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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Tomas Zeron, the former director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Mexico, fled to Israel in 2019 and is seeking asylum. (Screen capture/Channel 12, used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 27, 2024, 12:32 pm
Mexican fugitive official in Israel implicates ex-president in students’ disappearance
Tomás Zerón tells investigators that former leader Peña Nieto and other high-ranking officials were present in meeting where false explanation was invented
By AP
Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum speaks after being named presidential candidate of the ruling Morena party for next year's presidential election in Mexico City on September 6, 2023. (Photo by CLAUDIO CRUZ / AFP)
May 31, 2024, 4:32 am
Quietly Jewish scientist poised to win Sunday’s Mexican presidential election
Claudia Sheinbaum, would-be successor of a left-wing populist incumbent, has focused on energy and crime despite detractors’ repeated efforts to discuss her faith – or lack of it
By Canaan Lidor
Tomas Zeron, the former director of the Criminal Investigation Agency of Mexico, fled to Israel in 2019 and is seeking asylum. (Screen capture/Channel 12, used in accordance with article 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 27, 2023, 4:58 am
Wanted Mexican fugitive official in Israel claims ‘political persecution’
Mexico seeks extradition of Tomas Zeron, ex-head of Criminal Investigation Agency, accused of compromising probe into 2014 disappearance of 43 students; he awaits asylum answer
By ToI Staff
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers a speech during a rally to commemorate the fifth anniversary of his 2018 presidential election victory at the Zocalo (main square) in Mexico City on July 1, 2023. (Claudio Cruz/AFP)
July 29, 2023, 4:24 am
Mexican president says Netanyahu willing to help in case of 43 missing students
Wanted ex-senior law enforcement official, accused of compromising investigation into 2014 disappearances, fled to Israel where he is seeking asylum; Mexico wants him extradited
By ToI Staff
Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters during a rally in Guadalajara, Mexico, July 9, 2023. (Ulises Ruiz/AFP/Getty Images)
July 28, 2023, 9:05 am
Former Mexican president calls leading Jewish Mexican politician a ‘Bulgarian Jew’
Vicente Fox disparages political opponent Claudia Sheinbaum, a frontrunner in the 2024 presidential race, later apologizes to Jewish community
By Gabe Friedman
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a press conference in Mexico City on June 12, 2023. (Claudio Cruz/AFP)
June 13, 2023, 8:23 am
Mexico City’s Jewish mayor resigns to enter 2024 presidential race
Claudia Sheinbaum, who is close with incumbent leftist leader Lopez Obrador, says her aim is to be first woman in Mexican history ‘to lead the fates of the nation’
By AFP
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during his daily morning press conference in Mexico City, June 6, 2022. (Pedro Pardo/AFP)
July 1, 2022, 5:12 am
Mexican president defiant after accusing Jewish critic of thinking like Hitler
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defends saying that columnist Carlos Alazraki has ‘Hitlerian’ ideas, after Jewish community denounces ‘unacceptable’ comparison
By AFP
Mexico's then-president Enrique Pena Nieto takes notes as an unidentified Mexican diplomat takes pictures with her mobile phone during the plenary session at the Americas Summit in Lima, Peru, Saturday, April 14, 2018. (AP/Karel Navarro)
July 22, 2021, 1:48 am
Mexico alleges NSO kickback scheme in $300 million spyware deals
Top anti-money laundering investigator finds bills for Pegasus and other software from Israeli firm included excess charges which may have been funneled back into lawmakers pockets
By AP and ToI Staff
Police arrive at an upscale shopping mall at the south of Mexico City, July 24, 2019, where a woman wearing a blond wig disguise killed two Israeli men (AP Photo)
July 26, 2019, 10:52 pm
Mexico says assassination of Israelis linked to money laundering, drug cartels
Hit on 2 Israelis connected to Israeli and Mexican criminal organizations, says top police official; Mexican media reports shooters may have worked for the notorious Jalisco cartel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Security camera footage shows a woman who appears to be Esperanza Gutierrez Rojano holding a pistol before shooting Israelis Ben Suthi and Alon Azoulay in Mexico City on July 24, 2019. (Screen capture: Twitter)
July 26, 2019, 6:58 pm
Security footage shows female assassin killing Israeli crime bosses in Mexico
Main suspect in the murders of Ben Suthi and Alon Azoulay can be seen in the video dining with accomplice before gunning down two Israelis at close range
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump waves as he steps off Air Force One after arriving, June 7, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
June 8, 2019, 9:53 am
Trump says US, Mexico reach agreement to prevent tariffs
In deal which falls short of dramatic overhauls Washington had pushed for, and in dramatic reversal of White House position earlier on Friday, president says tariff plan suspended
By Jill Colvin, Matthew Lee and LUIS ALONSO LUGO
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (R) raises the hand of Mexico City's new mayor Claudia Sheinbaum (L), after her swearing-in ceremony at the local Congress in Mexico City on December 05, 2018 (ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP)
December 6, 2018, 12:48 am
Jewish scientist, first woman elected mayor of Mexico City, takes office
Claudia Sheinbaum, an ally of Mexico’s new left-wing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, issues strong anti-corruption message at inauguration
By Yussel GONZALEZ
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council after an agreement was reached in the NAFTA negotiations in Ottawa, Ontario, September 30, 2018. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
October 1, 2018, 8:00 am
Canada and US reach free trade deal with Mexico
Agreement, reached just before a midnight deadline, replaces the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump had called a job-killing disaster
By Rob Gillies and PAUL WISEMAN
Newly elected Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, running for "Juntos haremos historia" party, waves to his supporters after winning general elections, in Mexico City, on July 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ALFREDO ESTRELLA)
July 2, 2018, 5:57 am
Leftist candidate sweeps to victory in Mexico, marking major shift
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and insurgent Morena party ride public anger over violence and corruption to win, breaking century-long dominance by conservative factions
By AFP
Workers collect electoral propaganda at a garbage dump in Mexico City, June 29, 2018. (AP Photo / Marco Ugarte)
July 1, 2018, 8:59 am
Ahead of Mexico vote, fears and warnings of possible fraud
Analysts say little chance of front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador losing election, but his supporters worry after his 2 previous runs allegedly rigged
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
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