Mexico

A legal battle is underway over the seizure of land owned by the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces at Mount Cristo Rey, considered a ‘holy site’

The incident involving the Durango leader comes at a time of heightened tension with the United States, which has opened investigations linking several senior Mexican officials to drug trafficking

According to the list of its 47 members obtained by EL PAÍS, 17 are in favor of hydraulic fracturing and only seven are critical academics

Sold around the world, their protein content is comparable to meat, according to the FAO. But the possibility of expanding their consumption as a food alternative is coming up against a limited presence in global food strategies and a lack of data on best production practices

Authorities have arrested seven people for the alleged kidnapping and murder of the US couple, who were missing for almost a month and found dead in a grave in the State of Mexico

The regional Mexican band, set to launch a US tour next month, speaks to EL PAÍS about concerns over immigration raids affecting Latino communities in their home country

Security chief Omar García Harfuch confirms the pact under which El Mencho provided ‘funding and personnel resources’ to the Guzmán faction. The DEA, videos, and even Google Maps had pointed to the agreement

Next Thursday’s meeting at the National Palace between President Claudia Sheinbaum and King Felipe IV will showcase the normalization of diplomatic relations after seven years of tension

A woman accused him of assaulting a child without proof. This single testimony led to the Mexican man’s detention and transfer to immigration authorities, who held him for two months

The subversive Indigenous organization had a marked passion for the game and dreamed of staging big matches, one of them against Inter Milan, an attempt that failed. There was, however, a match in 1999 between the Zapatistas and a team of veteran Mexico internationals

Alberto Rodríguez made headlines this week after escaping an attack against him that left four dead in Azcapotzalco

El Nacimiento, a small town in Coahuila, is fighting to preserve the identity, memory and traditions of its ancestors, who came to the area from Texas fleeing slavery

On the day of the opening game and this Tuesday, the country recorded two of the days with the fewest intentional homicides in the past decade, a trend that has become established over the past year

Move over, Barrio de Salamanca. This downtown area overlooking Retiro Park has long been a favorite destination for expats with money. But the richest of the rich have found an even more secluded spot to live and play: La Moraleja

The videos Eduardo Horcasitas shares on social media about the reality of agricultural work have attracted the interest of thousands of people

The global cruise holding companies, which have designed the ships to be floating cities unto themselves, are few and wind up with the vast majority of the profits they produce

Progressive governments in the region, facing imminent or ongoing elections, have denounced interference as pressure from the White House has escalated

The US president’s allies have designed a strategy amid a sharp escalation that seeks to label cartels as a terrorist threat and calls into question the neighboring country’s national sovereignty

Hungary’s capital celebrates in freedom after Viktor Orbán’s fall, in the Romanian city of Oradea the march is banned, while in the US respect for the community drops to historic lows

Argentine experts will join identification efforts by using stable isotopes found in bodies and remains to understand which country or region they came from

Host nation Mexico faces South Africa in the opener of a World Cup marked by geopolitical tension, extreme weather, and long transfers between games

Negotiations between the Interior and Education secretariats have failed to settle the CNTE marches and those of families of the disappeared in Mexico City

Four days from the tournament’s start, the three host countries are stepping up preparations while facing unprecedented security, transport, immigration, and logistics challenges

Through a series of eight portraits of activists from Oaxaca, the Yalalteca artist shows how this art form can emerge from shared process and collective memory

The former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel is serving a life sentence for drug trafficking in the United States. In 13 missives addressed to the judge presiding over his case, he writes that he is suffering from severe physical and psychological exhaustion 

In 2022, traffickers from the Lacandona area in southern Mexico negotiated an extraordinary deal with the Army: the return of 100 kilos of cocaine in exchange for 33 soldiers they had kidnapped. EL PAÍS reconstructs the episode — a window, in reality, onto a 50-year conflict in one of North America’s natural jewels

The immigration authority reports the arrest of 32‑year‑old Enrique Martínez Chávez, who is wanted in Mexico for the crime of enforced disappearance