The Mexican president pushed back against a Justice Department document that suggests possible intervention by US agencies and security forces
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
Business leaders, citizens and even the opposition close ranks with Claudia Sheinbaum’s efforts to ward off the threats of tariffs from the US president
The US president has already obtained concessions from Mexico, Canada, Colombia and Panama with his threats. The European Union appears to be next
Mexican government agrees to deploy 10,000 National Guard to the border to fight drug trafficking and irregular immigration
The threat of tariffs by Donald Trump is the latest in a long list of confrontations, from the dramatic debt crisis of the 1980s to clashes over the Iraq war and previous trade battles
The US dollar is approaching parity with the euro and reaching a record high against the Canadian dollar and a three-year high against the Mexican peso. Exporting companies are feeling the pressure already
Sheinbaum’s first three months have seen more murders and missing persons than the same period of her predecessor, López Obrador, but they have also been marked by an increase in operations, arrests, and seizures of drugs and weapons
Washington increases pressure on its neighbors with a decree that tightens the noose on organized crime but poses risks to Mexican sovereignty and compromises other areas of the bilateral relationship
The president signed the executive order imposing tariffs of 25% on its neighbors and 10% on the Asian giant, marking the beginning of a trade war
The market predicts that a 25% tariff on imports, as the White House is considering, would place Mexico on the brink of a recession.
The US will also impose a 10% levy on goods from China over fentanyl trafficking
Mexico estimates the impact on American consumers of a 25% tariff on Mexican imports at more than $10 billion
EL PAÍS is following the routes, planes and companies behind the repatriation of hundreds of immigrants to the Felipe Ángeles International Airport
The president claims that the two countries have not stopped drugs and migrants crossing their borders into the US, and is irked by the significant trade deficit with both
Lawmakers urge exploration of new avenues for bilateral cooperation to address the migration crisis, prevent arms trafficking, and strengthen workers’ rights on both sides of the border
Claudia Sheinbaum has stayed out of the conflict between the U.S. president and Gustavo Petro and appeals to López Obrador’s learning to avoid a direct clash; Lula resorts to a diplomatic path, but makes his anger at the conditions of deportation flights clear
The six-year roadmap, which seeks to curb the arrival of Asian imports and increase national production, must first overcome tariff threats from the U.S. and the upcoming review of the USMCA
The immigration policy of the Democrat’s two administrations was the harshest in the last 15 years, while the Republican’s administration, in its first term, returned the fewest number of Mexican citizens
The alternatives for some migrants include applying for humanitarian parole for urgent cases, or trying to enter the United States with a valid visa
Thousands of people are in limbo as the CBP One asylum application is shut down on the first day of the Donald Trump administration
Claudia Sheinbaum’s government faces the challenge of toughening its fight against drugs and showing results to prevent a potential US military incursion into Mexico
The Republican president announced dozens of executive orders on immigration. Requirements for obtaining residency are raised from five years to 14
The new government plans to shut down the CBP One appointment system, leaving thousands of people in limbo as they wait in Mexico for an opportunity to request asylum in the United States
Marco Rubio, the next Secretary of State, claims at Senate confirmation hearing that Mexican drug traffickers have operational control over large swaths of the border
Sheinbaum’s government is confident that the benefits of the trade agreement and pragmatism will ultimately outweigh the conservative shift and anti-Mexican rhetoric in Canada
The president says she has not been invited to the inauguration and sources consider it unlikely that she will travel to Washington, while doubts prevail over Mexico’s strategy to contain the Republican’s attacks