Zedryk Raziel

Both leading presidential candidates have placed crime at the center of their platforms. Xóchitl Gálvez is promising to build a mega-prison, while Claudia Sheinbaum wants to integrate the National Guard into the Army

Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas has sent a bill to Congress asking the Pentagon for regular briefings to explain its efforts against the powerful criminal organization

In a four-hour press conference, the richest man in Latin America discusses his business empire, the outgoing López Obrador administration and upcoming elections

Nearly 30 years after the PRI candidate’s assassination, Mexico’s Attorney General refutes the claim that killer Mario Aburto acted alone

EL PAÍS has reconstructed the battle to control the institution that will oversee the upcoming presidential elections in Mexico. This report examines the role of the magistrates, the political power they wield, as well as the slow-motion fall of Judge Reyes Rodríguez, the head of the court who was forced to resign

Thousands of people have begun crossing the country as a Washington delegation prepares to meet with Mexican officials to discuss the rising number of undocumented arrivals

The Salvadoran leader is seeking a second term in office, despite the fact that it is expressly prohibited by the Constitution of the Central American country

Mexico’s president convenes 12 nations for talks on debt reduction and regional cooperation on trade, security and employment

The former secretary of defense whose arrest in 2021 caused a diplomatic clash has received recognition for his contributions to the army

Dozens of activists have been arrested and accused of being gang members in El Salvador, in what social organizations say is a politically motivated campaign

The popular president will seek to complete infrastructure initiatives, support his party’s candidate and ensure a smooth succession

In 2021, the Mexican president promised that he would design a Global Fraternity and Welfare Fund and propose it to the UN. This project would attract donations from the world’s wealthiest individuals, companies and countries to assist 750 million people living in poverty

President Nayib Bukele’s government has opened a hotline for people to report gang ‘collaborators.’ Many Salvadorans have taken advantage of that resource to settle personal vendettas with their neighbors

The Salvadoran president’s strategy for dealing with gangs has eroded democratic freedoms and rights, but is also tantalizing for many politicians

The state of Mexico – known as ‘Edomex’ to distinguish it from the name of the whole country – is not only the site of an electoral battle between the Morena party and the historic PRI. Two large cartels and some 30 local criminal groups are fighting over illegal businesses, terrorizing the marginalized population in the process

The former secretary of Public Security profited from lucrative, sole source contracts for location tracking and phone tapping equipment

The Mexican government has filed a suit in Florida accusing the former security official of diverting over $750 million in public funds, while a NY court is trying him for allegedly taking bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel

The company that manages hundreds of apartments on the short-term rental platform is pushing up prices to exorbitant levels

The relatives of Kandace Florence, Jordan Marshall and Courtez Hall want the rental giant to ensure that all properties advertised on its app have working carbon monoxide monitors

The victims’ families are requesting new autopsies amid doubts about official reports of a strong gas smell at the site

The Prosecutor’s Office says that the tourists died of carbon monoxide poisoning, while relatives of the victims, one woman and two men, believe they were drugged at a bar

The increase in ‘digital nomads’ with higher purchasing power is forcing locals further away from the Mexican capital’s downtown boroughs as the rental platform targets longer-term stays

White House asked government of López Obrador for a quota of 60 extraditions a year and provided a list of priority targets as part of Bicentennial Framework talks, according to Sedena documents that EL PAÍS has seen