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Aguascalientes students take top prizes at international robotics competition

MND Staff — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:26:27 +0000

High school and middle school students were tasked with building and programming robots that would perform tasks such as carrying items along a set course, facing off in battle, racing and putting out fires.

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Auto parts sector posts best month on record

MND Staff — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:58:46 +0000

The value of auto parts production in Mexico increased 9.1% year over year in August to reach US $11.118 billion, according to the National Auto Parts Industry (INA), a trade association.

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In Mazatlán, García Harfuch announces US $48M security package for Sinaloa

MND Staff — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 22:26:33 +0000

The investment will provide 200 armored vehicles and motorcycles, three surveillance drones and radio equipment to police forces in Sinaloa, as well as a new highway surveillance center to monitor the Culiacán-Mazatlán-Durango corridor.

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Pemex begins fracking feasibility studies in Coahuila

MND Staff — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:55:41 +0000

Pemex has not yet initiated pilot tests, as the study area must first demonstrate adequate water availability — there must be enough for the fracking process, but it cannot mix with local drinking water sources.

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Mexico and China launch joint archaeological project in Yucatán

MND Staff — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:14:37 +0000

The collaboration between Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and China's Shandong University aims to bring researchers and students from both nations together to preserve the heritage of Yaxcopoil, a small community located within the Chicxulub impact crater.

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Openbank: Mexico’s new Digital Economy Law could reduce cash use by up to 50%

MND Staff — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:47:18 +0000

Experts also see benefit in the law's ability to increase access to credit, because a record of an individual's digital payment history will automatically exist. But caution is urged in the implementation of what will be a radical change for most people living in Mexico.

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México state logs sharp rise in homicides as national rate halves: Tuesday’s mañanera recapped

MND Staff — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:41:45 +0000

Homicides declined in every federal entity in the first 10 months of 2026. However, the homicide count nearly doubled in México state between September and October — potentially indicating that homicides have been significantly undercounted in the state this year.

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MND Local San Miguel de Allende: Art, jazz and community causes

Cathy Siegner — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 20:00:37 +0000

Art and artisans are being celebrated this month in San Miguel de Allende, thanks to the annual Wool and Brass Fair, and the upcoming International Jazz and Blues Festival.

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‘We need to recover respect for the apparently non-living’: Yameli Guadalupe Aguilar Duarte on geodiversity

Katy Alivraz — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:00:50 +0000

"Respect for the non-living" world of rocks and landforms is explored in this interview with scientist Yameli Guadalupe Aguilar Duarte, who studies geodiversity in the Yucatán.

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Sargassum season is officially over, a month later than last year and with nearly double the seaweed

MND Staff — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 23:53:52 +0000

It's not to say that as of now there won't be another strand of the noxious seaweed on the beaches until next spring, but approaching cold fronts cooling the ocean temperature should mean that Quintana Roo will catch a break — for a while.

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