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The Subterranean Scene

On the Rails with Mexico City’s Reggaeton-Loving Subway Gangs

Local gangs known as combos made up of reguetoneros (“reggaeton fans”) in their late teens and early 20s haunt the subway stations of Mexico City. Most combos are guilty of general rowdiness and huffing chemicals in public, like American greasers and heavy metal fans. Full story

A Neo-Aztec in Mexico City

In Mexico City, Aztec culture is not just scattered ruins, jade masks hung in museums, or 'concheros' dressed in colorful feathers dancing and offering to pose with tourists in the city’s main plaza. The “race of bronze” can still be seen in the faces and bodies of a large portio… Full story

Mexico City: Was the Pemex Blast a Bomb or an Accident?

The victims of the explosion at the Pemex headquarters on January 31 were mostly regular, everyday office workers. The dead were secretaries, maintenance guys, accountants. One of those killed was a nine-year-old girl named Dafne Sherlyn Martinez who reportedly went to visit her Full story

Munchies

Enrique Olvera

Enrique is not afraid to mix ants with mayonnaise and coffee and put it all on ears of baby corn. The 14-course tasting menu at his restaurant, Pujol, is considered by many to be the finest in Mexico. Full story

Displaced Verse

A Controversial Syrian Poet Finds Asylum in Mexico City

In Syria, controversial poet Mohamad Alaaedin Abdul Moulawas earned a reputation as a sort of Arabic Henry Miller. Mohamad now lives in Mexico. He fled Syria just before the Free Syrian Army and Assad’s forces decided to turn his country into a pile of rubble. Full story

Shot By Kern

Photos by Richard Kern

Richard Kern photographed Argentine-born Ana Lucia at her home in Mexico City. She told us that in middle school her nickname was "The Sweet Little Ass From Seventh Grade."
If you go to VBS.TV/shotbykern right now, you can watch her get naked and Full story

An Interview with a Mexican Coke Dealer

Julián is a coke dealer. He’s 44. He’s been working Mexico City for two decades. He agreed to take us on a ride-along as he worked. The phone never stopped ringing, not for a minute. Full story

A Mexican In... Vienna

Vice: Why did you decide to move to Vienna? Full story

El Hombre Arana

Ryan McGinley Gets Hoodwinked at the Mexico City Zoo

In the fall of 2006 I was on the Morrissey Tour. I had been touring since March ‘06, traveling all over the world photographing his concerts and fans. Full story