Patrick J. McDonnell

MEXICO CITY — Key pillars of the Trump administration’s policy toward Mexico involve large-scale deportations and a crackdown on cartels. But reports in the Mexican media suggest that U.S. authorities recently orchestrated the secret, cross-border move of at least 17 relatives of

MEXICO CITY — The discovery in March of a “death ranch” in western Jalisco state sparked a national outcry: Some labeled it “Mexico’s Auschwitz” after civilian searchers found charred bones and what appeared to be makeshift crematoria. Piles of abandoned shoes, backpacks

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities were seeking suspects Monday in the assassination of a mayoral candidate who was shot dead during a campaign rally in the gulf coast state of Veracruz. The attack Sunday evening in Texistepec killed Yesenia Lara Gutíerrez, 49,

MEXICO CITY — She has won acclaim for facing down tariff threats, shunning political bluster and skirting White House provocations — while winning admiration from President Trump. “A cool head” has been her motto. But Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum may soon face

TEUCHITLÁN, Mexico  — The anguished mother arrived on a motorcycle, the bike kicking up a cloud of dust as it swerved to a halt before strands of red and yellow crime-scene tape. Heavily armed cops blocked access to the place known

MEXICO CITY —  A California couple with Mexican roots went south for the holidays to visit relatives, an annual tradition among many U.S. residents of Mexican ancestry. But tragedy struck: Both were shot dead in Mexico’s violence-plagued Michoacán state, Mexican authorities

MEXICO CITY —  In recent days, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has touted her country’s largest-ever seizure of fentanyl and highlighted multiple crackdowns on migrants headed toward to the United States. She was speaking to the press, but her most important audience

Mexico City —  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said immigrants shouldn’t be viewed as “criminals,” but declared that Mexico has a plan for an influx of returnees should President-elect Donald Trump proceed with threatened mass deportations of immigrants, many of them Mexican

MEXICO CITY —  In a blistering critique, the top U.S. diplomat in Mexico said the country is not safe and that its leaders should stop denying widespread violence, invest more in security and increase cooperation with the United States. “To say