Michoacán

A hitman linked to the CJNG shot dead the mayor of Uruapan, who had arrested the group’s leader in August

The murders of the Uruapan mayor and the leader of the lemon growers’ guild in Michoacán reveal a paradigm shift in organized crime, where complex extortion schemes have taken over entire regions

The turf war between organized crime factions keeps producers in Tierra Caliente held hostage with quotas. The murder of Bernardo Bravo is a message about the price of seeking justice

A security operation discovered a site in Michoacán where a group of men from the megachurch were being trained in military tactics

The testimonies of 38 people forcibly recruited in January by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel depict the deceptions and threats employed by the criminal organization

Washington accuses the Michoacán group of manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl, and smuggling them into the country

The criminal group targeted farms and transport companies, intercepted packages, and imposed quotas under a regime of terror

EL PAÍS reconstructs, on the ground and using exclusive documents, the presence of former military personnel hired by the cartels, a lethal alliance of organized crime

Religious leaders are inclined to share successful experiences for peace without interfering in the ‘responsibilities of the state’

The arrest of nine former military personnel in Michoacán sheds light on a growing phenomenon in the region, which is experiencing high rates of violence

Congress is moving forward with a proposal to tax money sent abroad. Analysts estimate the decision could cost Mexico at least $3.25 billion annually

The municipality, adjacent to Mexico City and surrounded by concrete, suffers from the heat island effect. The community came to the rescue with this accelerated tree planting method

El Mencho ordered trailers to be set alight and highways blocked in Michoacán, Jalisco, and Guanajuato. Two police officers were killed, but no arrests were made: ‘We’ve never seen blockades of this scale’

For over 10 years, the Olascoagas have controlled the lives and economies of dozens of municipalities in Guerrero and the State of Mexico. The US now accuses them of being large-scale drug traffickers

A police commander was shot dead Tuesday after months of murders of officers, activists, and civilians at the hands of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

On the same day, the Treasury Department sanctioned the two leaders of the criminal organization, a Georgia court indicted them, and the State Department offered $8 million for their capture

Among the denounced candidates are former regional prosecutor Francisco Herrera Franco, linked to the murder of two journalists in Michoacán, and Silvia Delgado, part of the legal defense for the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel

Images from the Los Alegres del Barranco concert in Guadalajara open a new episode in the long series of controversies over the dissemination of symbols of organized crime

A judge’s blocking of the transfer of Abraham Oseguera, brother of the CJNG leader, to the U.S. is added to his arrest last year and release nine days later. The then-Mexican president considered it proof of the corruption of the judicial system

Guanajuato, the state with the highest homicide rate, saw two explosions in Acámbaro and Jerécuaro — a tactic that’s been used before in the spiral of violent crime affecting the region

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

Farming and mining towns between Michoacán and Colima are targets for the cartels. Their inhabitants try to protect themselves and have been asking for a stronger state security presence in the region for years

Thousands of clandestine labs to manufacture synthetic drugs are dumping tons of toxic chemicals into Mexico’s most fragile ecosystems. Who is in charge of protecting the environment against the growing number of these laboratories? Quinto Elemento Lab investigates

The Treasury accuses the group of trafficking fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine and of illegally smuggling migrants into the U.S.

Municipalities in the so-called ‘banana corridor’ are electing dozens of local and federal representatives in June. Booming economies, criminal gangs, old civil defense groups and hundreds of victims are intertwined with the vote

They are not the most famous or the most played on streaming services, but these tunes connect precisely with their generation. The key? Classic, honest and direct songs

At least 33 people involved in politics, some of whom are aspiring to office, have been assassinated in the first two months of the year