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Mexican ex-officials work for US intelligence: report

At least 80 former Mexican government officials are currently working as informants for US intelligence agencies, the daily La Jornada reported, citing senior Mexican officials.

26 bodies found in western Mexico

Authorities found 26 bodies Thursday inside three abandoned vehicles in Guadalajara, Mexico, an official said.

Bag of Severed Heads Left Near Mexican School

Greg Wilson NBC Miami 09/28/2011
5 trapped in U.S.-Mexico border tunnel filled with sewage

Five people were trapped in a tunnel near the U.S.-Mexico border and had to be rescued early Wednesday.

Bag of Severed Heads Left Near Mexican School

Five severed heads were left in a bag near a Mexican primary school, the latest example of the ruthless violence plaguing the country.

Mexico offers $2.4m reward in deadly casino arson that killed 52

KATHERINE CORCORAN and PORFIRIO IBARRA RAMIREZ San Francisco Chronicle 08/26/2011
Police find decapitated body of Mexico newspaper editor

The editor of a Mexican newspaper was found dead, her body decapitated and with a note next to it, officials said. Maria Elizabeth Macias Castro, 39, was the editor in chief of the newspaper, Primera Hora.

Mexico offers $2.4m reward in deadly casino arson that killed 52

President Felipe Calderon declared three days of mourning Friday following the arson of a casino by presumed drug traffickers that killed 52, calling those responsible "true terrorists."

Landmark US-Mexico trucking agreement resolves 15-year conflict

Howard LaFranchi Christian Science Monitor 07/06/2011
Landmark US-Mexico trucking agreement resolves 15-year conflict

The United States and Mexico on Wednesday signed an agreement aimed at resolving a cross-border trucking dispute. The longstanding disagreement had come to symbolize growing resistance, especially in the US Congress, to free-trade provisions with America’s southern neighbor.

Mexican drug gangs building own tanks as war intensifies

Mexico's rival crime gangs are in an arms race, and the latest sign of that are the homemade "Mad Max" type heavily armored vehicles they deploy to withstand fierce clashes with each other.

Mexico teacher sings to schoolchildren during shoot-out

A nursery school teacher in Mexico has been hailed a hero after a video showed her calmly instructing her pupils to duck and cover and sing songs as a fierce gun battle raged outside their school.

Mexico Detains 513 People Crammed Into Two US-Bound Trucks

Police on Tuesday detained 513 undocumented migrants from Latin America and Asia who were crammed into two trucks bound for the United States, prosecutors in southeast Mexico said.


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