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Claudia Sheinbaum elected Mexico’s first female president

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Claudia Sheinbaum is projected to win the poll by a landslide. She’s a former climate scientist and mayor of Mexico City. She’s set to succeed her political mentor, the outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Supporters of the president-elect gathered in their numbers in the capital to celebrate Sheinbaum’s landslide victory. The official quick count from the INE has projected Claudia Sheinbaum as the winner of Sunday’s presidential election with between 58.3 and 60.7 percent of the vote. It put her nearest rival, Xochitl Galvez, who leads a coalition of largely conservative parties, on 26.6-28.8 percent. The official result will be announced on June 8. Speaking to supporters, Sheinbaum said […]

Mexico investigating soldiers involved in ‘execution’ of five men

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Mexican prosecutors are investigating what President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called the “execution” of five men in an incident that has sparked outrage from human rights observers. Media outlets released a video on Tuesday, appearing to show a group of soldiers pulling the men from a crashed pick-up truck in Nuevo Laredo, a border city in the state of Tamaulipas. The soldiers then beat the occupants before lining them up against a wall and shooting them. “Apparently this was an execution, and that cannot be permitted,” Lopez Obrador said at a daily press briefing on Wednesday. “Those responsible are about to be turned over to the appropriate authorities.” Al Jazeera’s […]

Two Americans dead, one injured in Mexico kidnapping: Official

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Two of the four US citizens kidnapped after crossing over the border into northeastern Mexico have been found dead, a senior Mexican official has said. The attorney general’s office confirmed that of the four abductees “two of them are dead, one person is injured and the other is alive”, Tamaulipas state governor Americo Villarreal told the Mexican president by telephone at a news conference Tuesday. Mexican President Manuel Lopez Obrador said one person was in custody in relation to the kidnapping in Tamaulipas, which has long been one of the most violent states in Mexico. The four US citizens had crossed from Texas into Matamoros, Mexico on Friday, when their […]

Mexican drug wars: Town cut off by cartel fighting

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Hundreds of residents in the city of Aguililla in the western state of Michoacan have fled fighting between two rival drug gangs, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the United Cartels, in recent weeks. The gangs have blocked roads leading to the city to prevent security forces from reaching the town. Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports exclusively from Aguililla in Michoacan State, Mexico. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Mexico #Aguililla #JaliscoNuevaGeneracion

Mexico’s drug cartel shows its might during president’s visit

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The Mexican government is analysing a video showing dozens of gunmen and armoured vehicles, apparently belonging to the powerful Jalisco drug cartel. It seems to be a show of force before a visit by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to three states where the group has a stronghold. Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Mexico City. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Mexico #AMLO #ElMencho