Two former officials are on the run, accused of secretly leading a criminal group. Their old boss, now a powerful senator in the president’s party, is being grilled over what he knew.

By Maria Abi-Habib and Paulina Villegas

The New York Times

News Analysis

And the timing could not be worse for Mexico’s president, who faces the corruption scandal as President Donald Trump doubles down on accusations that drug cartels have the Mexican government in their grip.

At the scandal’s center is the senator, Adán Augusto López Hernández, a former interior minister and governor of Tabasco state, and a close confidant of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Two men López appointed in Tabasco, a secretary of security and state police chief, are now wanted by the Mexican government and Inte

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