Pablo Ferri

On the day of the opening game and this Tuesday, the country recorded two of the days with the fewest intentional homicides in the past decade, a trend that has become established over the past year

This is the story of an island of 156,000 inhabitants, the smallest country ever to play in a World Cup, that has found in soccer one more reason for joy

In 2022, traffickers from the Lacandona area in southern Mexico negotiated an extraordinary deal with the Army: the return of 100 kilos of cocaine in exchange for 33 soldiers they had kidnapped. EL PAÍS reconstructs the episode — a window, in reality, onto a 50-year conflict in one of North America’s natural jewels

The president revealed some tension in last week’s meeting with the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin over crime: ‘I told him there are state institutions that are coordinated by brave men’

For over 10 years, Los Ardillos, a criminal group entrenched in municipal power in central Guerrero, have been fighting to expand their territory

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum met with Markwayne Mullin amid the controversy over US accusations against Sinaloa officials

Reports about the agency’s possible involvement in the murder of a mid-level Sinaloa Cartel operative deepen the binational security crisis

The good feeling that existed between the Mexican security cabinet and US law enforcement agencies has soured due to the clashes of recent weeks

The capture of Audias Flores took place with no exchange of gunfire and with intelligence from US agencies, according to the official account

The Attorney General Office’s failure to secure the site where the cartel kingpin was killed, the gaps in the narrative about the subsequent violence that left dozens dead, and the doubts about the future of the CJNG paint a picture of the current criminal landscape in Mexico

The arrest of ‘Lobo Menor’ in the Mexican capital sheds light on the criminal relationship between the three countries, connected to cocaine trafficking

Beyond acronyms and groups, and the unequal territorial control they exert, the death of El Mencho demonstrates the intensification of operations against crime in the country, under the watchful eye of the United States

Mindful of the insecurity in his native country, the Mexican writer presents ‘The Mermaid and the Retiree,’ a political and suspenseful work set in Culiacán that follows a congressional candidate who must confront the many forms of violence around her

The expected guilty pleas of Erick Valencia, ‘El 85’ and Abigael González, ‘El Cuini,’ confirm the decline of the old guard

The leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel had spent decades evading justice. He was brought down in an operation in the mountains of Jalisco that has sparked a violent reaction in various states across the country

Harfuch points to a criminal misunderstanding as the cause of the workers’ abduction. The bodies of at least five have been found in a mass grave, with another five yet to be identified

In Huitzo, Oaxaca, two experts explore the intricacies of the Tomb of the Owl, one of the most important discoveries in Mexican archaeology of the last decade

The vast lemon industry of the Tierra Caliente region of Michoacán, where the alleged extortionist had his fiefdom, puts any preconceived notions about violence and power to shame

The former Canadian athlete, accused of drug trafficking and murder north of the Rio Grande, has surrendered to US authorities

A top government target whose currency was violence, César Sepúlveda had become a key supplier and intermediary for much of the productive activity in Tierra Caliente

The transfer to the US of 37 prisoners, including leaders of the Sinaloa, Jalisco New Generation and Northeast cartels, is a response to threats made by the Republican in recent weeks regarding operations south of the Rio Grande

In his new book, the academic explores the recent history of weapons production in the country and the trafficking of guns to Mexico

Mexican authorities point to the growing influence of Fausto Isidro, once a mid-level regional crime boss, in drug trafficking to the United States

The arrest of Maduro for alleged drug trafficking contrasts with the pardon of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted of the same crime

The Treasury Department notes that the boss of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel manages the group’s operations from prison and even forged an alliance with the Gulf Cartel while behind bars

The arrest of an operative of the powerful CATEM labor union with links to the Sinaloa Cartel increases the pressure on the government in its challenge to curb the cartels