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
The drug lords have the power to bring thousands of people to the streets and force the State to negotiate their demands. Experts are already talking about the risk of a full-blown “narco-state”
The fossil corresponds to an agile hunter with highly developed senses; its finding adds another piece to the puzzle that seeks to reconstruct the world before the extinction of the dinosaurs
The bodies of a Mexican couple, their three children and their Nepali pilot have been recovered after their chopper went down at an altitude of 3,500 meters
The Mexican government has done little to stem the violence around the state, while local business owners demand greater collaboration with the US
Musician, singer and producer Camilo Lara is one of today’s most important figures in Latin American music, thanks to a proposal that is as fresh as it is authentic
The day after being named a ‘magical town’ by Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism, a criminal group kidnapped 16 public officials in Ocozocoautla. This small town illustrates the contrasts that exist in the country’s southernmost state, which is experiencing a wave of violence
The currency recently reached its best exchange rate against the US dollar since December 2015
Secretary of State Antony Blinken convenes ministers from 84 countries to establish collaborative pathways to address the international synthetic drug crisis
The Institutional Revolutionary Parties held the presidency and almost all statehouses without interruption for 70 years. But the PRI, as the party is known, has been reduced to a shadow of its former self
Each year, this group of Indigenous people – who are scattered across central-western Mexico – go on a pilgrimage to the desert of San Luis Potosí, to ask the gods for water. EL PAÍS accompanies them on this increasingly urgent ritual, in the face of a drought that threatens their culture and their lives
