Mexico Violence

A turf war broke out on September 9 between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico's most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations.

A baby and a toddler were among six members of the same family murdered in a central Mexican state plagued by gang-related violence, a local official said Monday.

Six people carrying unlicensed firearms were arrested in Mexico's crime-plagued southern Chiapas state, prosecutors said Sunday, following days of violence that displaced more than 4,000 people.

The video, shared on social media platform X, shows diplomat Jon Benjamin pointing the weapon at a person whose face has been blurred.

Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality.

Ten bodies were found scattered around Mexico's once-glamorous resort city of Acapulco, which has been engulfed by violence linked to organized crime, local security officials said.

Attack violent crime at its roots or go to war with powerful drug cartels? Mexican presidential candidates are offering contrasting strategies to deal with rampant insecurity.

An armed attack left at least 11 police officers dead on Monday in a region of southern Mexico plagued by violence related to drug trafficking, authorities said.

A shooting attack left at least six people dead in a bar in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, a region hard-hit by gang violence, authorities said Saturday.

A woman in the United States who shot her Uber driver after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped is facing murder charges.

The suspected cause of death was inhalation of gas, and there were no signs of violence on their bodies.

As applause rang out at a nearby international arts festival, Bibiana Mendoza unearthed human remains from a clandestine grave in a Mexican region where prosperity, culture, and cartel violence converge.

Armed men killed nine people in a bar in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, the most violent in the country, local officials said, in an attack blamed on drug cartels.

Armed attackers killed 10 people in a pool hall in an industrial region of central Mexico plagued by drug cartel-related violence, authorities said Thursday.

The Mexican border city of Juarez saw a rash of violence on Thursday that left businesses burned and at least eight people dead, including a local radio presenter, authorities and witnesses said.

A turf war broke out on September 9 between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico's most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations.

A baby and a toddler were among six members of the same family murdered in a central Mexican state plagued by gang-related violence, a local official said Monday.

Six people carrying unlicensed firearms were arrested in Mexico's crime-plagued southern Chiapas state, prosecutors said Sunday, following days of violence that displaced more than 4,000 people.

The video, shared on social media platform X, shows diplomat Jon Benjamin pointing the weapon at a person whose face has been blurred.

Mexico is on course to elect its first woman president this weekend, with two front-runners competing to break the highest political glass ceiling in a country with a history of gender violence and inequality.

Ten bodies were found scattered around Mexico's once-glamorous resort city of Acapulco, which has been engulfed by violence linked to organized crime, local security officials said.

Attack violent crime at its roots or go to war with powerful drug cartels? Mexican presidential candidates are offering contrasting strategies to deal with rampant insecurity.

An armed attack left at least 11 police officers dead on Monday in a region of southern Mexico plagued by violence related to drug trafficking, authorities said.

A shooting attack left at least six people dead in a bar in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, a region hard-hit by gang violence, authorities said Saturday.

A woman in the United States who shot her Uber driver after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped is facing murder charges.

The suspected cause of death was inhalation of gas, and there were no signs of violence on their bodies.

As applause rang out at a nearby international arts festival, Bibiana Mendoza unearthed human remains from a clandestine grave in a Mexican region where prosperity, culture, and cartel violence converge.

Armed men killed nine people in a bar in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, the most violent in the country, local officials said, in an attack blamed on drug cartels.

Armed attackers killed 10 people in a pool hall in an industrial region of central Mexico plagued by drug cartel-related violence, authorities said Thursday.

The Mexican border city of Juarez saw a rash of violence on Thursday that left businesses burned and at least eight people dead, including a local radio presenter, authorities and witnesses said.