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A new mayor takes office in southern Mexico after his predecessor was beheaded

Oct. 10, 2024 21:19 PM EDT

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

Oct. 08, 2024 13:34 PM EDT

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...

AP News Digest - California

Oct. 04, 2024 17:00 PM EDT

AP News Digest - California The following AP stories have moved in the last 24 hours. To find out about future plans, please visit Coverage Plan. CALIFORNIA STORIES TODAY US--Los Angeles Police Chief Former county sheriff has been appointed to lead the...

Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change

Oct. 04, 2024 11:42 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — In her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy transition that he halted. “We...

Mexico's Sheinbaum keeps doing morning briefings, though her style is unlike her predecessor's

Oct. 02, 2024 22:11 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's new President Claudia Sheinbaum started her day Wednesday much like her political mentor, ex-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, began most of his: with an early morning news briefing from the National Palace. López Obrador's news briefings, known...

Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as 1st female president of Mexico

Oct. 02, 2024 03:14 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president, riding the enthusiasm over her predecessor’s social programs but also facing challenges that include stubbornly high levels of violence. After a smiling Sheinbaum took the oath of...

Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, the scientist who will head Mexico as its first female president?

Oct. 01, 2024 12:01 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum takes office Tuesday as Mexico’s first female president in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence. The 62-year-old former Mexico City mayor and lifelong leftist campaigned on a promise of continuity, of protecting and expanding the...

Along Mexico's Pacific coast, flooding from Hurricane John left devastated towns and 17 dead

Oct. 01, 2024 03:31 AM EDT

COYUCA DE BENITEZ, Mexico (AP) — Along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, floodwaters receded Monday, leaving behind devastated towns and 17 dead, after John struck the coast once as a hurricane and again as tropical storm last week. Desperate residents in the town of Coyuca de...

Live music, breakfast and a raffle: Mexico's president makes the most of his final day in office

Sep. 30, 2024 22:04 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador turned his final morning briefing Monday into a variety show featuring live music, breakfast and a raffle to gift his watch to a journalist. “I dedicated myself to serve the people,” the 70-year-old leader...

Mexico's populist president held court each morning for 6 years. Now he's retiring from public life

Sep. 29, 2024 21:36 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Every day at 7 a.m., President Andrés Manuel López Obrador strolls onto a stage in Mexico's National Palace, clad in a smart suit and tie, and peers out at a room of bleary-eyed reporters and social media personalities. “Buenos días, look alive!” the 70-year-old leader...