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Mexico's drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday's elections than before
The News-Times· 6 hours agoMexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role than before in Sunday’s elections...
Mexico election front-runner Sheinbaum faces tall order to cut cartel violence
Reuters via AOL· 4 days agoIn early May, Claudia Sheinbaum, the favorite to win Mexico's upcoming presidential election next...
Mexico’s next president will be a woman. But violence has overshadowed the glass ceiling being...
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCandidates must convince voters this weekend that they can end impunity in Mexico; around 95% of all...
The life and legacy of 'Don Chuy.' Undercover El Paso Border Patrol agent mourned
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIn 1996, the danger culminated when a Juárez drug cartel hit team was arrested near his El Paso home...
Floridians: Think of Mexico's real rulers when you vote on marijuana
WLRN Miami· 3 days agoCOMMENTARY Mexico will hold a presidential election on June 2, but the reality is that its "de facto rulers" are drug cartels — and that's a big reason ...
El Nini: Suspected Sinaloa cartel assassin extradited to US
BBC News· 6 days agoThe suspected top assassin for the Sinaloa cartel has been extradited to the US from Mexico....
Still hurting from violence, Mexican priests and families hope for peace ahead of elections
WLNS Lansing· 4 days agoCHIHUAHUA, México (AP) — José Portillo Gil, the gang leader known as “El Chueco” — the Crooked One —...
Electoral violence continues to stun Mexico days before election
Courthouse News Service· 1 day agoWith the murders of 37 political candidates since June 2023, Mexico has experienced one of its...
"El Nini" in the Bag, Notorious Cartel Bigwig Faces U.S. Fentanyl Charges After Extradition Bonanza
Hoodline· 4 days agoIn a major crackdown on drug trafficking, the notorious cartel member Nestor Isidro Perez Salaz,...
Bullets before ballots: Dozens of Mexican candidates have been killed as cartels seek more control
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA sharp rise in violence has battered the southern state of Chiapas in recent months, killing scores...