Lara's slaying again underscores the problem of electoral violence in Mexico, where last year's national elections resulted ...

MEXICO CITY — Noé Ramos was chatting ... candidates as of an updated report May 28. The violence this year, as in other recent election cycles, has not targeted big-name candidates for the ...

Another local political candidate has been killed in Mexico as it gets ready to hold a historic presidential election Sunday amid a dramatic rise in political violence. As all political candidates ...

The election of judges in Mexico will make the ruling party more powerful. Citizens will also vote on members of a ...

Against a backdrop of increasing violence, a historic number of voters are expected to cast their ballots in Mexico's Sunday elections. Claudia Sheinbaum leads Xochitl Galvez as the favored ...

The Latest | Mexico Votes in Historic Elections Marred by Cartel Violence and Deep Division Mexicans voted Sunday in historic elections weighing gender, democracy and populism, as they chart the ...

Now the front-runner in Mexico’s presidential election, Sheinbaum says she is uniquely qualified to bring peace to a nation battered by nearly two decades of cartel violence. “We already did ...

This was the first time in Mexico that the two main opponents were women. This, as heat, violence and polarization continued right through election day. People turned out to vote in the township ...

The 61-year-old Sheinbaum is a former Mexico City mayor ... in the run-up to the election has been marred by dozens of assassination attempts and other political violence. There are concerns ...

Upwards of 30,000 people are murdered a year in Mexico, compared to around 18,500 in the U.S. in 2023. The violence is also spreading into the election. As NPR has reported, more than 30 ...

A new mayor was sworn in Thursday in a city in southern Mexico where his predecessor ... Alejandro Arcos in the June election. Arcos took office on Oct. 1 in the violence-wracked city of ...