Violence escalates in Mexico two weeks before Sheinbaum takes office
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
Witness in Pegasus case accuses Peña Nieto of ordering spying operation on Carlos Slim
Investigative journalist Carmen Aristegui also appeared in court to testify about being targeted by the powerful spyware
The extradition of El Chelelo: The latest blow to Los Zetas
The story of Mexican drug trafficker Eleazar Medina Rojas is one of murder, fake identities, legal scandals and a nearly two-decade struggle to bring him to justice
Mexico’s former CFE officials to face trial by jury in US over corruption allegations
Guillermo Turrent and Javier Gutiérrez, who worked for the state electricity company during the Peña Nieto administration, have invoked rights that protect them from self-incrimination
García Luna sold spy technology to the Mexican government during the Peña Nieto administration
The former secretary of Public Security profited from lucrative, sole source contracts for location tracking and phone tapping equipment
Mexican reporter Carmen Aristegui: ‘There is a war against critical journalism’
The news and opinion writer just won Spain’s ‘Diario Madrid Award’ and was named a World Press Freedom Hero by the International Press Institute
CFE corruption accusation against former executives advances in US court
A transcript of a recent hearing held in a court in Texas shows Guillermo Turrent and Javier Gutiérrez failed to convince a judge to dismiss CFE International’s case against them
‘Chabelo’ dies: Mexico mourns legendary children’s television presenter
Comedian Xavier López Rodríguez, who spent nearly 50 years in Mexican front rooms every Sunday morning on his popular show, has passed away aged 88
Tamaulipas violence raises concerns in Mexico and the United States
The border state, where four U.S. citizens were kidnapped in early March, has the highest number of military shootings of civilians and disappeared persons in relation to the overall population
The unknown winners of Mexico’s energy reform
Isabella Cota / Adam Williams|
An investigation by EL PAÍS reveals how an obscure US company, just months after being created, began winning multimillion-dollar contracts from a subsidiary of Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) soon after the opening of the country’s electricity sector. The ties between Guillermo Turrent, a key executive during the Enrique Peña Nieto administration, and the founders of Whitewater Midstream, tell the story of a pursuit of profits in recently liberalized energy markets
The state of education in Mexico
Mexican teachers earn half the average salary reported by other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
“Mexico can no longer afford decafeinated reforms”
The business leader calls for the country can move “from scandals to sanctions”
Energy reforms set out to open up petrochemical industry in Mexico
The proposal seeks to create competition in the production of hydrocarbons