Mexicanist Newsletter: Bombs, Bodies, Billions & Our Website Apology
News: Tijuana Cybertruck rampage, bombings, arrests ("Big Mama," "El Lastra," narcos), Tulum cop killed, full morgues. NL cuts tax for EVs. Inflation eases. Cancun faces seaweed/pollution. Mexico battles soda crisis, depression, bird flu. Train project starts.
First off, we managed to crash the website. Not just a gentle nudge, oh no. We properly broke it. Three times. Spectacular incompetence, even by our standards. Don't worry your little cotton socks, your data's apparently safe, unlike the poor sods who got in the way of some lunatic in a Tesla Cybertruck down in Tijuana. Seven cars! Poweeeer... gone wrong.
Anyway, as a groveling apology for our digital demolition derby, we've bunged some extra subscription time your way – a year for annuals, six months for monthly folks. Consider it hush money.
Now, onto the real Mexico. It’s the usual glorious cocktail of chaos and questionable decisions. We've got chicken shops being bombed, morgues overflowing like a badly packed suitcase, Cancun battling both seaweed and sewage (lovely holiday combo), cartels recruiting, cops getting shot, and someone called "Big Mama" getting nicked. Oh, and they're building a train. Good luck with that.
All the juicy, baffling, and occasionally terrifying details are inside. Get on with it.
