The subversive Indigenous organization had a marked passion for the game and dreamed of staging big matches, one of them against Inter Milan, an attempt that failed. There was, however, a match in 1999 between the Zapatistas and a team of veteran Mexico internationals
Argentine experts will join identification efforts by using stable isotopes found in bodies and remains to understand which country or region they came from
In 2022, traffickers from the Lacandona area in southern Mexico negotiated an extraordinary deal with the Army: the return of 100 kilos of cocaine in exchange for 33 soldiers they had kidnapped. EL PAÍS reconstructs the episode — a window, in reality, onto a 50-year conflict in one of North America’s natural jewels
A series of recent seizures is further evidence of the pressure the US is exerting on the Mexican government and in Central America
Between September and December 2024, 83 people disappeared along the Chiapas coast. There is still no leads, no findings, no arrests. Their families arrived in the country for the first real search in 16 months
This 29-year-old Salvadoran man told EL PAÍS that he survived the capsizing of a boat carrying dozens of people. The family of his missing girlfriend, Yosselyn Guerrero, believes he may be part of a trafficking network
The Trump administration’s persecution is generating a massive return flow to Latin America driven by the fear of mass raids
The arrest of six alleged members of the Venezuelan gang exposes the collaboration between organized crime groups in Mexico City
The deadly derailment of a passenger train in Oaxaca on Sunday has put the spotlight on the least scrutinized of López Obrador’s railway megaprojects
Raúl Rocha, the president of the beauty pageant, has in one week gone from being accused of rigging the prize in favor of the Mexican winner to being pursued for leading a criminal network with links within the Mexican Attorney General’s Office
EL PAÍS has obtained details of the investigation into an apparent mix-up by uniformed officers, an investigation that is progressing through the courts beset by numerous contradictions
The plants that grow these sweet fruits are cultivated with extreme care. But those who pamper them are despised and exploited
The United States is systematically expelling migrants south of the border, as the island refuses to accept them. There’s little certainty about the number of Cubans deported, nor about their status in the country
The government is overhauling a fly production complex in Chiapas to make it the ‘world’s most modern’ facility of its kind, capable of manufacturing millions of sterile specimens as a chemical-free form of pest control
At just 21 years old, Laura Molinar runs a business that employs 20 people and sells around 2,000 pastries a day. Her posts on social media have millions of views
Religious leaders are inclined to share successful experiences for peace without interfering in the ‘responsibilities of the state’
EL PAÍS reconstructs the last movements of a group of 40 migrants from Cuba, Honduras and Ecuador who disappeared on December 21, 2024, in San José El Hueyate, on the coast of Chiapas. Six months later, no authorities have begun to search for them.
The US Secretary of Agriculture has warned that she will restrict livestock imports to the country if action is not taken to stop the infestation
In the last three years, 42 members of the Salvadoran gang have been arrested in Mexico, one of the refuges from Nayib Bukele’s state of emergency and where they already had long-standing ties to organizations such as Los Zetas or the Sinaloa Cartel
The gang member, deported Sunday, is a founder member of the Ranfla Nacional, the criminal high command that negotiated homicide reductions in exchange for prison benefits with several Salvadoran governments, including Bukele’s
There are almost 42,000 people in custody, 4,000 more than before the arrival of the new administration. Detention centers are at 109% of their capacity
The designation of six Mexican criminal groups as terrorist organizations, which takes effect on February 20, raises questions about their size, activities, and territorial reach
The White House is outlining, pending a formal announcement, the first designations: La Familia Michoacana, Cárteles Unidos, Cartel del Noroeste and the Gulf Cartel are on the list, according to ‘The New York Times’
A fifth group of about 1,500 people from Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, and Central America left Chiapas as tensions and political pressures between governments increase
Since the Republican magnate’s victory in the United States, between 800 and 1,200 migrants have been crossing the river from Guatemala every day, while stalked by organized crime. This is more than double the figure recorded on previous dates
The Mexican National College presents new findings on the 15th-century climate crisis that led to the sacrifice of 42 children in the hope of bringing rain
One month before the elections, the fear of a second Trump presidency has led thousands of migrants to request an appointment to cross into the US from the Mexico border
