Mexico City’s Airport Got a $500 Million Renovation for the 2026 World Cup. Was It Enough?
The smell of paint wafted through Benito Juárez International Airport. Jackhammers buzzed. Heavy machinery and caution tape blocked…
Justice Dept. Aims to Use Terrorism Laws to Target Mexican Officials
The Trump administration this week instructed federal prosecutors to use terrorism statutes to target Mexican officials complicit in…
How a Drug Cartel Made a Mexican State Its Tool
The pact with the authorities worked like this, cartel operatives said: Spoken code words cleared the way for…
U.S. and Mexican Officials Deny C.I.A. Had Lethal Role in Mexico Operation
The C.I.A. provided intelligence and planning support for a recent operation against a cartel operative inside Mexico, but…
The U.S. Set Off a Corruption Scandal That Is Gripping Mexico
If there had been odds on which Mexican politician was colluding with the cartels, the favorite might have…
U.S. Indictment of Sinaloa’s Governor Is a Reckoning for Residents of the Mexican State
The news was explosive and injected a fresh layer of tension in relations between the United States and…
A defiant Sheinbaum refuses to extradite Mexican officials on U.S. drug charges
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denounced the U.S. prosecution of a sitting Mexican governor and other officials on…
U.S. Indictment Accuses Mexican Governor of Conspiring With Sinaloa Cartel
U.S. prosecutors accused a Mexican governor and nine other current and former Mexican officials of participating in a…
Mexico Says 4 Foreigners Were at Cartel Raid Where 2 C.I.A. Officers Died
Four foreigners — not two — were on the ground during a counter-cartel operation last week in northern…
Cartel war takes surprising turn as CIA involvement in Mexico surfaces
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that her government was never informed that CIA agents would be…
Teotihuacán Pyramids Shooting: Gunman Carried Notes on U.S. Mass Shootings
On Sunday, Julio César Jasso Ramírez checked into a hotel near one of Mexico’s most popular tourist destinations,…
Canadian Tourist Is Shot Dead in Shooting at Mexico’s Pyramids
At least one Canadian tourist was shot dead and several other people were wounded, the authorities said, when…