Mexico

Sociedad Media covers Mexico’s most consequential news stories—from the latest in cartel violence and CJNG’s internal wars, to the U.S.-Mexico security standoff, to President Sheinbaum’s crackdown on organized crime, to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and the U.S.-Mexico relationship under President Trump. Original English-language reporting on America’s most important—and most complicated—neighbor

Mexico’s Russian Spy Problem Resurfaces & Sheinbaum Draws a Careful Line With Washington

New State Department report on Cuba has revived a diplomatically delicate question for Mexico: why hasn’t it expelled Russian intelligence officers still operating under diplomatic cover? President Sheinbaum addressed the matter at her July 20 press conference

By Sociedad Media

/ 21 Jul 2026

Mexico’s Russian Spy Problem Resurfaces & Sheinbaum Draws a Careful Line With Washington

Two Fronts, One Cartel: Mexico Makes Arrests In Chiapas Massacre as U.S. Unseals Narcoterrorism Case Against Sinaloa Lieutenant

Nine arrests in a Chiapas massacre and a newly unsealed San Diego narcoterrorism indictment against a Tijuana-based Sinaloa lieutenant reveal two governments running parallel, uncoordinated cases against the same fractured cartel

By Dionys Duroc

/ 15 Jul 2026

Two Fronts, One Cartel: Mexico Makes Arrests In Chiapas Massacre as U.S. Unseals Narcoterrorism Case Against Sinaloa Lieutenant

Mexico’s Flagship Refinery Is Running at 42% Capacity As PEMEX Scandal Involves Washington

A 4.8 billion peso Pemex scandal at the Dos Bocas refinery — running at 42% of design capacity after five workers died, two oil spills hit the Gulf Coast, and $20 billion in public funds were consumed — arrives seven days before the third round of USMCA negotiations

By Sociedad Media

/ 14 Jul 2026

Mexico’s Flagship Refinery Is Running at 42% Capacity As PEMEX Scandal Involves Washington

U.S.-Mexico Talk Security at National Palace — But Tardy Official On Motorbike Earns the Headlines

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary’s two-day visit to Mexico City was the most significant bilateral security meeting in months — set against CIA agent deaths, drug indictments, and a viral moment nobody planned: Mexico’s Interior Minister’s arrival on motorbike

By Dionys Duroc

/ 22 May 2026

U.S.-Mexico Talk Security at National Palace — But Tardy Official On Motorbike Earns the Headlines

Washington Indicted Sinaloa’s Governor. He Resigned Four Days Later — Now Sheinbaum Says More Are Coming

Washington’s indictment of Sinaloa’s governor forced him from office in four days — and cost him the immunity that kept U.S. prosecutors at arm’s length

By Dionys Duroc

/ 5 May 2026

Washington Indicted Sinaloa’s Governor. He Resigned Four Days Later — Now Sheinbaum Says More Are Coming

Mexican Senate Quietly Allows in U.S. Special Forces, Betrays Sheinbaum’s Demands of “National Sovereignty”

While Claudia Sheinbaum publicly insists on Mexican sovereignty and demands explanations for unauthorized U.S. operations on Mexican soil, her own government has submitted three separate requests in 2026 to bring American special forces into Mexico. A fourth in imminent

By Dionys Duroc

/ 29 Apr 2026

Mexican Senate Quietly Allows in U.S. Special Forces, Betrays Sheinbaum’s Demands of “National Sovereignty”

Mexico Said There Were No U.S. Agents On the Ground — Then Two CIA Operators Died in a Car Crash in Chihuahua

A fatal accident returning from a drug lab raid in Chihuahua has confirmed what Mexico’s government had publicly denied: CIA officers were operating inside the country

By Dionys Duroc

/ 21 Apr 2026

Mexico Said There Were No U.S. Agents On the Ground — Then Two CIA Operators Died in a Car Crash in Chihuahua

Gunman Opens Fire at Teotihuacán’s Pyramid of the Moon — One Canadian Tourist is Dead

A shooter fired on tourists from atop one of Mexico’s most visited archaeological sites on Monday before taking his own life. Six more were injured. His identity & motive are either unknown or undisclosed

By Sociedad Media

/ 20 Apr 2026

Gunman Opens Fire at Teotihuacán’s Pyramid of the Moon — One Canadian Tourist is Dead

Mexico Has 132,000 Disappeared Persons & UN Calls the Crisis a Crime Against Humanity — Sheinbaum Disagrees

The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances made history last week — finding crimes against humanity in Mexico and referring the case to the General Assembly. President Sheinbaum called the report biased — the mothers disagree

By Dionys Duroc

/ 7 Apr 2026

Mexico Has 132,000 Disappeared Persons & UN Calls the Crisis a Crime Against Humanity — Sheinbaum Disagrees

Major Shuffle in Mexican Government as Foreign Minister Resigns for Health Reasons, Velasco Named Successor

President Sheinbaum nominates North America sub-secretariat chief to lead foreign policy at critical moment for U.S.-Mexico relations

By Sociedad Media

/ 1 Apr 2026

Major Shuffle in Mexican Government as Foreign Minister Resigns for Health Reasons, Velasco Named Successor

After El Mencho: Who Controls the CJNG Now — and What Comes Next for Mexico?

The killing of El Mencho in February 2026 left the CJNG — the most powerful cartel in the Western Hemisphere — without a clear successor. What happens next will define Mexico’s security landscape for years

By Sociedad Media

/ 1 Apr 2026

After El Mencho: Who Controls the CJNG Now — and What Comes Next for Mexico?

Cartel War Rages: Four Officers Killed in Sinaloa Ambush — Police Sub-director Among Dead

Four municipal officers killed, including an operational sub-director of the Escuinapa police force, in cartel ambush on the Mazatlán–Tepic highway on Tuesday, the deadliest in a series of attacks on security forces in southern Sinaloa

By Sociedad Media

/ 1 Apr 2026

Cartel War Rages: Four Officers Killed in Sinaloa Ambush — Police Sub-director Among Dead