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Julián Aguilar reported for the Tribune from 2009 to 2021, most recently on politics and on the Texas-Mexico border. He focused on immigration reform and enforcement, voter ID, international trade, border security, and the drug trade. His political coverage has included local, legislative and congressional races in Texas, as well as local and national elections in Mexico. Before joining The Texas Tribune, he was a freelance writer for the Fort Worth Weekly, a government and crime reporter for the Laredo Morning Times, and a political writer for the Rio Grande Guardian. A native of El Paso, he has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas and a master's degree in journalism from the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who finished second to the Institutional Revolutionary Party’s Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico's July 1 presidential election, has announced he will officially challenge the results of the contest. Full Story
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The PRI’s return to power in Mexico has prompted concerns over whether the party will cut deals with cartels to decrease drug-related violence. But experts say Mexican authorities will likely do what the U.S. authorities do. Full Story
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Election officials in Mexico are moving forward with the official count of the ballots cast in Sunday’s presidential election. Early results indicate that Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or the PRI, remains ahead of his challengers. Full Story
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The voting is over, but the counting may not be, after Mexico's election Sunday. Candidate Andres Manuel López Obrador, who came in second in the presidential race, said Monday evening that he would challenge the results. Full Story
After 12 years of rule under the conservative National Action Party, Mexicans on Sunday elected Enrique Peña Nieto, a candidate from the Institutional Revolutionary Party, to lead Texas’ largest trade partner and southern neighbor. Full Story
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No matter who wins Sunday's presidential election in Mexico, many on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border believe that cartel-related violence will continue across Mexico. Full Story
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Texas lawmakers are watching Sunday's Mexican election with great interest. Some are concerned that if the Institutional Revolutionary Party returns to power, it would revive its tainted past. Full Story
Big tents and boos on one hand, and talk about how to start a fire on the other: Notes from the Republican Party's convention in Fort Worth and from the Democratic Party's convention in Houston. Full Story
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The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a key provision of Arizona’s controversial immigration law that requires police officers to verify the legal status of people they stop or arrest. But it struck down much of the rest of the measure. Full Story
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The battle between the left and right to court the state’s so-called “sleeping giant” — the Latino vote, is raging. Republicans contend their social and economic priorities are more in line with the state’s fastest-growing demographic. Democrats, meanwhile, say their traditional grip on Hispanics isn’t slipping. Full Story
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