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From chickens to cabs: Drug cartels expand across the Mexican economy
By forcing their way into more and more sectors, organized crime has become ‘a dominant economic cartel,’ according to analysts
By forcing their way into more and more sectors, organized crime has become ‘a dominant economic cartel,’ according to analysts
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
Candidates for political office can no longer sideline or neglect the women who are looking for their missing loved ones
A state official who was not authorized to comment and requested anonymity, said the shooting happened on a Matamoros street when gunmen engaged a marine patrol
The story of Mexican drug trafficker Eleazar Medina Rojas is one of murder, fake identities, legal scandals and a nearly two-decade struggle to bring him to justice
The Mexican government has done little to stem the violence around the state, while local business owners demand greater collaboration with the US
EL PAÍS has seen statements from security forces about the chaotic scene that left five people dead and implicated a colonel
For two years, a war between criminal groups has terrorized Frontera Comalapa and its farming communities. Residents and NGOs have denounced an upsurge in violence
At least one person has died after an outbreak similar to that seen in Durango. Mexico’s authorities have reported 23 cases, nine in U.S. patients and 14 in Mexicans
One of the 12 police officers accused of murdering 17 migrants and two smugglers in 2021 in northern Mexico changed his story a few months after the incident. In his testimony, to which EL PAÍS has had access, he acknowledges the massacre and says that more agents were involved
According to authorities, the infections — which were diagnosed in residents who had undergone surgery in Matamoros — led to serious illness and death
The 18-year-old disappeared in Monterrey and was found 13 days later in a motel cistern. There are still no arrests or any answers about who killed her, or why
According to leaked documents accessed by ‘The Washington Post,’ authorities in the United States wiretapped conversations between members of the criminal organization, who were suspected of kidnapping the tourists
Viangly Infante, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, was outside the immigration facility waiting for her husband when the fire broke out. ‘They had the chance to open the cells and they didn’t do it. Why didn’t they do it?’
The blaze at a Mexican government immigration facility left 38 people dead and 28 more seriously injured, the worst such tragedy in living memory
Documents seen by EL PAÍS, a military report and the testimony of a survivor shed light on the shooting deaths of five unarmed young men in the Mexican border city in late February
The border state, where four U.S. citizens were kidnapped in early March, has the highest number of military shootings of civilians and disappeared persons in relation to the overall population
The noted saxophonist died in the morning at home in Houston, according to his wife, Griselda Olivares
A letter attributed to the Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel condemned the violence and said the gang turned over to authorities its own members who were responsible
The Scorpions faction of the Gulf cartel condemned the violence and said the gang turned over to authorities its own members who were responsible
The motive for the attack on a group of four friends in Matamoros remains shrouded in mystery, as does the identity of the perpetrators and how investigators located them
More than 112,000 Mexicans remain missing nationwide, in many cases years or decades after they disappeared
Mexican authorities are working on the assumption that the kidnap of four US citizens in Matamoros, two of whom were found dead, was a case of mistaken identity by drug cartels
The other two US citizens missing since Friday have been found alive. Mexico’s Secretary of Security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, confirmed that one person has been arrested
In photos and videos posted on social media, a group of armed men can be seen taking the hostages after a shootout, among them a woman, the only one who seems conscious
Authorities have issued yellow and orange warnings with subzero temperatures, heavy rain, sleet and frost forecast in nothern and central areas
The Border Project, led by the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, has managed to identify the bodies of more than 280 people who died during the perilous crossing