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

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

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

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 ...

Mexico, Monday, May 12, 2025. Credit: AP/Victoria Razo At a wake Monday in Texistepec, family and friends mourned Lara Gutiérrez and spoke about the fear the violence stirred around the election.

In Mexico, the personal secretary and an adviser to Mexico City’s mayor were assassinated by gunmen on motorcycles in broad ...

The attack on politician Yesenia Lara Gutiérrez, of the Morena party, occurred Sunday when she was leading a caravan of ...

On the first day of campaigning for municipal elections in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, armed men have killed a mayoral candidate from Mexico’s governing party and wounded others.