The Latest Breaking News from Mexico

The migrant shelter, originally converted in 2019, has accommodated over 30,000 people. However, Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar confirmed that the shelter will be repurposed to be used by the whole community, and not just migrants.

Over the past two years, the U.S. Treasury has sanctioned more than 300 targets for involvement in drug trafficking activities

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's contested judicial reforms, which were approved by lawmakers on Wednesday, will make Mexico the world's only country to elect all its judges by popular vote.

The proposed measure, supported by president AMLO, would allow the citizens to vote on judges at the state and national level, including the Supreme Court

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Mexico's Senate passed a bill to require judges to stand for election, raising concerns about judicial independence.

Mexico's Senate on Wednesday approved a constitutional reform introducing popular election of judges with 86 votes in favour and 41 against. The debate over the proposed law had to be paused after a wave of protesters breached the senate building, forcing lawmakers to resume the debate in a different building.

Experts in Mexico's organized crime are convinced that Ivan Archivaldo Guzman, one of El Chapo Guzman's many offsprings, is the current leader of the cartel

"For years, Fronton Island was overrun with violence" said governor Abbott through his X account. "Texas secured it against the cartels"

The Mexican president said the cartel leader himself has asked for restraint in the area. "No one wants violence," he said

Most of the reported deaths since June have happened in the desert, where migrants, unfamiliar with the area, get lost while trying to reach smugglers' pickup spots or are left behind by their "foot guides" when they can't keep up with the group.