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Hurricane Otis becomes the most intense landfalling cyclone in the Eastern Pacific basin on record after making landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, and killing at least 27 people in the city, as a category 5 hurricane with 1-minute sustained winds of 165 mph.
2023-10-25

Hurricane Rick loses strength as it moves farther inland in Mexico. The states that are most affected are Michoacán and Guerrero, especially the seaside city of Acapulco in Guerrero. Other states such as Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit open shelters ahead of potential heavy rain.
2021-10-25

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck just outside the tourist city of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, killing at least one person and leaving more than 1.6 million without electricity.
2021-09-7

The United States Customs and Border Protection agency announces the separate arrests of two Yemeni nationals on the FBI's terrorism watchlist attempting to enter the country from Mexico earlier this year.
2021-04-5

Eleven people are killed in La Concepción, Mexico, near the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, following violent clashes involving gunmen, a community police force, and state police in the southern state of Guerrero.
2018-01-7

Ten people are killed and two are injured in a car crash near Acapulco, Mexico.
2017-12-30

A prison riot between rival gangs in Acapulco, Mexico, leaves at least 28 inmates dead.
2017-07-6

The Governor of the Mexican state of Nuevo León fires the states' public safety secretary General Jaime Castaneda following the Apodaca prison riot where 44 inmates were killed.
2012-02-24

Drug-related violence kills 24 people in Mexico in 24 hours, 13 of them in the city of Acapulco.
2010-03-14