Hacker News with Generative AI: Mexico

Tracing Colonial Mexico with Maps and Ink (2020) (magazine.tcu.edu)
Indigenous maps of colonial Mexico in the 16th to 18th centuries — and the materials used to create them — have captured Alex Hidalgo’s imagination for nearly a decade.

History, Cartography, Indigenous Cultures, Mexico, Colonialism

16 points by mooreds 18 days ago | 0 comments

Migrants Face Mass Kidnappings as U.S. and Mexico Ramp Up Enforcement (propublica.org)
It was Jan. 17 when Nevy de Zelada, a migrant from Guatemala, and her family were walking on the edge of a four-lane highway in southern Mexico in blistering, 100-degree heat.

Immigration, Mexico, Human Rights, Crime

11 points by hn_acker 19 days ago | 3 comments

Mexican TikTokers coded words to report on narco-violence without getting banned (restofworld.org)
Mexican TikTokers who report on drug-related violence have come up with code words to avoid having their content removed.

Mexico, Social Media, Censorship, Crime, Journalism

15 points by giuliomagnifico 22 days ago | 7 comments

PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle (bbc.com)
A huge Maya city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico.

Archaeology, History, Mexico, Maya Civilization

173 points by janpot 23 days ago | 117 comments

Lost Maya city with temple pyramids and plazas discovered in Mexico (theguardian.com)
After swapping machetes and binoculars for computer screens and laser mapping, a team of researchers have stumbled on a lost Maya city of temple pyramids, enclosed plazas and a reservoir, all of which had been hidden for centuries by the Mexican jungle.

Archaeology, Maya Civilization, Mexico, History, Discovery

12 points by tosh 23 days ago | 0 comments

Researcher finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident (bbc.com)
A huge Maya city has been discovered centuries after it disappeared under jungle canopy in Mexico.

Archeology, Mexico, Maya Civilization, History

10 points by wood_spirit 23 days ago | 0 comments

Mexico revives century-old railway in $2.8B bid to rival Panama Canal (2023) (ft.com)

Mexico, Transportation, Infrastructure, Panama Canal, Economics

42 points by divbzero 44 days ago | 14 comments

Migrant encounters at U.S.-Mexico border have fallen sharply in 2024 (pewresearch.org)
After reaching a record high at the end of 2023, the monthly number of U.S. Border Patrol encounters with migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico has plummeted so far in 2024.

Immigration, Border Security, United States, Mexico

6 points by hn_acker 47 days ago | 1 comments

In Mexico’s underwater caves, a glimpse of artifacts, fossils and human remains (smithsonianmag.com)
The underwater caves of the Yucatán Peninsula are a window to the distant past.

Archaeology, Mexico, Underwater Exploration, Paleontology

184 points by pseudolus 50 days ago | 53 comments

the US stirs up the hornet's nest of drug trafficking in Mexico (elpais.com)
Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for former Mexican drug czar Genaro García Luna, hours after Mexico’s president said Washington is ‘ jointly responsible’ for the violence that has broken out in Sinaloa

Drug Trafficking, Mexico, Politics, Law Enforcement

15 points by PaulHoule 50 days ago | 0 comments

Timeshare owner? The Mexican drug cartels want you (krebsonsecurity.com)
The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick people into believing someone wants to buy their property.

Scams, Crime, Mexico, Telemarketing, Drug Cartels

246 points by todsacerdoti 57 days ago | 292 comments

Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48) (publicdomainreview.org)

Mexico, History, Archaeology, Public Domain

35 points by Thevet 68 days ago | 3 comments

Texas Is Arming Mexico's Gunmen (texasobserver.org)

Texas, Mexico, Guns, Crime, Politics

34 points by ivanleoncz 80 days ago | 31 comments

Traveling with a Laptop and an iPad to Mexico? Prepare to Pay Hundreds (forbes.com)

Traveling, Mexico, Technology, Costs

41 points by josephcsible 81 days ago | 9 comments

China Conquers Mexico's Automotive Market, and the US Is Worried (wired.com)