![Relatives of missing people participate in a demonstration on May 10 in Mexico City. In Mexico’s Election, the Search for the Missing Should Be Front and Center.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ZulverSantamaria-300x200.jpg)
In Mexico’s Election, the Search for the Missing Should Be Front and Center
Presidential candidates need to prioritize the country’s disappeared and the mothers searching for them.
![A Mexican National Guard member monitors a checkpoint in Chiapas, Mexico, in June 2023.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1335406917-300x192.jpg)
Chiapas Fears Organized Crime, and Military Intervention
Ascendant cartel power on the Mexico-Guatemala border is alarming Indigenous communities, but so is the prospect of militarization.
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Inside the Vicious Cycle of Mexico’s Disappearances
A new film by Lorenzo Vigas probes the cruel process by which victims of violence can become participants.
![In August, a wave of violence swept Ciudad Juárez and several cities in Mexico as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has increasingly militarized security.](https://www.americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/GettyImages-1242459021-300x205.jpg)
Is Mexico’s Security Policy Backfiring?
Criminal groups seem emboldened despite the militarization of security.
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Mexico’s Opposition Searches for a Winning Message
Traditional parties are in the political wilderness. Could emulating Biden’s 2020 run beat AMLO’s movement?
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Los engranajes de la justicia mexicana están averiados. ¿Que se puede hacer?
Un encuentro reciente entre fiscales locales y federales apuntan a las fallas en el sistema de justicia. Reformas inteligentes podrían tener un gran impacto.
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Why Mexican Women Are Going on Strike on March 9
Three members of Mexico’s Congress – all from different parties – on the country’s failure to protect women from violence.
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Justice Reform Puts Mexico at a Dangerous Crossroads
Rolling back previous attempts at reform could make Mexico’s security situation worse.