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A demonstrator holds a picture of Aguascalientes state electoral court magistrate Jesus Ociel Baena in Mexico City, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. The first openly nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in Mexico was found dead in their home Monday in the central Mexican city of Aguascalientes after receiving death threats because of their gender identity, authorities said. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Thousands in Mexico demand justice for LGBTQ+ magistrate found dead after death threats

The first out nonbinary person to assume a judicial position in Mexico was found dead in their home in the central Mexican city of Aguascalientes.

FILE - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador raises the hand of Claudia Sheinbaum, the ruling party's candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, during a ceremony to hand over the party's command staff, in Mexico City, Sept. 7, 2023. Mexico’s ruling party named its candidates for eight governorships and the mayor of Mexico City, on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, to compete in the country's June 2024 general elections. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Mexico’s ruling party appears to have dodged possible desertions in the run-up to 2024 elections

Nov. 13, 2023

FILE - Retired schoolteacher Tom Wingo of Samaritans Without Borders, right, gives snacks and bottles of waters to a group of migrants claiming to be from India, who just crossed the border wall, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument near Lukeville, Ariz. U.S.-Mexico border. El Salvador’s government has begun slapping a $1,130 fee on travelers from dozens of countries connecting through the nation’s main airport. Since the end of October 2023, citizens of 57 largely African countries and India have had to pay the fee, according to El Salvador’s aviation authority. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

El Salvador slaps a $1,130 fee on African and Indian travelers to curb migration

Nov. 13, 2023

ACAPULCO, MEXICO-Nov. 2023-Destroyed pool area of Hotel Los Flamingos, where Johnny Weissmuller, John Wayne and other Hollywood notables once hung out during the Golden Age of Acapulco. The town of Acapulco is struggling to recover more than two weeks after Hurricane Otis-packing Category 5 winds ripped through the resort town. (Patrick McDonnell/Los Angeles Times)

No fun in Acapulco: Smashed buildings, overturned boats and broken lives in wake of Hurricane Otis

Nov. 13, 2023

Salinas, CA - September 27: Doctor Nadia Arias with her baby Mia, left, visits with Dr. Olga Padron, right, during a social gathering after work on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 in Salinas, CA. Many of the doctors who are participating in a unique program that brings Mexican doctors to work at Federally Qualified Health Centers in California, gather bi-monthly. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

California imports doctors from Mexico to fill gaping holes in farmworker healthcare

Nov. 8, 2023

U.S. sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking

Nov. 7, 2023

In ‘Radical,’ Eugenio Derbez plays a teacher who touches hearts in a tough Mexican town

Nov. 7, 2023

To honor victims of transfemicides, a community in Mexico City celebrates Día de Muertos

Nov. 6, 2023

At Americas summit, Biden pledges alternative to Chinese-led infrastructure, loans

Nov. 3, 2023

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