Tamaulipas

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  Mexico Legalises Same-Sex Marriage

  Same-sex marriage has become legal throughout Mexico after the state of Tamaulipas became the last in the mostly Catholic country to approve it, the local Congress said Wednesday.

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  Violent Mexican Border City Opens Its Doors To US Asylum Seekers

  Nuevo Laredo, a Mexican border city known for high rates of violence, received its first foreign migrants from the United States on Tuesday as part of a program begun in January, US and Mexican officials said.

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  Photos Of Drowned Salvadoran Migrant, 2-Year-Old Daughter Spark Outrage

  Shocking images of a drowned Salvadoran migrant and his two-year-old daughter who died while trying to cross the Rio Grande river from Mexico to the United States have sparked outrage, underscoring the dangers faced by asylum-seekers.

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  15, Including 11 Of A Family, Killed By Gunmen In Mexico

  Gunmen killed 11 relatives, including five girls, in a northern Mexican city plagued by drug cartels on Saturday while three people from another family were murdered in a second attack.

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  Mexican Authorities Rescue Kidnapped Football Star Alan Pulido

  Mexican security forces have rescued football star Alan Pulido, who was found "safe and sound" hours after he was kidnapped in his crime-plagued home state of Tamaulipas, authorities said early Monday.

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  Footballer Alan Pulido Kidnapped In Mexican Hometown: Police

  Mexican footballer Alan Pulido, a striker on Greece's Olympiakos team, was kidnapped Sunday in his home state of Tamaulipas, law enforcement officials said.

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  Ex-Miss USA, Filmmaker Husband's Family Killed in Mexico

  The father and brother of Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gomez Monteverde have been found dead in eastern Mexico after they were kidnapped. The director's father, Juan Manuel Gomez Fernandez, and brother, Juan Manuel Gomez Monteverde, were abducted on September 4 as they left their home in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, authorities said

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  Mexico Recovers Over 9,000 Stolen US Visas

  Mexican police have recovered more than 9,000 US travel visas that were stolen last month in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, officials said Friday.

• Mexican Police Shoot US Teen Near Border

  Police in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas wounded a pregnant 14-year-old U.S. citizen after the truck she was in failed to obey police commands to stop.

• Security Chief in Mexican Border State Killed

  A regional security chief in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas was shot to death along with his wife, authorities said on Monday.

• Bodies of Three US Brothers Found in Mexico: Prosecutor

  The bodies of three US men of Mexican descent believed to have been kidnapped by armed assailants more than two weeks ago were found in Mexico's troubled Tamaulipas state, a prosecutor said Thursday.

• Mexico to Purge Corrupt Cops in Violence-Plagued State

  Mexico's government decided Tuesday to increase military control over security in the northeastern border state of Tamaulipas and purge corrupt police to counter a surge in drug cartel violence.

• Top Police Officer, Four Gunmen Killed in Mexico Clash

  A senior Mexican police officer and four gunmen were killed in the latest gang-related clash in the troubled northeastern state of Tamaulipas, authorities said Tuesday.

• Girl dubbed 'The Next Steve Jobs' captivates Mexico

  Mexico has found a new heroine: A 12-year-old math whiz.

• Mexico finds 13 more bodies, 2 new mass graves

  Mexican investigators have uncovered 13 more bodies in mass graves in the violent northeastern state of Tamaulipas, where 59 dead were exhumed earlier this week, officials said Friday.Seventy-two bodies have now been discovered since authorities began chasing reports that gunmen had kidnapped people off of passenger buses running to towns near the ...