Claudia Sheinbaum

EL PAÍS speaks with academics, diplomats, and politicians from different parties to examine the challenge now facing Sheinbaum — one that every Mexican president has confronted in a history shaped by geography, ideology, and geopolitical interests

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

The indictment of nine US citizens in their own country puts the spotlight on the lack of controls on the purchase of high-caliber artillery that benefits criminal organizations south of the border

The Asian firms aim to strengthen their position in the Mexican market through the purchase of the Aguascalientes factory, which is in the process of closing

The picturesque community in Sinaloa was horrified to discover six clandestine burial sites from which 14 bodies have been exhumed so far. Five belong to the missing workers from the Canadian mine Vizsla Silver

The transportation secretary said the devices crossed in from Mexico and were neutralized. Aviation authorities initially announced that the measure would last 10 days

Harfuch points to a criminal misunderstanding as the cause of the workers’ abduction. The bodies of at least five have been found in a mass grave, with another five yet to be identified

Ricardo Trevilla, Secretary of Defense, says that the Claudia Sheinbaum government has recovered 215 powerful .50 caliber rifles from criminals, one of the drug traffickers’ favorites

No other regional issue, not even the US military attack on Venezuela, has prompted such a firm reaction from Mexico, which has a long tradition of aligning itself with the island

The Vermont senator, a global icon of the left, warns in an exclusive interview with EL PAÍS that the president is using ICE as “a domestic army” and says that “it will have to be the American people who say ‘no’ to authoritarianism”

Prisons persist as centers of criminal command and call centers for organized crime groups, a weak point that justifies the extradition of high-profile detainees in collaboration with Washington

By targeting the island’s access to crucial imports, the US has exacerbated its economic and social strain. The Castro regime says it is trying to provoke a ‘genocide’

The Central American country is under a state of emergency after a massacre of police officers that calls into question the state’s ability to deal with the violence of an army of 30,000 gang members

A report details the presence of women in positions of power at the United Nations since 1945 and laments the ‘fictitious transparency’ in decision-making. In 80 years, there have been only eight female candidates for the position currently held by António Guterres

The attack against two lawmakers and the mass kidnapping of miners are further proof that violence continues unabated in the Mexican state

Claudia Sheinbaum justified crude oil exports as humanitarian aid without providing concrete details about an operation that began in 2024

Claudia Sheinbaum maintains that the image shows the moment the alleged drug trafficker surrendered in Mexico City. Canadian television, however, reports that it was created using artificial intelligence

The Latin American country surpasses China and Canada, sending over $447 billion worth of goods to the US in the first 10 months of 2025

A top government target whose currency was violence, César Sepúlveda had become a key supplier and intermediary for much of the productive activity in Tierra Caliente

Claudia Sheinbaum insists the trade agreement is not at risk, despite Mark Carney’s shifting attitude to Trump’s tariffs

The transfer to the US of 37 prisoners, including leaders of the Sinaloa, Jalisco New Generation and Northeast cartels, is a response to threats made by the Republican in recent weeks regarding operations south of the Rio Grande

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

Ciudad Juárez — with few migrants left, its industrial base being restructured, and its efforts focused on curbing kidnappings — shows its resilience in the face of the US president’s instability

The president has managed to contain the whirlwind of threats from the tycoon, whose return to the White House forced Mexico to shift its priorities

Analysts, academics, and security experts are divided on how the number of missing persons in Mexico should be measured, while the government compiles a new registry

The government dismantled a clandestine laboratory and confiscated over 41,000 liters and 12 tons of chemical substances, in actions that come after US pressure for greater results