The murders of Ingrid Escamilla, 25, and Fátima Aldrighett, 7, are forcing a reckoning in a country that has wrestled with violence against women. The president’s response has been harshly criticized.
Author: KIRK SEMPLE and PAULINA VILLEGAS
Mexican Butterfly Conservationist Is Found Dead, Two Weeks After Vanishing
The cause of death has not been determined, but criminal groups have often attacked environmentalists whose work impedes their interests.
In Rare Mexico School Shooting, Student Kills a Teacher and Wounds Others
The governor said the 11-year-old boy may have been influenced by a violent video game.
Arrest of Top Crime Fighter Stuns Mexico, Where Corruption Is All Too Routine
The news shocked even a country grown used to graft: The man who for years led Mexico’s war against drug traffickers was accused of taking millions in bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel.
Fatal Shooting of Migrant in Mexico Prompts Government Investigations
Witnesses told investigators that people wearing police uniforms shot at a truck carrying migrants after it passed through a checkpoint without stopping, the attorney general of Veracruz State said.
‘Catastrophic’ Delays at U.S.-Mexico Border Follow Redeployment of Agents
The United States’ southwest border has, in effect, been partly closed because of American staffing shortages, costing businesses millions of dollars a day, according to industry officials.
Mexico Approves 60,000-Strong Security Force. Critics Call It More of the Same.
Congress gave the go-ahead for the creation of a new National Guard to be overseen by civilian authorities. The move now awaits state approvals.
Mexico’s New President Promised a Revolution. Has It Begun?
Barely three weeks into his term, Andrés Manuel López Obrador has burst out of the gate with new initiatives, trying to fulfill his campaign vow to remake Mexico.