In the south of Mexico an earthquake with a force of 6.0 was Monday. Local media reported that the quake is a sort of aftershock from Friday's in the exact same region in the state of Oaxaca.
Thirteen people were killed by a helicopter crash in Mexico. The military aircraft, including the Minister of the Interior and the governor of the state of Oaxaca on board, made an inspection flight in the area that was hit by an earthquake on Friday. Because of the unknown cause, the landing in Santiago Jamiltepec collapsed on a van and people who wanted to welcome the visit.
Mexico has been hit again by an earthquake on Sunday. This time on the western coast. The epicenter of the shock with a force of 5.9 was about 99 kilometers southwest of Tonala, in the state of Chiapas, reports the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. There is nothing known about any victims.
Mexico was frightened on Saturday for the third time this month by a heavy crush. According to USGS Geological Service, the shock had a power of 6.2 and was the epicenter in the southern state of Oaxaca.
The number of casualties caused by the earthquake in Mexico on Thursday has risen to ninety. The dead fell into three different states. Oaxaca was severely affected by 71 deaths.
According to the latest data, the heavy earthquake on the west coast of Mexico has killed 26 dead. The authorities in the southern state of Oaxaca announced Friday that twenty people were killed, mainly in the place of Juchitán. In the neighboring state of Chiapas, which is also in the Pacific, four deaths have already been reported. Two states have been reported in the state of Tabasco.
By protests from members of a teachers' union on Sunday six people were killed in southern Mexico and 53 people were injured when they encountered the police, who wanted to lift a blockade of a highway. Among the wounded were 45 agents, 21 people have been arrested.
In a heavy explosion three people have been injured in a chemical company in Mexico Coatzacoalcos and evacuated hundreds of employees. There was an explosion Wednesday at an industrial complex where oil is processed.
Mexican police on Sunday the bookkeeper of the notorious Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin Guzman, known as 'El Chapo' arrested. Juan Manuel Alvarez is suspected of laundering money for the Sinaloa cartel. The Mexican authorities confirm Alvarez was arrested Sunday in the southern state of Oaxaca.
