Maya
Xibalba wasn't abstract damnation — it was a nine-layered underworld ruled by twelve sadistic death gods who delighted in human suffering. The Maya believed you could physically enter through cenotes still open today.
Yucatan
Beneath your feet lies a 524-kilometer underwater cave system—the longest on the planet. The water you're looking at sustained the Maya for millennia. And that perfectly circular opening? It might be connected to the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Crocodiles
While the rest of us stress about wrinkles and retirement planning, these prehistoric predators have figured out something pharmaceutical companies would pay billions to understand: how to cheat death itself. Morelet's crocodiles live 50-65 years in the wild, but they don't age—not really.
The Crocodile’s Eye
A crocodile older than the conquest remembers the last sacrifice. A museum conservator touches a mask and something touches him back. The first installment of a serial thriller where sacred water runs beneath resort pools and ancient covenants survive under parking lots.
News
The IMSS officially confirmed the operational launch of a new CyberKnife radiosurgery robot in October 2025 at the Hospital de Oncología del CMN Siglo XXI. This system is unique in Mexico's public sector.
Business
Mexico’s Supreme Court just ordered First Majestic Silver (Canada) to pay US $143 million in back taxes—the first time a NAFTA-era mining giant has lost a final fiscal verdict. The same Vancouver-based company operes five U.S. silver properties.
Sand in My Stocking
"I've always believed life looks better with a filter—Valencia for brunch, Juno for heavy snowfall, Clarendon for anything involving biscuit-colored cashmere. My feed is a masterclass in controlled elegance, a testament to the fundamental principle that chaos is preventable"
The Fifth Sun
Her fingers tremble, not from fear but inventory: she has just proven the greatest archaeological secret in Mexico since the Templo Mayor. She also has 9.7 seconds of terahertz footage that could earn her a life sentence.
The Guns of Veracruz
“You’re not just there for yourself, Mateo. You are there for all of us.” A lie. A noble lie, perhaps, the kind men tell to give sacrifice the sheen of honor, but a lie all the same.
Your insider’s guide to Mexico’s most compelling stories.
From Sinaloa’s hidden beaches to Checo Pérez’s F1 comeback and Gaby López’s golf event, Mexico’s boldest stories are waiting to be discovered in this week’s The Mexicanist.
On Mexico’s highways, every flashing light at a checkpoint is a gamble—guardian of law or predator in disguise—revealing a nation where security and abuse share the same lane.
A fish taco stand’s closure in Ensenada sparks a viral reckoning with extortion, corruption, and a shadowy network wielding the name of the Libyan Coast Guard to control Baja’s seafood trade.
In a Brooklyn courtroom, "El Mayo" Zambada admitted to 50 years of drug trafficking and corruption, confessing he paid off Mexican police, military, and politicians—then vanished into silence.
A robot just performed complex surgery on a pig — alone, calmly, and with the precision of a veteran surgeon, marking a leap toward a future where AI saves lives in operating rooms worldwide.
In the scorched deserts of colonial Mexico, one Indigenous leader—branded a traitor, hunted by governors, and betrayed by history—outwitted the Spanish Empire with nothing but cunning, faith, and an unshakable will to survive.
In an epic, 500-year-long battle with its own foundations, Mexico City is sinking under the weight of record-breaking rains, a drainage crisis, and a history of botched urban planning.
With gridlocked traffic from a failing $7.3 billion system and a gasoline shortage plaguing drivers, the city of Monterrey finds hope in a young girl's fight against a rare disease, supported by the community's beloved soccer fans.
A retiring legal titan warns that Mexico's new judicial reform will be a "historical error," just as the new president faces down a U.S. troop threat and the potential closure of a historic Nissan plant.
Mexican authorities are tackling crime and sargassum, the Cancun airport is packed with tourists, lucha libre is rocking Isla Mujeres, and an ancient Mayan town is getting a cultural facelift.
Tijuana is dealing with unusual local crime stories involving an alleged occultist murderer and a police investigator, while Baja Beach Fest and Valle de Guadalupe's "Viñadas" festival are set to entertain visitors.
Puerto Vallarta advances infrastructure with the near-complete Puente Amado Nervo, Playa Destiladeras' public reopening, Amazon Bazaar's launch ahead of new SAT taxes, and weekly beach "gym" cleanups.
