AMLO - Andrés Manuel López Obrador

The president-elect will take office on October 1 to deal with issues from security and the economy to justice

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has expressed his ‘great sadness’ over the row, which he blamed on political motivations

Mothers and fathers of the 43 disappeared students have refused to abandon the case, even a decade later. They will not settle for one of the many versions that they have been given regarding what happened to their children

The president-elect says in a statement that ‘Mexico and Spain share a solid relationship of friendship,’ but adds that ‘it would benefit from a renewed perspective’

The cartel war in Sinaloa highlights the fact that there are dozens of criminal hotspots throughout the country, one of the great failures of the López Obrador administration

Residents of the Mexican city of Culiacán tell EL PAÍS about the days of fear and uncertainty triggered by the fracture within the Sinaloa Cartel, which has left a trail of murders, disappearances and blockades

Mexican President López Obrador acknowledges that people are scared about the clashes between El Mayo and Los Chapitos, but insists that the government has deployed enough security forces to control the situation

The three opposing parties in the Senate could not block the controversial measure to have judges elected by popular vote: one senator was suspiciously absent, while another voted in favor of the bill

Experts and local media blame the recent clashes on divisions within the Sinaloa Cartel. At least three people have been reportedly killed

The director of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Rule of Law Program talks about the scenarios for the country and ideas to generate legal incentives for a democratic transition in her native country

Ken Salazar lowers tone after Mexican president ‘pauses’ relations with America, and assures that concerns expressed by the US do not violate Mexico’s sovereignty

More serious than a complaint but less so than a full break, the Mexican president often resorts to a foreign policy tool that analysts say exists ‘only in his head’ to demonstrate his disagreements with other countries

Authorities have given credibility to a letter issued by El Mayo regarding his capture on US soil and the murder of elected deputy Héctor Cuén, which has become the main line of investigation in the case

The biography of the former rector of the biggest university in Sinaloa was marked by tragedy, intrigues, and power struggles. The controversy has extended to his murder, with no answers as to who killed him and why

The two months since she won the Mexican elections with a landslide victory have given her increasing protagonism as she picks her Cabinet and sets guidelines for government

A new study reveals the disparity of perceptions between both countries. Despite the unfavorable view of Americans, 61% of Mexicans have a positive opinion of the United States

Rubén Rocha Moya, of the ruling PRI party, justified his absence on the day of the murder of opposition leader Héctor Cuén and the capture of Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López with a vacation in Los Angeles

The Mexican Prosecutor’s Office has announced the crime is being investigated in the case of the Sinaloa Cartel leader and Joaquín Guzmán López. It was recently modified in a context similar to the drug lords’ detention in the US

The Sinaloa Cartel leader has taken control of narrative over his arrest after claiming that he was going to meet with Governor Rubén Rocha and linking his detention to the murder of Héctor Cuén, an influential local politician

In an interview, with EL PAÍS, the Venezuelan opposition leader says she’s convinced that a change in the country is possible this time: ‘Our records are available for anyone who wants to analyze them’

Various Republican proposals, including one from vice-presidential candidate J.D. Vance, look to impose a tax on money transfers to the neighboring country

The message Washington is sending with the arrest of the drug lord and the suspicion of an extraterritorial operation fuels distrust between the security agencies of both countries

López Obrador said that the pilot initially linked to the case did not participate in the arrest of El Mayo Zambada, and has called for an end to the speculation while the U.S. government prepares to release of the full report on what happened

The arrest of the co-founder of the powerful criminal organization in the US opens up several possible scenarios: wars of succession, changes in the criminal structure, and confrontation with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

Details over the arrests of the historic leader of the Sinaloa Cartel and one of the sons of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán remain shrouded in mystery

Thousands of clandestine labs to manufacture synthetic drugs are dumping tons of toxic chemicals into Mexico’s most fragile ecosystems. Who is in charge of protecting the environment against the growing number of these laboratories? Quinto Elemento Lab investigates

Marcelo Ebrard and Alicia Bárcena will once again be part of the Mexican administration, while the president-elect is still to announce her picks for key portfolios, such as national security