David Agren
David Agren has covered Mexico since 2005 for publications including the Guardian, USA Today and Maclean's magazine. He also works as Mexico correspondent for the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Mexico president rebuked for careless response to Covid after testing positiveAndrés Manuel López Obrador tests positive day after saying crisis nearing the end and ‘little lights’ at end of tunnel could be seen
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'It gives us hope': migrants stranded in Mexico buoyed by prospect of Biden reformThe president-elect has promised to do away with ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy, raising hopes that asylum seekers claims will be treated seriously
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Mexico: new security law strips diplomatic immunity from DEA agentsLaw also requires foreign officials in the country to share any intelligence they have obtained with Mexican officials
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Mexican cartel boss arrested over Mormon massacre in which nine diedRoberto González Montes and two others detained, raising hopes arrest might lead to explanation for deadly 2019 attack on women and children
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Mexicans for Trump? Amlo supporters have unlikely pick in US electionPresident Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a leftwing populist, has developed something of a rapport with his US counterpart -
Former Mexico defence minister arrested on drug charges in Los AngelesGen Salvador Cienfuegos, who was in office from 2012 to 2018, faces trafficking and money-laundering charges -
Film trailer touches a nerve as Mexico grapples with race and classThe two-minute promo for movie New Order features an uprising of a darker-skinned underclass against a lighter-skinned elite -
Mexico’s scientists, activists and artists oppose president’s funding overhaulA vote is expected on Tuesday on a proposal to abolish 109 public trusts and divert about $3bn to other priorities such as the pandemic
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Mexican farmers revolt over sending water to US during droughtCountry has one month to deliver outstanding 289m cubic metres and ensure water for 14 major cities and growers -
Mexico's drug war leaves 39,000 unidentified bodies in its morguesInvestigation by Quinto Elemento Labs finds alarming number of people buried in common graves -
Covid warnings ring out as Latin America bids to return to normalityThe region has seen some of the longest lockdowns in the world but experts are urging countries not to reopen too soon -
Mexico’s Amlo proposes referendum on prosecuting country’s ex-presidentsMexican president delivered document to senate asking for plebiscite to be held alongside midterms in June 2021
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Mexico rocked by claims of corruption against three former presidentsLeaked deposition by recently extradited former head of state oil company Pemex alleges staggering scale of high-level corruption -
Spain denies it is facing second wave; Africa cases hit 1 million – as it happenedUK quarantine move takes effect from Saturday; Spain’s health ministry denies facing second wave; Dutch PM calls on tourists to avoid busy parts of Amsterdam