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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Who Helped End One-Party Rule in Mexico, Dies at 92

Mr. Cárdenas, the only son of a Mexican president, never won the office but became a leading figure in the country’s democratic transformation.

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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas in Mexico City in 2023.

Mexico’s Top Election Official Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal

Guadalupe Taddei Zavala, the head of the electoral watchdog, stepped down after facing accusations of corruption and influence peddling.

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The president of the National Electoral Institute, Guadalupe Taddei Zavala, resigned days after the nation’s top auditing and oversight authority announced it had opened an investigation based on irregularities in contracts awarded by the electoral agency.

U.S. Pressures Mexico to Deliver a Security Win Ahead of Midterm Elections

The Trump administration wants a public victory soon, as well as a potential path to U.S. military forces in Mexico.

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American soldiers awaited a visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the White House border czar, Tom Homan, last year near the United States-Mexico border at Sunland Park, N.M.
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