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Cartel lays siege to Mexican city after recapture of the son of ‘El Chapo’

Armed men took hostages, burned vehicles and stormed an airport in northern Mexico on Thursday after federal forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, one of the world’s most wanted cartel leaders and the son of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

Los Angeles Times

Drug lord, trafficker, killer of wedding singers: How the ‘New Mouse’ followed in the bloody footsteps of his father El Chapo

Ovidio Guzman’s arrest was hailed as a major blow to Mexico’s all-powerful Sinaloa Cartel. The son of the notorious El Chapo may now face extradition to the US, writes Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK

City of Culiacan sieged by cartel after son of 'El Chapo' is captured

Armed men burned vehicles and stormed an airport in northern Mexico on Thursday in an apparent effort to prevent the capture of Ovidio Guzmán, one of the world’s most-wanted cartel leaders and the son of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

Los Angeles Times

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Violence paralyzes Mexican stronghold of Sinaloa drug cartel

Organized crime has paralyzed the western Mexico city of Culiacan, a stronghold of the Sinaloa drug cartel

The Independent UK

A Mexican Supreme Court justice fights a plagiarism scandal

Earlier this month, Yasmín Esquivel Mossa, a justice on Mexico's Supreme Court, announced she was putting herself in the running to become the first woman to lead the court in its 198-year history.

Los Angeles Times

Why is AMLO one of the world's most popular politicians? We took a road trip through Mexico to find out

SAYULA DE ALEMAN, Mexico — From the roadside stand in this muggy stretch of southern Mexico where Carmelo Morrugares sells coconuts for a living, the 45-year-old father of three says he can see his country changing for the better.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico president asks residents to reject drug gang gifts

Mexico's president is appealing to the country's citizens not to accept holiday handouts and gifts from drug gangs

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2022 is deadliest year on record for Mexican journalists

The deadliest year in at least three decades for Mexican journalists and media workers is nearing its close, with 15 killed

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Mexico president insists relations with Spain still 'paused'

Mexico's president says his country's relations with Spain are still "on pause," one day after Mexico's top diplomat met with his Spanish counterpart and said relations were being “relaunched.”

The Independent UK

After a Ticketmaster snafu, Mexico's president asks Bad Bunny to hold a free concert

After hundreds of ticket holders were denied entry to Bad Bunny's shows in Mexico City last weekend, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is asking the star to put on another concert for free.

WEKU

Mexico's president likely to leave big projects unfinished

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador loves big projects and hates unfinished ones, but that is likely what he will leave his successor when he leaves office at the end of 2024

The Independent UK

Peru's impeached president Castillo appears in court on rebellion charges

Peru's stunning political crisis grinded forward Thursday, as former President Pedro Castillo appeared in court following a failed attempt to close a hostile congress and his successor looked for ways to unite the country behind institutions gutted by endemic corruption and mistrust.

France 24

Corruption case fell apart under Barr

DOJ dropped charges against official linked to drug trafficking after Trump attorney general's intervention

Salon

As Mexico’s epidemic of violence rages on, authorities seem powerless to stop it

With more than 26,000 murders this year, it is clear the president’s strategy of using the military to control the crime gangs has failed

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Mexico to cut elections funding, ease online voting

Mexico's ruling party has pushed through an electoral reform that reduces funding for the country's electoral oversight agency

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Mexico pledges to complete huge elevated train in one year

Mexico's troubled Maya Train tourist project will now include a 50-mile (78 kilometer) stretch of elevated trackway through the jungle

Los Angeles Times

Mexico owes its young democracy to its elections institute. The president wants to dismantle it

MEXICO CITY — For most of the last century, elections in Mexico were a farce.

The Guardian - US

Four years after his inauguration, why is Mexico’s leader still campaigning?

Barred from re-election, Lopez Obrador is accused of bussing in supporters to drum up support for his successor

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Mexico high court upholds keeping military on police duties

Mexico’s Supreme Court has upheld a constitutional change that allows the military to continue in law enforcement duties until 2028

WEKU

Mexico's President López Obrador leads a massive pro-government march

Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Mexico's capital Sunday to support President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his proposals to reform the country's electoral authority.

France 24

Mexico's president leads massive pro-government march through capital

Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Mexico’s capital Sunday in a show of support for President Manuel López Obrador, who before assuming the presidency had led some of the country’s biggest protests.

The Independent UK

Mexico's López Obrador leads massive pro-government march

Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in Mexico’s capital in a show of support for President Manuel López Obrador, who before assuming the presidency led some of the country’s biggest protests

The Independent UK

Mexico's domestic airline industry in shambles

Mexico’s domestic airline industry is in shambles, plagued by safety problems, a downgrade of Mexico’s safety rating, and vandalism

The Independent UK

Mexican president suffers court reverse, tensions rise

Mexico's Supreme Court has struck down part of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's ‘jail, no bail’ program

The Independent UK

Mexico president dismisses massive protest against reforms

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the tens of thousands who demonstrated against his proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority were people in favor of privilege, racism and classism

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