Why is Mexico’s presidential election so violent?
Mexico‘s 2024 elections have emerged as the most violent in its history, spurred mainly by violence from powerful drug cartels. The 2024 election is set to be Mexico’s largest, with almost 100 million people eligible to vote. Aside from the presidency, 20,000 positions are at stake, including 128 senatorial and 500 congressional representative seats, according to Foreign […]
Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before
Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a broader role in Sunday’s elections for the president, nine state governors, about 19,000 mayors and other local offices. The country’s powerful drug cartels have long waged targeted assassinations against mayors and other local candidates they see as a threat to their rule. Mexican gangs thrive […]
What to know about Mexico’s presidential election
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct election date. Mexico is set to vote on Sunday in a crucial presidential election that will determine who succeeds outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a populist whose nationalistic stance has led to on-and-off relations with the United States. Lopez Obrador was elected in 2018. Mexican […]
GOP AGs ask SCOTUS to hear Mexico’s lawsuit blaming US gun manufacturers for cartel violence
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Mexico’s National Guard Shot at Political Candidates, Says Opposition Party
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) claimed that a Mexican National Guard convoy shot at two female political candidates in Jalisco state. The incident occurred this week in Villa Purificación, a small town in the mountainous region of Jalisco, northwest of the popular beach area of Manzanillo. Mexico’s federal government has not released any information about […]
Undercover operation nets arrests as New Mexico’s top prosecutor blames Meta for online predators
New Mexico’s top prosecutor announced charges Wednesday against three men for allegedly using Meta’s social media platform to target and solicit underage children for sex. The arrests are the result of a months-long undercover investigation in which the suspects were linked to decoy accounts set up by the state Department of Justice. The investigation began […]
Chicken Sacrificed As ‘Offering to Rain God’ at Mexico’s Senate
A Mexican senator from the Morena party has drawn widespread condemnation for organizing the ritual killing of chickens as an “offering to the rain god.” The incident took place in one of the courtyards of the Mexican Federal Senate. The ceremony took place this week when Mexican Sen. Alfredo Gómez Hernandez had a group of […]
‘We Condemn The Events’: At Least 16 Mexican Politicians Killed In Four Months As Mexico’s Election Race Ramps Up
A mayoral candidate was stabbed to death in northern Mexico on Friday, making him at least the 16th Mexican politician to be killed ahead of national elections scheduled for June 2, The Associated Press reported. At the time of his untimely death, Noe Ramos Feletis was seeking re-election as mayor of Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, a […]
Joe Biden Praises Mexico’s Border Plan, Dangles Border Curbs as Latino Support Sags
President Joe Biden is dangling new border fencing, praising a border plan pushed by Mexico’s president as he seeks to restore support among alienated and disappointed Latino voters. In response to a question on the Spanish-language Univision television network, Biden was asked whether he intended to issue an executive order to curb the influx. avoided […]
Police find 7 bodies, 5 of them decapitated and 1 dismembered, in Mexico’s fifth largest city
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in one of Mexico’s largest cities discovered seven bodies Friday in abandoned cars stuck in traffic on a major highway, five of them decapitated and dead. One person was found completely dismembered, the statement said. Prosecutors in the central state of Puebla said messages were left on all the bodies […]