All posts tagged: Mexican

Mexican Art Academy Faces Controversy over Fábian Cháirez Show

Mexican Art Academy Faces Controversy over Fábian Cháirez Show

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On Friday, March 7, as yet another museum censorship controversy roiled Mexico’s art scene, a group of around 250 protesters flying rainbow flags gathered at the shuttered entrance of Mexico City’s Academy of San Carlos, the oldest art school on the American continent. Founded in 1783, the Academy of San Carlos houses one of the finest art collections in Mexico, with works ranging from prints by Dürer and Rembrandt to plaster casts of works by Michelangelo, Cellini, and Ghiberti. But over the past week, it has gained notice not for its holdings but for the censorship of an exhibition there by artist Fabián Cháirez. Related Articles Cháirez is known for homoerotic scenes showing members of the Catholic church in ecstasy. He is no stranger to controversy: his campy depiction of revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata (1879–1919), La Revolución, generated strident protests back in 2019, and in one instance devolved into violence. The painter’s Academy of San Carlos show, “The Coming of the Lord,” has stoked indignation among religious groups since it opened during Mexico City’s Art …

‘Nada cambia’: Mexican drugs lord ‘El Mayo’ has been captured, but does targeting kingpins work? | Drugs trade

‘Nada cambia’: Mexican drugs lord ‘El Mayo’ has been captured, but does targeting kingpins work? | Drugs trade

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They are the most significant arrests on the battlefield of global narco-traffic since that of the world’s most famous criminal, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, in 2016. This time it was the turn of Guzmán’s son, also called Joaquín – and the cartel’s co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García. El Mayo, who pleaded not guilty to charges of drug trafficking and money laundering at a special court in El Paso, Texas, on Friday, is the crucial figure in the Sinaloa syndicate, still among the biggest and most powerful in the world. He is the architect of the modern drug cartel as corporation. Inasmuch as the Sinaloa cartel is a multinational corporate success, El Mayo is at once the co-founding CEO and the chief finance officer. The man who lived and worked in the shadows, while El Chapo stole the headlines; the man who never, until now, spent a minute within the walls of a cell. The man to whom Netflix devoted a World’s Most Wanted segment, but a supporting part (as Don …

Mary Berry’s Secret Ingredient ‘Mexican Lasagne’ So Easy

Mary Berry’s Secret Ingredient ‘Mexican Lasagne’ So Easy

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Mary Berry’s a bit of a funny one when it comes to lasagne. First, we learned she puts crème fraîche in her midweek (chicken) lasagne to speed the cooking time up a bit. Then, it turned out she put redcurrant jam in her spag bol. So what about what she calls a kind of “Mexican lasagne”, which involves lobbing mango chutney into a chilli? What possible (delicious) affront to multiple cultures could lie ahead? Well, it turns out the Great British Bake-Off legend uses “ready-made tortillas instead of sheets of pasta,” which she promises is “utterly delicious and very moreish!” Hear me out… …This sort of makes sense? I mean, isn’t it basically a slightly ungodly, but nonetheless delicious, nachos/enchilada/lasagne cross? And as with the redcurrant jam in her bolognese, Mary Berry’s addition of mango chutney to her sort-of chilli mix offers a caramelising, sunny tang. There’s a throwback to the Cordon Bleu-trained chef’s chicken lasagne in the recipe too, in that she uses mascarpone instead of a fiddly roux-based cheese sauce (the solution for …

Bodies found dumped in Mexican well belong to missing surfers

Bodies found dumped in Mexican well belong to missing surfers

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Mexican authorities on Sunday confirmed the American and two Australian tourists who went missing in northern Mexico last week are dead after their bodies were identified by their parents. The bodies of Australian brothers Callum, 33, and Jake Robinson, 30, as well as Carter Rhoad, 30, were found at the bottom of a well in Baja California state earlier this week after a days-long search. The three foreigners went missing while on a vacation surfing near the popular tourist town of Ensenada, about 90 minutes south of the US-Mexico border on the Pacific coast. Baja California state Attorney General’s Office said in a statement the confirmation was issued once the parents of the victims “were able to identify them, without the need of genetic tests”. State Attorney General Elena Andrade told the parents and diplomatic officials that there was “total institutional commitment to continue with the investigation of these unfortunate events until those responsible receive the full weight of the law”, the statement added. On Saturday, Ms Andrade said that the bodies were found in …

Man charged after bodies found in search for missing surfers, Mexican officials say

Man charged after bodies found in search for missing surfers, Mexican officials say

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Three people are in custody after officials found the bodies of three men they believe may be an American and a pair of Australian brothers who went missing in Mexico last month, authorities said Sunday. One man in custody has been charged with forced disappearance of people, while another man and a woman are in detention and suspected of possible involvement in the case, according to Baja California prosecutors. Source link

Mexican authorities say thieves killed 2 Australians, American

Mexican authorities say thieves killed 2 Australians, American

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MEXICO CITY —  Relatives have identified three bodies found in a well as those of two Australian surfers and one American who went missing last weekend, Mexican authorities said Sunday. Baja California state prosecutors said the relatives had viewed the corpses, recovered from a remote well about 50 feet deep, and recognized them as their loved ones. Thieves apparently killed the three, who were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, to steal their pickup truck because they wanted the tires. They allegedly got rid of the bodies by dumping them in the well. The well was located some 4 miles from where the foreigners were killed. It also contained a fourth cadaver that had been there much longer. In this image made from video, police officers stand guard Thursday at the station in Ensenada, Mexico. (Associated Press) Three suspects are being held in connection with the case, which was solved far more quickly than the disappearances of thousands of Mexicans, locals said. The victims were on a camping and surfing trip along a stretch …

Best Mexican restaurants and bars in London, from KOL to La Chingada

Best Mexican restaurants and bars in London, from KOL to La Chingada

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Santo Remedio translates as “holy remedy” and it has been one for me, for everything from hangover to heartbreak. It is the first restaurant I visited post the first lockdown, clamouring for their soft-shell crab tacos zinging with fresh Jalepeno peppers, corn on the cob showered in Pecorino and grilled into fudgy sweetness, and a margarita — of course — dusted with a chilli salt rim. It is, for what it’s worth, mostly authentic. Where necessary, ingredients are imported from Mexico — dried chillies, cocoa for the mole, dried corn for the tortillas — but the vegetables, meat and fish are meticulously British. Its owners, chef Edson Diaz-Fuentes and his wife, general manager Natalie, are Mexican, and their warmth, enthusiasm and integrity imbues the spirit of the two restaurants, which are somehow at once colourful and cluttered and reassuringly pared back. Order the chicharrons and the guacamole, truly one of the best in town, and come here on a Saturday for bottomless brunch, if that’s your thing. Source link

Bodies Recovered Likely Those of 2 Australians, 1 American Who Went Missing, Mexican Prosecutors Say

Bodies Recovered Likely Those of 2 Australians, 1 American Who Went Missing, Mexican Prosecutors Say

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico’s Baja California state are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping and surfing trip, the state prosecutor’s office said Saturday. While there has not yet been confirmation based on forensic examination, physical characteristics — including hair and clothing — means there is a high likelihood that the bodies are those of the three tourists, local TV network Milenio reported, citing chief state prosecutor María Elena Andrade Ramírez. “It is presumed that (the bodies) are the ones being investigated,” an employee of the state prosecutors’ office who was not authorized to be quoted by name told The Associated Press. The bodies were found in a well where investigators also found another body that authorities said would be investigated. “A fourth body was located. It is not related to the three foreigners. The fourth body had been there for a long time,” the official added. The site where the bodies were discovered near …

US Representative Cuellar hit with bribery charges tied to Azerbaijan, Mexican bank

US Representative Cuellar hit with bribery charges tied to Azerbaijan, Mexican bank

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WASHINGTON: United States Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted for allegedly accepting close to US$600,000 (S$809,in bribes in two schemes meant to benefit an Azerbaijani state-owned energy company and an unnamed bank based in Mexico, court papers showed. The indictment, returned by a grand jury on Tuesday (Apr 30) and unsealed on Friday, said the bribes were laundered through sham consulting contracts into shell companies owned by Imelda, the congressman’s wife, from December 2014 through at least November 2021. In exchange, it says Cuellar sought to use his public position to influence US foreign policy in Azerbaijan’s favor and to pressure US government officials to help the Mexican bank lobby against anti-money laundering enforcement policies and payday lending regulations that threatened its business. Before the charges were unsealed, Cuellar issued a statement denying the allegations. “Both my wife and I are innocent of these allegations,” said Cuellar. One of the most conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives, Cuellar is seeking an 11th two-year term in the Nov 5 election. He represents a …