Mexico
Mexico ex-police official arrested in student abductions
A former Mexican police chief in the town where witnesses say 43 missing students were massacred, was arrested for allegedly participating in handing the...
Tens of thousands march in Mexican capital for missing 43 on Revolution Day
Tens of thousands marched in Mexico’s capital Thursday demanding that authorities find 43 missing college students, seeking to pressure the government...
Mexican president promises answers on wife’s tainted luxury home
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said his government will give answers about a luxury house acquired by his wife that has raised questions about...
Thousands in fresh Mexico protest over student massacre
Thousands of teachers and students took to the streets in Mexico to demand justice for 43 young men feared to have been massacred by drug-gang hitmen working...
Mexico couple’s desperate search for missing son
Maria Telumbre knows fire. She spends her days making tortillas over hot coals, and experience tells her a small goat takes at least four hours to cook.
Masked protesters block Mexico airport over alleged student massacre
Protesters angry at the alleged massacre of 43 Mexican students clashed with police and besieged Acapulco’s airport for hours Monday over a scandal...
Protesters attempt to storm Mexico’s National Palace
Protesters angry at the suspected massacre of 43 students tried to break into Mexico City’s National Palace Saturday while others torched several...
Gang members admit to killing, burning 40 missing Mexico students
Suspected gang members in Mexico confessed to killing more than 40 missing students and incinerating their remains in a grisly case that shocked the country...
Mexico catches mayor blamed for students’ disappearance
Mexican police detained Tuesday fugitive ex-Mayor Jose Luis Abarca and his wife, who are both accused of being behind a police attack that left six people...
Mexico unearths second ‘mass grave’ in the hunt for missing students
Mexican authorities searching for 43 missing college students have found human remains in a new area of southern Guerrero state and are testing to see...
Governor of Mexican state where students disappeared stands down
The governor of a Mexican state roiled by the disappearance of dozens of students that has sparked protests and embarrassed President Enrique Pena Nieto,...
Mexico says mayor linked to deadly attack on students
Officials said Wednesday that a drug gang implicated in the disappearance of 43 students essentially ran the town, paying Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca...
One drug king caught, 43 students still missing in Mexico
Mexican police have captured suspected Juarez drug cartel leader Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, whose gang engaged in turf wars that have left thousands of...
Mexico disarms police in missing students city as president vows justice
Mexican federal forces disarmed a southern city’s entire police corps and took over security Monday after officers were accused of colluding with...
Gang hitmen admit to murdering 17 of 43 missing Mexican students
Two gang hitmen admitted to killing 17 of 43 students missing in southern Mexico, prosecutors said, amid fears the victims were among bodies found in a...
Alleged Beltran Leyva cartel boss nabbed in Mexico
Hector Beltran Leyva, the purported head of a feared drug gang allegedly run by his family, became the fourth brother to fall when soldiers grabbed him...
Mexico seeks 57 missing students after weekend of violence
Authorities were searching Monday for 57 students reported missing after weekend violence left at least six people dead and 25 wounded in the southern...
Miley Cyrus in hot water in Mexico over Independence Day flag spank stunt
Miley Cyrus is facing a fine or detention in Mexico after one of her dancers spanked her backside with the national flag during an Independence Day performance.
Mexico unveils futuristic design for new $9 billion airport
Mexico’s government on Wednesday unveiled the winning design for a new, futuristic, spider-shaped airport for the capital that will ease delays and...
Why have 53 tonnes of fish mysteriously died in a Mexican lagoon?
At least 48 tonnes of fish have turned up dead in a lagoon in western Mexico and authorities are investigating whether waste water treatment plants are...
More than 450 boys and girls rescued from rat-infested children’s home
More than 450 children have been rescued from a rat-infested refuge for abandoned boys and girls, authorities in Mexico have confirmed.
At least three dead after magnitude-7.1 earthquake in southern Mexico
In addition to the casualties, dozens of homes were believed to have been damaged in an earthquake which rocked Guatemala and southern Mexico on Monday...
Mexico drug lord arrested watching World Cup
The head of the once-mighty Tijuana-based Arellano Felix drug cartel was arrested while watching Mexico’s football team play in the World Cup, a...
World Cup: Goals dry up as draws abound at close of first week
Hosts Brazil slogged out a 0-0 draw with Mexico in the second round of Group A matches.
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