"Mexico is demanding criminal investigations into the deaths of 17 Mexicans in the United States since the Trump administration launched its crackdown on illegal immigration last year, officials here said Monday."

Mexico and the United States are "heading for a potentially more serious confrontation over President Claudia Sheinbaum’s refusal to arrest Mexican officials charged in the United States with drug corruption."

"Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Monday that Mexico would be filing criminal complaints in the US for the deaths of more than a dozen Mexican migrants in immigration detention and those killed in anti-migrant operations."

"Mexico has launched an investigation into whether the US lied about its involvement in the capture and secretive transfer of a top Sinaloa cartel member in 2024, in what would be a potential violation of the country’s sovereignty."

"For decades, the Mexican government has tried building bridges, a soft-power initiative known as acercamiento — or coming together — with its rising global diaspora. It’s had some success. But what makes this latest bonding so compelling is that it wasn’t designed by the government."

"The nation’s president vowed to go 'beyond diplomatic notes' after a U.S. immigration agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican man, in Texas this week."

"Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that her government plans to file criminal complaints in the U.S. regarding ​Mexican citizens who have died in immigration custody or while being targeted in anti-immigration ‌operations."

"We’ve long been told by American society to be ashamed of who we are, yet no one felt any shame."

"Predictably, the Department of Homeland Security told reporters that the killing was an act of 'self-defense' by ICE agents who had feared for their safety. This is a story they have told many times before."

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"Federal immigration agents who killed a man during a traffic stop in Houston on Tuesday had been searching for a different person, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman."

"The men who were in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s vehicle when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed him on Tuesday say he did not try ram the immigration agents’ unmarked car—directly contradicting ICE’s version of events."

"Trump’s approval among Hispanic voters has fallen faster and more sharply than among almost any other group in his coalition — a 27-point drop since his inauguration."

"Preliminary audience numbers across both Telemundo and Fox are in for the dramatic matchup this past Sunday night between England and Mexico, with a total that will exceed U.S. vs. Belgium in the U.S. as the most-watched soccer game in U.S. history."

"Patriot Front, which originated in the Dallas-Fort Worth city of Grapevine, frequently participates in 'flash demonstrations,' or street marches in which its uniformed members don white face masks, according to media reports."

"It’s no longer enough for Democratic politicians to just vote the right way on key issues. The party base is looking for fighters and disrupters—and will cast aside solid politicians who they don’t think will aggressively battle Donald Trump, MAGA, and right-wing billionaires."

"The Trump administration on Wednesday ​declined to extend the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, starting a decade-long clock to wind down the trade deal as it seeks changes to try to reshore manufacturing jobs and reduce U.S. trade deficits ‌with its North American neighbors."

"The crown jewel of this nucleus is undoubtedly 17-year-old wonderkid Gilberto Mora, but there are also two American-born players who are also expected to become pillars of the team: Brian Gutiérrez, from Berwyn, Ill., and Obed Vargas, from Anchorage, Alaska."

"If it's a miracle to still be alive after a near-fatal skull fracture, then what do you then make of an athlete who is somehow still playing, and not just playing, but playing at the highest level, representing his country at the FIFA World Cup?"

"As the Trump administration ramps up its investigations into Mexico’s government, elected officials in the country’s governing party have been quietly offering themselves to U.S. authorities as informants against fellow party members, according to eight people involved in the conversations."

"After seven years of strain, King Felipe VI and Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, shook hands on Thursday at the National Palace in Mexico City."

"The meeting scheduled at Mexico City’s National Palace on Thursday will not only seal the diplomatic reconciliation between Spain and Mexico after seven years of tension."

On Episode 29 of Vanguard Elements, Steve and Aldo discuss the unlikely political resurrection of Xavier Becerra with George Galvis, a Bay Area political observer and activist.

For much of its history, the Mexican men’s national soccer team, commonly referred to as El Tri, consisted almost exclusively of Mexican nationals developed within Mexico’s established network of club academies operated by the various teams of Liga MX. That dynamic has apparently started to change.

"Claudia Sheinbaum must be doing something right. With a consistent approval rating of around 70% since becoming Mexico’s president in 2024, the former climate scientist – and protege of her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador – is the world’s most popular leftwing leader."

"Haters don’t get why so many Mexican Americans root for El Tri. The team embodies what it means to be Mexican: They’re a good group of folks who always seem to get bad breaks and never seem to win against the powers that be — but never stop fighting for a better day, while having fun doing so."

"As the World Cup kicks off, cracks are emerging in Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s carefully tended relationship with President Donald Trump — over trade, cartels and a brewing extradition standoff."

"For nearly four years, Ken Salazar — the U.S. ambassador to Mexico under former President Joe Biden — grew increasingly frustrated with the White House’s border plan."

"Jimenez was considered one of the English top flight’s most prolific forwards before he suffered a fractured skull while playing for Wolves against Arsenal in 2020, and is Mexico’s highest-scoring Premier League footballer with 68 goals in 233 appearances in the competition."

"Trump is attempting to replace the Latin American left not only with any old right-wing regime but the farthest-right lackeys, stooges, criminals, and sellouts."

"Privately, she has warned Morena governors and lawmakers that officials tied to corruption should resign — an indication that she understands the danger the case poses to her party."

"On Sunday, at a rally marking the second anniversary of her 2024 election victory, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum delivered the most acerbic and aggressive speech of her administration."

"Xavier Becerra’s campaign for California governor appeared doomed just two months ago."

"Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that far-right sectors in the United States are coordinating with ​domestic groups to attack her government, escalating her rhetoric ‌against Mexico's largest trading partner."

"Mexico City Stadium — or, as it is more commonly known, Estadio Azteca — is one of the World Cup’s holy sites."

"Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday her government agreed to allow the Iranian national soccer team to stay in Mexico during the World Cup, adding that the United States did not want to host the team."

"The president of Iran’s soccer federation said Saturday that the Iranian national team will move its World Cup base camp from the U.S. to Mexico, though neither FIFA nor the Arizona facility that spent months preparing to host the team has confirmed the switch."

"Mexico’s dominant political party advanced legislation on Thursday to annul elections compromised by foreign interference, a clear shot at Washington after months of complaints from President Claudia Sheinbaum that the Trump administration is threatening Mexico’s sovereignty."

"Mexico and the European Union signed a long-stalled free trade ‌agreement on Friday as they seek to decrease dependence on the U.S. and partially insulate themselves from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs."

"Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has told officials from her ruling Morena party to resign ​if they are involved in acts of corruption, according to two party sources, amid increased pressure from the U.S. against politicians in ‌Mexico with alleged ties to the country's powerful drug cartels."

"San Antonio is among 10 U.S. cities to join an international coalition of cities committed to democratic values, rule of law and civil rights."

"The number of people registered as missing in Mexico has climbed relentlessly for the past two decades, surpassing 130,000, as warring organised crime groups began both recruiting by force and burying, burning or even dissolving their victims with acid so as to conceal their crimes and sow terror."

"Mexico has frozen the bank accounts of former officials accused by the United States of ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, President ​Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday, describing the move as a preventive measure ‌rather than a domestic investigation."

"Can Galindo win a general election? That’s a strategic question for Democrats to consider as voting begins Monday in the runoff."

"A new clip of him trying to steer a television reporter’s interview went viral on Tuesday, drawing widespread criticism — not exactly the broader introduction he was hoping for."

"Mexican authorities have maintained extreme secrecy around the explosion, but multiple sources tell CNN that the attack was a targeted assassination, facilitated by CIA operations officers."

"The leader of a group linked to a notorious cartel that operates near the U.S. border has been detained in Mexico, officials announced Monday."

"While prosecutors in the Southern District of New York described damning evidence, the indictment was equally notable for all that was not mentioned."

"The United States and Israel, with the help of Honduras, are allegedly positioning themselves on the geopolitical chessboard to control spheres of influence in Latin America."

"The U.S. Department of State has started a ‌review of the more than 50 Mexican consulates operating in the United States, a State Department official said on Thursday."