Enrique Pena Nieto

With a press freedom index on par with the United States as recently as 10 years ago, the Mexican press has since been stifled, caught in the crossfire of drug violence and government corruption.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced Friday that fugitive drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was recaptured six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison.

Over 90 percent of Mexicans have lost faith in their political parties. What comes next?

Mexico’s president announced a nationwide anti-crime plan Thursday that would allow Congress to dissolve local governments infiltrated by drug gangs and give state authorities control over often-corrupt municipal police.

President Enrique Peña Nieto said Wednesday he will reveal the details of all of his assets following the controversy over what many Mexicans see as a conflict of interest in his wife’s purchase of a multimillion-dollar mansion.

Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim, the world’s second richest man, has announced he intends to break up his América Móvil telecoms empire to comply with anti-trust reforms introduced by the country’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto.