"The bodies of 10 murder victims were discovered Monday at three different locations in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, an official spokesman told EFE. In Chilpancingo, the state capital, six …
Mexico again says there is ‘no way’ it will pay for Trump wall
"Mexico's new Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Tuesday there is no way his country will pay for the wall that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to build on the United States' …
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Six die in Mexico protests over 20% petrol price hike
"At least six people have died and 1,500 have been arrested during days of protests in Mexico against a rise in the price of petrol. One of those killed was a serving police officer who had tried to …
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US Consular Official Shot, Wounded in Mexico
"An official with the U.S. consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico was shot and wounded Friday night. Authorities are trying to identify a suspect." Source: US Consular Official Shot, Wounded in Mexico …
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Mexico gasoline protests: four dead and hundreds arrested during mass looting
"Protests and looting fueled by anger over gasoline price rises of 20% in Mexico have led to four deaths, the ransacking of at least 300 stores and the arrests of more than 700 people, officials …
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Several dead after gunmen attack market in Mexico
"The assailants fled the scene after shooting three men and three women to death at an informal open-air market on Wednesday. The shootings occurred around midday in the parking lot of a supermarket …
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Unrest over Mexico gasoline price hike erupts into looting
"Protests over a sharp gasoline price hike erupted into looting of gas stations and stores in various parts of Mexico on Wednesday, with dozens of businesses reportedly sacked. Protesters also …
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Mexico kidnap victim’s wife: ‘Your mother for my husband’
"Vigilantes in a Mexican village have seized the mother of a local gang leader and proposed swapping her for a kidnap victim taken on Monday. After seizing alleged collaborators of the gang, including …
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Mexico Grapples With a Surge in Violence
"By the end of October, at least 96 people had been killed in the border city of Ciudad Juárez. It was the highest monthly tally since 2012, sowing fears of a return to the gangland mayhem that once …
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100,000 dead, 30,000 missing: Mexico’s war on drugs turns 10
"Ten years after Mexico declared a war on drugs, the offensive has left some major drug cartels splintered and many old-line kingpins like Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman in jail, but done little to reduce …
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