Guatemalan authorities have dismantled what officials describe as the largest narco-laboratory uncovered in the country in the past 15 years, in a major operation near the border with Mexico that signals an
The killing of Oaxaca journalist Francisco Alejandro Leyva Aguilar has become the latest in a string of murders that, according to press freedom organisations and reporting by El País, reveal a persistent
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Guatemalan authorities have dismantled what officials describe as the largest narco-laboratory uncovered in the country in the past 15 years, in a major operation near the border with Mexico that signals an
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The reported deaths of two CIA officials in northern Mexico following an anti-drug operation have reignited longstanding tensions between Washington and Mexico City over the depth, visibility, and legitimacy of U.S. involvement
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The killing of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho”, in a February 23, 2026, security operation in Jalisco marks one of the most consequential blows against a Mexican
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Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known to the world as El Mencho, died on Sunday in a high-stakes operation by the Mexican Army in the mountains of Jalisco. His death, confirmed by federal authorities,
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FBI Director Kash Patel’s announcement on January 23 regarding the arrest of Canadian drug trafficker Ryan Wedding in Mexico led to immediate diplomatic tension between Washington and Mexico. Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder turned
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For generations, La Malinche occupied a singularly dark place in Mexico’s national imagination. Her name became shorthand for treason, her story a cautionary tale of Indigenous betrayal during the Spanish conquest. As
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“The military operates behind our backs,” says Pedro Uc Be. “We know they will start mining, but they work in darkness, and for that precise reason we haven’t been able to say
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When I was in graduate school, I audited a class taught by Friedrich Katz (1927–2010), one of the great historians of Mexico of his generation. During the Second World War, Katz’s father
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Recently declassified documents from the John F. Kennedy assassination files have unveiled an extensive and long-standing collaboration between the CIA and the Mexican government, shedding new light on Cold War-era espionage in
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