The battle unleashed between factions of Mexico’s organized crime groups following the arrest of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada has put journalists at the center of attacks, kidnappings and threats
Founded in the 1980s, the criminal organization is struggling amid the raids launched by the authorities and an internal turf war
U.S. authorities are stepping up their fight against the criminal organization, which the Treasury Department claims is responsible for a ‘significant proportion’ of the trafficking of the opioid
Washington closes in on the Mexican crime gang responsible for huge volumes of fentanyl trafficking
Mexico will take Ecuador embassy raid to the International Court of Justice and asks the United Nations to suspend the Andean nation
Daniel Noboa’s government described Jorge Glas’ asylum at Mexican legation as a provocation and justified the assault as a necessary step to prevent impunity
Colombia has demanded an apology and will expel diplomats after the Argentine president called Gustavo Petro a ‘terrorist murderer’ during an interview with CNN
EL PAÍS has accessed dozens of internal documents from El Yunque, which explain the doctrine behind the ultraconservative Mexican sect. Various far-right lobbying and action groups — having infiltrated political parties and civil society organizations — are united in a strategy to impose an agenda against abortion, equal marriage and the fight for LGBTQ+ rights
At least 33 people involved in politics, some of whom are aspiring to office, have been assassinated in the first two months of the year
Community police in the state of Guerrero have recruited 20 minors to redress the authorities’ inability to contain the violence
A delegation from Washington will visit Mexican President López Obrador on Wednesday to discuss how to stem the mass influx of people at the U.S. southern border
A delegation from the Biden administration will visit President López Obrador to define new measures to deal with the massive arrival of people at the frontier
Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas was the head of security for Los Chapitos, the branch of the organization led by the sons of El Chapo, and suspected of orchestrating the violence unleashed in response to the detention of Ovidio Guzmán
Ahead of Sunday’s vote, the far-right candidate has garnered support from all ages and social classes, although his most active followers are young men
The Department of Homeland Security aims to boost agent deployment along the southern border for more extensive ‘high-profile’ investigations
The Department of Justice indictments reveal some of the atrocities committed by the Sinaloa Cartel, which include kidnappings, torture, and the bribery of officials
‘The Mouse’ was transferred on Friday over drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges
The Mexican president will embark on the fourth international trip of his term at a key moment for political change within his party
Ricardo Flores Suárez – from Mexico’s National Action Party (PAN) – was executed on Monday night by an armed man. The killer opened fire at a sports center and also injured two people
Sandra Cuevas, the local leader of Cuauhtémoc, attended a human trafficking summit hosted by the Conservative Political Action Conference
Arturo Zaldívar, a former Chief Justice, issued an open letter and an opinion column in ‘Milenio’ following criticism of his social media activity praising the American singer
A group of scientists is studying whether the loss of fur detected in this species, which live in Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, is due to the increase in sea temperature
The ancient DNA of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican populations reveals a genetic continuity that indicates their adaptation after centuries of mega-droughts
According to leaked documents accessed by ‘The Washington Post,’ authorities in the United States wiretapped conversations between members of the criminal organization, who were suspected of kidnapping the tourists
The U.S. Department of Justice has built a case against a group of traffickers who transported drugs in small boats along the Pacific, making stops in Mexico and Central America
Brussels considers Latin American criminal organizations a ‘serious threat’ to the bloc’s internal security as shipments increase and entry routes evolve
A network of lawyers, public notaries and government officials have expropriated more than 4,000 properties in a single year to sell at below-market prices