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Mexican president blames the US for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges
CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blamed the United States on Thursday for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week. Two warring factions of the Sinaloa...
Mexican president calls on ex-security secretary to show proof of alleged cartel ties
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday demanded that former Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna, who was convicted on drug trafficking charges in the United States last year, present evidence to support his accusations that the president has...
Tropical Storm Ileana heads toward Los Cabos resorts bringing heavy rains
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico's resort-studded Los Cabos area warned tourists and residents alike to stay inside Friday as Tropical Storm Ileana began to pound the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula with rain. Ileana formed Thursday off the Pacific coast of...
Mexico's president asks Sinaloa cartel to act 'responsibly' as violence escalates in the north
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday asked the warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel to act "responsibly” so no one else gets killed, after a week of escalating violence nearly paralyzed the Sinaloa state capital, Culiacan. Asked by a...
Mexico’s Senate approves a contentious judicial overhaul after protesters storm the chamber
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate voted early Wednesday to overhaul the country’s judiciary, clearing the biggest hurdle for a controversial constitutional revision that will make all judges stand for election, a change that critics fear will politicize the judicial branch and threaten...
The Latest: Harris and Trump attend 9/11 remembrance ceremonies as debate reaction rolls in
Kamala Harris pressed a forceful case against Donald Trump on Tuesday in their first and perhaps only debate before the presidential election, repeatedly goading him in an event that showcased their starkly different visions for the country on abortion, immigration and American democracy. ...
Protesters storm Mexico's Senate after ruling party wins votes for court overhaul
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of protesters broke into Mexico's Senate on Tuesday as lawmakers weighed a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, forcing the body to take a temporary recess for the safety of the senators. The shut down came just hours after Mexico's...
Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico's president
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Catholic leaders said Monday that the judicial reform pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador might not necessarily bring justice for victims of the crime wave that is rampant across the country. “The proposal promoted by the Executive does...
What’s at stake in Mexico's judicial system under sweeping overhaul pushed by the president
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s governing party says judges in the current court system are corrupt, and it wants to push through an extreme proposal to make the country’s entire judicial branch — around 7,000 judges — stand for election. While some countries like Switzerland...
Chinese migrants flock to Mexico in search of jobs, a future and, for some, a taste of freedom
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Despite her well-paying tech job, Li Daijing didn’t hesitate when her cousin asked for help running a restaurant in Mexico City. She packed up and left China for the Mexican capital last year, with dreams of a new adventure. The 30-year-old woman from Chengdu,...
