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How Policies in the U.S. and Mexico Led to the Detention Center Fire that Killed 39 People

By Solcyre Burga

This Mexican Activist Is Helping Americans Defy Abortion Bans

By Ciara Nugent

Mexico's President Shares 'Proof' of an Elf

By Tara Law

Biden’s Charm Offensive in Mexico

By Brian Bennett
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The Politics Behind Biden's Border Visit

Biden’s visit comes at a charged moment for the country’s immigration policies

By Brian Bennett

Mexico Arrests Son of ‘El Chapo’

Mexico’s military arrested Ovidio Guzman, the alleged leader of a major drug trafficking organization suspected of funneling narcotics to the U.S.

By Carolina Gonzalez and Maya Averbuch / Bloomberg

U.S. Gunmakers Face Challenges From Other Countries

Mexico is not the only U.S. neighbor seeing an increase in guns crossing its borders, despite strict gun control laws.

By Alana Semuels

Mexico Welcomes Back Tourists, But Workers Fear COVID

Sitting on the soft white sand of the world-famous beach in Cancún, Mexico, the turquoise water lapping lazily at your feet as tourists jog maskless along the shore, you can almost imagine that the coronavirus...

By Oscar Lopez / Cancún, Mexico

Mexican Doctors Attacked With Bleach Over COVID-19 Fears

People 'look at you like you’re infected,' one nurse says

By Lorena Rios / Bloomberg

Vogue Mexico's December Issue Cover Features an Indigenous Trans Woman for the First Time

Muxes are indigenous transgender women who have existed in southern Mexico for centuries

By Jasmine Aguilera

'I Tried to Take Photos That Meant Something': After the Cartel Ambush in Mexico

Three mothers and six children — all U.S. citizens — were killed in northern Mexico on Nov. 4 when their vehicles were ambushed in the close-knit Mormon offshoot community of La Mora. One vehicle caught...

By César Rodríguez

The Long History of Mormons in Mexico Began More Than a Century Before the Killing of 9 U.S. Citizens There

Members of Utah’s Latter-Day Saints community emigrated to Mexico in the 1880s to follow their religious beliefs

By Rebecca Janzen, University of South Carolina / The Conversation

9 U.S. Citizens, Including 6 Children, Killed in Mexico

At least nine members of a Mormon community — six children and three women — were reportedly killed in an attack in northern Mexico early Tuesday

By Jasmine Aguilera and Madeleine Carlisle

How the Sinaloa Cartel Just Beat the Mexican Army

In Mexico’s big cities, drug cartel gunmen normally act like phantoms. They hide in safe houses or amid communities, suddenly striking with an assassination or a gunfight, and then disappearing again. Residents know they are...

By Ioan Grillo

Mexican Asylum Seekers Are Facing Long Waits at the U.S. Border. Advocates Say That's Illegal

A new 'metering' practice is particularly dangerous for Mexican asylum seekers

By Anna-Catherine Brigida / Ciudad Juarez and Matamoros, Mexico

El Paso Walmart Was a Hub for Mexican Shoppers

Walmart, the site of Saturday's El Paso mass shooting, is just minutes away from the border

By Jasmine Aguilera

At Mexican Oil Company, Workers Offered 'Health Incentive' Bonus For Weight Loss, Trim Waistlines

To qualify, they must have a body mass index measure of not more than 25

By Amy Stillman / Bloomberg

'Joy, Excitement, and Togetherness at the Border.' With Three Hot Pink See-Saws, These Architects Turned the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Into a Playscape

The see-saw is meant to bring unity to people on either side of the border

By Madeline Fitzgerald

Trump’s Deadline for an Asylum Deal With Mexico Is Monday. Here’s What We Know

Donald Trump stood on the South Lawn of the White House on June 11, waving a folded piece of paper in front of the cameras that he said was an agreement with Mexico to address...

By Madeleine Joung

El Chapo Sentenced to Life in Prison in the U.S.

Guzman, 62, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole—the mandatory sentence after he was found guilty in February of all charges stemming from his role in trafficking billions of dollars worth of drugs into the U.S. as a top boss within the Sinaloa cartel.

By Melissa Chan and Josiah Bates
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