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
In a statement signed by 1,000 leading figures, including Noam Chomsky and Diego Luna, the EZLN say that they are coming under attack from paramilitary groups, who act with the ‘passive and active complicity’ of the authorities
The Ostok Sanctuary, a shelter in the Mexican state of Sinaloa for animals rescued from species trafficking, hopes to welcome 10 descendants of the infamous drug lord’s exotic pets. The goal of the relocation is to prevent them from being slaughtered in Colombia, where they reproduce uncontrollably and cause accidents
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
The Ministry of National Defense assigns 6,000 troops to assist more than 125,000 people in Puebla, State of Mexico, Morelos and Tlaxcala, in the center of the country
In 2022, the Mexican government registered a total of 3,754 women — an average of 10 a day — who were slain, a significant jump from the year before. Only a third were investigated as femicides
In videos shared on social media, an armed group can be seen firing at vehicles, as spectators flee in terror
The volcano is just 45 miles southeast of Mexico City, which has a population of 22 million people, but it stands much closer to the eastern fringes of the metropolis. A severe eruption could smother the city in clouds of choking ash
In Mexico, these types of murders by angry crowds are spreading from rural to urban areas and are frequently incited by organized crime
The United States came close to annexing the whole Mexican territory after the war. This is how they got half of it
From Mexico to Brazil, cases of dengue have increased. Climate-related factors have provoked an epidemic in the region
According to authorities, the infections — which were diagnosed in residents who had undergone surgery in Matamoros — led to serious illness and death
Victor Masson, 27, is the second foreigner to be killed in the state of Oaxaca this week. An Argentine man also died after being attacked with a machete
One of the most fascinating and successful Latin American folk performers, Lafourcade reached a point in her career where she needed to stop and take a breather. To find herself, she returned to the garden of her childhood home in Veracruz, along the Gulf of Mexico
Experts in pharmacology, anthropology and medicine explain what it is, its effects, how it is consumed, the torture of withdrawal and the risks of overdosing
The company accused by the United States of aiding the Sinaloa Cartel has sold millions of pesos worth of precursor chemicals and laboratory equipment to Sinaloa governments and federal government agencies
With the end of Title 42, we explain how the program was used to deny entry to asylum seekers and migrants, and what will happen after it expires
As the U.S. prepares for the end of Title 42 restrictions, officials have released few details about who would be eligible for the immigration permissions known as family reunification parole
The Treasury Department alleges that Joaquín Guzmán López trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. He is the fourth son of ‘El Chapo’ to face sanctions
The foundation nurtures aspiring young writers with tutors and mentors like Irene Vallejo, Sergio Ramírez, Juan Villoro and Javier Cercas
The former secretary of Public Security profited from lucrative, sole source contracts for location tracking and phone tapping equipment
Shot to death more than 30 years ago, the legendary Sinaloan sang about the hard life on both sides of the border. His legacy lives on through today’s Mexican artists, who are triumphing on the global charts
Mexico’s foreign minister says a sharp increase in the flow of migrants is expected, as they desperately seek to reach the United States
The Mexican President announces that he will send another letter to the Government of Xi Jinping and will ask him to prevent the shipment of substances to the country, following the arrival of a container at the port of Lazaro Cardenas
A surge of Venezuelan migrants through South Texas has occurred over the last two weeks for reasons that Mayorkas says are unclear
In the United States, the date is largely seen as a celebration of Mexican American culture stretching back to the 1800s in California
The activist’s death exposes the failure of overwhelmed authorities and the danger posed to families searching for the over 110,000 missing persons across the country
