Mexico

The popular president will seek to complete infrastructure initiatives, support his party’s candidate and ensure a smooth succession

The governor of Tamaulipas state later lowered the number of people estimated to have been in the church at the time to about 70

Mexican businesses estimate the economic impact of lower exports at over $1.2 billion so far

The brutal murders in the community of Malpaso, in the north-central state, underscore how drug cartels control large swathes of the country

The American horror franchise returns with its tenth movie, which has a large Mexican cast and delves even deeper into the mind of serial killer Jigsaw

The harsh comments came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Trade Representative Katherine Tai met their Mexican counterparts at the State Department

The families of the six teenagers who were murdered in the Mexican town of Malpaso have buried their dead. They are filled with rage, but they are also fearful, due to the presence of informants from organized crime at the funerals

The massacre of six young people reveals how organized crime has imposed its rule over a Mexican state that is plagued by everyday violence and a war between cartels

Only one youth, whose identity has not been confirmed, survived and is in the hospital with multiple head injuries

The text, to which EL PAÍS has had access, suggests several locations near Iguala as the possible destination of the disappeared student-teachers. The report also includes screenshots of chats that had been dismissed as unverifiable

The youngsters were seized by an armed group early Sunday morning. Nobody knows where they are or the reason for the crime

The Mexican government has notified the mining company that, since it has not invested the minimum amounts that were promised, the authorities will proceed to cancel nine of its concessions in the state of Sonora, which were meant to be valid until at least 2060

On the ninth anniversary of the attack, the families are determined to gain access to dozens of Army documents which, they claim, contain information about the boys’ fate. President Andres Manuel López Obrador claims that those papers do not exist

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the cartels were fighting for control of the drug smuggling routes that lead into southern Mexico from Central America

American historian Christina Heatherton presents a reassessment of the causes and effects of the first major revolution of the twentieth century within a global context

Saúl Armendáriz — who spent more than three decades in the world of ‘lucha libre’ — overcame discrimination, addiction, and a stroke to see his story brought to the big screen. In a new film, he is played by acclaimed Mexican actor Gael García Bernal

Hundreds of people are sleeping next to the Northern Bus Station in Mexico City, after the rail border crossing into the United States was shut down

Grupo México agreed to restore some freight services following a government offer to deploy more security officers, but the dangers of the journey to the border with the United States were left unaddressed

The Department of Homeland Security aims to boost agent deployment along the southern border for more extensive ‘high-profile’ investigations

Those migrants are then moving steadily up through Central America into Mexico and on to the U.S. border. Said one migrant: “Behind us, there are thousands more. It’s continuous”

The Prosecutor’s Office has asked for a total of 969 years in prison for 11 police officers involved in the migrant massacre. For the repentant officer – who has been key to building the case – prosecutors are asking that he receive a reduced sentence of 19 years

In New York City alone, thousands of migrants have arrived over the past year. Mayor Eric Adams has increasingly sounded alarms, while Gov. Kathy Hochul is floating the idea of state-issued work permits

Anticipating an increase in the amount of federal government social benefits, Mexicans are taking on debt to purchase more. Spending during the country’s Independence Day celebrations reached its highest level in five years

The tension comes as asylum claims in Mexico have skyrocketed, reaching over 100,000 so far this year

The intensification of anti-narcotics operations in key areas of the Mexican state – such as along the border with Guatemala, or in the Lacandona jungle – has resulted in the umpteenth escalation in the armed conflict. In this seriously wounded state, tensions are ready to explode

Street vendors are only a small portion of the people who will benefit from the revenue generated by the celebrations, expected to be 12% more than in 2022