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Colombian mercenaries are being lured to Mexico to fight for powerful drug trafficking groups such as the Jalisco New Generation cartel.
The Supreme Court tossed Mexico’s $10-billion lawsuit against U.S. gun makers, but the case forced U.S. officials to acknowledge that thousands of guns are smuggled into Mexico from the United States.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called her country’s judicial election ‘extraordinary,’ despite turnout of less than 13%. Mexico becomes the first country on Earth to elect all its judges, from state level to the Supreme Court.
Mexicans go to polls Sunday
The two were targeted by gunmen on a motorcycle in the capital. Their boss, Clara Brugada, holds the second most powerful political post in the country.
The corruption charges against Salvadoran rights activist Ruth López, a leading critic of President Nayib Bukele, are politically motivated, her advocates say.
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele is a hero of the American right and portrays himself as a hip, innovative disrupter-in-chief willing to break norms to save his country. Critics say he’s just an old-school dictator.
Narcocorridos — or drug ballads — are more popular than ever in Mexico, where a generation that came of age during the drug war has embraced songs that recount both the spoils and the excessive violence of organized crime. But the genre is increasingly under attack.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she rejected an offer by President Trump to send U.S. troops to fight Mexican drug cartels.
Massive deportations from the U.S. have yet to materialize in Mexico. But Mexico is accepting migrants from third countries.
