” Said Eric Friedman Volaris Director of Network Strategy and Airline Partnerships “We celebrate this status after 15 years of operating the East Bay Way; when Volaris began service to the US for first time between OAK and Mexico I am proud to announce three new routes to Mexico: OAK to Monterrey Zacatecas and the long-deserved daily flight between Oakland and Cabo San Lucas; Volaris’ first beach destination served from the San Francisco Bay Area.” Volaris expanded schedule at OAK includes: Zacatecas     3 x weekly begins July 2 Leon                Daily Morelia            Daily  Based upon published schedules as of November 15 Tickets are available for sale now at Volaris.com Revisions to the Draft EIR that were incorporated into the Final EIR include: Oakland Airport (OAK) is the main airport for the greater East 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Learn more Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 17, 2024) - Defiance Silver Corp. (TSXV: DEF) (FSE: D4E) (WKN: A1JQW5) ("Defiance" or the "Company") announces that, further to its news releases dated February 2, 2024, April 10, 2024 and November 29, 2024 relating to a continuous disclosure review of the Company by the British Columbia Securities Commission (the "BCSC") it has filed a new technical report on the Company's Zacatecas Project in Mexico (which includes the San Acacio project) As reported in its November 29th news release Defiance has been working with SGS Geological Services who had been contracted to prepare a revised technical report that would include all projects forming part of the overall Zacatecas complex The revised technical report includes all exploration work completed on the project to date A mineral resource estimate was disclosed for the San Acacio project in a 2014 technical report. However, as indicated in the February 2, 2024 news release the 2014 report did not comply with disclosure requirements for mineral resources set out in NI 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") Defiance has completed additional diamond drilling on the project since 2014 including 73 drill holes for a total of 26,578.03 metres on the San Acacio project as well as extensive surface geological and structural mapping of the mineralized zones and surface soil sampling of the entire project This work has not yet been incorporated into current geological and resource models for use in the preparation of a current mineral resource estimate by an independent qualified person Since the 2014 Mineral Resource Estimate on the San Acacio project ("MRE") did not comply with disclosure requirements for mineral resources set out in NI 43-101 and the additional drilling completed on the project has not yet been incorporated into current geological and resource models for use in the preparation of a current mineral resource estimate by an independent qualified person there are no current mineral resources on the project Vice-President Exploration and Director of the Company is a Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 and has approved the technical information concerning the Company's material mineral properties contained in this press release (TSXV: DEF) (OTCQX: DNCVF) (FSE: D4E) is an exploration company advancing the district-scale Zacatecas Project located in the historic Zacatecas Silver District and the Tepal Gold/Copper Project in Michoacán state Defiance is managed by a team of proven mine developers with a track record of exploring and developing several operating mines and advanced resource projects Defiance's corporate mandate is to advance our projects through capital-efficient exploration focused on resource growth and new mineral discoveries "Chris Wright"CEO & Chairman of the Board For more information, please contact: Investor Relations at +1 (604) 343-4677 or via email at info@defiancesilver.com.www.defiancesilver.comSuite 2900-550 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6C 0A3CanadaTel: +1 (604) 343-4677Email: info@defiancesilver.com Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/234230 SOURCE: Defiance Silver Corp. 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AZoProfile account first Registered members can chat with Azthena, request quotations, download pdf's, brochures and subscribe to our related newsletter content A few things you need to know before we start Read the full Terms & Conditions Routes is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC Rising 8,000 feet above sea level in Mexico’s mountainous Bajio region Zacatecas is home to a UNESCO-listed historic center replete with outstanding Spanish Baroque architecture Aviation Associate Marketing and Communications One of the most important religious festivals in the state of Zacatecas was suspended on Sunday after a brawl broke out among a few of the nearly 30,000 participants Approximately 150,000 people were on hand for the conclusion of the four-day event known as Las Morismas de Bracho (The Moors of Bracho) when a fight between two participating youths escalated threatening to turn the reenactment into a melee state and municipal authorities were on the scene quickly to prevent further escalation In consultation with state and local Civil Protection agents organizers then suspended the remainder of the festival Four people were reported injured — though none seriously — and one person was arrested Las Morismas de Bracho combines oral tradition street theater and folklore to re-enact the medieval battles between Muslims and Christians known as the Crusades According to the news outlet Imagen Zacatecas two youths who had been fighting earlier in the day came to blows just as the performance was about to culminate The two allegedly intoxicated antagonists then started swinging their prop shotguns and bottles and rocks were thrown as a few other participants joined in The quick reaction of the authorities and more level-headed participants prevented a battle royal from erupting The festival takes place in Lomas de Bracho a town just northeast of the city of Zacatecas This year’s 200th-anniversary event began with religious ceremonies on Thursday (Aug 28 is the day commemorating the beheading of John the Baptist) Thousands of participants dress in costumes that range from Roman centurions to members of the French army that invaded Mexico in the 1860s for three days of battle reenactments representing the Crusades as well as the Battle of Lepanto The day before the unfortunate fracas, Zacatecas Governor David Monreal celebrated the 200th anniversary of the event in a Facebook post calling Las Morismas de Bracho one of the state’s most important traditions “The symbolism and fantastic attendance makes this tribute to St John the Baptist a fundamental part of our culture and history,” he wrote ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC 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 It’s late morning, and Eduardo Rodriguez and I are sharing a booth in a sun-splashed corner of Zacatlán (317 Aztec St. his Mexican-Southwestern restaurant on Aztec Street in Santa Fe The chef and restaurateur tells me his hometown lined with pinkish-orange buildings that acquire an enchanting glow just before nightfall “People in Zacatecas feel a kinship with Santa Fe,” Rodriguez says but also excited having recently returned from a trip to Mexico from which his mind is swimming with new culinary ideas “I tried an amazing miel de maguey (agave syrup) in Oaxaca,” he says Rodriguez has always felt comfortable in the kitchen He remembers watching his abuela stirring gigantic pots of mole “there was always an important meal to cook because there was always something or someone to celebrate.”  When Rodriguez moved to Santa Fe as a teenager in 1994 he was following in the footsteps of his two big brothers “There was so much energy there,” Rodriguez says and people were calling [Coyoté Cafe chef] Mark Miller the padre of Southwestern cooking.”  Rodriguez got his start washing dishes at Geronimo the young dishwasher was promoted to the line cutting vegetables and filleting fish; by the end of his 13-year tenure at Geronimo The two chefs moved from Geronimo to Coyote Café in 2008 working side by side until DiStefano died unexpectedly in 2016 “There was chaos when Eric died,” Rodriguez recalls and stepped into the position of executive chef.”  Rodriguez found himself yearning to open a restaurant of his own “During my 13 years at Coyote Café and in the 13 years at Geronimo before that,” he explains “lots of people believed in me and encouraged me to do my own thing.”  and I knew that,” he says of launching a restaurant during a pandemic 16th-century Spanish conquistadors who tried to make their new environs as European as possible these places were traversed by groups of Indigenous people Relying on the land for sustenance engenders a lifelong reverence for it “My mother lives here in Santa Fe now,” Rodriguez says she still scans the ground for edible plants She’ll point out things that other people don’t even notice ‘you can eat that,’ or ‘don’t eat that.’”  Rodriguez approaches cooking with the same passion for finding and sharing good things Though he’s planning to tweak a couple menu items at Zacatlán he knows better than to shake it up too much “I’m more interested in refining the recipes that people come here to eat,” he says During a trip to the Yucatán several years ago he watched a man preparing ceviche with impressive speed “He filleted the fish beautifully,” he says “but then discarded the carcass once he got the meat out.”  “My abuela used all of the animal when she cooked Rodriguez’s red snapper is shaped into a curved canoe-like vessel—fins and all—lightly fried then stuffed with crab and saffron risotto Technique and creativity similarly shine in Rodriguez’s Robin Egg dessert molded chocolate shell on a bed of crumbled biscochitos and chocolate mousse gelled mango “yolk” rests on puffy coconut cream “egg whites.” It’s over the top “When you go to a vegan restaurant,” he says you don’t order food that you can easily cook at home.” Iris Fitzpatrick has called Santa Fe home since 1998 she worked at Apple Hat Bistro and Espiritu and was director of the former Mark White Fine Art gallery in the mid-2010s 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 By María Ramos PachecoLocal government reporter When Anabel González Peña found out she was going to have a baby brother she was so excited to have someone to play with used to play and get into mischief all the time but they both had to grow up quickly and become more mature when their parents left them to immigrate to the United States moved to Irving about 13 years ago to build a life with his wife Crime in The NewsRead the crime and public safety news your neighbors are talking about GoogleFacebookBy signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy He was born and raised in the north-central state of Zacatecas His father was a big baseball fan and player and he used to take the family to out-of-state games Anabel decided to run across the field during play and Fredy decided to join her She remembered they ran as fast as they could and got into trouble Another memory from their childhood was when they both got a similar scar after trying to burn plastic hoses in a juice cup just for fun He was a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team his heart was with Club Deportivo Guadalajara Fredy was shot and killed Nov. 8 in a nightclub in northwest Dallas, according to Dallas Police No arrest has been made in the case and the investigation is ongoing Anabel and Fredy didn’t see each other for about 19 years Anabel moved to California when she was 17 and Fredy took over the house and cared for the younger siblings since his parents were also in the U.S He later immigrated to California but didn’t stay long spending some time in Zacatecas before deciding to move to Texas “I think that responsibility made him a strong character,” Anabel said but he was always trying to correct us and take care of us He took the role of eldest brother very seriously.” Despite not being able to see each other in all those years they spoke regularly on WhatsApp and by phone His siblings and parents plan to visit Fredy’s grave in January to honor his life on what would have been his 39th birthday María was a reporter at El Paso Matters and attended the University of Texas at El Paso Print My Tío Santos would’ve loved how his funeral turned out Tuesday morning at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Whittier In attendance were men in baseball caps or tejanas representing both sides of our Mexican and American lives Susana Ramirez Arellano and Leticia Navarro and the first of my dad’s seven siblings to pass away I will remember mi Tío Santos as the life of all the family parties the Arellano who loved to belt rancheras alongside mariachis or karaoke tracks He was usually the first person on the dance floor as capable of dancing a stately waltz as he was a rousing zapateada and always made us cousins laugh with his witty remarks and great anecdotes I will remember him as a sportsman with few peers there was only one thing to figure out on the day we laid Grandma to rest: What would we eat In the 1980s, he and other men from the ranchos of Jerez, Zacatecas began to play in Sunday league games against men from other Mexican states When there were enough people from each rancho to field separate teams they organized doubleheaders against each other in Holifield Park in Norwalk during major holidays beauty queens and dances on the diamond between games — just like they do back in the motherland which regularly drew hundreds of spectators continue to this day and now field teams with the grandsons of those jerezano pioneers My uncle was playing beisbol as recently as this summer when he was the starting pitcher for his hometown of Jomulquillo in a game that featured expats versus those who never left allowed a run and left after one inning to rousing applause primo,” my cousin Ramón told me as we gathered outside the SkyRose Chapel just before our uncle’s service Ramón participated in some of the earliest Norwalk games while also pitching for Bassett High in La Puente “My uncle was throwing like nothing off the mound My cousins and my dad’s friends shared stories about mi tío’s love for all things athletic How he rode a bike everywhere and regularly went to the gym His appreciation for legendary Mexican featherweight boxing champion Salvador Sanchez whose fights he used to regularly stream on YouTube Rodolfo and Diego in golf?” my dad asked in Spanish to Chuck Navarro Santos Arellano Pérez was born in 1947 to Jose and Angelita Arellano so the Arellano boys played games on a makeshift dirt field in an arroyo with rolled up pantyhose as the ball tree branches for bats and a mano pelona — gloveless He followed his brothers and other jerezanos to the United States in the 1970s — first in Anaheim they played ball — my dad still remembers a game at Sycamore Junior High in Anaheim that featured single men from the ranchos against married men The birth of my cousin Rodolfo — whom all us cousins call Rudy (I go by Guti) — amplified my uncle’s love for the game “We spent hours in the backyard practicing,” said Rudy who went on to pitch for Schurr High in Montebello “His thing was always about control and location and it doesn’t matter if you don’t land them.’ It wasn’t just good baseball advice Rudy, myself and other cousins played games during the Holifield Park rancho doubleheaders at a small field adjacent to the main one before they graduated to Jomulquillo’s team, which my uncle managed for years (me, a veritable Moe Berg a human services manager for the city of Anaheim whose parents are from Jomulquillo and who played shortstop He and other former teammates showed up to the wake wearing their old jerseys to present Carmen with a plaque thanking my uncle “for spreading and supporting the sport of baseball” within Jomulquillo’s diaspora “It was a way to form that identity of here and over there,” Perez continued The inconvenience of calling people in Orange County the [San Fernando] Valley when everyone’s working or going to school “But he knew how to get you to play,” added Arturo Arellano also from Jomulquillo (no relation to me … I think) ‘Remember that good hit you got in the last game?’ So you had to go show up and do it again.” My uncle loved baseball so much that when Diego asked if he could leave the sport and try out for the Schurr golf team his senior year, “my dad said unequivocally, no,” Diego said. “He thought it was a stupid game and a waste of time.” He used the same argument when my uncle and Carmen accompanied Chuck and Leticia — whom we cousins call Leti — in 2009 for a wedding of Leti’s friend in Maui. One morning, Chuck woke up at 5 a.m. to play the Ka’anapali Kai golf course. Santos Arellano, who once derided golf as a “waste of time,” plays the Coyote Hills Golf Course in Fullerton after his conversion to the game. (Family photo) “He’s walking out right out behind me, telling me, ‘You’re crazy. This is too early for this — why can’t you do it at 1?’” Chuck said, cracking up at the memory. He convinced his father-in-law to at least watch him play. “We get to the first hole, and he saw me cream the damn ball down the fair[way]. ‘That’s like a home run,’ Santos then said. ‘Hey, you gotta let me hit the ball.’ “He can’t get the ball on the tee,” Chuck continued, laughing louder. “He’s standing all funny. I’m telling him, ‘That’s not how you do it.’ He said, ‘No I’m going to do it.’ On the first swing, he got on the green. When I saw his face, I said, ‘It’s over. He’s hooked on this.’” None of us cousins could ever imagine that our Tío Santos would become a golfer. Un hombre de caballo — a man of the horse — in the world of wicking polo shirts and bogeys? But my uncle immediately took to it. He bought Nike irons and played most of the courses in Southern California, his favorite being the one next to the Industry Hills Expo Center, site of his 70th birthday party and the reception for his funeral. Mi tío once even hit a hole in one at the Pico Rivera Golf Club, and loved to trot out the trophy he received for it every time Chuck — who has yet to hit one — came over for dinner. “I was surprised at how quickly he was able to get good,” said Diego, who frequently joined his dad, Chuck and Rudy for games that usually devolved into side bets and arguing about mulligans. “The baseball swing is more of a level swing, so transitioning to a golf swing is like night and day. But we’d play with random strangers, and they’d always be like, ‘Your dad is in his 70s? He swings better than we do!’” Diego stayed silent. “That was my dad’s attitude. Play every minute like it’s your last.” “I hadn’t been to a game there in 30 years,” Susana told me as people gathered to throw a fistful of dirt at my uncle’s coffin, which had been lowered into its grave. He was buried with the ball with which he got his hole in one. A mariachi played the Cornelio Reyna standard “Te Vas Ángel Mío” (You’re Leaving, My Angel). Susana held a photo of her and her parents from that game. “Everyone was talking to him that day — everyone. It was like if he knew it was his time to go, and he wanted to say goodbye.” Two days later, my uncle suffered the heart attack that took him from us too soon. Santos Arellano, left, with his brothers Lorenzo, Gabriel and Jesús Arellano at Lorenzo’s home in Anaheim in August. (Family photo) When it was my turn to pay respect, I tossed dirt along with white and blue roses. I then joined Chuck to see videos of him and mi tío on the golf course one last time. The clip we saw again and again was the two of them at the Monterey Park Golf Club. “A ver, Santos, ¿dónde la echaste?” an incredulous Chuck asks. Alright, where did you hit it? My uncle laughs. He had just smacked the flag on the third hole, a 135-yard par three. “I nearly got a hole in one,” he responds in Spanish, pronouncing it like “a holy one.” Sports Dodgers Chargers Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Nineteen people were killed and six others were injured when a bus crashed into a detached semi-trailer on a highway in the central state of Zacatecas The passenger bus was traveling from the Pacific coast state of Nayarit to the northern border city of Ciudad Juárez when the accident occurred early on Saturday morning was approaching mile marker 74 on the Zacatecas-Aguascalientes highway when it collided with the back of a trailer carrying corn that had come loose from the tractor truck The bus careened off the highway and rolled down a ravine First responders and security personnel — including soldiers and members of the National Guard — arrived on the scene and sifted through the wreckage looking for survivors but the damage to the bus was considerable The six injured passengers were being treated at hospitals in the city of Zacatecas on Monday — Contrapropuesta Mx (@ContraProMx) October 26, 2024 In a post to social media, Zacatecas Governor David Monreal said he ordered the local Health Ministry Public Works Ministry and Public Security Ministry to attend to the matter “on a permanent basis.”  Monreal said his administration had established two hotlines to manage information about the injured and the deceased while also declaring that the state Attorney General’s Office (FGJE) had opened a criminal investigation into the accident the FGJE said it was “carrying out investigations to arrest the driver” of the tractor-trailer State authorities reported an initial death toll of 24 on Saturday before revising the final count to 19 authorities had confirmed the identities of 17 of the 19 victims according to the newspaper Express Zacatecas matching the names on the bus’s passenger list The Zacatecas State Commission for Victims’ Assistance was lending attention to the families of the dead and injured Express Zacatecas also reported that experts with the National Guard had confirmed that the wayward tractor-trailer had caused the accident coinciding with the conclusions of the initial forensics investigation Zacatecas authorities are working with officials in neighboring states to identify the driver and the owner of the tractor-trailer involved in the accident Billal Rahman is an immigration reporter based in London He specializes in immigration policy and border security He has uncovered allegations of misconduct among border agents under investigation and exposed claims of abuse at ICE-run detention centers in the U.S He joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Independent He has covered the British Post Office scandal and the conflict between Israel and Hamas he studied Journalism in Edinburgh and then worked for STV News before moving to London in 2022 You can contact Billal at b.rahman@newsweek.com either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content The decapitated bodies of five men were found abandoned along a highway in Jalisco The Jalisco attorney general's office reported that local authorities responded to a call from Mexico's National Guard about bodies found abandoned along Federal Highway 80 in the town of Ojuelos The nature of the crime and the public disposal of the bodies suggest the involvement of drug cartels Authorities have vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice after the gruesome discovery "Several security personnel corroborated the find of five bodies with their pants and wrapped in plastic bags," the attorney general's office said in a statement dated Oct Authorities also found "another bag that apparently contained the heads of the victims that so far could not be specified ages "An agent of the Public Prosecutor's Office supported by the Investigative Police was present and initiated an investigation folder to clarify the facts and capture whoever is responsible "The area has been processed by experts from the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences (IJCF) while personnel from the Forensic Medical Service will be in charge of transferring the bodies to their facilities where the autopsy will be carried out The grisly murders come days after the governor of Jalisco reported that members of a crime syndicate had blocked a highway and burned vehicles to prevent reinforcements from arriving to assist after the National Guard arrested two gang members Figures show that 1,415 people were murdered between January and September in Jalisco amid a flurry of criminal activity and gang wars The area is the territory of the Jalisco New Generation which is known for cannibalizing some victims during the training of new sicarios as well as deploying drones and rocket-propelled grenades to target people Jalisco New Generation traffics cocaine and methamphetamine It is led by "El Mencho," Mexico's most-wanted fugitive and among the top targets in the United States government is offering a $10 million reward while Mexico is offering 30 million pesos ($1.55 million) for information leading to his arrest Over 30,000 people are killed every year in Mexico which has one of the highest murder rates in the world was assassinated just six days into office on October 6 Arcos began receiving threats almost immediately after assuming office His severed head was placed on the roof of a truck while his body was left in the vehicle Chilpancingo is a city in southern Mexico known for its violent crime and drug trafficking Do you have a story we should be covering? 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Newsletters in your inbox See all 23 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Mineros de Zacatecas won 1–0 over Tapatio on Sun This is 7 of the Liga de Expansion MX Clausura Predicted lineups are available for the match a few days in advance while the actual lineup will be available about an hour ahead of the match The current head to head record for the teams are Tapatio 5 win(s) Tapatio and Mineros de Zacatecas have not drawn any of their last 12 matches against each other Have scored 8 goals in their last 5 matches Who won between Tapatio and Mineros de Zacatecas on Sun 23 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT?Mineros de Zacatecas won 1–0 over Tapatio on Sun 23 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT.InsightsHave scored 5 goals in their last 5 matches Tapatio is playing home against Mineros de Zacatecas on Sun 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 Government travel warnings tell us that Zacatecas is not a “safe state” like Nayarit or Yucatán but to discount it completely would be a mistake Zacatecas can be seen as a microcosm of sorts regarding the ills that afflict Mexico in general Zacatecas is known for its baroque architecture rich cultural life — and some of the worst violence in Mexico The unrest that has tainted the state of Zacatecas though concentrated in specific regions of the state keeps away all but the most daring visitors This is not to minimize the security situation in Zacatecas but to highlight what it has going for it This is also not a call to pack your bags and set off for Zacatecas is one of the most beautiful colonial cities in the entire country Other than the narrow streets in the centro historico travelers often notice the natural pink hue of the stones from which many of its colonial churches are built This is why Zacatecas is frequently known as the Pink City Zacatecas boasts some of the most impactful baroque colonial architecture in the Americas—its most famous example is its imposing cathedral Zacatecas’ extensive silver mines funded the construction of temples of such magnificence a resource that continues to play an important role in the state’s economy.  one of the city’s main tourism draws is a cable car that runs from the Centro Historico up to the Cerro de la Bufa a steep hill once home to several indigenous peoples including the Chichimecas and Caxcanes.  Climbing the Cerro de la Bufa is also possible along a series of trails The historic center of the city is dominated by La Calle Hidalgo you can find several charming hotels at competitive prices and street markets — especially on weekends While the outskirts of Zacatecas could be described as sketchy at best and it’s best not to go out alone after dark But we all dream of the day people from all over the world can feel safe to visit … because the sun shines brightly here,” says Zacatecas native Edmundo Garza During most of the year, Zacatecas is mostly devoid of tourists. The city is inexpensive, with full meals for as little as 100 pesos. The one exception is Easter (Semana Santa) when tourism takes a sudden uptick thanks to the arrival of the faithful from around the region But the modest increase in price is well worth it when you consider that the city is at its safest during this time given the increased police presence and watchfulness of authorities who do not want any more negative press.  Just 30 miles southwest of the city lay the Prehispanic city of La Quemada whose citadel is among the most impressive in all of Mesoamerica this archaeological site and its adjacent museum attract few visitors making finding an excursion company to take you as part of a group difficult for those with an interest in Mesoamerican architecture hiring a private driver from a reputable agency is well worth the roughly US$150—though admittedly this is from the perspective of a nonapologetic archaeology nerd.  including a somewhat eccentric gentleman from British Columbia who had cycled his way down from Tijuana to Zacatecas I also met a Swedish woman with a local boyfriend who assured me that the whole safety situation was overblown There is no denying that Zacatecas really has to get its act together if it ever wants to become a destination for pilgrims during Easter Senior Editor Carlos Rosado van der Gracht is a Mexican expedition/Canadian photographer and translation degrees from universities in Mexico Women in Mexico are building ties over the Internet to find safety The network works by connecting women with each other across platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook to share their locations.  The central idea is that if a woman on the network were to run into a dangerous situation A series of road accidents involving mototaxis has led to a review of safety measures the former world champions Gustavo “Guty” Espadas Lupe Madera and Juan Herrera made Mérida the capital of boxing With their sporting exploits of the 1970s and 1980s five men born in the same place around the same time put the state of Yucatán on the international… Yucatán’s state fair will wrap up its 2024 edition on Sunday.  The fairgrounds have everything you would expect from a state fair: food the fair is poorly attended by Yucatán’s expat community Traffic continues to increase at Mérida’s Manuel Crescencio Rejón international airport The airport received an average of 5,200 passengers a day during the month of April Remains of the high temple of the of Tenochtitlan are located in what today is the heart of one of the world’s largest urban areas — Mexico City Advertise With Us ZACATECAS - Construction work began on a new plant specializing in auto parts in Zacatecas with an estimated investment of US$19.5 million the company will be located in the Aeropuerto I Industrial Park and is expected to generate around 650 new direct and indirect jobs The project includes the construction of state-of-the-art industrial infrastructure as well as the installation of state-of-the-art technology and machinery which will enable the company to meet the standards of the automotive sector This investment is part of a series of industrial projects that will be implemented throughout 2025 which will consolidate Zacatecas as a new industrial development pole in the north-central region of the country The arrival of this German industry not only strengthens the local economic fabric but also positions Zacatecas as a key player within the national automotive ecosystem a strategic sector for sustainable economic development The establishment of this plant is testimony to the increased confidence of the business sector in the state of Zacatecas 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 The Centro Historico has preserved much of the architecture and urban design dating back to the sixteenth century including the centerpiece — the Zacatecas Cathedral The cathedral features an intricate Churrigueresque facade an elaborate Spanish Baroque style of stucco decoration The cathedral’s facade and other architectural elements are heavily influenced by the syncretistic blend of indigenous concepts and techniques and Catholic iconography Most streets in the Centro Historico are too narrow for vehicles walkable cultural zone of interlinked museums and plazas a regional mole with red Chile pork that is traditionally served at weddings Zacatecas also has its own spin on gorditas Seasoned travelers know that the city’s best culinary offerings will be found outside the city center How to save the Alaska Airlines partner award booking fee if your plans change Alaska charges a [non-refundable] $12.50 each way per passenger surcharge for booking partner award travel…If your plans change you might be tempted to cancel your ticket and get the miles back you will forfeit the partner award booking fee just change the route or date at no charge you can change it again and just pay (or get back) the difference in fare and taxes or you can always request a refund at that time There is no limit to how many changes you can make on a ticket A former United Airlines first officer is suing the airline, alleging that after a hard landing incident in Houston that damaged a Boeing 767 the carrier falsely reported that he was the pilot in command—thereby tarnishing his FAA record and ending his career Allegiant looking to offload its underperforming Florida resort that went way over budget taking four years longer to build than planned America’s Air-Traffic Control System: An International Disgrace: After the Reagan Airport disaster, will we finally reform the FAA? American Airlines had gone quiet in social media after last week’s tragedy They’re back responding to customers I continue to believe that they have handled this as well as you’d hope The night of January 29 forever changed our airline, and our hearts have been heavy over the lives lost on Flight 5342. We are grateful for the outpouring of support as we grieve the loss of our passengers and team members. pic.twitter.com/I3iM8pOIxV — americanair (@AmericanAir) February 4, 2025 Probably (?) nothing to do with the Musk/Trump purge at all but just had to emergency land back in LA on way to Chicago because of a strange electrical burning smell in the back of the plane Fire fighters just boarded and we are now deplaning. pic.twitter.com/4amEDNmhnU — Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) February 4, 2025 United Airlines million miler swag. It wasn’t awarded on a plane Unexpected million miler swag byu/PowerfulDefinition88 inunitedairlines More articles by Gary Leff » Gots ta throw in a ‘jab’ at ‘woke’ California Perpetuate the right-wing trope that the Bay Area is unsafe it’s not all the Tenderloin out there Now let’s see who’s gonna ‘pile on’ with ‘Democrat-run’ and ‘libruul’ this and that scary Oakland… why not go with ‘Berkeley’ next time You know general warnings have to be taken with some understanding my wife and I were just in Acapulco off a cruise ship There sure we heard alerts about this dangerous city and the state that it is located in We walked over to do a self-guided tour of the interesting fort across from the pier then along the relaxed but busy street by the marina to the central plaza a few blocks away bought some things in a department store and walked back to the ship This could not have been easier or quieter There were a few armed police and soldiers around No gangs having gun battles or threatening people just ordinary folks going about their days in a city If you want to find trouble or go to a really risky place sure but using sense and acting like a normal person avoids almost all the issues one reads about @drrichard — I’m glad you had a safe and enjoyable experience in Acapulco–haven’t made it there yet but have mostly stayed within the resort ‘compounds’–only really ventured out in Mexico City for Teotihuacán Really does help to go with trusted local guides even to places within the United States and Europe where we may feel more ‘comfortable’ and ‘familiar’–I find that it is often when we become ‘complacent,’ you know ‘let your guard down,’ that trouble tends to strike which you’d think would be as safe as say Boston or Miami or Tulsa Just ‘stuff’–Replaceable We wandered around Cabo and found a great little coffee shop But sorry to hear about your experience in Berlin such things do happen everywhere and they are so irritating You are absolutely right about keeping situational awareness (Knowing the local scams is important too–such as someone who “spills” something on you and while “wiping it off” their confederate reaches into your pocket.) Guides certainly are helpful and we would have used one (or a tour) if going further than the short walks I had studied ahead of time And I certainly recommend them if the place is dicey like I did in the back country of northern Haiti back when a bus from Santo Domingo was even an option I guess everything is relative; there are people who won’t come to the U.S And I know folks who won’t cross any U.S border because of fear of “foreigners” (they think going to London means you’ll be blown up!) If something DOES happen to an Oakland resident visiting Zacatecas I’m just wondering if they would… @Thing 1 — This is America: You can sue anybody for anything Most lawyers will want to be paid up-front unless it’s one of those highly-regulated contingency-fee personal injury cases–which doesn’t sound like your hypothetical (likely ‘frivolous’) case I couldn’t resist @Thing 1’s bait You are quite adventurous to attempt the visit to Haiti–even years ago I know some folks who went to do charity work with their church after the earthquake in 2010–very tough it’s gotten worse and worse for them over the years–and getting worse still with this recent freeze on nearly all foreign aid There is a fairly large and thriving diaspora in SE Florida and NYC–those in the US (Ohio) did not deserve to be vilified I plan to keep traveling and ‘speaking out’ (until they come for me) Some of my fondest memories are traveling with those I love My guess is that this part of México is really about as safe as the area around the Oakland airport I was almost carjacked refilling my rental car gas What Oakland really needs is to elect Barbara Lee as their mayor because they need a 70+ year old career politician to restart their city Glad you were still safe (‘almost’) which is just north of there and did not feel ‘unsafe’–I will say something smalls awful around the interchange of I-80 and I-580 after/before the Bay Bridge on the East Bay side remember to pull up the windows and ‘recirculate’ air when driving through there *smells (it must be the water treatment plant there) Wanted to see the huge fortress that a mad king built nearby and it was amazing I’ve traveled into some pretty rough parts of the world but never was in a taxi before where the driver stayed in a cage so nobody could murder him and take the vehicle It was a trip on the edge of safety but worked fenced and guarded “port” on the Haitian coast (Though it is interesting that the cruise info doesn’t mention the name of the country until you go way way down.) And there are some lovely people in this country also great art like the steel drum covers cut into “tree of life” motifs we have at home you don’t make friends by cutting off assistance to people who need clean water I think we are on the same page regarding the King and his buddy the evil Grand Vizier in “Aladdin” that’s incredible–I really hope sites like that can be preserved for future generations Have lived/worked near Port Everglades and also Bayonne (NJ) so I heard from people who cruised to Royal Caribbean’s ‘resort’ there though no ‘official’ passport stamp so more of an ‘unofficial’ visit to the country but who’s ‘counting’ countries That style of artwork is indeed beautiful–always nice to have a little something to bring back the good memories the Emperor has ‘the finest’ clothes these days…only ‘the best’ Mexico but I had a great time in Mexico City for a week in 1987 while I was still in my 20’s It was my first major trip outside of the USA Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México among other places and rode the subway system extensively partially to see the art at various stations The food I had was very tasty and inexpensive was rebuilding following that horrible earthquake in ‘85 and the food is still excellent and relatively affordable Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002 Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. 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(TSX-V:ZAC, OTC:ZCTSF) has announced the appointment of Eric Vanderleeuw as CEO and director as the company intensifies its focus on advancing the Zacatecas silver project in Mexico’s prolific Fresnillo silver belt Vanderleeuw brings a wealth of experience in capital markets where he has successfully raised over $100 million for various ventures and business development in the mining sector complemented by a strong background in planning and land development a seasoned resource sector financier and CEO of Commodity Partners has been appointed as an advisor to support the company’s growth initiatives Alastair Brownlow of Redfern Consulting will take on the role of CFO Outgoing CEO and director Bryan Slusarchuk will transition into an advisory role alongside Vetro Vanderleeuw expressed enthusiasm for taking on the role of CEO at a key time for the company with its immediate operational focus on advancing the Zacatecas silver project which already holds an established resource which we will aim to expand through targeted drilling and fieldwork in the near term,” Vanderleeuw said strengthen our presence in capital markets and explore strategic options for the advanced-stage Esperanza gold project and we will evaluate the best ways to unlock value for all stakeholders including assessing ongoing and new interest from other corporates." In connection with the leadership appointments Zacatecas Silver has arranged a $1.5 million non-brokered private placement to fund ongoing property costs and for general working capital The company has also granted 3 million incentive stock options exercisable at $0.10 for five years and 5 million restricted share units to incoming management Sign up to receive alerts and news direct to your inbox Proactive Investors Limited, trading as “Proactiveinvestors United Kingdom” is registered in England with the Company Registration number 05639690. Group VAT registration number 872070825. You can contact us here Market Indices, Commodities and Regulatory News Headlines copyright © Morningstar. Data delayed 15 minutes unless otherwise indicated. Terms of use CelebStoner | Entertainment News with a Twist! Due to violent crime and kidnappings, the U.S. State Department warns Americans from going to six Mexican states and suggests to reconsider visiting seven others. Thirty of Mexico's 32 states have travel advisories in effect A Level 1 warning means "exercise normal precautions." A Level 2 warning means "exercise increased caution." A Level 3 warning means "reconsider travel." A Level 4 warning means "do not travel."  The Level 1 states are: Campeche and Yucatan the Mexican homicide rate has declined nearly 9% 2023 - 31,062  2022 - 32,323 2021 - 31,127 2020 - 34,523 A total of 126 million people live in Mexico, By comparison, 330 million people live in the U.S. There were 21,570 homicides in the U.S. in 2020 The seven most violent Mexican states are: Guanajuato (2,823 murders in 2021) • On Jan. 1, an American family was shot in a "nighttime ambush on a car" in Santiago Papasquiaro in Durango Two men were killed and a 14-year-old boy survived the attack and was airlifted t • On Dec. 11, an American couple was killed in Michoacán they lived in California but also owned a house in Angamacutiro • On May 3, two Australian brothers and an American from San Diego, all surfers, were found dead in a well in Baja Mexico south of Ensenada Mexican authorities believe the assailants saw their camping tents and tried to steal the surders' - ranged from 30 to 33 – truck • On June 15, two American tourists were found dead in their hotel room in El Pescadero in Baja California Sur The cause of death is believed to be carbon monoxide poisoning • On Apr. 15, seven Mexicans were killed when gunmen "opened fire at a public swimming pool" in Cortazar in the state of Guanajuato • On Apr. 12, a Mexican tourist was shot and killed in Tulum • On Apr. 7, three Mexican tourists on ATVs were chased down and shot by unknown assialants in Acapulco Acapulco is on the Pacific Coast in Guerrero • On Apr. 6, police reported the body of Wilmer Trivett an 80-year-old American who lived near Lake Tahoe had been found in a burial pit in Todos Santos on the Pacific Coast of Baja California He'd been on a camping trip with his truck when an accident happened Trivett allegedly paid two locals $2,500 for damages to their vehicle then was abducted and killed by the duo on Feb The suspects were arrested on homicide charges • On Mar. 29, an American tourist was shot in the leg in Puerto Morales in Quintana Roo • On Jan. 5, an Aeromexico plane at the airport in Culiacán, Sinoloa (en route to Mexico City) was hit with gunfire while on the ground • On Dec. 31, 2022, a bus carrying holiday trevelers crashed in Nayarit state • On Oct. 30, three Americans were found dead in an Airbnb in Mexico City • On Mar. 5, 2022, four bodies were found "dumped near a housing development" in a "gangland-style killing" in Playa Del Carmen • On Oct. 20, 2021, two foreign tourists were killed in a cartel-related shooting at a restaurant in Tulum • On Sept. 8, 2020, the dead bodies of two Americans (a male and a female couple) were found in a well south of Ensenada in the state of Baja California the dead body of a male ex-pat was discovered on a beach in Cabo Pulma in Baja California Sur • On Apr. 23, 2020, an American couple quarantining in Mexico were killed in Juarez The New Yorkers were in their car when it was fired upon • On Jan. 6, 2020, an American family returning from Mexico was ambushed in Ciudad Mier in Tamaulipas • On Nov. 30, 2019, 21 people, including four police officers, were killed when the Cartel del Noreste staged a gun battle in the small town of Villa Union in Coahuila • On Nov. 4, 2019, nine American Mormons living in Northern Mexico, including six children, were killed by gunmen while they drove from Sonora to Chihuahua • On Oct. 18, 2019, a deadly gun battle broke out in Culican in the state of Sinoloa when Mexican authorities tried to arrest Ovidio Guzmán one of infamous cartel leader El Chapo's sons Several people were killed and Guzmán went uncaptured • On Jan. 6, 2019, seven people were killed in a bar shooting in Playa del Carmen in Quintana Roo • On Jan. 1 2019, an attendee of the Flying Circus rave party in south of Tulum  in Quintana Roo was shot and killed near the Zamna Cenote Attending festival and concert events on the so-called Riviera Maya can be dangerous There were more than 700 murders committed in the state of Qunitana Roo – where Cancun travel restrictions for the state at this time • On Feb. 21, 2018, an explosion on a ferry docked on the Playa del Carmen pier injured 25 people; a second bomb that didn't detonate was found on another ferry • On Dec. 19, 2017, a bus taking tourists to ruins in Quintana Roo state crashed Baja California: "Violent crime and gang activity are common Travelers should remain on main highways and avoid remote locations Of particular concern is the high number of homicides in the non-tourist areas of Tijuana." Chihuahua (Level 3): "Violent crime and gang activity are common." Colima (Level 4): "Violent crime and gang activity are widespread." Durango (Level 3): "Violent crime and gang activity are common in parts of Durango state." Guanajuato (Level 3): "High number of murders in the southern region of the state associated with cartel-related violence." Guerrero (Level 4): "Crime and violence are widespread Armed groups operate independently of the goverment in many areas of Guerrero Members of these groups frequently maintain roadblocks and may use violence towards travelers." Jalisco (Level 3): "Violent crime and gang activity are common in parts of Jalisco state."  Michoacán (Level 4): "Crime and violence are widespread in Michoacán state." Morelos (Level 3): "Violent crime and gang activity are common in parts of Moreles state." Sinaloa (Level 4): "Violent crime is widespread Criminal organizations are based and operating in Sinoloa."  Sonora (Level 3): "Sonora is a key location used by the international drug trade and human trafficking networks." Tamaulipas (Level 4): "Organized crime activity is common along the northern border and in Ciudad Victoria Criminal groups target public and private passenger buses as well as private automobiles traveling through Tamaulipas often taking passengers hostage and demanding ransom payments."   extortion and gang activity along are widespread in Zacatecas state.." This article was originally posted in 2014 Become a Patron! © Copyright 2013 - 2025 CelebStoner.com Website by Garret Overstreet 02 Feb 2025 01:00:00 GMT?.css-1txiau5-AnswerContainer{color:var(--GlobalColorScheme-Text-secondaryText2);}Mineros de Zacatecas vs Cancun FC on Sun This is 4 of the Liga de Expansion MX Clausura The current head to head record for the teams are Mineros de Zacatecas 4 win(s) Have scored 6 goals in their last 5 matches Who won between Mineros de Zacatecas and Cancun FC on Sun 02 Feb 2025 01:00:00 GMT?Mineros de Zacatecas vs Cancun FC on Sun 02 Feb 2025 01:00:00 GMT ended in a 1–1 tie.InsightsHave scored 6 goals in their last 5 matches Mineros de Zacatecas is playing home against Cancun FC on Sun 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zacatecas Silver Corp ZAC:TSX Venture; ZCTSF: OTC Markets; 7TV: Frankfurt) is pleased to announce that the Company has completed additional field work at its Zacatecas Property This has included a detailed petrographic review of the previous diamond drill core at El Cristo The El Cristo vein system is the NW strike extension of the prolific and well known Veta Grande vein system The El Cristo vein system has a strike length of over 3 km on the Company’s property and comprises multiple veins formed within a dilation jog that is up to 650 m wide (Figure 1) the Company targeted the near surface depth extension of relatively small areas of the very extensive EL Cristo vein system The program consisted of 28 scout drill holes designed to test the near surface depth extension of select veins over at least 2 km of strike extension Silver-base metal mineralization was intercepted in 22 out of 28 drilled holes — consistent with the veins being the strike NW extension of the Veta Grande system (see news release dated August 30 The Company’s petrographic study has confirmed that most holes intercepted oxidized vein material — meaning the upper parts of the veins where downward percolating rainwater has resulted in breakdown of primary sulphide minerals to iron oxides and secondary silver-lead-zinc minerals The depth of oxide-sulphide transition is irregular but appears to extend between 70 to 110 m from surface there is a leaching of metal content in oxidized veins Deeper intercepts in unoxidized sulphidic veins reported higher silver equivalent grades hole CRI-2022-022 intercepted 0.65 m of quartz sulphide vein which assayed 829 g/t Ag Eq (565 g/t Ag 2.7 % Zn and 1.3 % Pb) from 55.15 meters in hole (see news release dated August 30 the Company will be applying for drill pad permits in the three areas highlighted green in Figure 1 in order to test the deeper parts of the veins beneath the current level of oxidation Grade appears to be increasing at depth and these targets are believed to represent low risk high reward targets The EL Cristo vein system is open in all directions and is a very large and significant exploration target Drill permitting is expected to take between 6 to 8 weeks Figure 1: Map of El Cristo showing Zacatecas’ drill hole traces in blue Historical drill hole traces are also shown (black) The base of the map is a grey scale digital elevation model The Company’s news release dated August 30 2022 contains a full summary of the drill results at El Cristo Wilson is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 On behalf of the CompanyBryan SlusarchukChief Executive Officer and Director Zacatecas Silver cautions that all forward looking statements are inherently uncertain and that actual performance may be affected by many material factors For further information: Adam Ross, Investor Relations, Direct: (604) 229-9445, Toll Free: 1(833) 923-3334, Email: info@zacatecassilver.com A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico led by Ambassador-Designate Nguyen Van Hai has paid a working visit to Zacatecas state to explore opportunities for cooperation between the two countries in various fields Mexico City (VNA) – A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico The visit was part of ongoing efforts to enhance ties between Vietnam and different regions of Mexico Hai had meetings and working sessions with Zacatecas Governor David Monreal Ávila Minister of Economy Rodrigo Castañeda Miranda and leaders of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas He highlighted Vietnam’s remarkable progress after nearly 40 years of Doi moi (Renewal) while noting the country's consistent GDP growth of 6–6.5% annually over the past three decades according to the UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) Vietnam’s GDP could grow to 1.559 trillion USD placing it among the world’s top 25 economies if current recovery and growth trends continue Hai emphasised Vietnam’s success in attracting investors the couuntry secured 27.3 billion USD in foreign direct investment he reaffirmed the strengthening ties between Vietnam and Mexico across politics He expressed confidence in the continued growth of bilateral trade especially as both nations are members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) He proposed that Zacatecas authorities explore cooperation mechanisms with Vietnam including signing technical agreements to facilitate the exchange of competitive goods Governor Monreal Ávila described the visit as a significant milestone in fostering friendship between Vietnam and Mexico particularly between Zacatecas and Vietnam He committed to creating favourable conditions for Vietnamese businesses to invest in the state and enhancing the exchange of students as well as people-to-people exchange activities Minister of Economy Miranda also praised the visit stating it underscored Zacatecas’ attractiveness as a hub for international trade and investment He highlighted Zacatecas’ strategic location in northern and central Mexico positioning it as a ideal destination for Vietnamese and global investors the Vietnamese delegation visited the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ) where they signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Education and Cultural Cooperation aiming to bolster the long-standing partnership between UAZ and Vietnamese higher education institutions the delegation also met with the Vietnamese community in Zacatecas and visited sustainable tourism models in the region./ Newly-appointed Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Van Hai paid a courtesy call to President of the Mexican Senate Gerardo Fernandez Noroña on October 15 The Western Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade (COMCE Occidente) the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico and the Mexico's National Bank of Foreign Trade (Bancomext) on July 29 launched a business guide to support Mexican enterprises interested in the Vietnamese market A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico led by Ambassador-Designate Nguyen Van Hai has paid a working trip to Guanajuato state to explore opportunities for cooperation between Vietnam and Mexico as well as between Vietnamese localities and Guanajuato Bac Ninh is working to support domestic private sci-tech enterprises in accordance with the Party Central Committee's policy with the goal of making the province a role model in promoting and assisting the private sector Aeon – Japan's largest retail group – plans to increase the number of hypermarkets also known as "Super Supermarket (SSM)" and general merchandise stores (GMS) in Vietnam from 12 as of February 2025 to about 100 stores by 2030 With continued support from Vietnamese experts the “shrimp farming for hunger elimination” model is gradually taking shape in Cuba creating jobs for thousands of local workers and have strong political determination throughout the agricultural and environmental sectors on science – technology development Vietjet's consolidated revenue totaled 17.952 trillion VND (690 million USD) while pre-tax profit was 836 billion USD (32.1 million USD) The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,938 VND/USD on May 6 Six commodities recorded more than 1 billion USD in value led by wood and wood products at 5.2 billion USD (up 5.8%) Vietnamese banks have also proactively improved their image and position in the international arena According to Brand Finance's 2025 rankings 13 Vietnamese banks are now listed in the Top 500 banks with the highest brand value globally Vietnam’s total textile and garment export turnover reached 1.8 billion USD representing an 8.7% increase compared to the same period in 2024 Total FDI poured into Hanoi during the first four months hit 1.48 billion USD The Brazilian government said that allowing tilapia fish imports from Vietnam is an irreversible decision and is part of its negotiations in late March to open the beef market in Vietnam Vietnam's GDP per capita was 4,535 USD in 2024 The Government aims to achieve over 7,500 USD in GDP per capita by 2030 and become a high-income country by 2045 economic experts have recommended Hanoi to implement a range of measures to manage inflation in the coming months They emphasised the need to strengthen price monitoring of essential goods A highlight of the Vietnam Goods Week in Malaysia is the introduction of Vietnamese culinary booths featuring iconic dishes like Vietnamese banh mi (baguette) and coffee by the "Saigon Station" restaurant The Sri Lankan President emphasised investment opportunities for Vingroup in the sectors it is strong at such as tourism especially in Colombo – Sri Lanka’s largest city an upcoming state visit to Kazakhstan by Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam promises to inject new energy into economic ties The Ministry of Industry and Trade have announced reductions in retail fuel prices after nearly four decades of economic reform the sector has grown steadily in both scale and quality becoming one of the key driving forces of the socialist-oriented market economy airports nationwide handled over 12,610 flights marking a 19.45% increase compared to the same period last year the students were informed about how to take advantage of the free trade agreements that Vietnam and Canada have signed to optimise supply chains they also heard about Vietnam's potential as an Asian logistics hub 2008 by the Ministry of Information and Communications Email: vietnamplus@vnanet.vn Reproduction in any form is prohibited without written consent founded in 1546 after the discovery of one of the world’s richest silver veins is the capital of the State of Zacatecas in North-Central Mexico The state is Mexico’s eighth largest in area (larger than West Virginia It is considered the northernmost of the colonial-era towns gateway to the more sparsely settled northern tier of Mexican states It is surrounded by Durango and Coahuila to its north Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí to the east The irregularly shaped mountainous state has the outline of an absent-minded professor walking distractedly—though a native-born Zacatecano sees it as an eagle a cherished designation that contributes to civic pride and attracts visitors The city has a well developed tourist industry with brochures highlighting local gastronomy I especially enjoyed my dinner at Acrópolis with its varied menu and exuberant displays of artwork covering every available surface One of the most amazing feats of historical reclamation I have ever seen is the old Plaza de Toros dating from 1866 and later the modern Quinta Real hotel was constructed surrounding and enclosing it preserving the ring as its central open-air function space The classy hotel restaurant is on several levels corresponding to the raked rows of seating at the bullfights an eight-page monthly publication of the Archivo Histórico del Estado de Zacatecas consists mostly of documents found in the Archive that might pique readers’ curiosity alongside photos of old Zacatecas and modern art by local artists The November issue carried an item from 1727 which reprinted portions of the last will and testament of a certain wealthy man an immigrant from Spain who had established a number of haciendas in the region The excerpt detailed his manumission of two of his slaves granting them land and animals “for the loyalty and love with which they have served me.” The names Francisco and Domingo suggest that these two men were Indigenous people whom the Don raised and renamed after himself it was almost exclusively Indigenous people who were enslaved in Mexico’s colonial era justified by the cynical theory that the native Indians were not exactly human beings anyway Christianization would ultimately be for the good of their eternal souls whatever happened to them on (or beneath) Earth today Zacatecas has the smallest percentage of fully Indigenous population in Mexico only 0.3 percent (not counting everyone who is culturally European but may have some Native DNA) Much of its history even up to the present is related to mineral production The first century-long boom was from the Conquest to the mid-1600s In another boom time in the early 18th century Zacatecas mines produced a fifth of the world’s silver New townships were established around the mines and the wealth derived from them allowed for the erection of magnificent churches and private mansions The state became one of the most important treasure houses of New Spain The industry experienced a slump during the Mexican Independence wars in part because Independence abolished slavery but the rich mineral veins were still there to exploit and over time silver once again rose to 60 percent of the state’s export revenue Zacatecas today accounts for 21 percent of Mexico’s gold production and 53.2 percent of its silver The state has two of the largest silver mines in the world making Mexico the world’s largest producer of silver One of the city’s major tourist magnets is the Mina El Edén Whoever named this mine El Edén must have had an acute sense of irony It was no Eden by any definition for the many thousands of Indigenous slaves and later paid employees who were little more than slaves who worked to pry the silver out of the bowels of the Earth Irony obviously runs deep in Zacatecas: The state’s Latin motto is “Labor vincit omnia”—Work conquers all which flourished as an active mine from 1586 all the way up to 1960 but it is located right in the middle of the city By 1960 the city had grown so large that continued mining operations would have been too dangerous it was drained and reopened in 1975 as an efficient A cute little train transports visitors 500 meters inside the mountain At that starting point of the guided tour we are 280 meters underground and we walk through the well lit tunnels to 350 meters down The tour takes us as far down as the fourth level From there we could peer down into the waters at the lower levels We pass any number of tunnels going off in every direction One could imagine getting easily lost if left there alone The tour we joined was mostly for high-school aged youngsters and I was happy to see them receive this education No doubt many of their ancestors worked and perished in these mines Our guide clearly had much of her information semi-memorized but she comfortably responded to questions She warned us all to keep our helmets on tight for indeed the tunnels were often not much higher than an adult person I have friends who are well over six feet tall and I know they would have felt very uncomfortable stooping all the way through this underground adventure we could hear helmets scraping alongside the rocky tunnel ceiling El Edén is a powerful tribute to the ingenuity of the human mind to conceive of a project so vast and so productive that yielded enormous wealth for a few individuals and for the Spanish Empire and that placed so many fellow human beings in a status barely superior to that of draft animals of course: Labor conditions in the mining industry have historically always been oppressive claimed he was the only person authorized to call himself a “minero”—a miner Everybody else in this highly articulated system had another title: porters who built for himself a resplendent palace across from the Cathedral Today this handsome building serves as the Superior Court of Justice for the State of Zacatecas After Independence and the abolition of slavery the guide paused before a dozen or more tableaux showing different phases of the mining process You would never see men in their forties or fifties Indians asked for protection from the Niño de Atocha a representation of the Baby Jesus named for a town in Spain which is now located in a shrine in Fresnillo painted prayers for healing after an accident or injury In an environment where salvation came from no other source religion had its place—”the sigh of the oppressed creature and the soul of soulless conditions,” as Marx would poetically say a couple of centuries later only a rag around the head or an insubstantial straw hat protected workers from falling rocks The miners devised a primitive and sometimes effective “alarm system” against falling rocks Up high in the crevices between veins they constructed wooden platforms called “chismosos” (gossipers) that signified weight on it from falling rocks One of the tableaux showed steep stairs with risers a foot high and a foothold of only four inches or so Workers had to climb these narrow stairs with a basket of ore on their backs It was common for someone to lose his balance and fall backward toppling several others behind him in domino fashion Every worker had a “ficha,” a token with his name or number left at the mine door indicating they were working which he picked up at the end of his shift that meant he had died in the mine that day one to four men died every day in the mine: Life was cheap Children as young as eight years old worked as “achichincles,” the Nahuatl word for a water carrier Mules were also brought in to wheel out cartloads of ore the mules were undoubtedly worth more than the children Pickaxes were replaced by pneumatic drills and dynamite Helmets and lights came in to protect workers a little more they started using canaries to determine oxygen levels in the tunnels Since the re-opening of Edén as a historical and tourist site the mine has also included a fancy nightclub and discotheque in a huge carved-out space with a domed ceiling A popular gathering spot for drinks and dancing the club is also reached by the little train that leads from the street level And what’s a decent mine without a good ghost story Roque was a very greedy miner who found a nice nugget of gold and announced to his fellow workers “This rock is mine.” These were his last words: A cave-in occurred and he was buried in the rubble Now any time you’re in the mine and feel a tap on your shoulder or someone trying to grab your legs or feet…it’s Roque visitors can either return to the starting point with the guide or take an elevator back to the surface a modern aerial tramway that spans the central city to the next mountaintop one of the most historic attractions in Zacatecas Zacatecas was again a battleground during the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1917 One of the most decisive battles took place here: the “Toma de Zacatecas” (Taking of Zacatecas) This battle pitted the troops of Francisco “Pancho” Villa against those of Victoriano Huerta resulting in the deaths of 7,000 soldiers and the wounding of 5,000 more; civilian casualties went unrecorded Zacatecas was named a “Heróica Ciudad” (Heroic City) Atop the mountain are statues of mounted revolutionary leaders Pancho Villa a small church whose original construction goes back to 1548 a mausoleum for distinguished personages in local history and many outlook points over the sprawling city A park guide dressed in the outfit of a revolutionary soldier complete with theatrical black mustachios that he kept adjusting to keep in place recounted the story of the battle to an amused school group In and around Zacatecas are other mines that can be visited as well as a proliferation of shops selling silver items and other local products: A couple that caught my attention (but not my pesos) were jars of gel made of peyote recommended for relieving body aches and pains is one of the state’s five “pueblos mágicos” (magical towns) sitting an easy 45-minute drive from the state capital Jerez is located on a flat plain at a lower altitude Jerez has a charming central jardín (garden) with splashing fountains local brass and drum bands gathered to entertain passersby as well as another even larger park in the central area and an open-air tiangui It is the very picture postcard image of a typical Mexican town with colorfully dressed Huichol women and children selling their handicrafts The official state Instituto Zacatecano de Cultura is named for Ramón López Velarde Zacatecas has sent thousands of emigrants northward to the U.S Some 600,000 natives Zacatecans now live in the U.S.: That equates to 40 percent of the state’s current population Jerez is a favorite retirement place for Mexicans returning home for their “tercera edad”—the last third of their lives Tourist articles tend to emphasize the positive but of course not all is “Edenic” in Zacatecas not so many natives of the state would have left for greener pastures either in other states The first day I was there it rained steadily but suddenly mid-morning the water went off in our house just as my shower was beginning to warm up and my hair was full of shampoo My host blamed it on water rationing because the mining industry—still the single largest factor in the state economy—uses a lot of water and also water is diverted to the local Corona brewery in town A few days later the true reason emerged: The guy who is employed to turn on the district’s water valves every day came down with pneumonia I did not visit the other mines, but I trust conditions there are nothing like they were in El Edén. The governor of Zacatecas belongs to PRI, not Morena, so it is possible that the state may be slow to line up with the new President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s vision for the future of Mexico wrote a biography of radical American composer Marc Blitzstein and co-authored composer Earl Robinson’s autobiography He has received numerous awards for his People's World writing from the International Labor Communications Association He has translated all nine books of fiction by Manuel Tiago (pseudonym for Álvaro Cunhal) from Portuguese available from International Publishers NY LA County workers, 55,000 strong, strike over Unfair Labor Practices Dallas unions hold town hall to resist layoffs, demand accountability  Corporate coalition wants Pam Bondi to control labor law ‘Sinners’ review: Horror, history, and Black American folklore combine for trailblazing cinema  Amidst capitalist crisis and war, Russian Communists struggle against Putin and the oligarchs U.S. imperialism’s new Cold War against China fosters anti-Asian racism at home Chickens coming home to roost: Remember what Malcolm said Big changes in the Catholic liturgy Food media and Instagrammers and Mexican Americans alike are proclaiming birria de res — the beef version of the famous goat stew — as L.A.’s latest Mexican-food trend But no es nothing new to the hundreds of thousands of zacatecanos in Los Angeles and Orange counties especially those from the municipios of Jerez and Tepetongo Food The birria de res at Zacatecas Restaurant (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) The dish’s relative rarity is a shame — for you and that doesn’t even require going to a restaurant.You’ll probably never get an invitation to try my Tia Paulita’s birria de res but a close approximation is at Zacatecas Restaurant in Hawthorne reserved for the compas who know better than to order the so-so Cal-Mex platters that draw in the city’s tech bros and make up the super-majority of the tiny spot’s cooking Here is the birria de res of my life: juicy but slightly crisped and sluiced in a furious salsa de guajillo It’s stringy and savory and spicy and delicious as important a cultural marker of Southern California’s immigrant culinary heritage as Cambodian doughnut shops and the Dutch dairy farms of Chino Zacatecas Restaurant, 13737 Inglewood Ave., Hawthorne, (310) 679-5161; zacatecasrestaurant.com. Open daily, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Food World & Nation Newmont’s 100% owned Peñasquito mine reduced its gold reserves from 4.6 in 2023 to 4.1 million ounces in 2024 Peñasquito is an open pit operation located in the northeast corner of the state of Zacatecas approximately 125 miles (200 kilometers) northeast of the city of Zacatecas The property commenced production in 2009 Newmont obtained full ownership of Peñasquito This mining complex is composed of the Peñasco and Chile Colorado open pit mines These are Peñasquito’s gold reserves which negatively affected production and revenues After producing 566,000 ounces of gold in 2022 Peñasquito produced 143,000 ounces in 2023 and then 299,000 ounces in 2024 Peñasquito is comprised of a total of 20 mining concessions These concessions cover an area of 113,231 acres (45,823 hectares) for operations there are 60 additional mining concessions for exploration Surface rights in the vicinity of the Peñasco and Chile Colorado open pit mines belong to three ejidos: Ejido Cedros Peñasquito has signed land use agreements with each of these ejidos The agreements are valid until 2035 and 2036 and agreements have also been signed with the corresponding private landowners the Mexican government introduced amendments to several key laws for the mining industry These include the Mining Law and the National Water Law the reforms pose uncertainty for foreign investors and companies in the mining sector the reforms are expected to make it more difficult to access and manage land and water rights Newmont said this will affect mining activities in Mexico In June 2023, Newmont filed an injunction against the reforms. After, in January 2024, several provisions were provisionally suspended. In addition, in February 2024, the President of Mexico presented new constitutional reforms that could prohibit open-pit mining concessions and limit water use in certain regions Redacción: 7224059128info@opportimes.com ZAC:TSX Venture; ZCTSF: OTC Markets; 7TV: Frankfurt) announces that due to strong interest it has closed its previously announced private placement financing (see news releases dated January 29 2024) by issuing 25,000,000 units at a price of $0.10 per Unit for total proceeds of $2,500,000 (the “Offering”) Each Unit consists of one common share (each a “Common Share”); and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase warrant Each Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase a Common Share at an exercise price of $0.15 for a period of two years from the date of issue The securities under the Offering will be subject to restrictions on resale expiring on June 14 The Company paid registered finders a fee in cash of $55,037.50 as well as issuing 315,000 common shares and 865,375 non-transferable share purchase warrants The Company intends to use the net proceeds to satisfy ongoing costs associated with its properties as well as general working capital purposes The securities referred to in this news release have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to registration or an applicable exemption from the U.S This release does not constitute an offer for sale of The Company initially announced a Mineral Resource Estimate at the Panuco Deposit consisting of 2.7 million tonnes at 187 grams per tonne (g/t) silver equivalent (AgEq) (171 g/t silver (Ag) and 0.17 g/t gold (Au)) for 16.4 million ounces AgEq (15 million ounces silver and 15,000 ounces gold) (see news release dated December 14 the Company announced an updated inferred mineral resource estimate of 3.41 million tonnes at 187 g/t AgEq (173 g/t Ag and 0.18 g/t Au) for 20.5 million ounces AgEq (19.0 million ounces silver and 19.2 thousand ounces gold) (see news release dated May 31 The Company announced a Mineral Resource Estimate at Esperanza consisting of a Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource Estimate of 30.5 million tonnes at 0.97 g/t AuEq for 956 thousand ounces AuEq and an Inferred Mineral Resource estimate of 8.7 million tonnes at 0.98 g/t AuEq for 277 thousand ounces AuEq (see news release dated November 16 For further information: Adam Ross, Investor Relations, Direct: (604) 229-9445, Toll Free: 1(833) 923-3334, Email: info@zacatecassilver.com All night long, cowboys swaggered into a packed nightclub, dressed to impress in shiny boots, tight Wranglers and wide-brimmed hats. They had come to throw back tequila and Tecate, to sing along to blasting banda and to dance — chest-to-chest, legs entwined — with each other. Each spring, hundreds of men from across Mexico and the United States make a pilgrimage to this colorful colonial city for an annual gathering of gay vaqueros — or cowboys. At private events held over a long weekend, they share carne asada and traditional folk dances and crown a cowboy king. Pop music is forbidden. Instead, live bands play for hours, with musicians in matching suits churning out cumbia and Norteña hits as a sea of Stetsons fills the dance floor. For Mariano Escobar, the lanky 51-year-old bar owner who hosted what he believes was Mexico’s first gay cowboy convention here in Zacatecas 18 years ago, it’s nothing short of heaven. With his python boots and plaid shirt unbuttoned to reveal a plush tuft of gray chest hair, Escobar said the idea behind that first party was simple — if a bit self-interested. “I like to dress like a cowboy,” he said, “and I like guys who dress that way, too.” As the event has expanded and the subculture has spread, with weekend-long vaquero conventions now held in more than a dozen cities on both sides of the border, the gatherings have become a refuge for gay men seeking connection not just with each other, but with Mexican identity itself. After all, while the event draws actual cowboys — men leathered by long days tending crops or cattle — it also attracts accountants, attorneys and other city folk for whom donning western wear is both a kink and a lifeline to Mexico’s rural past. “When you come here, you feel a certain pride in being Mexican,” said Emmanuel Fernández, a 29-year-old lawyer from Mexico City who first learned about the world of gay vaqueros while living in Atlanta. Life in Georgia was alienating, Fernández said. He worked a lot, spoke no English and sensed that Americans lived like robots, too preoccupied with their jobs and routines to enjoy life. Then he discovered a Latin nightclub, the Sanctuary, and its regular gay cowboy night. Dancing the huapango there reminded him of his youth spent performing folk dances at local festivals. It also recalled visits to his grandfather’s coffee farm in Veracruz state, where the whole family would gather to work the land and then share leisurely meals. “It connects you to your roots,” he said. Cowboy culture is deeply ingrained in the Mexican psyche, with many of the country’s most iconic historical figures — revolutionary fighter Francisco “Pancho” Villa, singer Pedro Infante, drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán — known for a tough country style. To heal divisions after the bitterly fought revolution of 1910, Mexican leaders set out to build a sense of shared national identity. Films and songs romanticized ranch culture and held up the tequila-swigging, horse-riding vaquero as the ideal Mexican man. Today, that vision is at odds with the lives of most Mexicans, who in recent decades have migrated en masse from rural areas to cities and suburbs in Mexico or the United States. The cowboy convention is a meeting point for men — many of them a generation or two removed from the countryside — with a shared nostalgia, said Angel Villalobos, a 53-year-old teacher. May 3 was like any other Friday night at La Cañita, a beach-themed bar and restaurant in a working-class neighborhood near downtown Mexico City. “This is a space for people with a common history,” he said. It’s also a chance for gay men to claim a piece of Mexican culture, which, Villalobos said pointedly, “is ours, too.” He was 4 when his family moved from a cotton ranch to Monterrey, a sprawling industrial city a few hours south of Texas. His dad went to work in factories, and Villalobos roamed congested streets selling candy apples and newspapers. Still, he retained his cowboy style, begging his mom for secondhand boots. He knew he was gay, and he hoped that embracing a tough exterior would protect him in a culture known for its machismo and homophobia. Angel Villalobos, 53, of Monterrey, right, among the contestants vying to be “Rostro vaquero,” greets other vaqueros at a welcome luncheon. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) With his jutting jawline and square shoulders, Villalobos looked a little like the Marlboro Man as he greeted the stream of men walking into a bar in downtown Zacatecas on the convention’s first night. He offered them shots of tequila and lighters that featured his likeness. Several other candidates also vying to be named “rostro vaquero,” the official face of the convention, did the same. Villalobos had brought a campaign team with him from Monterrey, including his friend Cesar Monsivais, an influencer who works in personal branding. “He’s too shy,” Monsivais said as Villalobos nervously gulped his beer and posed for photos with a group of smitten attendees. “I’ve spent two months coaching him.” The rostro vaquero competition is a cheeky nod to rural Mexican festivals where young women in elaborate dresses are crowned “princesses” or “queens.” Candidates were expected to schmooze with festival participants and take part in a dance-off, each man showing off fancy footwork while a traditional Zacatecan tamborazo band played. The contestants were judged not only on charisma and looks but for community involvement. Men hold each other close as they dance. Many at the convention embraced their sexuality later in life. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Villalobos, for example, teaches traditional dance. One of his competitors, a police officer named Eros Herrera, recently opened a homeless shelter and soup kitchen in the city of San Luis Potosi that serves the gay, lesbian and transgender community. They’ve been begged by star players to stop it and threatened with dramatic sanctions that could hurt their national team’s chances in the World Cup Here in the provinces, there’s no question that queerness is still taboo. When a local government official was filmed singing at a gay vaquero convention in the largely rural state of Coahuila in 2018, he was criticized widely. The video has been watched 2.6 million times on YouTube, with viewers commenting with messages of support but also nasty jokes. In Zacatecas, a small, conservative city with dozens of Baroque churches but just a handful of gay bars, many event attendees said they wouldn’t dare show affection in public. “When I’m on the street I’m very discreet,” said Daniel Renteria, a 56-year-old agave farmer from a town an hour and a half away. “I don’t like to go around hugging or kissing.” Once inside the convention, though, he and his partner, 36-year-old fruit vendor Ramiro Garcia, rarely stopped touching. Dressed nearly identically in black hats, snug jeans and shiny button-up shirts, each with a cellphone strapped to his hip, they held hands as they watched a popular cumbia band play on the convention’s second night. Later, when the deejay dropped a bouncing ballad about forbidden love, “La Puerta Negra” by Los Tigres del Norte, Garcia pulled Renteria onto the floor. They embraced as they swayed to the music, each with a hand around the small of the other’s back. When the pair met a few years ago, Garcia, who is from Zacatecas, favored shorts and flip-flops. It was Renteria who converted him into a vaquero. Daniel Renteria, left, and his partner, Ramiro Garcia, embrace at a pool party. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) “You don’t necessarily have to be from a ranch to be a cowboy,” Renteria explained. Like many of the men at the convention, Renteria embraced his sexuality later in life. The catalyst? A brain aneurysm that nearly killed him. Renteria had been living for 25 years with his female partner and their five children in Paramount, a city in Los Angeles County. He worked for decades in a T-shirt factory and then at an oil refinery. All the while he missed Mexico. The aneurysm spurred him to move home. There, he started working on his brother’s farm and fell in love with a cowboy. His children are aware of his boyfriend and support him, although his 85-year-old father and former partner in California still don’t. The gruesome killing of Ariadna López shocked Mexico, spurred protests in the capital and highlighted the nation’s epidemic of violence against women. Men within Mexican culture who are attracted to other men often have a lonely existence in which “they’re separated” from each other and their own desires, Renteria said. “Having to hide yourself is hard. Events like this one unite us.” Jesús Rubalcava grew up in a rural immigrant community in Arizona. “I don’t know if I ever got full acceptance,” said the 43-year-old high school principal and former Arizona state legislator. Carlos Vazquez, center, celebrates his 25th birthday with Alejandro Gonzalez, left, and Fernando Jairo Medrano, right. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) He said his family doesn’t understand why he spends so much time and money attending vaquero events, including the $5,000 he shelled out for T-shirts, beer coolers and other gifts that helped him win last year’s rostro vaquero contest here. But it’s all been worth it, he said. Along with the engraved silver belt buckle bestowed on all contest winners, he’s gained friendship and even love. He met his boyfriend at the Zacatecas convention a few years ago. The two stood in the sun at a barbecue on the convention’s third day, greeting a stream of acquaintances with bear hugs as the smell of grilled beef filled the air. The Zacatecas event has spawned several marriages, said Escobar, the event’s founder. “And a lot more weekend flings,” he added, grinning. Jesus Rubalcava, 43, of Gila Bend, Ariz., displays his embossed belt buckle at a welcome luncheon at Alicia Garden in Zacatecas, Mexico. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) Courtships bloomed at the bar, in line for tacos and next to a table overflowing with cookies and cake. On one hot afternoon, many men stripped down to trunks and jumped into a pool, lounging on floating plastic toys. Beto Cardona, a 36-year-old actor from Mexico City who came to the event with a friend, said he thought the whole thing was beautiful — if a bit old-fashioned. El Salvador’s evangelical churches rehabilitated ex-gang members. The country’s crackdown on L.A.-born gangs like MS-13 emptied programs and filled prisons. Many men at the event embraced a hyper-masculine style that bordered on machismo, he said. A few attendees flaunted more adventurous looks — a pearl necklace here, a lace shirt there — but most did not. One of them had criticized Cardona for wearing gold hoops in his ears. “You’re handsome,” the man told him. “But you should act less feminine.” The man had accused him of acting “obvious,” as in obviously gay. Instead of being hurt, Cardona tried to put the comment in context. He knew that years ago, when many of the participants at the vaquero event were coming of age, appearing gay was risky. “If this had happened decades ago, the police might have arrived and rounded everybody up,” Cardona said. “They’re a little more hardened,” he said of his queer elders. “I was born with the right to say: ‘I’m gay.’ ” On the last big night of the convention, Banda R-15 took the stage. Named after the semi-automatic style of rifle, the Nayarit-based musical group is legendary, its brass-driven songs about treacherous women and wild parties emblematic of vaquero culture in central and northern Mexico. It felt like a victory of sorts to see the famed group playing for a club full of men dancing with other men. Enrique Palacio, 34, of Zacatecas copies the dance moves of the musical group La Sonora Dinamita as it performs at the convention. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) And if one of the older band members later made a disparaging comment about the audience during a cigarette break (“It’s not their fault they’re this way — it’s because their parents raised them like girls”), at least it was out of earshot of any of the participants. Sons of Mexico’s ‘El Chapo’ Guzman release a letter denying they produce fentanyl or feed cartel victims to tigers. They claim they are misunderstood. After midnight, the ballots had been counted and the cowboy king was crowned. The belt buckle and a colorful sash emblazoned with “Rostro Vaquero Zacatecas” ended up going to Herrera, the police officer who runs the LGBTQ+ center. Parts of the crowd chanted his name (“Eros! Eros!”) while others joked that a recount was in order. Herrera, beaming, posed for photos and uploaded a selfie to the Facebook page of his community group in San Luis Potosi. As the event wound down, a hint of sadness settled over the club. Soon, participants would slip off their boots, box up theirs hats and return, for a while, to a non-cowboy life. It would be at least another month before many would gather again — at a vaquero convention in May in San Luis Potosi, perhaps, or, for those with the ability to travel to the U.S., at a big convention in Los Angeles in July. American tourists and remote workers are gentrifying some of Mexico City’s most treasured neighborhoods. Backlash is growing. Fernando Jairo Medrano, a hairdresser in Nayarit state, said that when he’s home, he works overtime and rarely goes out in order to save up money for his next trip. His family members don’t understand his obsession, his weekends with other vaqueros. They don’t have to, he says. “It’s my time,” is what he tells them. “It’s my time.” Kate Linthicum is a foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times based in Mexico City. Jackeline Luna is a former senior producer for video series. Before joining the Los Angeles Times, she interned for Politico, ABC7 and the Mercury News. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a master’s in journalism in May 2018. Ejecutivos de Ford suspendieron sus previsiones anuales hasta tener un panorama más claro sobre los efectos de los aranceles México generó menos de la mitad de los empleos formales que se registraron en el mismo periodo de 2024 Skechers ha escalado hasta convertirse en la tercera marca de calzado más grande del mundo explicó que usaron de manera indebida el programa de importación temporal IMMEX por lo que fueron canceladas y se les congelaron sus cuentas La noche del domingo el presidente Trump sacudió de nuevo el tablero al anunciar un 100% de aranceles sobre las producciones cinematográficas extranjeras El subgobernador de Banxico señaló que el país está al borde de un periodo prolongado de estancamiento económico que se pronunciará con la guerra arancelaria de EU Especialistas coincidieron en que la edición 49 del evento fue un paso hacia alcanzar la meta de ser el quinto país más visitado en el mundo aunque señalaron que persisten los retos en la industria la huelga siempre es un recurso que está en manos de los trabajadores...” La mandataria dijo que debido al modelo económico el país ya no se ve afectado por los impactos negativos en la economía de EU Mandamos a tu correo el mejor resumen informativo Según el IMSS es la cifra más baja en la entidad desde 2021 El músico presuntamente fue secuestrado mientras estaba en su casa en Sonora y tres días después fue localizado sin vida por el colectivo Rastreadoras de Sonora La serie está basada en la historieta argentina homónima A pesar de que han surgido rumores sobre posibles artistas que se presentarían tras la cancelación de la banda para el Foro de las Estrellas autoridades aseguran que todo marcha con normalidad La banda británica selló su visita al reunir 18 mil personas que se entregaron a los ídolos del heavy metal podría pasar el resto de su vida en la cárcel El presidente Donald Trump aseguró que la industria cinematográfica en Estados Unidos “está muriendo muy rápidamente” y estas producciones serían las primeras víctimas de su decisión aseguró que el problema no son los corridos sino los hechos que suceden en la vida real pues su género musical solo “divierte” al público fue recreada en distintos estadios del mundo Una red reclutaba adolescentes para radicalizarlos y pretendía atentar en el show de Lady Gaga para obtener notoriedad en redes sociales An additional 460 federal troops will be deployed to Zacatecas to combat high levels of violence, the federal government announced Wednesday at an event attended by President López Obrador and members of his cabinet The deployment is the centerpiece of a new security plan for the northern state Mexico’s most violent on a per capita basis with 96 homicides per 100,000 people in the 12-month period to the end of October Presenting the new support plan for Zacatecas National Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval announced that 210 additional soldiers and 250 extra members of the National Guard will be deployed Thursday The number of soldiers and guardsmen in the state will increase to 1,954 and 1,894 Their public security work will be supported by three military helicopters Sandoval said that authorities divided the state into three areas for security purposes and that 1,940 troops will be deployed to the central region, where Zacatecas city and Fresnillo, a notoriously violent city He said that 804 troops will go to the state’s north and 1,104 to the south, where nine bodies were left hanging from an overpass last week and a tenth was dumped on the highway below National Intelligence Center agents will be deployed to orient the troops’ public security operations Sandoval said the military and National Guard deployment will prevent confrontations between criminal groups that are generating violence The Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel are among those that operate in the state Sandoval also said that military detachments from San Luis Potosí Aguascalientes and Jalisco will bolster security on the borders those states share with Zacatecas “These military zones will provide personnel 90 elements each for … a total of 360,” he said asserting that the troops will curb the movement of criminal gangs between states The army chief said the results of the support plan will be evaluated after 30 days He noted that violence linked to organized crime has increased considerably in the state The location of Zacatecas makes control of its territory highly desirable for criminal groups moving narcotics from Pacific coast ports to Mexico’s northeastern border with the United States. The state government said last year that at least five groups were moving fentanyl and other drugs through the state Speaking after several of his ministers outlined plans for Zacatecas in a range of areas López Obrador assured Governor David Monreal that he would have the complete support of the federal government “You’re not alone,” the president told the governor a former federal senator and mayor of Fresnillo who took office for the ruling Morena party in September had emphasized that security was the most important issue to address although he also said the state was facing a “social emergency” and “economic crisis.” His government inherited a debt of some 10 billion pesos (US $465 million) and is struggling to pay the salaries of bureaucrats and fund policies in sectors such as agriculture López Obrador said the federal government would work closely with its state counterpart and continue to support citizens via welfare and employment programs such as the Youths Building the Future apprenticeship scheme in which an additional 5,000 places will be offered Providing opportunities for young people is a priority and reduces the possibility that they will be recruited by criminal groups “We’re going to continue attending to young people which is very important because violence mustn’t be confronted with violence we have to confront violence by doing good attending to its causes … This wasn’t done before,” López Obrador said “We have to remove the breeding ground [for violence] we have to take away [criminal groups’] reserve army of criminals,” the president said referring to disillusioned young people with scant educational and work opportunities “That’s the best way to confront the serious problem of insecurity and violence,” he said before conceding that the plan will take time to work With reports from Milenio Nine bodies were found dumped on two busy roads in the notoriously violent city of Fresnillo general secretary of the Zacatecas government confirmed the discovery in an early-morning post to his Facebook page noting that “messages directed toward an opposing [criminal] group” were found with the bodies Reyes said that “investigative authorities” had reached the points where the bodies were located He noted that “the situation is reported as stable Reyes also noted that two highway blockades were reported in the early hours of Tuesday while the other was in General Pánfilo Natera located further east of the capital on the border with the state of San Luis Potosí Reyes said that security forces were present at both points where presumed criminals had set up fiery blockades He reported that the situation had been brought under control The discovery of the bodies in Fresnillo on Tuesday morning came after the arrest of 26 members of the Sinaloa Cartel in Zacatecas over the past two days The cartel responded to those detentions by setting vehicles on fire to create highway blockades in 10 Zacatecas municipalities on Monday Referring to the murders of nine people and the latest highway blockades Reyes said that the arrests had “provoked new reactions” from “a criminal group.” He also said that the state government and “all the institutions that make up the committee for the construction of peace remain firm” in their commitment to “the process of pacification.” “We ask society to stay calm and consult official sources of information,” Reyes added According to the results of the latest National Survey of Urban Public Security 95.4% of Fresnillo residents believe that the city is unsafe to live in Located about 60 kilometers north of Zacatecas city Fresnillo is the only city in Mexico where more than 90% of residents feel unsafe In 2023, Zacatecas was the 11th most violent state in Mexico in terms of total homicides, with 977 murders, according to data presented by the federal government in January With reports from Reforma, El Universal and Milenio One of our recent favorites for Mexican food is the new Zacatecas Mexican Grill hidden in plain sight on the end of a strip mall in Worthington Woods The menu at Zacatecas goes beyond a lot of the standard Americanized Mexican or Tex-Mex fare – and even includes breakfast served all day plus rows of booths and tables along the windows and a bowl of the homemade queso fundido (with chorizo) or the jalapeno queso It’s hard to go wrong with their tacos Even Tex-Mex classics like chimichangas are done well They offer a variety of fajitas with carnitas The meals come out sizzling in a cast iron platter and features shrimp in a jalapeno lime sauce with sliced avocado The real winner for me is the breakfast served all day Pictured above is the huevos revueltos with chorizo Zacatecas also uses their space for a variety of events Zacatecas Mexican Grill1175 Worthington Woods Blvd.Columbus, OH 43085(614) 505-1391Web: zacatecasgrill.comFB: @zacatecasgrillIG: @zacatecas_grill but in addition to restaurants and recipes Columbus Breakfast Guide Columbus Coffee 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