June 8, 2025
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Why Mexico’s Judicial Election is a Controversial Experiment

On June 1, Mexico will become the only country in the world to elect all of its judges and magistrates. Emiliano Rodriguez Mega, a New York Times reporter based in Mexico City, breaks down why this new approach is so controversial. Source link

Mexico’s first judicial elections stir controversy and confusion among voters

A supporter of Lenia Batres, who is running for election for the Mexican Supreme Court, holds an instruction sheet on how to vote, during her closing campaign rally in Mexico City (Image credit: AP) Mexico is holding its first ever judicial elections on Sunday, stirring controversy and sowing confusion among voters still struggling to understand […]

Tigers, jaguars and elephants are the latest to flee cartel violence in Mexico’s Sinaloa | World News

CULIACAN: A pack of veterinarians clambered over hefty metal crates on Tuesday morning, loading them one by one onto a fleet of semi-trucks. Among the cargo: tigers, monkeys, jaguars, elephants and lions – all fleeing the latest wave of cartel violence eclipsing the northern Mexican city of Culiacan. For years, exotic pets of cartel members […]

Mexico’s president says she rejected Trump’s plan to send US troops across the border

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum attends her morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, April 2, 2025. (AP) MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Saturday that US President Donald Trump proposed sending American troops into Mexico to help her administration fight drug trafficking but that she rejected it. Her remarks to […]

‘Will keep escalating consequences’: Donald Trump threatens tariffs over Mexico’s water shortfalls amid treaty dispute

US President and Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum US President Donald Trump issued a warning to Mexico on Thursday, threatening trade repercussions unless it increases water supply to Texas under a long-standing treaty.Through his Truth Social platform, Trump stated, “Mexico has been stealing the water from Texas Farmers” and “last year the only Sugar Mill in […]