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
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It was surprising when Mexico's most-wanted drug lord landed at an airfield near El Paso, Texas in July
August 16, 2024The pet rail project of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador could wind up costing as much as $30 billion
July 15, 2024The embattled police force of the Mexican city of Celaya has seen two more police officers shot to death, amid a wave of targeted attacks believed to have been carried out by a drug cartel
July 11, 2024The state prosecutor’s office says three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico's Baja California state are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping and surfing trip
May 04, 2024Mexico's president has condemned media reports that the U.S. government launched an abortive investigation into claims that drug traffickers may have contributed money to his failed 2006 campaign
January 31, 2024It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees
May 21, 2024Mexico’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
June 07, 2024As 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
May 22, 2024Hundreds of mothers of missing people, other relatives and activists have marched through downtown Mexico City to mark a sad commemoration of Mother's Day
May 10, 2024Two Australians and an American were doing what they loved on the stunning, largely isolated stretch of Baja California’s Pacific coast
May 06, 2024Mexican authorities say three bodies have been recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend
May 03, 2024President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in 2018 hoping to recover Mexico's old reputation as the diplomatic leader of Latin America
April 05, 2024Mexico’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
March 22, 2024Mexico is almost certainly about to get its first woman president
March 04, 2024Two mayoral hopefuls in the Mexican city of Maravatio have been gunned down within hours of each other, as experts warn the June 2 national elections could be the country’s most violent on record
February 27, 2024Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June — both leading candidates are women
February 16, 2024As the Super Bowl approaches, there could be problems for guacamole, a favorite game-time food in America
February 11, 2024Experts say the number of monarch butterflies at wintering areas in Mexico dropped by 59% this year to the second lowest level since record keeping began
February 07, 2024Mexico’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
February 06, 2024Mexico is acknowledging that at least two well-known Mayan ruin sites are unreachable by visitors due to cartel violence or land disputes
January 27, 2024Mexico’s two main drug cartels have long taken their deadly rivalry with them as they expand into distant markets from Asia to Australia to Africa
January 13, 2024The Mexican government's controversial effort to look for people falsely listed as missing has turned up 16,681 who had returned to their homes but not notified the authorities
December 14, 2023A recent killing spree in the Mexican border city of Tijuana could have been lifted from a TV script: enraged drug lords hunting down corrupt police officers who stole a drug shipment
December 10, 2023Three foreign residents have been confirmed among the 47 dead from Hurricane Otis as the search for the missing focused on submerged boats that sunk in the storm
October 30, 2023Survivors of the Category 5 storm that killed at least 27 people and devastated Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco are getting desperate amid a slow government assistance response
October 27, 2023