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Volunteers clean the debris from damaged houses in Jojutla de Juarez on Sept. 20, 2017. (Credit: ENRIQUE CASTRO SANCHEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Search for Mexico Quake Survivors Winds Down

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 23, 2017 | World

Mexican rescuers were working through the early hours Saturday in a desperate search for survivors amidst twisted rubble of collapsed buildings three days after a deadly earthquake. Across Mexico City, with exhausted emergency workers still reporting signs of life,...

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More than 650 skulls caked in lime and thousands of fragments
were unearthed/ Reuters

Unearthed Tower of Human Skulls in Heart of Mexico City

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 4, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Mexico City, London- In the heart of Mexico City, archaeologists have discovered an unearthed tower of human skulls that has raised new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec Empire after crania of women and children. Archaeologists have found more than...

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Riot policemen walk in front of the cathedral on the Zocalo after dispersing demonstrators on the Zocalo in Mexico City. (REUTERS/Tomas Bravo)

Police end occupation of Mexico City center

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 14, 2013 | World

Mexico City, AP—Mexican riot police have cracked down on the strongest challenge yet to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s reform program, sweeping thousands of striking teachers out of Mexico City’s main square with tear gas and water cannons. Workers moved...