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September 17, 2024 at 11:56 PM

At least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern Mexico

At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as two factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash
September 17, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Soldiers and police arrive at the area where bodies lie on the ground in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo)
September 14, 2024 at 5:18 AM

Tropical Storm Ileana heads toward Los Cabos resorts bringing heavy rains

Authorities in Mexico’s Los Cabos area have been warning people to stay inside
September 14, 2024 at 5:18 AM
This satellite image taken at 12:40 pm ET on Sept. 13, 2024, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows Tropical Storm Ileana at Mexico's southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. (NOAA via AP)
September 13, 2024 at 10:22 PM

Mexican cartel leader 'El Mayo' Zambada pleads not guilty to US charges

Longtime drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has pleaded not guilty to U.S. narcotics trafficking charges
September 13, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Frank Perez, attorney for longtime drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, leaves Brooklyn federal court after Zambada's arraignment Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)
September 11, 2024 at 5:32 AM

Protesters storm Mexico's Senate after ruling party wins votes for court overhaul

Hundreds of protesters pushed into Mexico’s Senate as lawmakers weighed a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, forcing the body to temporarily suspend its session
September 11, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Protesters interrupt a Senate session in which lawmakers were debating the government's proposed judicial reform, which would make judges stand for election, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
September 4, 2024 at 10:30 PM

Mexico's Congress advances a contentious bill to make all judges run for election

The lower house of Mexico’s Congress has approved contentious legislation that would launch the most sweeping judicial overhaul of the century by requiring all judges to stand for election
September 4, 2024 at 10:30 PM
A relative of a prisoner shows a binder alleging their innocence during a rally in support of the government's proposed judicial reform in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
2 months ago

'El Chapo' son Joaquin Guzman Lopez pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges

Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of "El Chapo," pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance since his arrest last week.
2 months ago
Joaquin Guzman Lopez was arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday, July 25, 2024.
2 months ago

12-year-old killed by gunmen on jet skis targeting rival drug dealer, officials say

A 12-year-old boy was killed on a beach in Cancun after gunmen on jet skis opened fire on a rival drug dealer, Mexican officials said Sunday.
2 months ago
General view of beaches along Cancun hotel zone in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Dec. 4, 2023.
2 months ago

2 Mexican drug cartel leaders arrested, in federal custody

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was apprehended when he was duped into getting on a flight that landed in Texas, while Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of drug lord “El Chapo,” was secretly flown to Chicago.
2 months ago
VIDEO: 2 Mexican drug cartel leaders arrested, in federal custody
2 months ago

Top Sinaloa cartel members arrested

Two top leaders of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel have been taken into custody by United States authorities to face charges for their role in leading the group's vast drug trafficking enterprise.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Top Sinaloa cartel members arrested
2 months ago

Treasury sanctions companies allegedly linked to timeshare fraud by Mexican cartel

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned four Mexican companies and three Mexican individuals allegedly linked to timeshare fraud, officials said.
2 months ago
Seal of the United States Treasury.
2 months ago

Desperate search for missing Utah teen in Mexico

The FBI is now assisting in the search for a 14-year-old Utah teenager who went missing while visiting her relatives in Mexico City last month.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Desperate search for missing Utah teen in Mexico
2 months ago

Search underway for 14-year-old Utah girl missing in Mexico

Elizabeth "Ely" Gonzalez, 14, was last seen on June 30, according to the FBI.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Search underway for 14-year-old Utah girl missing in Mexico
2 months ago

14-year-old American girl goes missing in Mexico

The FBI is assisting in a search for a Utah teen who disappeared while visiting relatives in Mexico City last month.
2 months ago
Elizabeth Gonzalez
2 months ago

Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Mexico

ABC News meteorologist Kevin Roth tracks where the storm is heading next.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Mexico
3 months ago

Mexico City residents, faced with water crisis, resort to drastic measures

ABC News reports on the dwindling clean water supply in one of the world’s largest cities, forcing many residents to resort to drastic measures.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Mexico City’s water crisis
3 months ago

Mexico City’s water crisis

ABC News’ Matt Rivers reports on the dwindling clean water supply in one of the world’s largest cities, forcing many residents to resort to drastic measures to obtain the water they need to survive.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Mexico City’s water crisis
3 months ago

Wife speaks out for 1st time after husband died by hot tub electrocution in Mexico

In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Lizette Zambrano discusses the tragedy that happened at the Mexican resort town of Puerto Peñasco when her husband was electrocuted in a hot tub.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Wife speaks out for 1st time after husband died by hot tub electrocution in Mexico
3 months ago

Woman whose husband died by hot tub electrocution at Mexican beach resort speaks out

It was supposed to be paradise in Mexico for Lizette Zambrano and her husband Jorge but little did she know it would end in her coming home without the love of her life.
3 months ago
Lizette Zambrano, the woman who survived the hot tub electrocution and whose husband died speaks to "Good Morning America."
3 months ago

Biden sending more federal help to devastated communities in New Mexico

With fires spreading uncontrollably in New Mexico, President Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the state.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Biden sending more federal help to devastated communities in New Mexico
3 months ago

WHO confirms bird flu patient in Mexico died of other medical conditions

Mexican authorities reported the human case to the World Health Organization on May 23.
3 months ago
Mexican authorities reported the human case to the World Health Organization on May 23.
3 months ago

American killed, another injured by electric shock in Mexican hot tub: Police

Forensic analysis will be conducted to determine the origin of the apparent electrical failure, law enforcement said.
3 months ago
VIDEO:  American killed, another injured by electric shock in Mexican hot tub: Police
3 months ago

American man dies after being electrocuted in jacuzzi while in Mexico

One person was killed, and another was injured after experiencing an electric shock in a Jacuzzi at a private condominium complex in northwestern Mexico.
3 months ago
VIDEO: American man dies after being electrocuted in jacuzzi while in Mexico
3 months ago

ABC News exclusive: Inside a cartel's human-smuggling operation

ABC News exclusive: Matt Rivers reports on a cartel's human-smuggling operation in Mexico.
3 months ago
ABC News' Matt Rivers reports on the lucrative human smuggling business at the U.S.-Mexico border and gets exclusive access to a cartel's operation.
3 months ago

Mexico elects first female president

ABC News' Matt Rivers reports on Mexico's historic election that saw its first female president-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum, and what it could mean for U.S.-Mexico relations.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Mexico elects first female president
3 months ago

Mexico elects its 1st female president

Mexico elected its first female president in the country's 200-year history. Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor, won the election in a landslide with over 60% of the vote.
3 months ago
VIDEO: Rivers Mexico president
3 months ago

Mexico's 1st female president faces myriad crises: ANALYSIS

For the first time in the 200-year history of Mexico’s republic, a woman will become president of Mexico.
3 months ago
Mexico's presidential candidate for Morena party Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates following the results of the general election at Zocalo Square in Mexico City, on June 3, 2024.
3 months ago

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum, 1st woman to be president

Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, the election institute said.
3 months ago
Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum waves to her supporters after winning the election, in Mexico City, Mexico, June 3, 2024.
4 months ago

Claudia Sheinbaum wins historic Mexican presidential election

Sheinbaum, who captured national attention as the mayor of Mexico City, will take office later this year as Mexico’s first-ever female president.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Claudia Sheinbaum wins historic Mexican presidential election
4 months ago

Mexico all but guaranteed to have its first woman president

The run-up to the election has been marred by violence, with dozens of candidates killed.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Mexico all but guaranteed to have its first woman president
4 months ago

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum, 1st woman to be president, election institute says

Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, the election institute said.
4 months ago
Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected president of Mexico, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to lead the country, the election institute said.
4 months ago

Mexico on verge of electing its 1st female president

Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections that are a referendum on populism and democracy.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Mexico on verge of electing its 1st female president
4 months ago

Howler monkeys are dying in southern Mexico amid nationwide drought and heat wave

More than 100 howler monkeys have dropped dead from trees in southern Mexico's tropical forests amid a nationwide drought and heat wave, with rescuers racing to give water to the threatened monkeys.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Howler monkeys are dying in southern Mexico amid nationwide drought and heat wave
4 months ago

This taquería serves just 4 tacos and won a Michelin star, here's why

Taquería El Califa de León is the first Mexican taco shop and only shop among 16 Mexican restaurants to receive a Michelin star.
4 months ago
An overhead view of the Tacos El Califa de León taco stand, in Mexico City, May 15, 2024.
4 months ago

Missing tourists found dead in Mexico were trying to stop carjacking: Police

American Jack Carter Rhoad and Australians Jake Robinson and Callum Robinson were killed by suspects attempting to steal tires from their cars, according to authorities.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Missing tourists found dead in Mexico were trying to stop carjacking: Police
4 months ago

Urgent investigation after surfers disappear in Mexico

Authorities announced arrest warrants have been obtained for the crime of forced disappearance after an American and two Australian surfers went missing.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Urgent investigation after surfers disappear in Mexico
6 months ago

Body of missing 54-year-old woman found in cemetery on the side of highway in Mexico

The body of a 54-year-old woman missing since February has been found in a cemetery on the side of a highway in Mexico, police say.
6 months ago
The body of a 54-year-old woman missing since February has been found with signs of torture in a cemetery on the side of a highway in Mexico, police in Washington say.
7 months ago

US citizen arrested crossing border from Mexico in taxi with $130,000 of fentanyl

A U.S. citizen has been arrested crossing back into the U.S. from Mexico after authorities found an estimated $130,000 of fentanyl hidden in the taxi they were riding in.
7 months ago
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized 9.7 pounds of fentanyl with an estimated street value of $130,000.
7 months ago

'Important announcements' expected from US-Mexico-Guatemala migration meeting

Wednesday's meeting between the United States, Mexico and Guatemala on managing migration will result in "several important announcements," senior U.S. officials said.
7 months ago
A group of migrants attempt to go through a wire fence on the banks of the Rio Grande river along the border between Mexico and the United States as members of U.S. National Guard stand on the other side of the fence in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Feb. 27, 2024.
7 months ago

Biden to make his 2nd visit to southern border on the same day as Trump

President Joe Biden will make his second visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday to make another push for Congress to pass a bipartisan border deal.
7 months ago
President Joe Biden walks along the US-Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas, on January 8, 2023.
7 months ago

US-Mexico border: 100 billion gallons of sewage creating a 'public health crisis'

Over the last five years, 100 billion gallons of untreated sewage, industrial waste and urban runoff have been dumped into the Tijuana River.
7 months ago
People look towards the US-Mexico border fence that runs into the Pacific Ocean, seen from Imperial Beach outside San Diego, Nov. 7, 2021.
7 months ago

American man with eyes taped shut rescued from remote part of Mexico

An American man was found by Mexican authorities in a house with his eyes taped shut in the town of Limones, which is in a remote area in Mexico's Quintana Roo province.
7 months ago
In this undated stock photo, a sign to Limones, Quintana Roo, Mexico is shown on the side of a road.
8 months ago

Kayakers rescued in Gulf of Mexico

A Carnival cruise came to the rescue of two men who were shipwrecked on a kayak in the Gulf of Mexico.
8 months ago
VIDEO: Kayakers rescued in Gulf of Mexico
8 months ago

At least 4 dead after boat carrying tourists sinks near Cancun

The boat, which was traveling from Isla Mujeres to Puerto Juárez, caught a strong sea swell, and the vessel began to sink as it took on water, officials said.
8 months ago
VIDEO: At least 4 dead after boat carrying tourists sinks near Cancun
8 months ago

Inside Mexico's 'Gringo Hunters' as they track down, capture foreign fugitives

"Impact x Nightline" gets an inside look at Mexico's International Liaison Unit and on hand as it tracked and captured U.S. fugitives.
8 months ago
Members of the Baja California state police's International Liaison Unit make an arrest.
8 months ago

At least 4 dead after boat carrying tourists sinks near Cancun

At least four people are dead after a boat carrying over a dozen tourists sank in the waters off the coast of Cancun.
8 months ago
An ambulance carrying a patient from the boat sinking incident arrives at Cancún General Hospital, Jan. 29, 2024, in Cancún, México.
8 months ago

At least 4 dead after boat carrying tourists sinks near Cancun

The boat was carrying 16 tourists and three crew members at the time of the accident, authorities said.
8 months ago
The boat was carrying 16 tourists and three crew members at the time of the accident, authorities said.
8 months ago

Meet the 'Gringo Hunters,' the Mexican task force that catches US fugitives

"Impact x Nightline" gets an inside look at the Mexican police unit that has been catching American fugitives for over 20 years.
8 months ago
VIDEO:  Meet the 'Gringo Hunters,' the Mexican task force that catches US fugitives
8 months ago

At least 3 transgender women killed in Mexico so far in 2024: Authorities

Protesters in Mexico City marched to demand justice for Samantha Gómes Fonseca, a transgender activist who was killed Sunday.
8 months ago
Protesters in Mexico City marched to demand justice for Samantha Gómes Fonseca, a transgender activist who was killed Sunday.
9 months ago

New caravan of migrants shrinks in size: Mexico officials

Officials renew calls for federal help as more asylum seekers arrive in U.S. cities.
9 months ago
VIDEO: New caravan of migrants shrinks in size: Mexico officials
9 months ago

Secretary Blinken meets with Mexican president

ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze and Mireya Villarreal have details on a meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Mexico’s president.
9 months ago
VIDEO: Secretary Blinken meets with Mexican president