Zedryk Raziel

In his State of the Union speech, the president insists that ‘large parts of Mexico have been controlled by murderous drug cartels’

The death of El Mencho raises questions about who will succeed him at the head of the powerful criminal organization, whose operations range from drug trafficking to extortion and money laundering

From Texas, Luxemborg Trading LLC ordered thousands of shipments with the help of shell companies in Mexico, in a vast operation that has delivered $8 million dollars to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

Mexico is preparing to enter the gas extraction market with this method, which has sparked intense debate both within and outside the government. EL PAÍS brings together the views of six specialists on this technique — voices both defending and criticizing it

Despite Washington’s criticism of the ‘gradual approach,’ Claudia Sheinbaum’s security strategy, focused on drug seizures, the destruction of laboratories, and direct attacks on cartels, has yielded results

The Mexican president is withstanding pressure from the Republican to send U.S. troops in and acknowledges her government ‘can do more’ to combat drug trafficking

In just a few weeks, the Mexican businessman went from society pages to organized crime headlines

The former Mexican president describes Donald Trump as “a tough man, but not foolish,” alluding to his negotiating style, and recounts the tense situations he faced during the Republican’s first term

According to an audit obtained by EL PAÍS, the lawyer siphoned off funds from the Enrique Peña Nieto administration and transferred millions to dozens of high-profile public figures

The veteran politician resigns from the office two years before the end of his term, leaving Claudia Sheinbaum free to complete her security cabinet

A cooperating witness details the links with ‘El Tanque’ and ‘Primito,’ two cartel bosses sanctioned by the Treasury Department, and their business dealings with the tycoon accused of smuggling oil stolen from Pemex into the US

A hitman linked to the CJNG shot dead the mayor of Uruapan, who had arrested the group’s leader in August

The Spanish government has acknowledged the injustices committed during the Conquest, a first step toward resolving the dispute between the two countries over differing interpretations of that historical event

The government is close to capturing the tax lawyer, whom it accuses of leading a gigantic structure of shell companies serving corrupt politicians, businessmen, and drug traffickers

Ten people at the Attorney General’s Office have been dismissed for replacing drugs that were to be incinerated with a harmless substitute — among them, the agency’s comptroller

A security operation discovered a site in Michoacán where a group of men from the megachurch were being trained in military tactics

Washington accuses tycoon James Jensen and his family of disguising multimillion-dollar shipments of fuel stolen from Pemex with the help of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

The only country to elect all its judges at the ballot box embarks on trial and error of a model unparalleled anywhere else in the world

Washington claims the veteran drug lord and other cartel leaders earned $10 million a year from cocaine trafficking alone, while El Mayo held assets worth $15 billion

The US president throws one of Mexico’s greatest enemies into the ring at a time when both nations are negotiating a comprehensive security agreement

The transfer follows the same pattern as last February, when Mexico handed over 29 drug lords, including Rafael Caro Quintero, the ‘Narco of Narcos’

Trump’s policies have destroyed the traditional map of migration. Arrests of people in transit on their way to the northern border have dropped to historic lows. Now families are returning to their countries of origin or adapting to life in Mexico

The Trump administration includes among its criminal targets foreign officials who have received bribes from drug trafficking and organized crime money-laundering networks

The murder of Ximena Guzmán and José Muñoz is a direct challenge to Morena, the ruling party, in its largest political stronghold

The reform proposed by Claudia Sheinbaum establishes significant financial penalties for radio and television companies

A study, to which EL PAÍS has had access, identifies alterations at the Jalisco site where relatives of missing persons have reported discovering huge quantities of bones