Category: Mexico

Baja Farmworkers’ Strike Continues Amid Dialogue

Top Story — A strike by farm workers across Mexico’s Baja California peninsula continued on Wednesday despite the launch of talks involving workers, officials and farm operators, threatening the harvest […] Read More >

Attacks on Press Rose Under Mexican President Peña Nieto: Report

Top Story — Attacks on Mexican journalists have risen since President Enrique Peña Nieto took office in late 2012, according to a report released Tuesday by the press freedom organization […] Read More >

Great Reads Round-Up: March 9-15

U.S.-Born Students in Mexico Risk Becoming ‘Lost Generation’ Nina Lakhani. The Los Angeles Times. March 9, 2015. (1,052 words) In recent years, record-high deportation rates and a financial crisis saw […] Read More >

Great Reads Round-Up: March 2-8

Mexico Moves to Save Endangered Porpoise Elisabeth Malkin. The New York Times. Feb. 28, 2015. The Mexican Government will implement a new policy at the end of march to save […] Read More >

Mexico Arrests Zetas Boss, Latest Kingpin to Fall

TOP STORY — Mexican authorities on Wednesday arrested the alleged leader of the notorious Zetas drug cartel — the latest high-profile criminal to be targeted by the government’s “kingpin” strategy. […] Read More >

The Fight for Mexico City’s Future

MEXICO CITY — Around the corner from two taco stands and a small cantina, in an otherwise nondescript section of Mexico City’s Doctores neighborhood, there is an unmarked storefront known […] Read More >

Ex-Governor’s Brother Latest Mexico Corruption Arrest

Top Story — Mexican officials arrested the brother of former Guerrero state Gov. Ángel Aguirre on Tuesday, accusing him of taking some $19 million in kickbacks for construction contracts. Carlos […] Read More >

Forensic Report Casts Doubt on Government Account in Mexico’s Missing Students Case

Top Story — An investigation conducted by a world-renowned team of forensic experts called into question the Mexican government’s verdict on the fate of the 43 students missing since September […] Read More >

Two Confirmed Dead as Latest News on Mexican Maternity Ward Explosion Emerges

An explosion caused by a gas leak at a Mexico City maternity and children’s hospital killed two people and injured dozens more, according to the Borough Chief of Cuajimalpa, where […] Read More >

Mexican Attorney General Officially Declares 43 Missing Students Dead

Top Story — Evidence in the case of the 43 students missing from Iguala, Mexico, since Sept. 26 conclusively proves that they are dead, Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam announced […] Read More >