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LeBarón and Langford families massacre. Burnt vehicle that was carrying 5 members of the family. On November 4, 2019, about 70 miles (110 km) south of the Mexico–United States border, gunmen opened fire on a three-car convoy en route to a wedding carrying residents of the isolated La Mora community, which is predominantly composed of ...
Education in Mexico has a long history. Indigenous peoples created institutions such as the telpochcalli and the calmecac. The Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico, the second oldest university in the Americas, was founded by royal decree in 1551. Education in Mexico was, until the early twentieth century, largely confined to males from ...
Demographics of Mexico. With a population of about 129 million in 2022, [ 3] Mexico is the 10th most populated country in the world. It is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world and the third-most populous country in the Americas after the United States and Brazil. [ 4]
Iguala mass kidnapping. / 17.55361°N 99.41028°W / 17.55361; -99.41028. On September 26, 2014, forty-three male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College disappeared after being forcibly abducted in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, in what has been called "one of Mexico’s most infamous human rights cases". [1]
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, commonly referred to as the Hague Abduction Convention is the primary instrument for addressing international abduction cases in Mexico. The convention is (from November 2013) in force between Mexico and all other parties to the convention except Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
In Mexico, the social welfare program for low-income families was originally known as " Oportunidades ", meaning "opportunities". It was eventually renamed " Prospera ", meaning "to prosper". [4] The program was established in 1997 and was designed to encourage families to send their children to school and health centres.
Just like some kids leave out shoes for St. Nicholas the first week of December, children in Mexico leave their shoes out to be filled with treats and gifts from the Three Wise Men on January 5.
Dozens of children killed in childcare center fire in Mexico. The blaze started at 3 p.m. (22:00 GMT) on Friday, June 5, 2009, with over 142 children reported to be in the day care center. [ 13] Initial reports stated the fire began in an adjacent tire warehouse next door and spread to the child care center.