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Prosecutors said the men lived in Tixtla and Chilpancingo and used the vehicle, which was registered to one of the victims, to sell possibly ill-gotten food products. (Photo: ANI)

9 found dead in back of truck in Guerrero state in Mexico

The truck was discovered Saturday morning along a highway between the state capital, Chilpancingo, and the city of Tixtla.

06 May 2018 12:37 PM

Central American migrants travelling in the 'Migrant Via Crucis' caravan sleep outside 'El Chaparral' port of entry to US. (Photo: AFP)

145 Central American migrants from caravan entered US: officials

The migrants were part of a group of around 1,000 people who set out from Mexico's southern border on March 25.

04 May 2018 2:19 PM

Migrants said they fled their homes in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras because of death threats from local gangs, the murder of family members or political persecution. (Photo: AP)

Migrant caravan at US-Mexico border prepares for mass crossing

The timing of the migrants arrival could compromise a flurry of talks this week to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

26 Apr 2018 11:46 AM

Relatives and friends of three missing students from the University of Audiovisual Media take part in a demonstration April 19 in Guadalajara demanding that their loved ones be returned alive. On Monday, authorities said the three had been killed, probably by a drug cartel. (Photo: AFP)

3 Mexican students killed, bodies dissolved in acid: officials

Criminal groups in Mexico often kidnap, torture, dismember, dissolve victims in acid and remains are dumped in clandestine graves.

24 Apr 2018 12:15 PM

The EU and Mexico released a statement, about an 'agreement in principle' over trade, from EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom (L), Mexico Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal (R). (Photo: AFP)

EU, Mexico reach 'agreement in principle' on free-trade deal

The move has stoked tensions and uncertainty among signatories to the deal, which also include Canada.

23 Apr 2018 10:52 AM

Palacios (92), who is seeking to live out her dream of finishing high school by her 100th birthday, is also the most enthusiastic student in the classroom. (Photo: AFP)

Now, I can write letters to my boyfriends: At 96, Mexican woman joins school

‘Dona Lupita’, as affectionately known, was welcomed with applause from her fellow students at High School Number 2 in Tuxtla Gutierrez.

19 Apr 2018 1:11 PM

Local officials have offered lodging in town squares and empty warehouses or arranged transport for the migrants, participants in a journey organized by the immigrant advocacy group Pueblo Sin Fronteras. (Photo: AP)

Migrant caravan heading to US border puts Mexico in tough spot with Trump

Local officials have offered lodging and arranged transport for the migrants, in a journey organized by immigrant advocacy group.

03 Apr 2018 3:43 PM

In Mexican cartel country, priests have uneasy ties with narcos

In all, 21 priests have been murdered in Mexico since President Enrique Pena Nieto took office in 2012, according to Church statistics.

22 Feb 2018 3:46 PM

The coffins containing the remains of people killed in a helicopter accident are carried for burial in Santiago Jimitepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico. (Photo: AP)

13 killed after minister’s helicopter on quake mission crashes in Mexico

The earthquake damaged about 50 homes in Santiago Jamiltepec, as well as the town hall and church, but no one was killed.

18 Feb 2018 10:05 AM

Uber said Karla Garrufe (21) was disconnected from the app when the shooting occurred. (Photo: AFP)

21-yr-old Uber driver shot dead in US-Mexico border city

Karla Garrufe died on Thursday after being gunned down by a man whose car she had bumped into from behind.

27 Jan 2018 1:04 PM

State security spokesman Roberto Alvarez confirmed later that the woman's 'dismembered' remains had been found on Monday inside pots atop a stove. (Photo: Representational/File)

Mexican woman cut into pieces, cooked; ex-husband suspected for femicide

Woman's ex-husband is suspected in what is being investigated as a ‘femicide’ - motive is directly related to the victim's gender.

23 Jan 2018 1:05 PM

Prosecutors finally announced girl's identity at a press conference, shortly after arresting her mother and stepfather and charging them with her murder. (Photo: AFP)

Mexico: Murdered 'girl in red socks’ identified; mother, stepfather held

Lupita's semi-naked body, beaten and sexually assaulted, was found in a Mexico City suburb on March 18, 2017.

11 Jan 2018 12:14 PM

The spot is a massive international Pacific resort area popular with Americans, Canadians and Europeans. (Photo: AFP)

Mexico: 6 bodies found hanging off bridges near popular tourist resort

Grisly killings were once rare in the country's tourism hotspots but have risen in recent years as organised crime has grown.

21 Dec 2017 1:08 PM

Martin was wanted by the authorities for allegedly leading a fuel theft ring that illegally taps pipelines to steal gasoline and diesel. (Photo: File/Representational)

Mexican crime boss undergoes face change surgery, gunmen burst in, execute him

Gunmen burst into the clinic where Jesus “El Kalimba” Martin was undergoing the procedure on Monday.

04 Nov 2017 1:53 PM

Three Colombian crew members and one Guatemalan man were detained on the boat about 425 kilometers off the coast. (Representational Image | Photo: AFP)

El Salvador seizes 1.7 tons of cocaine from semi-submergible boat

Video of the seizure shows the boat had a completely sealed deck and a small, sub-like bridge that stood above the water.

27 Oct 2017 4:21 PM

says Mayor Crispin Gutierrez Moreno of the town of Ixtlahuacan was shot dead on Friday as he drove on a highway. (Representational Image | Photo: File)

Gunmen kill Mexican mayor; 1 wounded

Dozens of mayors have been shot to death in Mexico in recent years, often by drug gangs or corrupt police.

21 Oct 2017 12:32 PM

Zavala, 50, is the wife of former president Felipe Calderon (2006-2012) and a popular conservative in her own right.

Mexico's former first-lady Margarita Zavala to run independent in next year's poll

'I would have liked to (run) for the PAN. I did everything in my power to make it happen,' Zavala said in a video posted online.

07 Oct 2017 12:27 PM

Rescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and volunteers remove rubble and debris from a flattened building in search of survivors after a powerful quake in Mexico City (Photo: AFP)

Shoddy construction, corruption made Mexico quake worse; toll rises to 350

Local residents told AFP that one building at the school was condemned for safety reasons from the moment it opened.

30 Sep 2017 11:08 AM

Mexico City is built on deep, soft soil which instead of cushioning the city from earthquakes, exaggerates their effects. (Photo: AP)

After being trapped for 16 hours, Mexico woman's texts help save her

'There’s four of us,' read the WhatsApp messages, which finally reached her husband Juan Jesus Garcia on Wednesday at 5:34 a.m.

23 Sep 2017 1:17 PM

The body of woman hangs crushed by a collapsed building in the neighborhood of Roma Norte, in Mexico City. (Photo: AP)

Mexico quake: Rescuers in grim search for survivors trapped under building's debris

At one point, the workers lowered a sensitive microphone inside the rubble to scan for any noise or movement.

21 Sep 2017 11:55 AM

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