For the third consecutive year, Colombia was the country with the highest number of homicides. In Guatemala, cases have increased fivefold, according to the latest Global Witness report
Port entry records and customs reports accessed by EL PAÍS shed light on the criminal network’s activities
The Mexican government has aligned itself with US interests, even though the Asian country is its second-largest supplier of goods and raw materials
Lucha libre emerged in the poorer neighborhoods of Mexico City and has attracted both tourists and the wealthy
The US philosopher warns of the danger of trying to combat Trump with ‘purely economic arguments’
The Claudia Sheinbaum government denies that the move has anything to do with pressure from Donald Trump, and says it is about reinforcing national industries
The fuel smuggling network at customs, made up of sailors, civil servants and businessmen, has called into question the role of the military in civilian functions
The blast caused 100-foot-high bursts of flames on the eastern edge of the nation’s capital. Around 20 of the injured are in critical condition with severe burns
The government expects to collect $2.2 billion from soda drinks in 2026, and the money will be fully allocated to the health budget to combat an epidemic of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, says President Claudia Sheinbaum
The long list of trade barriers cited by the Trump administration includes energy, agriculture and intellectual property. The US president seeks to achieve gains not only in its balance of payments, but also in the political and immigration spheres
Most of the passengers of the double-decker vehicle struck by a train in Atlacolmulco, which left 10 dead and 45 injured, were domestic workers or bricklayers working in Mexico City
At just 21 years old, Laura Molinar runs a business that employs 20 people and sells around 2,000 pastries a day. Her posts on social media have millions of views
Despite Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s recent words of reassurance to relatives, new lines of investigation and a new prosecutor, there is no fresh information to clarify what happened on September 26, 2014
Since 2019, 69 people have passed away while in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The State Secretary normalized the deadly US strike on a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean while hailing the ‘historic cooperation’ with the Sheinbaum administration
Experts suggest that the US will use the threat of a trade war to force Mexico’s hand in the security arena. One potential outcome is a military cooperation agreement that would allow the US to take direct action in conjunction with Mexico
The US Secretary of State will meet with Mexican president Sheinbaum at a delicate time for the bilateral relation
The only country to elect all its judges at the ballot box embarks on trial and error of a model unparalleled anywhere else in the world
The Valley of Mexico is subsiding at a rate of up to 30cm a year, a phenomenon exacerbated by the excessive extraction of groundwater, heightening the risk of flooding
‘El Mayo’ Zambada, ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, and Caro Quintero — the three kings of Mexico’s drug empire — will spend their final days in the prisons in the United States
Accusations from the United States Department of the Treasury reveal new forms of money laundering being used by organized crime
While the US wants to paint the fence black to deter migrants, Alfredo ‘Libre’ Gutiérrez used it to create a mural promoting unity between the two neighboring nations, based on an Indigenous prophecy
The US Secretary of State will also stop in Ecuador to advance his government’s ‘key priorities’ in the region
A lawmaker for PRI assaulted the chamber leader and a cameraman after he was denied a chance to speak in a session where members of the ruling party were described as ‘Morenarcos’
Over the past 20 years, the home ownership rate in many countries in the region has fallen by as much as 15 to 20 percentage points
Washington claims the veteran drug lord and other cartel leaders earned $10 million a year from cocaine trafficking alone, while El Mayo held assets worth $15 billion
Omar Reyes’ posting to the Financial Intelligence Unit strengthens the arsenal of tools available to Claudia Sheinbaum’s security czar
