He says the concessions currently controlled by a major Chinese lithium company would "of course" be revoked but only if a pending piece of energy legislation is approved.

Another journalist has been killed in Mexico. This time in southern Sonora. Jorge Luis Camero was shot down while at a gym in Empalme on Thursday.

Many have felt the urge to leave the trappings of modernity behind, to make a go of it off the grid, far from the rush of urban living, and in greater harmony with nature. Far fewer actually try, and fewer still find some degree of success. It hasn’t always been easy, but one family has found some measure of success in the remote, beautiful Rio Sonora Valley in northern Mexico.

Mexico's president acknowledged that Sonora is heading in the wrong direction, and drew attention to two particularly troubled municipalities: Caborca and Cajeme.

It’s been six months since Sonora committed to taking emergency action to combat gender-based violence in some of the states hardest hit areas. This week, the governor finally proposed a budget for those measures.

However, Union Pacific, which owns the line north of the border in Nogales, Arizona, says it has "no plans on its own to move the track.”

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list a tiny desert owl as a threatened species.

This week, the governor of neighboring Sonora, Mexico, said a major solar plant will be built on land donated by a wealthy businessman who has been linked to a recent controversy involving the president’s son.

Apart from demands for justice, reporters are also demanding better working conditions in Sonora.