Cecilia Sanchez
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 06:40
Amid torched ballot boxes and deep public anger, Mexicans voted Sunday for governors, Congress members and other officials in a midterm election expected to hand more power to the ruling party despite widespread discontent.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 09:36
The state, where President Enrique Peña Nieto was governor until 2012, has seen a huge increase in violence. Even so, such a clash is unusual so close to the capital.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 05:57
The mayor of Lazaro Cardenas, a major commercial port city in Mexico’s troubled Michoacan state, has been arrested and accused of kidnapping, extortion and links to organized crime.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 05:21
The detention Tuesday of Uriel Chavez Mendoza, the mayor of Apatzingan, could help government officials persuade the “self-defense” militias in the western state of Michoacan to comply with a newly minted agreement to disband.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 07:24
Jose Manuel Mireles, a prominent vigilante leader who attended Monday’s meeting, emphasized that his members will keep their weapons.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 00:00
Vigilante leader Jose Manuel Mireles said in a radio interview that the government had not sufficiently pacified the state.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 00:00
Mexican troops and federal police poured into the state of Michoacan on Tuesday in an attempt to restore order after clashes with the rural "self-defense" groups that at times have been their allies.
Friday, November 8, 2013 - 00:00
Venezuelan officials had informed their Mexican counterparts that the plane had been asked to land by Venezuelan officials, who then set fire to the aircraft after it landed.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 00:00
President Enrique Pena Nieto poured troops into Michoacan a few months ago in an effort to pacify the region.
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 00:00
The shooting in the Monterrey suburb of Santa Catarina comes a little more than three days after gunmen killed 10 people, including a young girl, at a party celebrating the victory of a baseball team near the border city of Ciudad Juarez.