Acapulco News

(Acapulco, AN 18 January) The Mexican Association of Travel Agents in Guerrero made it known yesterday that this year is the worst season ever for tourism from Canada. Based on the weekly charter load factors, the drop in attendance could be as much as 50% with respect to last year. ... more»

(Mexico City, NA 18 January) Faced with explicit threats of vote suppression and other election crimes in the gubernatorial elections, the Special Prosecutor for Electoral Crime has sent 20 investigators and prosecutors to Guerrero. ... more»

(Acapulco, NA 17 January) The federal Attorney General has sent 16 experts in criminal investigation to assist in the work related to 28 homicides that have taken place over the last two weeks. State prosecutor David Augusto Sotelo Rosas made the announcement. ... more»

(Chilpancingo, JG 15 January) An eight-page document dated November 26, 2010 and titled “Strategy Memo: Vote Suppression in Guerrero,” has been leaked to the press. It has not yet been authenticated. The memo provides instructions for several actions by a political campaign before, during and after voting, to steal the... more»

(Chilpancingo, 14 January) Former PRI legislator and active Añorve supporter Ernesto Vélez Memije said Wednesday on the television news program Frente a la Noticia that the PRD representative to the IEEG, Guillermo Sánchez Nava, provoked the attack that led to his beating and coma. ... more»

(Acapulco, AN 13 January) Budget carrier Viva Aerobús has announced an increase in its frequencies to Acapulco and will recover in the first quarter of 2011 the commercial routes it lost last year when Aviacsa and Mexicana took them over. ... more»

(Chilpancingo, NA 13 January) Yesterday newspapers broke the story that thugs working for the Añorve campaign badly beat the Aguirre campaign’s representative before the Guerrero State Electoral Institute (IEEG). Today it is reported that this man, Guillermo Sánchez Nava is in a coma with third degree brain hemorrhages and sever... more»

(Chilpancingo, JG 12 January) On January 20 the interim mayor of Acapulco, José Luis Ávila Sánchez, will present himself before the state legislature of Guerrero to answer questions related to the “Bicentennial Overpass,” which was inaugurated with much ceremony on November 20 of last year. The overpass provides a four-block... more»

(Acapulco, NA 12 January) The newspaper Novedades de Acapulco made an informal survey of several local citizens, asking them to rank their confidence in the various police forces on a scale of 1 to 10. Most gave the police a 5, which is an emphatic “F” in the scale used... more»

(Acapulco, AN 10 January) After an intense, three week-long year-end holiday season, the tourists have packed up and left Acapulco. Estrella Blanca, one of Acapulco’s two main bus lines, reported that they doubled their usual capacity since the week before Christmas, providing 180 arrivals and departures, and carrying 3,000 passengers. ... more»

(Acapulco, AN 10 January) Over the last weekend, 24 persons were “executed” in the poorer urban sections on the outskirts of Acapulco, and yesterday the number rose to a total of 33. Most of them were attributed (or claimed) by a Sinaloa drug cartel headed by Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.... more»

(Chilpancingo, JG 7 January) Governor Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo has requested law enforcement assistance from the federal government during the elections set for January 30. The main role of the federal police will be to supervise polling places, to “dissuade” anyone thinking of committing election fraud. ... more»

(Acapulco, JG 7 January) The candidates for governor make promises that cannot be kept within the confines of the public budget, declares Fernando Vargas Lozano, Acapulco’s chapter head of the Mexican National Employers’ Confederation (Coparmex). ... more»

(Acapulco, JG 6 January) Canada’s representative in the Miss Universe competition has come to Acapulco twice in the last few months, declaring herself to be in love with the natural beauty of the place and with its people. Natalie Glebova, through her press secretary, announced that she was promoting a... more»

(Acapulco, JG 6 January) Representatives of Acapulco’s business sector have announced they are “fed up” with the inability of the federal Department of Transportation to complete any of its Acapulco projects on time. ... more»

(Acapulco, NA 5 January) Early January is a time when the state-owned companies like to raise their prices. Most consumers have their year-end bonuses, and are less likely to notice and complain. Gas goes up a little bit each month. Now, the price of regular is $8.84 pesos a liter... more»

(Acapulco, NA 5 January) Just 44 days after the grand opening of the Bicentennial Overpass on Avenida Cuauhtémoc, the through lanes leading out of town were closed down for more than 15 hours on Saturday. One of CAPAMA’s water lines had broken. It was buried under an exit ramp of... more»

(Acapulco, AN 4 January) The State Public Safety Department reports that in the first two days of 2011, members of the Tourist Police gathered 8 nests of Golfina sea turtle eggs at Acapulco beaches. Of the 763 eggs thus found, many were taken to the Naval Base, where they will... more»

(Acapulco, NA 30 December) According to the Federal Police, Acapulco absorbed 3,120 more cars into its streets and avenues yesterday, as year-end revelers arrive in the City. The inflow was constant, from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm. ... more»

(Acapulco, AN 29 December) The beaches of Caleta and Caletilla continue to be favorites of visiting tourists during all of the vacation seasons because of the calm waves and the variety of products and services that can be purchased there. Tourism experts explain that this area is especially popular with... more»

(Acapulco, JG 29 December) The Consumer Protection Division of the Federal Attorney General’s office (PROFECO) has fined six restaurants in Puerto Marqués for price gouging during the high tourist season. Under the consumer protection law, the establishments can be shut down or fined anywhere from $150 to $500,000 pesos. ... more»

Three local business leaders report that the economic crisis of 2010 took its toll on the private sector, but that the situation now seems to be gradually improving. ... more»

(Acapulco, NA 28 December) December continues to be a busy month for cruise ship arrivals in Acapulco. Last weekend, two more cruise ships, with more than 4,000 tourists aboard, tied up at the town’s facility. This brings the total number during Christmas Week to four, which represents 9,000 visitors. ... more»

(Acapulco, NA 27 December) Of all routes in Acapulco, the “Escénica” (Scenic Highway) is considered the most dangerous, with its curves and narrow shoulders. In 2009 there were 250 reported accidents on the Escénica, which claimed 20 lives. In 2010 to date, that number has risen to 350 accidents, with... more»