amlo
Upstart Corn Activists in Mexico Just Beat GMO Goliath Bayer-Monsanto
Mexico's Supreme Court voted down an appeal by several chemical and seed companies to allow them to cultivate genetically modified corn.
Mexico Is Fighting the US Over Extraditing Drug Cartel Suspects
Famed cartel kingpin “El Chapo” may be serving life in a U.S. prison, but cooperation on other cartel bosses has ground to a halt.
Mexico’s President Has Already Made Twice as Many False Claims as Trump
AMLO made over 61,000 misleading statements during his daily news conference in less than three years—double the amount of “untruths” attributed to former U.S. President Donald Trump during his entire term.
Mexico May Free the Cartel ‘Godfather’ Behind a DEA Agent’s Murder
President AMLO said Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, who is deaf and blind in one eye and now confined to a wheelchair, could be freed if “justified.”
Mayoral Candidate Dubbed “Armed and Dangerous” By DEA Claims Charges Are Bogus
Rogelio Portillo Jaramillo, a member of the Mexican president's MORENA party, denied the allegations to VICE World News.
Mexico Undercounted COVID Deaths by Over 100,000
The country now has the second highest death toll globally, even though it’s population is much lower than the other top ranking nations.
On the Front Line of Mexico’s Forever War Against the Cartels
“You’ve found the heart of the mafia,” one cartel member in the state of Michoacán told us. “If I were you, I wouldn’t have come here.”
Brother Getting Bags of Cash Isn't Great for Mexico's 'Anti-Corruption' President
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is under fire for his methods on fighting corruption, and recently-released videos of his own brother accepting bags of cash aren't helping.
Women Are Being Killed With Impunity in Mexico
A record-breaking 3,833 women were killed last year — an average of over 10 a day — and the pandemic has made gender violence worse.
Mexico Just Arrested a Cartel Boss Known as 'The Sledgehammer'
The move is an attempt by AMLO's government to claw back a semblance of control in the violence-plagued state, but it gives an opening to a rival cartel.
Women Go to Prison For Abortions in Mexico. But That Could Soon Change
Mexico is slowly inching toward the decriminalization of abortion, propelled by a strong activist movement and shifting politics toward the left.
The Mormon Family Massacre Could Make the Bloody Drug War in Mexico Worse
“Mexico is in this situation because we border the biggest illegal drug consumption market in the world”