Car tax discount drops by 15 percent
Owners of Mexican-plated cars who missed out on the 30-percent discount on their annual registration fee (refrendo) offered during the first three months of the year have until May 31 to get 15 percent off the tax.

The number of Monarch butterflies migrating to central Mexico has plummeted by 59 percent in the last year, according to the annual census released earlier this month.
Holy Week observances come to a dramatic peak on Good Friday, March 29, with traditional live reenactments of Jesus Christ’s march to Calvary and Crucifixion.
All Mexicans aged 65 and over will soon be entitled to a state pension, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced in Guadalajara last week.
With the aim of fostering greater competition in the telecommunications sector, the Mexican government unveiled reforms on Monday that would weaken the influence of billionaire Carlos Slim and television giant Televisa.
Less than a week after President Enrique Peña Nieto went on live television to declare that “no one is above the law,” his party blocked reforms to ensure that he remains the one person in Mexico who is still above the law.