Protesters splashed red paint on the statue of General Marcelino García Barragán in Guadalajara’s Rotunda of Illustrious Persons on October 2, during a march marking the 58th anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre.

A migrant caravan of some 600 people is making its way through southern Mexico bound for the U.S. border — and straight into the middle of the midterm campaign.

The group, calling itself “Fe y Esperanza,” left San Pedro Sula, Honduras on September 20 with about 300 people and has since doubled in size, drawing in migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador and Haiti who were already stranded in Tapachula, Chiapas. By Monday of this week, it had reached Huixtla, Chiapas, after walking through heavy rain, with families and children in tow.

Aeromexico has confirmed that a data breach affecting more than 15 million customer records did not expose bank accounts, payment cards, passwords or flight itineraries. 

Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies has approved a constitutional reform barring dual nationals from running for president, governorships, or Mexico City’s head of government.

Mexico’s population reached 130,911,314 in 2025, according to data from the mid-decade Encuesta Intercensal, released this week by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). This represents an increase of nearly 4.9 million people, or 3.9 percent, since 2020.

Mexico City’s Congress is debating two bills to legalize euthanasia and medically assisted dying.