The Latest Breaking News from UNAM

Mexico’s top university orders 58,000 students to resit entrance exam after suspected cheating

National Autonomous University of Mexico says applicants must take test in person after online debacle

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

Volunteer Group That Discovered Cartel Ranch Accuses Mexican AG Of Covering Up Cremation Site Evidence

Members of the volunteer group that first alerted authorities of a ranch used by the Jalisco cartel to train recruits are clashing with the Mexican attorney general

Latin Times · Apr 30, 2025

Mexican AG Says There's No Evidence About Infamous Jalisco Ranch Being Used As Human Cremation Site

An analysis by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) conducted by forensic experts found no heating levels above 200 degrees in any of the burned areas at the property

Latin Times · Apr 30, 2025

Analysis-Mexico City metro exposes "Achilles heel" of mayor's presidential dreams

The second major accident in the Mexico City metro in as many years and a series of recent mishaps in the transport system have piled pressure on Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, one of the favorites to become the country's next president.

Reuters · Jan 23, 2023

Mexico Supreme Court judge copied 'substantial part' of thesis, university says

One of Mexico's top judges copied "a substantial part of content" for her 1987 thesis from another student's work presented a year earlier, her university said on Wednesday, following a plagiarism scandal made public last month.

Reuters · Jan 12, 2023

A Mexican Supreme Court justice fights a plagiarism scandal

Earlier this month, Yasmín Esquivel Mossa, a justice on Mexico's Supreme Court, announced she was putting herself in the running to become the first woman to lead the court in its 198-year history.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 28, 2022

Brazil star Dani Alves explains how game vs Middlesbrough changed his life

Dani Alves has 124 caps for Brazil and has won 46 titles in a career with Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus - but Middlesbrough holds a special place in his heart

Daily Mirror · Nov 10, 2022

In Mexico, indigenous peoples and scientists race to save an iconic Aztec animal

Once mutually wary, farmers and scientists are working jointly to save a key ecosystem — and an endangered salamander.

Inverse · Aug 8, 2022

Tiny Robots Made in Mexico to Explore Moon in Scientific First

Five tiny robots designed and made in Mexico will blast off for the moon later this year, part of a first-of-its-kind scientific mission that envisions the two-wheeled bots scrambling across the lunar surface while taking sophisticated measurements. The so-called nano robots developed by researchers at Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM)…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 25, 2022