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Jesus Cuevas, a Petgas technician, puts plastic caps into a shredding machine inside a recycling center in Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Mexican startup tackles plastic waste by converting it to fuel
A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels.
 
Evelyn Tinoco kisses her boyfriend Arturo Zacarías upon his arrival to the General Heriberto Jara International airport in Veracruz, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, days after he was released by Yemen Houthi rebels who had seized his cargo ship Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea in 2023. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Mexican sailor returns home to festivities after 14 months in Houthi rebel captivity
Escorted by locals on bicycles and cars that awaited his arrival outside his hometown, Arturo Zacarías Meza has returned home days after Houthi rebels in Yemen released him and fellow crew members following more than a year in captivity.
 
Mexico arrests more than 100 local police officers for various abuses and offenses
Authorities in two states in southern Mexico have arrested more than 100 local police officers for various abuses and offenses.
 
2 people killed when police clash with locals protesting pork processing plant in Mexico
Two people have been killed when locals protesting alleged water contamination by a pork processing plant clashed with police in the Mexican gulf coast state of Veracruz.
 
A reveler falls down after provoking a bull during a festival in honor of the Virgin of the Candelaria, in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz State, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. For nearly a quarter century, the residents have taunted, slapped, chased and run from bulls as part of the religious festival. It is reminiscent, though at a much smaller scale, of the running of the bulls in northern Spain and has continued year after year despite laws banning the mistreatment of animals. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Mexican town continues bull running tradition despite legal struggle over bullfights in capital
For nearly a quarter century, the residents of this riverside town in southeastern Mexico have taunted, slapped, chased and run from bulls as part of a religious festival.
 
Erika Maria Cruz, left, and her husband, grieve next to the body of their son, Brando Arellano Cruz, fatally shot by police after he failed to pull over, in Lerdo de Tejada, Mexico, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2024. Four municipal police officers are under investigation in relation to the death of the young man, after the victim's neighbors staged violent protests and attempted to lynch the officers. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
4 local police officers in eastern Mexico are under investigation after man is shot to death
Four local police officers in Mexico have been placed under investigation in connection with the shooting death of a man in the Gulf of Mexico state of Veracruz, after neighbors in the town surrounded the officers and attacked them.