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Two senators elected from the defunct Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in Mexico defect to the ruling Morena party, leaving Morena and its allies one seat short of a supermajority in both chambers of Congress.
2024-08-28

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

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

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

Peter MacKay, Canadian Minister of Defence. marries Nazanin Afshin-Jam, an Iranian former beauty queen, in a private ceremony in Mexico.
2012-01-6

Three people die in a shootout between Mexican security forces and gunmen in the resort of Acapulco.
2011-04-4

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