Jalisco

A frontline pine grower was murdered in Wanahuato, a state in central Mexico where a war is raging between rival drug cartels, local authorities announced yesterday, Sunday.

The victim, Ricardo Vega, was the owner of the Cuna de Tierra winery on the Dolores Idalgo highway.

Scientists from several different universities have discovered a new turtle species in rivers and streams of the western Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta, the country's National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT) said Thursday.

Patricia flattened a fishing hamlet on Mexico's Pacific coast, but authorities were relieved to see Oct. 24 that the record-breaking hurricane largely spared the country and dissipated as it moved north.