Mexico presidential candidates offer little detail to address country's violence in final debate
Less than two weeks from Mexicoโs national elections, opposition presidential candidate Xรณchitl Gรกlvez 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 Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Arรฉvalo were meeting Friday in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration.
Mexico wants UN to suspend Ecuador over its police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito
Mexicoโs 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 Ecuadorโs police raid last week on the Mexican embassy in Quito.
Candidates spar in Mexico's first presidential debate ahead of June 2 election
In Mexicoโs 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 Xรณchitl Gรกlvezโs personal attacks.
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 Mexicoโs embassy in Quito and arrested Jorge Glas, Ecuadorโs former vice president.
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 Mexicoโs 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 Cityโs central square as the countryโs leading presidential candidates officially kicked off their campaigns.
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.
US delegation meets with Mexico's government on migrant influx, as officials clear border tent camp
Mexican immigration officials are moving to clear a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande river, as U.S. officials met with Mexicoโs president to press for measures to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.
Migrant caravan slogs on through southern Mexico with no expectations from a US-Mexico meeting
A caravan of thousands of migrants continues to trudge through southern Mexico, with some saying they expect nothing good from a planned meeting between American and Mexican officials about the migrant surge at the U.S. border.
Christian conservatives flock to former telenovela star in Mexicoโs presidential race
While most Mexican politicians refrain from clarifying where they stand on religion, abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, former telenovela actor and right-wing activist Eduardo Verรกstegui prays on TikTok and claims that getting closer to God changed the course of his life.
Biden and Lรณpez Obrador have talked fentanyl and US-Mexico migration. They pledged solidarity
President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador have pledged to work side-by-side to confront illicit fentanyl trafficking into the U.S. and to manage a growing number of migrants traveling to the border between their nations.
Hurricane Otis survivors search for friends and necessities in devastated Acapulco
Survivors of a Category 5 storm that killed at least 27 people as it devastated Mexicoโs resort city of Acapulco are searching for acquaintances and necessities and hoping aid will come quickly in the wake of Hurricane Otis.
Mexico is likely to get its first female president after top parties choose 2 women as candidates
With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the countryโs ruling party in next Juneโs election, Mexico will have for the first time two women from its main political powers competing for the presidency.
A deadly bomb ambush of police in Mexico has endangered mothers who search for the missing
A drug cartel bomb attack that allegedly used a fake report of a mass grave to lure police into a deadly trap has had devastating collateral damage: It has led some authorities to abandon the volunteers who search for some of Mexicoโs 110,000 missing people.
Mexican military to take over airports as president takes aim at corruption, mismanagement
Mexicoโs armed forces are taking control of the capitalโs main airport, and the government plans to give the military control of nearly a dozen more across the country as the president takes aim at corruption and mismanagement.
As Mexican town mourns slain anti-gang leader, brother warns community would take up arms again
The younger brother of the slain leader of an armed civilian defense movement in Mexico is warning that he and others who fought with Hipรณlito Mora will take up arms again if the government does not provide swift justice.
Mexico president's ruling party forecast to win governorship of country's most populous state
A quick-count sampling of votes for governor of Mexicoโs most populous state suggested a victory late Sunday for the candidate from the governing party of President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador, which would end nearly a century of uninterrupted rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
El Chapo's son, Sinaloa members face sanctions over fentanyl
The United States has sanctioned a son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin โEl Chapoโ Guzman, three members of the Sinaloa cartel and two Mexican-based firms, alleging they trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. Tuesday's sanctions came the day Mexican President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador was talking with President Joe Biden about immigration and the fentanyl crisis.