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Round 2 in the Trump-vs-Mexico matchup looks ominous for Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is facing a second Donald Trump presidency, and few countries can match its experience as a target of Trump's rhetoric: There have been threats to close the border, impose tariffs and even send U.S. forces to fight Mexican drug cartels if the country doesn’t do more to...
Mexico appears to abandon its ‘hugs, not bullets’ strategy as bloodshed plagues the country
MEXICO CITY (AP) — For the last six years, Mexico bragged about its oft-questioned “hugs, not bullets” strategy, in which its leaders avoided confrontations with drug cartels that were gradually taking control of large parts of the country. The thinking was that social programs, not...
Mexico Supreme Court rejects last-ditch effort to limit judicial overhaul
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court dismissed a proposal Tuesday to reduce the scope of a contentious judicial overhaul making all judges stand for election. The failed effort would have required only Supreme Court justices to compete in elections instead of all of the...
What to know about changes to Mexico's Constitution that prohibit court challenges to amendments
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's federal and state legislatures, all dominated by the ruling Morena party, have passed amendments to the Constitution that prohibit courts from challenging any Constitutional reforms. In the past, courts in Mexico had been able to rule on whether a new...
8 of 11 members of Mexico's Supreme Court to resign in protest of controversial judicial overhaul
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Eight justices of Mexico’s Supreme Court have said they will leave the court rather than stand for election as required by a controversial judicial overhaul passed last month. Supreme Court President Norma Piña and seven others submitted letters Tuesday and...
A violent start to the term of Mexico's new president raises questions about strategy, the army
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In just over three weeks in office, President Claudia Sheinbaum has inherited a whirlwind of violence that many say was set up by her predecessor’s policy of not confronting drug cartels, and using the army for law-enforcement. Sheinbaum, who took office Oct....
A group of 2,000 migrants in southern Mexico depart for the US weeks before election
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A group of about 2,000 migrants left Mexico's southern border Sunday hoping to reach the country's north and ultimately the United States. The development comes weeks before the U.S. presidential election, in which immigration has been a key issue. Some...
Border city residents blame Mexican army and National Guard for the deaths of a nurse and 8-year-old
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Human rights activists and relatives in the violent Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas, blamed the army and National Guard troops in the deaths of a nurse and an 8-year-old girl. The relatives said over the weekend that the...
A new mayor takes office in southern Mexico after his predecessor was beheaded
CHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AP) — A new mayor was sworn in Thursday in a city in southern Mexico where his predecessor was killed and beheaded less than a week after taking office. The new mayor, Gustavo Alarcón, a doctor, had been elected as an alternate on the same ticket as deceased...
Mexico's president lays out a plan to combat cartel violence. But it looks like more of the same
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s new president laid out a plan Tuesday to combat drug cartel violence, but analysts say it appears to be largely a continuation of previous policy. President Claudia Sheinbaum said that she plans to increase intelligence and investigative work, but her...
