The 56-year-old died at a detention center in Laredo after months in custody. Mexico says it will file a criminal complaint over the case
The journalist behind the ’1619 Project’ on slavery digs into racial resentment and the role of education and history at the Hay Festival in Dallas
Netflix has co-produced a big-budget movie based on a real-life story that was first reported by EL PAÍS following the devastating storm in Acapulco in 2023
Ambassador Ronald Johnson calls for a ‘sovereign Mexico’ that is ‘free of criminal organizations’ at a gathering in which Mexican governors, lawmakers and government officials praised the successful relationship with the US amid political and economic tension
The suspect in the attack against the Spanish exchange student had been recorded committing several robberies at businesses in Cuautla, a crime-ridden city
Security cameras in the area, footage from which EL PAÍS has seen, captured a person running away after residents alerted police
Authorities are investigating the femicide of the young Spanish woman, who was on an exchange program in Mexico, while the previous murders of Kimberly Ramos, Karol Toledo, and Michelle Fuentes remain unsolved
The State Attorney General’s Office is investigating the alleged stabbing of 21-year-old Claudia Tacoronte, the fourth student death at the university in seven months
The provisional ruling affects citizens who obtained nationality under the Democratic Memory Law, known as the ‘Grandchildren’s Law’
The arrest of Argentine businessman Diego Sebastián Rosen Ferlini has done little to explain the killings of the Camilo Séptimo musician, his pregnant partner, their daughter and a household employee
Former Sinaloa security secretary, accused alongside Rubén Rocha Moya of ties to Los Chapitos, is no longer in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, although his criminal case remains ongoing
Ambassador Ronald Johnson reveals a new agreement to purchase drones and Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch will attend the DEA conference in Argentina
In the early months of 2026, Heber Sánchez, Alberto Gutiérrez, Royer Pérez, José Guadalupe Ramos, Alejandro Cabrera and Lorenzo Salgado died in the custody of US immigration authorities. Their cases have pushed Claudia Sheinbaum to announce ‘important legal measures’
EL PAÍS reconstructs the feline’s final movements after he escaped from a facility when doors were left open, and later died of a gunshot wound during a containment operation
The meeting seals the normalization of diplomatic relations after seven years, leaving behind tensions sparked by López Obrador’s controversial letter asking for an apology
The president’s scheduled meeting with King Felipe IV represents a distancing from her predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, though not a complete break with his legacy. The move also carries a political component in response to pressure from Trump
Security chief Omar García Harfuch confirms the pact under which El Mencho provided ‘funding and personnel resources’ to the Guzmán faction. The DEA, videos, and even Google Maps had pointed to the agreement
Negotiations between the Interior and Education secretariats have failed to settle the CNTE marches and those of families of the disappeared in Mexico City
An armed squad took Roxana Berenice Guzmán, founder of Pulso Informativo del Sureste, from her home in the state of Veracruz in front of her family. Despite the recorded evidence, no arrests have been made and the victim remains missing
After just two months in office, the foreign secretary is facing one of the most delicate moments in the US-Mexico relationship. The presence of CIA agents, the indictment of the governor of Sinaloa and the crisis in Cuba shape his horizon
In an account still riddled with questions, the death of two intelligence officers in Chihuahua continues to set events in motion inside and outside the country
A cancer survivor living with diabetes, the 69‑year‑old worker speaks exclusively to EL PAÍS about her struggle to collect the settlement owed to her as the singer’s longtime assistant, after he removed her from his team in 2017 without explanation
Between September and December 2024, 83 people disappeared along the Chiapas coast. There is still no leads, no findings, no arrests. Their families arrived in the country for the first real search in 16 months
A multi-million-dollar security investment by the right-leaning Chihuahua state government of Maru Campos, the Sentinel Tower has become the target of federal complaints
This 29-year-old Salvadoran man told EL PAÍS that he survived the capsizing of a boat carrying dozens of people. The family of his missing girlfriend, Yosselyn Guerrero, believes he may be part of a trafficking network
Mexico and the United States identify the 41-year-old as the possible successor to the powerful organization. Part of an old Michoacán clan and stepson of El Mencho, criminal lineage looms large in the story of the leader of the CJNG’s Elite Group
The governments of Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump maintain an unwritten agreement for the deportation of foreigners. A federal judge has estimated that 6,000 Cubans have been deported so far. Most arrive in the Mexican cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula, where they barely survive in the absence of state support