Bipartisan Senate group ‘alarmed’ over Mexico’s reform proposals
A bipartisan group of senators has sounded the alarm over proposed constitutional changes proposed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador that aim to undermine the country's judicial system and independent oversight mechanisms. The proposed reforms, which President Lopez Obrador has characterized as a strictly domestic issue, have attracted attention from the United States for […]
Mexico’s election offers tough lessons for the Biden campaign
On June 2, Mexico completed its largest election in history, electing a new president, both houses of Congress, nine governors, and numerous state and local offices. Claudia Sheinbaum, the candidate for incumbent President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party, won about 60% of the vote, double the number of the main opposition candidate, Senator Xochitl […]
Claudia Sheinbaum elected as Mexico’s first female president
Claudia Scheinbaum has won Mexico’s presidential election and is expected to become the country’s first female president. “I will be Mexico’s first woman president,” Scheinbaum said at a hotel in downtown Mexico City, shortly after election officials announced that a sample of votes gave her an irreversible lead, according to the Associated Press. Claudia Scheinbaum, […]
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 […]