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U.S. found financial ties between Sinaloa Cartel and López Obrador campaigns, say new bombshell reports
Three journalistic agencies made the shocking claim, reporting that U.S. federal agents and prosecutors found that the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel contributed between $2-4 million to López Obrador’s 2006 campaign
Crime
Six people shot dead during Juárez funeral amid rising cartel violence
Five individuals were pronounced dead at the scene, and another person succumbed while being transported to the hospital, according to reports
Crime
Drug cartels invade Mayan pyramid sites in southern Mexico
The Mexican government has reported that at least two of the popular Mayan locations have been temporarily shut down as a result of rising crime in the state of Chiapas
Sports
Animal rights activists launch call to action to halt bullfighting in Mexico City
The city held its first bullfight on Sunday in nearly two years since 2022, sparking protests from activists throughout the city. The sport, which dates back to the 16th Century in Mexico, had previously been shut down after a judge suspended the practice.
Crime
U.S. appeals court rules Mexico can sue American gun manufacturers for "flood" of firearms across border
A U.S. appeals court ruled Monday that a $10 billion lawsuit filed by Mexico against American gun manufacturers can proceed
Immigration
U.S. and Mexico hold transnational cooperative meeting to tackle migrant smugglers
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met this week with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Mexico City and said the two sides came to “important agreements”
Politics
López Obrador accuses Abbott of passing state immigration law to land GOP vice presidential nomination
López Obrador told the press he intended to protect “our countrymen and migrants,” explaining that Mexico was planning on passing a law that would act as a countermeasure to the new Texas law
Crime
Biden celebrates arrest of Sinaloa cartel faction security chief, thanks López Obrador
The Mexican National Guard has arrested Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, the reputed security chief of a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. Pérez Salas is known widely throughout the country as “El Nini”
Entertainment
Latina "Scream" queen Melissa Barrera reportedly fired after accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing
The Mexican-American actress suddenly started publishing comments about the Middle Eastern conflict in October, writing in one Instagram story, “I too come from a colonized country” beside a Mexican flag icon
Politics
Christian conservatives find hope with soap opera actor Eduardo Verástegui in Mexico presidential race
Verástegui hopes to energize evangelical conservatives with his opposition to LGBTQ inclusion and abortion.