AMLO - Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Since 2019, 69 people have passed away while in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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

The US agency claims to be working with its Mexican partners, but Claudia Sheinbaum says that there’s no agreement that includes the DEA in the initiative

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

Tuesday’s small derailment at a station in Yucatán has once again put the spotlight on the megaproject’s extremely rapid construction, the lack of operational testing, and possible hidden defects

The economic effects are undermining executive confidence and potential job growth in both countries. Long-term planning has become nearly impossible, according to business leaders and experts

EL PAÍS reconstructs, on the ground and using exclusive documents, the presence of former military personnel hired by the cartels, a lethal alliance of organized crime

Mexico’s security policies have achieved success in recent weeks, with seizures of millions of dollars in stolen fuel and the presentation of a bold strategy against extortion

Religious leaders are inclined to share successful experiences for peace without interfering in the ‘responsibilities of the state’

A social mobility survey shows that 50% of people born into the lowest economic strata do not improve their economic condition

The largest Spanish-speaking city in the world is set to host cultural activities that will enliven the grand Zócalo

At least 13 candidates who were chosen in a direct vote by citizens have backgrounds that could jeopardize their victory

The candidate, linked to child pornography cases in the United States, was validated by the executive branch. Mexico’s National Electoral Institute will have to analyze whether to annul his victory

Sheinbaum calls the election day a ‘success’ despite the low turnout at the polls to select over 2,600 positions

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

Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s youngest son, imprisoned in Chicago since 2023, will provide information and plead guilty in exchange for improving his legal situation

El Mencho ordered trailers to be set alight and highways blocked in Michoacán, Jalisco, and Guanajuato. Two police officers were killed, but no arrests were made: ‘We’ve never seen blockades of this scale’

Among the denounced candidates are former regional prosecutor Francisco Herrera Franco, linked to the murder of two journalists in Michoacán, and Silvia Delgado, part of the legal defense for the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel

The internal war that has weakened the Sinaloa Cartel has only strengthened its main rivals, but the pressure from the United States to capture its leader, along with the discovery of the Teuchitlán ranch, has refocused attention on the brutal organization

Five women who are looking for missing family members across Mexico have denounced Claudia Sheinbaum’s failure to address the issue during her presidency. They accuse her of only taking action following the discovery of a mass grave in the town of Teuchitlán. These women also highlight the inaction of the prosecutors’ offices and the threats they’ve received from the cartels

In the border city of Mexicali, hundreds of addicts defy the government’s rhetoric that drug use does not exist in Mexico. They are not included in the official statistics and far from a political priority. Many pass through Verter, the first supervised drug consumption center on the continent

The anti-crime measures implemented by the new president undermine the continuity with Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s six-year term, which was defined by a policy of ‘hugs, not bullets’

A judge’s blocking of the transfer of Abraham Oseguera, brother of the CJNG leader, to the U.S. is added to his arrest last year and release nine days later. The then-Mexican president considered it proof of the corruption of the judicial system

The delivery of Rafael Caro Quintero, the leaders of Loz Zetas and other organized crime kingpins marks a watershed in security policy

In the last four years, authorities have seized 5.4 tons of fentanyl, almost 50% in territory controlled by the sons of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, from where it is trafficked to the US through Tucson and San Diego

With over two decades in the anti-drug agency, he undertook missions in Colombia and Afghanistan and was regional chief for Mexico, Canada, and Central America. His appointment threatens to further strain relations with the Mexican government

The discovery of dozens of illegal burials in Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí and elsewhere this year by activists and local authorities is not being reflected in official figures, underscoring the administration’s lack of transparency since mid-2023