Elías Camhaji

A new publication about the alleged links between drug traffickers and the president’s inner circle has, once again, strained the bilateral relationship. According to experts, this is a strategy by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to attack the Mexican president

The White House insists that it has a good relationship with Mexico’s government, after ‘The New York Times’ published a report based on DEA probes into whether drug traffickers contributed money to the president’s campaign

A former Barrio 18 gang leader swindled a high-ranking police chief in a fake plot to have a Mexican drug cartel abduct Elmer Canales Rivera, alias ‘Crook,’ according to an investigation by ‘El Faro’

Three members of the Northeast Cartel have pled guilty to human trafficking on the border between Mexico and the United States. The case has shone a light on how criminals recruit clients and victims via social media

The attorney talks about this week’s historic ruling, the next stage of the legal battle and how the elections on both sides of the border could affect the case

In a historic ruling, a three-judge panel reversed the decision of a Massachusetts court to dismiss the claim against some of the heavyweights of America’s arms industry

The 71-year-old drug trafficker, who for years worked under the protection of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison in the US

The last candidate to join the presidential race has arrived with the advantage of being a little-known face. But he has room to become an uncomfortable rival

The authorities claim that 195 bullets were fired from seven different weapons. They are now targeting ‘a group of people that operates’ on the borders between the Mexican states of Guanajuato and Michoacán

Caught between drug violence and the devastating effects of insatiable demand, the southern border clings to naloxone, a medication that can reverse overdoses stemming from opioids. But while it’s saving lives in the United States, it’s virtually impossible to find in Mexico

Lawyers for the former Mexican official, imprisoned in the U.S. for drug trafficking and organized crime, say they have new evidence that exonerates their client

The far-right politician — who is competing in a runoff election this Sunday — copied entire fragments of an academic article that came out six years before he published his book ‘Pandenomics.’ This is according to court documents to which EL PAÍS has had access

The Mexican president is due to hold bilateral meetings with the presidents of China, Japan the United States, and Canada. Migration and fentanyl are expected to be on the agenda when he sits down with Joe Biden and Xi Jinping

The announcement of 20 new miles of fencing comes as Blinken and Mayorkas visit the country, and increases pressure on the U.S. president ahead of the 2024 elections.

The announcement of new construction on the border fence overshadowed the visit of Antony Blinken and Alejandro Mayorkas, with migration and drug-trafficking the main topics

A new resolution being put forth by Representative Joaquin Castro — to which EL PAÍS has had access — rejects the possibility of U.S. military intervention on Mexican soil

The massacre of six young people reveals how organized crime has imposed its rule over a Mexican state that is plagued by everyday violence and a war between cartels

Congressman Dan Crenshaw has used the disappearance of the five young men to insist that the drug cartels be named ‘enemies of Mexico and the United States’

Sentenced to 17 years in prison for child sexual abuse, the disgraced pastor participates in the Lord’s Supper by phone

The assassination of candidate Fernando Villavicencio has deepened the security crisis and shaken up the political landscape just days before the first round on August 20

Serving a life sentence in the United States, the former cartel boss wrote a letter to a judge complaining about the lack of access to critical documents for his case

The Mexican microbiologist speaks exclusively to EL PAÍS for the first time since his release from prison in the US. Cabrera Fuentes affirms that he isn’t the ‘monster’ that the media has made him out to be. He also says that he’s ready to resume his career and possibly get into politics

Mexico’s former tourism jewel has been rocked by a fresh wave of violence, including kidnappings, murders and narco-blockades, in recent days

The conservative Republican lawmaker — who supports ‘declaring war on the cartels’ — assures EL PAÍS that he is willing to meet with the president of Mexico and move past the verbal dispute that the two men have been engaged in for several months

The drug lord was the leader of Los Cuinis, an ally of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico

One week after targeting the network run by Los Chapitos, the Treasury Department has added an ally of La Nueva Familia Michoacana to its blacklist