Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada's personal secretary Ximena Guzmán and adviser José Muñoz were shot dead in the capital Tuesday.

President Sheinbaum reported the murder of Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada's two closest aides during her Tuesday morning press conference.

Ronald Johnson, a CIA veteran and former Green Beret, is bringing a tough new style that favors military action against the cartels

In Sinaloa province, Mexican troops have largely contained an ongoing war between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. The border is less porous, says someone involved in the fentanyl trade there. It has been challenging to make “arrangements” with officials, he says.

The administration’s new ambassador to Mexico has arrived at the embassy in Mexico City at a critical moment in the two countries’ trade and security relationships.

The Mexican president isn’t a shining beacon. Her autocratic impulses are clear.

Sheinbaum welcomed new ambassadors to the National Palace, including new U.S. ambassador Ronald Johnson, in the early afternoon.

A former U.S. Army and CIA officer has formally presented his credentials to Mexico’s president as the new United States ambassador to that country at a moment of increased U.S. pressure to fight the drug cartels and delicate trade negotiations.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum mourned the deaths of two crew members who were on the Navy tall ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of two crew members of the Cuauhtémoc Training Ship,