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The Popocatepetl volcano spews ash and steam as seen from Santiago Xalitzintla, Mexico, Monday, May 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)t

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Mexicans near Popocatepetl stay vigilant as volcano's activity increases
By MARÍA VERZA - Associated Press
Mon,05/22/23-12:08PM , 246 Reads
SANTIAGO XALITZINTLA, Mexico (AP) — At the edge of this town near the Popocatepetl volcano, away from the din of traffic, there was an occasional low rumble Monday, like an idling engine.
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A plume of ash and steam rises from the Popocatepetl volcano, as seen from Mexico City, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Popocatepetl rumbled to life again this third week of May 2023, spewing out towering clouds of ash that forced 11 villages to cancel school sessions. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

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Threatening 22 million people, Mexico's Popocatepetl is a very closely watched volcano
By MARÍA VERZA - Associated Press
Thu,05/18/23-11:34PM , 257 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano rumbled to life again this week, belching out towering clouds of ash that forced 11 villages to cancel school sessions.
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Paper crosses marked with names of migrants who died in last month's fire, are attached to a fence at the immigration detention center where a dormitory fire killed more than three dozen people, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

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Guard actions in Mexico fire seen as key to who lived, died
By MARÍA VERZA - Associated Press
Thu,04/20/23-11:38PM , 1,075 Reads
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — When a fire broke out at a Mexican immigration detention facility last month, dramatically different reactions by guards in the men’s and women’s sections appeared to make a difference in who lived and died, according to previously unreported surveillance videos and witness statements viewed by The Associated Press.
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Maria Elena Ríos holds her saxophone at the end of a rehearsal at the National Autonomous University of Mexico music department, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Ríos, 29, thought her career as a musician and her devotion to hersaxwas what ledherformer boyfriend and politician to hire the men who splashed acid into her faceand body, disfiguring her in 2019. Later, she learned that he simply couldn't accept that she had broken off their relationship. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

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Mexican musician finds refuge in saxophone after acid attack
By MARÍA VERZA - Associated Press
Sun,02/19/23-10:14AM , 364 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — María Elena Ríos has conflicting feelings about her saxophone: She once blamed the instrument for bringing her to the brink of death — but it also has been her salvation.
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