Mexico & Peru restore diplomatic relations after asylum row
By Rorey Bosotti August 07, 2026 Former Peruvian PM Betssy Chávez was granted asylum by Mexico in November 2025 (Source: Reuters) Mexico and Peru have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations following a row over the granting of asylum to a former Peruvian prime minister who was charged for a 2022 coup attempt. In a joint statement released on 7 August, Lima and Mexico City said "historic ties of brotherhood, friendship and cooperation" prompted the reconciliation. The two
BBC News
Aug 13
Chaos and violence in Mexico following the death of El Mencho
Chaos and violence in Mexico following the death of El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel February 23, 2026 By Agencia EFE Members of the National Guard guard the area where the body of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias ‘El Mencho’, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) killed in Mexico City (Mexico), was transferred. Photo: EFE/Mario Guzmán Mexico City (EFE). - Mexico is facing an escalation of violence, with fires and roadblocks in at lea
Agencia EFE
Feb 24
Mexican paramilitary group kills two indigenous people
The Digna Ochoa Human Rights Committee reported that the injured, two of whom were elderly, were taken to hospitals in the region. February 11, 2026 By Fredy Martín Pérez Paramilitary group “Los Autónomos” ambushes and kills two indigenous people in Chiapas; four others are wounded. Photo: Valente Rosas/ EL UNIVERSAL San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas—A paramilitary group operating in the municipality of Tila carried out an ambush this afternoon, killing two Ch'ol people and
El Universal
Feb 18
Trump wants to end birthright U.S. citizenship
Birthright Citizenship Defined America. Trump Wants to Redefine It. The New York Times Magazine Jan. 18, 2025 The 14th Amendment made the...
Marcela Valdes | The New York Times Magazine
Jan 18, 2025
UN urges protection as journalists are murdered in Mexico
Relative and friends of slain journalist Mauricio Solis carry his coffin during his wake in Urupan, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP...
Associated Press
Oct 31, 2024
5 decapitated bodies found on road in Mexico
The initials of the drug cartel "Jalisco Nueva Generacion" (CJNG) are seen in graffiti on a wall in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco State,...
CBS News
Oct 14, 2024
Civil war in the home of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel
Recent abduction and arrest of a top drug lord has set off a vicious war inside Mexico’s most violent cartel. A crime scene in Culiacan,...
Al Jazeera
Sep 30, 2024
Mexico's missing students: families continue to search
Nearly a decade after 43 students went missing in Mexico, families are still searching for answers. During a drug war that has...
BBC News
Dec 10, 2023
Murders inspire calls for justice at ‘Muxe’ festival
Members of Mexico’s third-gender community used their annual celebration to push for answers after two prominent LGBTQ deaths. Felina...
Al Jazeera
Dec 2, 2023
In Mexico, five journalists were shot in one day
The incidents are among the country's largest mass attacks on reporters in a decade. There was no immediate information on the victims'...
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Nov 30, 2023
Body of abducted anti-mining activist found in Mexico
Authorities in western Mexico say they have found the body of anti-mining activist Higinio Trinidad de la Cruz Higinio Trinidad de la...
ABC 1
Nov 27, 2023
Mexico’s first nonbinary magistrate murdered
The violent death of Jesús Ociel Baena and suggestions by the authorities that it was a domestic killing have angered advocates who are...
New York Times 1
Nov 15, 2023
