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In neighboring Sonora, searching groups are asking for help to locate a woman who went missing last week. She had gone to look for her son.
March 16, 2022
The attorney general in neighboring Sonora is touting her office’s record on femicide prosecutions. She says that in the vast majority of femicide cases in recent years, someone was ultimately found guilty and sentenced.
March 16, 2022
A new ranking of the 50 most violent cities in the world last year places eight Mexican cities at the top of the list, including one in neighboring Sonora.
March 14, 2022
The official response, which Mexico's president says he helped draft, accused member of the body of joining the reactionary, coup-promoting enemies of his government's agenda "like sheep."
March 11, 2022
With 13 more confirmed Thursday, Sonora passed 10,000 official COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, an astonishing toll in a state with less than 3 million people. That means roughly one out of every 294 Sonorans have died of the disease.
March 11, 2022
Another Mexican state moved to decriminalize abortion this week. But in neighboring Sonora, laws penalizing the procedure remain on the books.
March 10, 2022
In neighboring Sonora, Mexico, officials celebrated the sinking of a ship last week. They hope it will soon be home to marine life — an attraction for tourists.
March 10, 2022
International Women’s Day has become a focal point in the fight for women’s rights and safety in Mexico. Massive marches are held across the country to call for an end to inequality, gender-based violence and repressive abortion laws. But that event is built on foundation of daily work by feminist groups.
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March 10, 2022
In perhaps the most spectacular incident, a body was found hanging from a bridge over the state's most important highway Monday morning.
March 8, 2022
Two men have been sentenced for the 2020 murder of a journalist in neighboring Sonora. In Mexico, the vast majority of violent crimes against journalists go unpunished.
March 8, 2022
For example, pedestrian crossings in Nogales this January were still down 36% from January 2020.
March 7, 2022
Cases have now declined for six consecutive months, and weekly deaths are at their lowest since last June.
March 7, 2022
Government leaders in Hermosillo, the capital of neighboring Sonora, say they want to tackle the causes and effects of climate change in the extremely hot city. One of those efforts is replacing police patrols cars with electric vehicles.
March 3, 2022
Violence broke out again in a city in northwest Sonora early Thursday. A conflict between armed suspects and security officials left three people dead and several others wounded.
March 3, 2022
The Mexican government is demanding what it calls an “extensive and prompt” investigation into the suspected killings of two men and one boy from Mexico in Phoenix.
March 2, 2022
While Mexico has said it won’t put economic sanctions on Russia over its invasion of the Ukraine, leaders say they will accept Ukrainian refugees.
March 2, 2022
A tiny owl that lives on both sides of the border in the Sonoran Desert could soon receive new federal protections meant to shield it from growing threats — including climate change, habitat loss and invasive species.
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March 2, 2022
His government did support a U.N. Security Council draft resolution condemning the invasion and calling on Russia to immediately withdraw its forces.
March 1, 2022
Neighboring Sonora had roughly 14,000 excess deaths over the same period, for an excess mortality rate slightly below the national figure of over 50%.
March 1, 2022
Nearly 90% of Sonorans 18 and older have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
Feb. 28, 2022
