Mexico's drug war
Pompeo meets next Mexican president, says Trump wants better ties
MEXICO CITY U.S. President Donald Trump wants to strengthen and improve ties with Mexico after "bumps in the road," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Mexico's next leader on Friday, following the leftist's landslide victory this month. | Video
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Mexican president-elect to launch public peace forums in August
MEXICO CITY Mexico's president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will begin a series of "popular consultations" next month for people to discuss his proposals to fight drug crime through negotiation and amnesties, the program coordinator said.
Mexico's president-elect will cancel planned U.S. helicopter order
MEXICO CITY Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would cancel the planned purchase of eight military helicopters from the United States as part of cost-cutting measures.
Incoming Mexican president to seek negotiated peace in drug war
MEXICO CITY Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's transition team unveiled a plan on Friday to shake up the fight against crime, including reduced jail time but stiffer controls on weapons, as the country reels from a militarized drug war.
Mexico extradites key lieutenant of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' to U.S.
MEXICO CITY Mexico on Friday extradited to the United States a senior lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel drug gang formerly headed by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the attorney general's office said.
Mexico's president-elect does not rule out medical opium sales: aide
MEXICO CITY Mexico's president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is not closed to the idea of selling opium for pharmaceutical use, a senior aide said on Wednesday, a sign of the deep changes the next government is considering in the war on drugs.
Pompeo to visit Mexican president-elect; discuss immigration, trade
MEXICO CITY U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Mexico on July 13 to meet President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and discuss immigration, trade, security and development, the U.S. and Mexican governments said on Tuesday. | Video
In bloody drug war, Mexico's new leader may try negotiating
CHILPANCINGO, Mexico For the past 12 years, Mexico has fought violent drug gangs by deploying thousands of police, soldiers and intelligence officers to crack down on cartels and their leaders. | Video
In Tabasco, hometown friends of Mexico’s new president say: Remember your roots
TEPETITAN, Mexico Childhood friends, neighbors and early collaborators of Mexico's president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, are celebrating their hometown hero's victory, but urged him to remember his roots and bring badly needed jobs to the country's impoverished south.
Trump, Lopez Obrador discuss immigration, trade during first call
MEXICO CITY U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico's next leader, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador discussed immigration, trade and security issues in a phone call on Monday, the two mavericks beginning a dialogue amid strained relations between the neighbors. | Video