A recent case involving the murder of seven call center workers in the Mexican state of Jalisco has shed light on one of the new tentacles of the cartel. Shell companies – which are controlled by the mafia – issue fake documents to tourists and demand that they pay taxes on properties that don’t exist
The game casts players as Aztec warriors with a mission to save Tenochtitlan, but has been criticized as racist and historically inaccurate
‘World Travel: An Irreverent Guide’, Bourdain’s posthumously released book, gives readers an atlas to the places he considered the most culinarily important
Footage shows soldiers disarming the men, sheltering from something, then altering the scene by placing weapons next to the bodies. The victims had just crashed their truck into a wall following a street chase that had residents hiding in their homes in the violence-ridden northern city of Nuevo Laredo
With influences from trap and reggaeton, at the age of 18 he started the ‘corridos tumbados,’ an invention that has renewed the genre and catapulted it into the world charts. Today, at age 22, Cano fills Mexico’s National Auditorium
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
The allegations of lawfare, proscription or overthrow attempts such as the one suffered by Lula in January are clouding regional politics
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
