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Authorities assure the victims’ families that the corpses will be recovered within the next few months

EL PAÍS visited the Indigenous Zapotec leader inside his prison cell. According to the UN, he was convicted and jailed for a fabricated murder: ‘The real reason for the arrest and prosecution of López Alavez is his activity as a defender of the human rights of his community’

EL PAÍS reconstructs the rescue of the veteran sailor, who was stranded for months in the Eastern Pacific, based on interviews with the members of the crew that saved him

The Mexican journalist talks about his assassination attempt, the chaos of the moment, the six months that have passed, the president’s attacks and the stagnation of the investigation: ‘Someone tried to kill me. I don’t know who, I don’t know why’

In a statement signed by 1,000 leading figures, including Noam Chomsky and Diego Luna, the EZLN say that they are coming under attack from paramilitary groups, who act with the ‘passive and active complicity’ of the authorities

At least one person has died after an outbreak similar to that seen in Durango. Mexico’s authorities have reported 23 cases, nine in U.S. patients and 14 in Mexicans

Experts in pharmacology, anthropology and medicine explain what it is, its effects, how it is consumed, the torture of withdrawal and the risks of overdosing

Photographer César Rodríguez shines a light on the effect of market changes in the demand for illegal drugs on communities that survived by cultivating in the mountains of Guerrero

As Easter Week kicked off, murders in Cancún and Acapulco forced the government to deploy troops to the country’s major tourist centers

The extradition to the United States of Jorge Iván Gastélum, hitman and great strategist, means the fall of “the last piece on El Chapo’s chessboard”

The US Treasury Department says Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada’s lieutenant is ‘responsible for coordinating the purchase and transportation of cocaine and methamphetamine from Sinaloa to Arizona and California’

EL PAÍS has received exclusive access to the police testimony of Margarita María Ochoa, whose husband and two nephews were killed by squatters in the historic Roma neighborhood

The woman identified as Rebeca is a friend of the other four arrested suspects and was located through mobile phone tracking

Two women and a man who lived in the home with the victims have been arrested for the crime

Eleven young women and one man have died so far and there have been more than 60 infections reported after a fungus was found in several batches of anesthetic

In his acclaimed novel, Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño immortalized Mexico City’s 1970s poet counterculture, turning his fellow rebel-writers into icons and objects of criticism. EL PAÍS spoke with the movement’s living members, now in their 60s, to see what they’re up to today

Amnesty International says that President Nayib Bukele is using the state of emergency to criminalize people living in poverty: nearly 2% of the adult population is in prison

Since 2018, Eduardo Giralt Brun has been trying to understand the psyche of the foot soldiers in the criminal group. His work has led to two documentaries and a book of photography that challenge the glamorous TV depictions of narco culture

According to experts, criminal organizations in Michoacán are using unmanned aerial vehicles to drop bombs, transport drugs and intimidate the public

Residents of the western state, one of the hardest hit by narc-related violence, feel abandoned and helpless against criminal groups such as Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación

The Spanish government has reached an agreement with Morocco to expel 740 of the youngsters who entered irregularly in May, but critics say the move violates the law