Mexican president blames the US for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States in part for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week.
Mexican president calls on ex-security secretary to show proof of alleged cartel ties
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is demanding that former secretary of public security Genaro García Luna, who was convicted on drug trafficking charges in the United States last year, present evidence to support his accusations that the president has links to drug trafficking.
Mexico will amend its constitution this weekend to require all judges to be elected
Mexico is poised to amend its constitution this weekend to require all judges to be elected as part of a judicial overhaul championed by the outgoing president but slammed by critics as a blow to the country’s rule of law.
Mexico’s Senate approves a contentious judicial overhaul after protesters storm the chamber
Mexico’s Senate has voted to overhaul the country’s judiciary, clearing the biggest hurdle for a controversial constitutional revision that will make all judges stand for election.
Protesters storm Mexico's Senate after ruling party wins votes for court overhaul
Hundreds of protesters pushed into Mexico’s Senate as lawmakers weighed a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, forcing the body to temporarily suspend its session.
Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico's president
Mexico’s Catholic leaders have raised their concerns over a controversial judicial reform pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Mexico's plan to make judges stand for election is indeed aimed at foreign firms, president says
Foreign business chambers have been warning for weeks that a proposed, sweeping overhaul of Mexico’s judiciary that would make judges stand for election, would endanger foreign investment in Mexico.
What’s at stake in Mexico's judicial system under sweeping overhaul pushed by the president
Mexico’s governing party says judges in the current court system are corrupt, and it wants to push through a unusual proposal to make the country’s entire judicial branch — some 7,000 judges —stand for election.
As Mexican protesters block Congress over judicial overhaul, lawmakers head to vote in nearby gym
Protesters in Mexico City are blocking the entrance to Congress over proposals that would make judges stand for election.
Mexico finds the devil is in the details with laws against gender-based attacks on women politicians
In a U.S. electoral campaign punctuated by jibes about “childless cat ladies,” some might wish there were rules against mocking candidates based their gender.
One day, their children didn't make it back home. Faith helps these Mexican mothers' search for them
According to official data, at least 115,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since 1952.
Mexico's ruling party edges closer to a majority in both houses of Congress after 2 senators defect
Following a pair of defections by opposition senators, Mexico’s ruling party is edging closer to a steamroller two-thirds majority in both houses of congress.
Mexico puts relations with US and Canadian embassies 'on pause' for slamming judicial overhaul plan
Mexico’s president says he has put relations with the United States and Canadian embassies “on pause” after the two countries voiced concerns over a proposed controversial judicial overhaul.
Protesters against judiciary overhaul plan urge Mexican president to 'respect democracy'
Protesters have marched across Mexico in the latest opposition to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul and other moves by the governing party that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances.
Mexico's governing coalition gets 73% of seats in Congress after winning just 60% of votes
Mexico’s electoral institute has voted to give the governing Morena party and its allies about 73% of seats in the lower house of Congress, even though the coalition won only about 60% of the votes in the June 2 elections.
Sinaloa cartel infighting rises in northern Mexico following the detention of 2 drug lords in July
The murders of about a dozen people in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa appear to be linked to cartel infighting, something authorities had feared would follow the July 25 detention of two top cartel leaders.
Mexico federal court employees strike over judicial changes requiring that judges stand for election
Employees at Mexico’s federal courts have gone on strike over judicial changes that would make all judges stand for election.
A gunshot, a murdered rival and a kidnapped drug lord: Mexico's ruling party faces growing scandal
It was surprising when Mexico's most-wanted drug lord landed at an airfield near El Paso, Texas in July.
Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico's presidential vote in June, is finally declared president-elect
Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential vote, has finally been formally declared Mexico's President-elect, the first woman to hold the office in Mexico.
Mexico's president will send a diplomatic note over US funding for a Mexican anti-corruption NGO
Mexico’s president has lashed out at U.S. funding for a Mexican anti-corruption non-profit group, and says he will send a diplomatic note to the United States in protest.
Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord ‘El Mayo’ Zambada
The United States managed to arrest Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors — and the president — now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over.
Brazil, Colombia and Mexico in talks with Venezuelan government and opposition on election crisis
A senior Mexican official says that since Venezuela’s disputed presidential election nine days ago, officials from Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are in constant contact with representatives of both Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo González, seeking a solution to the country’s political crisis.
Masked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition leader's headquarters as post-election tensions mount
Half a dozen masked assailants have ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in an escalation of violence against President Nicolás Maduro's opponents after the disputed presidential election.
Mexican drug cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas
A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader has made his second appearance in federal court in Texas after being taken into U.S. custody last week.
Mexican president issues public appeal to drug cartels not to fight after detention of drug lord
Mexico's president has taken the unusual step of issuing a public appeal to drug cartels not to fight each other, following last week's detention of top Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López.
Mexican kingpin's arrest likely to set off violent jockeying for power
A new era is coming for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel in the wake of the capture by U.S. authorities of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the last of the grand old Mexican drug traffickers.
Mexico's president downplays cartel violence that drove nearly 600 Mexicans into Guatemala
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has thanked Guatemala for helping nearly 600 Mexicans who have crossed into Guatemala to escape drug cartel violence.
Powerful cartel leader 'El Mayo’ Zambada was lured onto airplane before arrest in US, AP source says
A U.S. law enforcement official says a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who has eluded authorities for decades was duped into flying into the U.S., where he was arrested alongside a son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
Mexicans seeking refuge in Guatemala describe drug cartel shootouts that drove them to flee
Catholic Church leaders in southern Mexico have made a desperate plea for the Mexican government to protect communities from drug cartels that extract protection payments and use locals as human shields near the border with Guatemala.
Mexican president calls Donald Trump 'a friend' and says he'll warn him against closing border
Mexico's president has called Donald Trump “a friend,” and says he will write the former U.S. president a letter to warn him against pledging to close the border or blaming migrants for bringing drugs into the United States.
Mexico's costly Maya Train draws few passengers in its first six months of partial operation
The pet rail project of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador could wind up costing as much as $30 billion.
Mexico will build passenger train lines to US border in an expansion of its debt-laden rail projects
Mexico's president says his successor is planning to build passenger train lines running from the capital to cities on the U.S. border.
Beryl moves into the Gulf of Mexico after battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, takes aim at Texas
Beryl has moved into the the Gulf of Mexico and is taking aim at the south Texas coast, after battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
Mexico's incoming president announces top posts but her new cabinet includes familiar faces
Mexico’s incoming president has announced her appointees for top posts, but hopes for a fresh approach were dashed by the re-appearance of old faces in the new cabinet.
US ambassador visits conflict-ridden Mexican state to expedite avocado inspections
United States Ambassador Ken Salazar has praised Mexico’s effort protect American agricultural inspectors in the conflict-ridden state of Michoacan on Monday, a week after the U.S. suspended avocado and mango inspections following an attack on inspectors.
Mexico's incoming president announces first Cabinet picks: academics and former public servants
Mexico's incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum has begun naming her Cabinet, presenting an even gender distribution and a heavy presence from academia and her prior administration as Mexico City’s mayor.
Peace must be a priority, say Catholic leaders on anniversary of priests' violent deaths in Mexico
Two years have passed since a leader of one of Mexico’s organized crime gangs stormed into a Catholic church in the remote Tarahumara mountains and fatally shot two Jesuit priests.
Mexico’s incoming president says surveys show support for controversial judicial reforms
In a move reminiscent of her political mentor, incoming Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has displayed a series of surveys commissioned by her political party that she says show a wide majority approve of controversial judicial changes.
Aides' vehicle in a convoy carrying Mexico's next president involved in a crash that killed 1
A highway accident involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico's June 2 presidential elections, has resulted in at least one fatality.
Mexico's small, oft-questioned Green Party to become the second-largest force in Congress
It's been a long strange trip for Mexico's Ecologist Green Party, which rode on its alliance with the ruling Morena party to become the second-largest voting block in Congress.
Mexican peso weakens as next president vows to forge ahead with 20 reforms - and adds a couple more
The Mexican peso has continued to weaken as Mexico's outgoing president _ and his successor _vowed to forge ahead with some 20 constitutional changes that have rattled investors.
Mexico's outgoing president vows to pursue changes to Constitution despite market nervousness
Mexico’s outgoing president has pledged to press ahead with judicial reforms despite nervousness among investors, and suggestions from his own handpicked successor that he should wait.
A year of elections in democracies around the world is revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters
In a transformative year of elections around the world, voters in democratic countries share a common sentiment: They’re unhappy with their governments and leaders.
Mexico's incoming administration pledges to reduce budget deficit as markets recover from shock
Mexico's treasury secretary has pledged to bring down the budget deficit in coming years, after the country suffered a partial meltdown in the currency and stock market.
Mexico’s next president faces 3 pressing challenges: money, dialogue and the US election
Mexico’s newly elected president faces a long list of challenges, including persistent cartel violence, a deeply divided country, cash-straitened social programs and the long shadow of her mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Market jitters follow election of first woman as Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexico’s first female president held out an olive branch to the more than one-third of Mexicans who didn’t vote for her, but she faces a market meltdown and a tough path toward reconciling a country left deeply divided by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s next president and its first woman leader in more than 200 years of independence, captured the post by promising continuity.
The Latest | Sheinbaum appears set to become Mexico's first female president
Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum declared victory in Mexico’s presidential election, shortly after electoral authorities said she held an irreversible lead in an official quick count.
Sexist tropes and misinformation swirl online as Mexico prepares to elect its first female leader
As voters in Mexico head to the polls, a flurry of false, sexist and misleading posts on social media are blurring the lines between fact and fiction.
In Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, a hidden underground world is under threat by the Maya Train
Mexico’s outgoing leader has rapidly built a train system looping around the country’s southern Yucatan Peninsula.
A violent, polarized Mexico goes to the polls to choose between 2 women presidential candidates
Mexico goes into Sunday’s election deeply divided: friends and relatives no longer talk politics for fear of worsening unbridgeable divides.
What to know about Mexico's historic elections Sunday that will likely put a woman in power
Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing many of the core issues facing the country including gender, violence and populism.
US company rejects Mexico's criticism, buy-out offer, says president's projects hurt the environment
An American quarry company has rejected the Mexican president’s campaign of criticisms and closures, and his offer to buy its property on the Caribbean coast.
Mexico's poorest receiving less government funds under president who brought poor to the fore
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador swept into office nearly six years ago with a simple motto laying out his administration’s priorities: “For the good of all, first the poor.”.
Stage collapse at a campaign rally in northern Mexico kills at least 9 people and injures 121
At least nine people are dead and 121 more injured after the collapse of a stage during a campaign rally in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon.
Mexico's presidential front-runner walks a thin, tense line in following outgoing populist
As she runs to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum is struggling to construct her own image, leaving many wondering whether she can escape the shadow of the larger-than-life incumbent.
Mexico presidential candidates offer little detail to address country's violence in final debate
Less than two weeks from Mexico’s national elections, opposition presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez is trying to close the gap between herself and governing party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum.
Mexican and Guatemalan presidents meet at border to discuss migration, security and development
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo were meeting Friday in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration.
What to know about a bus crash that killed 8 Mexican farmworkers in Florida
A bus carrying people to work in a watermelon field in central Florida was sideswiped by a suspected drunk driver and overturned in a field, killing eight of them and injuring up to 40 others.
Mother's Day is a sad reminder for the mothers of Mexico's over 100,000 missing people
Hundreds of mothers of missing people, other relatives and activists have marched through downtown Mexico City to mark a sad commemoration of Mother's Day.
US and Mexico will boost deportation flights and enforcement to crack down on illegal migration
The White House says teamwork between the U.S. and Mexico to crack down on illegal migration is paying off.
Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals
Mexico's taking control of its oil from U.S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every year.
Abducted retired Catholic bishop who mediated between cartels in Mexico is located, hospitalized
A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was apparently kidnapped but was later located and taken to a hospital.
President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador discuss migration in latest call
President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, spoke on Sunday about cooperating on migration policy.
Mexico's likely next president has a Jewish origin. Is that relevant in a deeply Catholic country?
By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexico’s first female president.
Mexico wants UN to suspend Ecuador over its police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito
Mexico’s president says his country wants the United Nations to suspend Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the Mexican embassy in Quito.
Candidates spar in Mexico's first presidential debate ahead of June 2 election
In Mexico’s first presidential debate ahead of June 2 elections, former Mexico City Mayor and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum appeared comfortable with her lead, remaining calm amid ex-Senator Xóchitl Gálvez’s personal attacks.
Ecuador and Mexico were feuding over election and asylum before embassy break-in
A spat between Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spiraled into a full-blown diplomatic crisis when Ecuadorian police raided Mexico’s embassy Friday night.
International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito
International leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the capital, Quito, broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum.
Ecuadorian police broke into Mexico's embassy, sparking outrage. Why is this such a big deal?
On Friday night, diplomatic relations between Mexico and Ecuador dramatically imploded after Ecuadorian police burst into Mexico’s embassy in Quito and arrested Jorge Glas, Ecuador’s former vice president.
As two women vie for Mexico's presidency, why are there questions about their ability to govern?
As two women candidates lead the polls in the race toward Mexico's June 2 presidential election, one question has been splashed across polls, debates, media and conversations across Mexico.
Mexican president wanted to lead Latin America, but reality and his own rhetoric got in the way
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in 2018 hoping to recover Mexico's old reputation as the diplomatic leader of Latin America.
Mexico's president says he won't fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a 'Mexico First' policy
Mexico’s president says he won’t fight drug cartels on U.S. orders, in the clearest explanation yet of his refusal to confront the gangs.
Hats, T-shirts and dolls reflect outgoing Mexican president's outsized presence in upcoming election
Souvenirs bearing the image of 70-year-old Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sell like T-shirts at a Taylor Swift concert.
Organized crime attacks on local candidates raise fears Mexico may face its bloodiest elections ever
As Mexico prepares for the largest elections in its history, organized crime is once again preying on local candidates across swaths of the country where cartels dominate, raising concerns among experts that these could be Mexico’s bloodiest elections ever.
Mexico's presidential candidates promise security or continuity as campaigns officially begin
Tens of thousands of people packed a stadium in a violence-torn Mexico state while even more did so in Mexico City’s central square as the country’s leading presidential candidates officially kicked off their campaigns.
Mexican president slams YouTube for taking down his video that shared a journalist's phone number
Mexico’s president has again lashed out at social media platform YouTube for taking down part of his daily news briefing where he revealed a reporter’s phone number.
Mexico president's son, presidential candidate denounce leak of phone numbers, say threats received
The eldest son of Mexico’s president and the governing party’s presidential candidate say their telephone number have been published on social media and they have received threats and insults.
Tens of thousands rail against Mexico's president and ruling party in 'march for democracy'
Tens of thousands of demonstrators are marching through cities in Mexico and abroad in what they call a “march for democracy.”.
Mexico will likely elect a woman as its next president, but money to govern is already being spent
Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June — both leading candidates are women.
Catholic bishops in Mexico say they negotiated for possible peace accord with drug cartel leaders
A Roman Catholic bishop in Mexico says he and three other bishops met with drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord in the violent southern state of Guerrero.
Mexico's president wants to guarantee people pensions equal to their full salaries when they retire
Mexico’s president has proposed giving people pensions equal to their full salaries at the time they retire, something no other country _ even those much richer than Mexico _does.
GOP governors back at Texas border to keep pressure on Biden over migrant crossings
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott returned to the Eagle Pass border to highlight his escalating attempts to curb illegal crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mexican president suggests US talks on migration and drugs may suffer after drug money allegations
Mexico's president has suggested that talks with the U.S. government on migration and drug trafficking could suffer after media reports of a U.S. investigation into alleged drug money donations for his 2006 campaign.
Mexico confirms some Mayan ruin sites are unreachable because of gang violence and land conflicts
Mexico is acknowledging that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors because of cartel violence or land disputes.
Wave of transgender slayings in Mexico spurs anger and protests by LGBTQ+ community
Authorities in Mexico say at least three transgender people were killed in the first two weeks of 2024, and rights groups are investigating two additional such cases.