More cocaine moves through Ecuador than any other country in the world, meaning cartels like Sinaloa and the CJNG need local criminal organizations to handle transport and logistics
The Mexican government has done little to stem the violence around the state, while local business owners demand greater collaboration with the US
Forensic experts who studied the bodies of civilians who allegedly died at the hands of soldiers concur with the lieutenant’s claim of a shootout with gang members, despite questions raised by video footage of the incident
EL PAÍS has seen statements from security forces about the chaotic scene that left five people dead and implicated a colonel
Footage shows soldiers disarming the men, sheltering from something, then altering the scene by placing weapons next to the bodies. The victims had just crashed their truck into a wall following a street chase that had residents hiding in their homes in the violence-ridden northern city of Nuevo Laredo
The polls are predicting that President López Obrador’s party will win the gubernatorial election in the state of Mexico, which is made up of the areas that surround the capital. If the Institutional Revolutionary Party were to be be defeated after its 94-year-long hold over the governorship, this would be a major victory for the young political movement
For two years, a war between criminal groups has terrorized Frontera Comalapa and its farming communities. Residents and NGOs have denounced an upsurge in violence
One of the 12 police officers accused of murdering 17 migrants and two smugglers in 2021 in northern Mexico changed his story a few months after the incident. In his testimony, to which EL PAÍS has had access, he acknowledges the massacre and says that more agents were involved
In videos shared on social media, an armed group can be seen firing at vehicles, as spectators flee in terror
The blaze at a Mexican government immigration facility left 38 people dead and 28 more seriously injured, the worst such tragedy in living memory
Documents seen by EL PAÍS, a military report and the testimony of a survivor shed light on the shooting deaths of five unarmed young men in the Mexican border city in late February
The border state, where four U.S. citizens were kidnapped in early March, has the highest number of military shootings of civilians and disappeared persons in relation to the overall population
The motive for the attack on a group of four friends in Matamoros remains shrouded in mystery, as does the identity of the perpetrators and how investigators located them
Mexican authorities are working on the assumption that the kidnap of four US citizens in Matamoros, two of whom were found dead, was a case of mistaken identity by drug cartels
The other two US citizens missing since Friday have been found alive. Mexico’s Secretary of Security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, confirmed that one person has been arrested
In photos and videos posted on social media, a group of armed men can be seen taking the hostages after a shootout, among them a woman, the only one who seems conscious
A wave of protests paralyzed the Caribbean country in late 2022, causing water shortages and outbreaks of infectious diseases
Violence, criminal gangs and a failed government have plunged the Caribbean nation into chaos
In a letter delivered to Mexico’s ambassador to the United States via his attorney, the imprisoned drug lord protests his living conditions. He is asking President López Obrador to intercede
The son of drug lord Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán was raised in affluence and joined the family business when he was only 18
Ovidio Guzmán was detained by the Mexican Army in an isolated place, during low traffic hours. Despite all precautions taken, the confrontation left 29 people dead, including 10 soldiers
Violence swept across the state of Sinaloa after the son of ‘El Chapo’ was arrested and taken to Mexico City
Thousands of migrants from Venezuela, stranded at the border between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso in the middle of a cold wave
Hundreds of migrants are camping on the riverbanks and in the streets of both cities as they wait for a Trump-era pandemic-containment measure to expire
The cartel’s reign of terror in southern Mexico has gone unchecked for over 10 years
In the state of Guerrero, 80 armed men broke into the Coyuca de Catalán prison, freeing the alleged boss of a kidnapping gang
Millions of leaked documents detailing the activity of Mexico’s intelligence agencies revealed cases of corruption but also tipped the cartels off and put government employees at risk
