"Claudia Sheinbaum has responded to Donald Trump’s description of Mexico as the 'epicenter of violence', by calling on the US government to step up efforts to combat gun trafficking."

"Mexico’s security chief, the man who helped lead the operation that killed the drug lord known as 'El Mencho,' spends his days and nights inside fortified office buildings, including a one-bedroom apartment in the security ministry built for him."

"By Friday, clips of the challenger, Brandon Herrera, shooting Nazi-era weapons and discussing his copy of 'Mein Kampf' were circulating widely among Democrats."

"Brandon Herrera, a firearms manufacturer and YouTuber known online as 'The AK Guy,' could be on his way to Congress after U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales abruptly dropped his reelection bid Thursday amid an ethics investigation into his affair with a staffer."

"Carlos Vela is among three new investors to purchase a minority stake in LAFC, a league source confirmed to ESPN, with Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai among those to sell his stake in the club."

"A Mexican court ordered the army to hand over long-awaited documents that could advance the landmark investigation into the 2014 ​disappearance of 43 students in southern Guerrero state at the alleged ‌hands of organized crime and local security forces."

"U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez is facing Republican Eric Flores in November’s race for District 34’s Congressional seat after the attorney from Mission easily defeated former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores."

"The White House said on Wednesday that Spain has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military after ​President Donald Trump threatened to cut off trade, but Spain denied ‌making such a deal."

"Gina Hinojosa, a longtime member of the Texas House ​of Representatives who served for ‌nearly a decade as chair of the Texas Democratic Party, on Tuesday ​won the state's Democratic gubernatorial primary, ​U.S. media reported."

"Opposition lawmakers and others are celebrating what they call Sheinbaum’s de facto break with the controversial 'hugs not bullets' approach of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum’s predecessor and mentor."

"But even as this administration urges families to grow and single people to marry and welcome little ones into their lives, it’s persecuting children in the name of Trump’s deportation deluge."

"The scale of the carnage, as well as the arsenal involved, has underscored a key element of Mexico’s struggle against organized crime: cartels are armed to the teeth, and most of their weapons are trafficked from the US."

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"In a fierce firefight on Sunday, Mexican forces ended one of the most consequential criminal careers in Mexico’s modern history."

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"FIFA representatives will visit Mexico soon to assess security and mobility issues for the World Cup, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday."

"That’s how fascism descends. And it’s becoming less and less hypothetical by the week."

"Many Mexicans fear a troubling third scenario: a bloody power struggle that fragments the cartel, opening new fronts of conflict in an already volatile criminal landscape."

"After Mexican security forces killed the cartel’s leader, Nemesio Oseguera, on Sunday, cartel operatives unleashed the narco blockades in 20 of Mexico’s 32 states."

"Fascism does not advance because people lack information. It advances because people are comfortable, distracted, anesthetized, and trained to mistake civility for virtue."

"The failure to hold the malefactors of Trumpist fascism to account will only ensure its return."

"The call followed a raid on Sunday in which Mexican forces killed one of the country's most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera, also known as 'El Mencho,' setting off retaliatory violence from cartel members in many parts of the country."

"Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday there was 'no risk' to fans coming to the country for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, after violence erupted following the capture and death of Mexico's most-wanted cartel leader, notably in Jalisco state."

"President Trump has demanded President Claudia Sheinbaum confront the cartels. The killing of El Mencho suggests it might be working — but could come at a cost."

"The Mexican military raid that killed the country's most wanted cartel leader on Sunday was President Claudia Sheinbaum's biggest bet yet, doubling down on her historic offensive against the country's most powerful organized crime groups."

"A new U.S.-military-led task force specializing in intelligence collection on drug cartels played a role in the Mexican military raid on Sunday that killed the Mexican drug lord known as 'El Mencho,' a U.S. defense official told Reuters."

"What’s even more alarming is that most of these education moves in red states are happening without any involvement from Trump or his aides."

"Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, commonly known as 'El Mencho,' has been killed in a military operation, two government sources familiar with the operation told Reuters on Sunday, as the Mexican government ramps up pressure on local cartels after U.S. intervention threats."

"Commerce Department figures indicate that in 2025 the U.S. shipped $337.9 billion in goods to Mexico, or 15.5% of total American exports. That overtakes Canada, where U.S. exports totaled $336.5 billion or 15.4% of the total."

"Formed in 2020, the Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies houses three undergraduate majors: African American Studies, Mexican American Studies and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies."

"A congressional ethics watchdog launched an investigation into a reported affair between U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales and one of his staff members months ago, and investigators sought text messages, emails and other communications about the relationship, the San Antonio Express-News has learned."

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"The Trump administration announced last month that it planned to help more than two dozen states, including Texas, clean their voter rolls."

"The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents unanimously approved Thursday a rule requiring its universities to ensure students can graduate without studying 'unnecessary controversial subjects,' despite warnings it could leave them less prepared for the real world."

"A 40-year-old man allegedly walked into a San Diego McDonald’s, asked for the manager, and violently put him in a headlock—all while claiming to be an ICE agent."

"Months before her death, Regina Santos-Aviles texted a fellow Gonzales staffer saying she had an affair with the married congressman. Gonzales has dodged questions about their relationship."

"'At this time, the entry of armed forces from the United States should not be accepted even if they only come to plant little trees,' Sen. Gerardo Fernandez Noroña of the ruling MORENA Party said during the televised debate."

"Mexican security officials wondered if the closure of El Paso airspace meant the U.S. was preparing to strike a drug kingpin in the border state of Chihuahua."

"Mr. Carl’s halting defense of his theory on 'white erasure,' along with previous statements about race and Jews, has put his nomination in danger."

"About half of the high-powered .50-caliber cartridges that the Mexican authorities have seized from cartels since 2012 were traced to an ammunition factory outside Kansas City, Mo., that is owned by the United States government, Mexico’s defense secretary said on Tuesday."

"The criminal groups have used the technology to modernize their operations, smuggle fentanyl, organize migrant border crossings, surveil territory and wage war on rival cartels and Mexican authorities."

"The debut of the Alamo Visitor Center and Museum — the centerpiece of a major public-private makeover of the iconic site — has been pushed back to spring 2028 from late 2027."

"The imprisonment of a cartel member in the U.S. has dashed hopes in Mexico for justice in one of the country’s most notorious slayings — the death of acclaimed journalist Javier Valdez[.]"

"Members of Congress are demanding answers from Meta after it ran advertisements by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they say included imagery and music intended to appeal to white nationalists and neo-Nazis."

"Members of Congress are demanding answers from Meta after it ran advertisements by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they say included imagery and music intended to appeal to white nationalists and neo-Nazis."

"The federal government is openly embracing white nationalist online content — including in a recruitment post after Jonathan Ross killed Renee Good."

"The Seattle Sounders transferred star midfielder Obed Vargas to La Liga giant Atletico Madrid on Monday."

"The posts have referred to neo-Nazi literature, ethnic cleansing and QAnon conspiracies, mused about deporting nearly a third of the U.S. population, and promoted lyrics from an anthem bellowed by the far-right militants of the Proud Boys."

"With Mr. Trump breathing down her neck, she may find herself increasingly caught between a superpower demanding a crusade and a political machine that survives on the status quo."

"Mexican officials are evaluating how to send fuel to Cuba to help meet basic needs such as electricity and transportation without triggering reprisals from Washington, which has threatened tariffs against countries supplying fuel to the Caribbean island, four sources familiar with the matter said."