In Sinaloa province, Mexican troops have largely contained an ongoing war between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. The ...

Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba and El Salvador are at the epicentre of an authoritarian surge.

Tensions in Mexico’s election season reached a terrifying high on Sunday as a mayoral candidate was gunned down during a ...

Gunmen killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing party in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and four others who ...

Yesenia Lara Gutiérrez, a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s ruling Morena party, was gunned down Sunday in Texistepec, Veracruz ...

A mayoral candidate in Mexico has been fatally shot by suspected cartel gunmen live on air — becoming the second politician ...

Gunmen have killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing party in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and four others who ...

Scores of political candidates have been killed in Mexico in recent years. The latest victim was a mayoral candidate in the ...

A candidate for mayor and three of her supporters were murdered on Sunday during a campaign event in Texistepec, Veracruz, ...

At worst, the election could be marred by violence and its legitimacy called into question. Mexico’s last federal election ...

The 24-year-old was nearing the final month of her pregnancy and wandering alone through the Sonoran Desert south of the United States-Mexico border ... was "for fear of violence.” ...