The country’s defense ministry said the military officers who opened fire might have mistaken the migrants for cartel members.
Tag: Chiapas (Mexico)
One of the Deadliest Jobs in Mexico: Running for Office
The assassination of Gisela Gaytán shocked Mexico. She was among dozens of aspirants for public office killed in recent months.
Writing in an Endangered Language to Honor, and Challenge, Traditions
In “How to Be a Good Savage,” Mikeas Sánchez’ poems help preserve her language, Zoque, and allow it to commingle with English and Spanish, in an effort that is both global and deeply local.
Writing in an Endangered Language to Honor, and Challenge, Traditions
In “How to Be a Good Savage,” Mikeas Sánchez’ poems help preserve her language, Zoque, and allow it to commingle with English and Spanish, in an effort that is both global and deeply local.
Blinken Meets With Mexico’s President About Surge in Migration at the Border
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador comes as border crossings have reached record numbers and as a migrant caravan heads toward the United States.
In Photos: Families of Guatemalans Killed in Migrant Center Fire Bury Their Dead
The fire in March left 40 people dead.
Read Your Way Through Mexico City
Juan Villoro, who spent over two decades perfecting one book about Mexico City, recommends reading on the city he loves. “Mexico is too complex,” a visitor said. “It needs to be read.”
Mexico’s Leader Says Poverty Is His Priority. But His Policies Hurt the Poor.
Halfway into the president’s term, the plight of Mexico’s lower classes has only worsened. Economists say it is the result of government mismanagement of welfare programs and the economy.
They Thought the Skulls Were Murder Victims’. They Were Off by Centuries.
Originally thought to be the remnants of gang killings, dozens of skulls found in a cave in southern Mexico are now believed to be from sacrificial killings more than 1,000 years ago.
Mexico Migrant Truck Crash Leaves at Least 54 Dead
Over 100 others were reported injured in the crash in southern Chiapas State, where many migrants regularly cross into Mexico from Central America.