Mexico's drug war
'They took him': Mexican marines accused of kidnapping, murder
MEXICO CITY In March, Daniel Trejo, a 41-year-old car mechanic in the Mexican northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, was violently pulled from his home at night by men dressed as Marines. It was the last time his wife saw him.
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Latin America must think about legalizing drugs, U.N. agency says
Latin America must give serious thought to legalizing drugs in order to reduce the human cost of prohibition, the head of a United Nations agency for the region said on Monday.
Mexico detains wife of drug baron blamed for U.S. heroin scourge
MEXICO CITY Mexico's government said on Sunday it had arrested the wife of top drug lord Nemesio Oseguera on charges of laundering funds for his powerful cartel that is blamed for driving heroin shipments to the United States.
Kidnap charge spotlights justice divide in Mexican election
MEXICO CITY An ex-member of an informal police force running for Mexico's Senate is battling attacks labeling her a "kidnapper," drawing attention to radical proposals by her ally, presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, to end the drug war.
Grupo Mexico eyes Wednesday re-opening of blocked train route after derailment
MEXICO CITY Mexican miner and infrastructure firm Grupo Mexico said on Monday it aims to resume rail transport between key commercial port of Veracruz and central Mexico on Wednesday, following a train derailment suspected to be an act of criminal sabotage.
Mexican mothers mark their day pining for missing children
CHILAPA DE ALVAREZ, Mexico Three years ago, Julieta Guzman kissed her only son on the forehead as he headed over to his girlfriend's house, just a few blocks away in the town of Chilapa, where drug gangs fighting over heroin production have plunged into a vortex of violence.
Three soldiers killed in gun battle in opium-growing Mexican state
MEXICO CITY Three soldiers died and three more were wounded in a gun battle with suspected gang members in a southwestern Mexican state mired in drug violence, the army said in a statement on Wednesday.
Mexico leftist open to international help, truth commission
MEXICO CITY Mexican presidential frontrunner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday said he was willing to enlist international organizations to help fight drug violence and corruption, countering critics who have said the nationalist candidate might resist working with foreign bodies.
Trickle of 'caravan' migrants seek asylum on U.S. soil
TIJUANA, Mexico U.S. border officials processed a trickle of asylum applications on Tuesday from a caravan of Central American migrants camped at the U.S.-Mexico border, despite criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump of their attempt to enter the country. | Video
Inter-American Court hears first case on Mexico military abuses
MEXICO CITY The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday began hearing the first case of alleged state-led human rights violations in Mexico to be brought since the country militarized its battle against violent drug cartels over a decade ago.