Lucia Vega

Bureau: São Paulo

Chihuahua state-police pickup truck on a dirt road outside a cinderblock lab compound at dusk, a forensic marker near the tailgate, sierra in the middle distance.

Politics

Two US Embassy Instructors Die Returning From Chihuahua Lab Raid Sheinbaum Did Not Know About

Four officials died Sunday returning from a drug-lab operation in the Chihuahua sierra; Mexico's president learned of the US participation afterward and is demanding Washington explain.

By Lucia Vega, São Paulo April 21 5 min read

The coast near Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, at morning light, fishing boats pulled up on black sand, a village church on a rise behind the beach.

Life

Shallow Oaxaca Tremor and a Baja Quake Cross the Tacana Arc Weekend

A shallow M4 near Pinotepa Nacional and a Baja California tremor crossed the long Tacana-El Chichon volcanic arc over the weekend into Monday, near-daily seismicity on a continent that lives with it.

By Lucia Vega, São Paulo April 21 2 min read