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Slayings of eco-activists in Mexico, Central America reflect rising political violence

Oct 29
Eduardo Campos Lima

Residents load boxes into a vehicle as they pack up to leave Tila, Chiapas state, Mexico on June 18, 2024. (Credit: Fernando Llano/AP.)

Church in Southern Mexico demands help for refugees of cartel war

Jul 26
Eduardo Campos Lima

Yeneska Garcia, a Venezuelan migrant, cries into her hands as she eats at the Peace Oasis of the Holy Spirit Amparito shelter in Villahermosa, Mexico, Friday, June 7, 2024. Since the 23-year-old fled Venezuela in January, she trekked days through the jungles of The Darien Gap, narrowly survived being kidnapped by Mexican cartels and waited months for an asylum appointment with the U.S. that never came through. (Credit: Felix Marquez/AP.)

Mexican Church criticizes Biden’s ban on asylum claims

Jun 13
Eduardo Campos Lima

Claudia Sheinbaum, who begins her six-year presidential term Oct. 1, waves to the crowd after her election on Monday, June 2, 2024. (Credit: Fernando Llano/AP.)

Mexico Catholics optimistic about new president’s government

Jun 4
Eduardo Campos Lima

Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters during her opening campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City, March 1, 2024. (Credit: Aurea Del Rosario/AP.)

Mexican bishop says June elections are impossible in Chiapas

May 21
Eduardo Campos Lima

Mexican Church criticizes Santa Muerte T-shirt supporting President López Obrador

Apr 26
Eduardo Campos Lima

Police attempt to break into Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, on April 5, 2024. (Credit: Dolores Ochoa/AP.)

Mexico asks Church’s help to mediate diplomatic crisis with Ecuador

Apr 24
Eduardo Campos Lima

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador arrives to start his daily, morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, March 1, 2024. Lopez Obrador commented on the country’s first presidential debate ahead of the June election, expressing anger on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, that debate moderators posed questions about corruption and problems with the education and healthcare systems, issues he says he has resolved. (Credit: Marco Ugarte/AP.)

Mexico’s presidential candidates commit to Church’s anti-violence suggestions

Apr 18
Eduardo Campos Lima

Church condemns murder followed by lynchings in Mexico

Apr 2
Eduardo Campos Lima

(Credit: Courtesy of Father José Filiberto Velázquez.)

Clergy meet with drug lords to negotiate peace in Mexico

Feb 22
Eduardo Campos Lima