The Mexican microbiologist speaks exclusively to EL PAÍS for the first time since his release from prison in the US. Cabrera Fuentes affirms that he isn’t the ‘monster’ that the media has made him out to be. He also says that he’s ready to resume his career and possibly get into politics
Restructuring Pemex debt might send yields on other Mexican bonds soaring, but according to some experts, this is a scenario markets should consider
Authorities assure the victims’ families that the corpses will be recovered within the next few months
The victims of the blaze at the National Institute of Migration, which left 40 dead, speak for the first time about what happened on the night of March 27
Ricardo Flores Suárez – from Mexico’s National Action Party (PAN) – was executed on Monday night by an armed man. The killer opened fire at a sports center and also injured two people
Sandra Cuevas, the local leader of Cuauhtémoc, attended a human trafficking summit hosted by the Conservative Political Action Conference
EL PAÍS visited the Indigenous Zapotec leader inside his prison cell. According to the UN, he was convicted and jailed for a fabricated murder: ‘The real reason for the arrest and prosecution of López Alavez is his activity as a defender of the human rights of his community’
Discovered in a botanical garden, the ‘Viridantha minuscula’ is an example of the country’s enormous variety of species
Weapons made on the Old Continent are finding their way into the hands of the cartels, but victims of the violence have little leeway to demand accountability
The conservative Republican lawmaker — who supports ‘declaring war on the cartels’ — assures EL PAÍS that he is willing to meet with the president of Mexico and move past the verbal dispute that the two men have been engaged in for several months
Born of the US-Mexico borderland gangsterism of the 1930s, the counterculture has a style that signifies rebellion. Abandoning violence, in Mexico, the movement’s last guardians are keeping the tradition alive through aesthetic ritual and dance-floor flair
The Mexican immigration agency is covering the cost of the medical care and hotel stay for survivors of the fire that killed 40 migrants
She is still in prison after 19 years despite evidence of her innocence and the conviction of the real murderer, who has become a celebrity
Wisconsin became the last of 20 states to drop out of the two lawsuits, which were rendered all but moot when President Joe Biden issued an executive order in 2021 that halted wall construction
The drug lord was the leader of Los Cuinis, an ally of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Mexico
The sailor, rescued by a Mexican tuna boat, talks to EL PAÍS about his life, the time he spent adrift in the Pacific and his dog Bella
The Justice Department has warned Gov. Greg Abbott that the barrier is unlawful and the Biden administration will sue if the state doesn’t remove it
In Peru, anti-government demonstrators dressed up two women in pink and put them in giant Barbie boxes to protest police clashes with demonstrators
The Argentine star came off the bench at the start of the second half against Mexico City’s Cruz Azul, leading his team to a 2-1 victory in the Leagues Cup match
President Joe Biden’s administration told Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that the barrier installed this month near the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, was “unlawful”
Activist Catalina Vargas disappeared one month after the execution of Teresa Magueyal. The UN has warned of the spiral of violence directed towards the searchers in the state
One week after targeting the network run by Los Chapitos, the Treasury Department has added an ally of La Nueva Familia Michoacana to its blacklist
What’s happened — and continues to happen — in Haiti, Colombia and Mexico should awaken our collective conscience about the use of women’s and girls’ bodies as a weapon of war
Biden said that he will not impose trade sanctions on Mexico despite the slow progress in conservation efforts, although he has left the door open to action within the framework of the USMCA free trade agreement
54-year-old Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock and his dog, Bella, disembarked Tuesday in the Mexican port city of Manzanillo from the fishing boat that rescued them
As the ‘mother of the rainbow quotas,’ the politician talks about the challenges she has faced since she took up her seat in the Chamber of Deputies
Crimes against truckers are on the rise, costing the country up to $300 million each year. A member of Congress has proposed an initiative that would create a specialized prosecutor’s office for this offense
