Violence in Mexico cost the country hundreds of billions of dollars in 2024 despite the country becoming moderately more peaceful, according to a recent study that underscored the continued high cost ...

Carlos Manzo was the mayor of a city in Michoacan, Mexico. He launched a full-frontal assault on organized crime. Last month he was assassinated by a lone gunman, sparking protests across the country.

He acquired the Batman moniker during his days as Mexico City’s crime-busting police chief under then-Mayor Sheinbaum. Like ...

Mexican marines guard the entrance of the building complex where the leader of the Beltran Leyva's cartel, Arturo Beltran Leyva, was shot dead by security forces, in Cuernavaca on December 17, 2009.

A plea agreement made by a top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel's Chapitos faction raises fresh questions about the kidnapping of ...

Mexico's drug cartels are often described as powerful rivals to the state, with their influence measured in weapons, money and murdered officials. But this framing misses a fundamental truth.

The killing of Shanquella Robinson is being investigated as a femicide, an unfamiliar term for many in the United States as this gender-motivated crime has not been defined by US legislation despite ...

Organized crime groups in Mexico are now threatening U.S. companies and their employees. I have been working in cross-border logistics for over a decade and a half and I think that the security ...

It consistently ranks as both the safest city to visit in Mexico, and safest place for expats to live in Mexico. As you can see in the infographic above, there’s not much crime in Merida — though of ...

Curious about US vs Mexico safety? As an American who's been living in Mexico since 2018, I did a deep dive into this topic for you.

Most states in Mexico are currently under a Level 2, or "exercise increased caution," travel advisory, according to the U.S. State Department. But eight states in Mexico are under a Level 3 advisory, ...

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