Voters go to the polls Sunday, June 7 in local and midterm national elections amid tight security following protests this week organized by radical teachers and other citizen groups that led to the burning and blockading of National Electoral Institute (INE) offices in the states of Oaxaca, Veracruz and Guerrero.

The family of a celebrated Marine Corps hero of the Iraq war, Mexican-born Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta, has decided to accept a posthumous Navy Cross for valor nearly 11 years after he was killed in combat.

In the United States, more than 200,000 juveniles under the age of 18 are incarcerated after being tried in adult courts.  Some children as young as 12 potentially face a lifetime of imprisonment for violent crimes committed before they even started middle school.

A dengue vaccination could be ready before the end of the year and Mexico could be the first country to approve its use, according to federal Health Secretary Mercedes Juan.

Around 200 teachers and sympathizers took to the streets to protest working conditions and pay on National Teachers Day. Demonstrators marched down Avenida 16 de Septiembre in Guadalajara and gathered in the Plaza de Armas to hold a demonstration class to secondary school students. 

Despite repeated infringements of electoral laws, the polemic Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) won’t – for now at least – be stripped of its right to remain a political party but will banned from airing TV spots for the last three days of its campaign.