FERNANDO LLANO

Pilgrims gather outside of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe a day before her feast day in Mexico City, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Millions mark Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe Day but calls for a truce in drug violence go unheeded
Millions of faithful have gathered to mark Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe Day, honoring the country’s patroness. But calls by the Roman Catholic Church for a truce in the country’s ongoing drug cartel violence apparently went unheeded.
 
State employees evacuate turtle eggs from the beach to protect them from the incoming Hurricane Beryl, in Cancun, Mexico, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Mexico evacuates even sea turtle eggs from beaches as Hurricane Beryl approaches
Stung by past failures to prepare for hurricanes, the Mexican government is evacuating even sea turtle eggs from beaches ahead of Hurricane Beryl.
 
Children learn to bat during a cricket workshop at Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City, Saturday, June 22, 2024. The workshop was held by the Mexican cricket federation. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Cricket fans in Mexico hope to boost the sport and add teams
Cricket has been on the upswing in Mexico over the past decade due to a growing Indian community in the Latin American nation. It is now played in six of the country’s 32 states.
 
Farmhands lasso a calf during a bullfighting workshop at the the San Jose cattle ranch in Aculco, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The workshop is part of an initiative promoted by the Mexican Association of Bullfighting to publicize the different activities that surround the breeding of fighting bulls. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Bullfight advocates working with young people to attract new followers in Mexico
Bullfighting is under siege in many parts of Mexico, and some of its biggest supporters are responding by looking to draw in new fans, particularly younger ones.
 
Mexican soldiers remove tires from the mud caused by hurricane Norma hit a beach in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. Norma had weakened and was downgraded to Category 1 on the hurricane wind scale. It was located 25 miles west of Cabo San Lucas storm with winds of 85 mph (140 kmh) and expected to make landfall on Saturday, according to the U.S. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Norma downgraded to a tropical storm in Mexico as Hurricane Tammy leaves Barbuda
Norma has gained a bit of strength after being downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves into mainland Mexico. Meanwhile, Hurricane Tammy left the Caribbean island of Barbuda with minor damage.
 
A man walks on the mud caused by hurricane Norma in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. Norma had weakened and was downgraded to Category 1 on the hurricane wind scale. It was located 25 miles west of Cabo San Lucas storm with winds of 85 mph (140 kmh) and expected to make landfall on Saturday, according to the U.S. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Mexico’s Los Cabos and Tammy hits tiny Barbuda in the Caribbean
Hurricane Norma made landfall near the resorts of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday and has weakened to a tropical storm while moving over land.