Mexican president hopes ex security chief will turn informer
February 22, 2023 GMTMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Wednesday he hopes that the former Mexican security chief convicted this week in the U.S. of bribe-taking will cooperate with prosecutors there and perhaps implicate former Mexican presidents.
Mexico wants $700 million from ex-official on trial in US
January 24, 2023 GMTMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Monday his country wants to recover a big chunk of money from former Mexican security official Genaro Garcia Luna, who is on trial in New York.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his government wants to recover $700 million that García Luna allegedly accumulated as a result of corruption.
Human remains are found in Bullhead City; May be missing man
March 24, 2022 GMTBULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Human remains have been found in a northwestern Arizona desert area and Bullhead City police said it's believed to be a man missing since July.
Officers responded Thursday to a call about remains being discovered and police said evidence at the scene indicated the remains were those of 39-year-old Felipe Calderon Zamora of Bullhead City.
Mexico renegotiates ethanol contract it found onerous
March 3, 2021 GMTMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday that the government had successfully renegotiated what had been an onerous contract with a subsidiary of Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht...
Mexico’s leader takes new shot at Twitter in continuing spat
January 20, 2021 GMTMEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador continued his spat with Twitter on Wednesday, accusing one of the companies’ representatives in Mexico of having previously worked for politicians of the conservative opposition National Action Party...
The Latest: Lawyer: El Chapo wasn’t running violent cartel
November 14, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The latest from the New York trial of the Mexican drug lord known as "El Chapo" (all times local):...
Meet the 4 candidates vying to become Mexico’s president
July 1, 2018 GMTMEXICO CITY (AP) — Four candidates are in the race to become Mexico's next president in Sunday's election...