Ayotzinapa, Mexico’s Army and López Obrador’s silence
Juanita Goebertus|
When investigators started scrutinizing the military’s role in the disappearance of the 43 student teachers, they faced backlash — and the president’s promised support vanished
Families of the 43 disappeared Ayotzinapa students ask Mexico’s government to hand over military documents on the case
On the ninth anniversary of the attack, the families are determined to gain access to dozens of Army documents which, they claim, contain information about the boys’ fate. President Andres Manuel López Obrador claims that those papers do not exist
Drug cartel turf battles cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the cartels were fighting for control of the drug smuggling routes that lead into southern Mexico from Central America
The United States seeks to ‘aggressively’ expand its anti-fentanyl operations in Mexico
The Department of Homeland Security aims to boost agent deployment along the southern border for more extensive ‘high-profile’ investigations
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
Credit card frenzy in Mexico: Government assistance boosts credit and consumption
Anticipating an increase in the amount of federal government social benefits, Mexicans are taking on debt to purchase more. Spending during the country’s Independence Day celebrations reached its highest level in five years
A child buried underground: mothers conquer the political arena in Mexico
Candidates for political office can no longer sideline or neglect the women who are looking for their missing loved ones
Mexico’s López Obrador seeks to firm up his alliance with the Latin American left in Colombia and Chile
The Mexican president will embark on the fourth international trip of his term at a key moment for political change within his party
Colombia’s Petro recruits Mexico’s López Obrador, in his quest to rethink the war on drugs
The president of Mexico will fly to visit the Colombian president. They will jointly hear the conclusions stemming from a Latin American summit on narcotics that begins on September 7
Mexico is already thinking about its first ever female president
Two very different candidates, Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez, will compete in 2024 for the highest office in the nation
Chichén Viejo, an ancient Mayan citadel surrounded by private land
The site south of Chichén Itzá will be inaugurated by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López amid controversy
López Obrador’s project to establish a global fund against poverty falls by the wayside
In 2021, the Mexican president promised that he would design a Global Fraternity and Welfare Fund and propose it to the UN. This project would attract donations from the world’s wealthiest individuals, companies and countries to assist 750 million people living in poverty
Official leading search for Mexico’s disappeared resigns as critics worry government may rig numbers
Karla Quintana did not elaborate on the motives, saying only that she is leaving her post “in light of current circumstances”
Republicans use Lagos de Moreno tragedy to pressure Mexican president: ‘It’s time to let us help you’
Congressman Dan Crenshaw has used the disappearance of the five young men to insist that the drug cartels be named ‘enemies of Mexico and the United States’
One year after the mine collapse in Coahuila, Mexico: The interminable wait to locate the bodies of the 10 miners buried 197 feet underground
Authorities assure the victims’ families that the corpses will be recovered within the next few months
In jail with Pablo López Alavez, 13 years behind bars in Mexico for a crime he did not commit
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’
Congressman Dan Crenshaw: ‘We have to fight the cartels as if they’re terrorists. They have more money than ISIS or Al-Qaeda’
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
Crime is merciless against searching mothers in Guanajuato, Mexico
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
Mexico’s old ruling party fractures following election loss
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
Clashes between President López Obrador and Supreme Court bog down Mexican politics
The number of disputes over laws and decrees between the executive branch and the judiciary has skyrocketed during AMLO’s six-year term, straining the institutional balance in Mexico
The ‘dirty war’ of succession within Morena, Mexico’s ruling party
Just 10 days into the campaign, the presidential contenders are ripping into each other despite pleas for unity and threats of disqualification
A chance to support Mexico’s resistance to democratic decline – before it’s too late
Amrit Singh / Tamara Taraciuk Broner|
The U.S. needs to shift gears and offer open and unequivocal support to independent electoral and judicial institutions in Mexico that act as a check on executive power
In Mexico, Morena party candidates for the presidency cozy up to the boss
The contenders tout the virtues of President López Obrador, well aware of the influence he wields in the succession process
The mayor of Tijuana’s new life living in a barracks: ‘My son will be able to go outside and play’
Death threats, an attack on her bodyguard and an attempted break-in at her home forced Montserrat Caballero to take temporary refuge in the housing quarters of the 28th Infantry Battalion, so that she can sleep in peace. EL PAÍS interviewed the first female mayor of the city and visited her new home
Mexican president’s ruling party ousts once-dominant party in most populous state
Morena’s victory in the State of Mexico deals a life-threatening blow to the old ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which had governed the state without interruption for nearly a century
From ‘soft coup’ to legal wars: the Latin American left fears a politicized justice system
The allegations of lawfare, proscription or overthrow attempts such as the one suffered by Lula in January are clouding regional politics
The rise of Morena: In one decade, the political party has wiped the PRI from Mexico’s electoral map
The polls are predicting that President López Obrador’s party will win the gubernatorial election in the state of Mexico, which is made up of the areas that surround the capital. If the Institutional Revolutionary Party were to be be defeated after its 94-year-long hold over the governorship, this would be a major victory for the young political movement