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Law enforcement officials say gunmen aboard a number of vehicles have staged attacks in several neighborhoods in the Mexican border city of Reynosa.
4 more suspects held in Mexico border attack that killed 19

Jun. 24, 2021 04:32 PM EDT

Law enforcement officials say gunmen aboard a number of vehicles have staged attacks in several neighborhoods in the Mexican border city of Reynosa.
Infighting in Gulf cartel blamed for Mexico border killings

By Alfredo Peña Jun. 22, 2021 03:16 PM EDT

Law enforcement officials say gunmen aboard a number of vehicles have staged attacks in several neighborhoods in the Mexican border city of Reynosa.
Mexico president to investigate border shooting of innocents

By Alfredo Peña And Fabiola Sanchez Jun. 21, 2021 04:30 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 12:16 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 15 The Guardian on U.S. President Joe Biden,...

Aerial view of streets flooded by the Negro River, in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Rivers around Brazil's biggest city in the Amazon rain forest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping, according to data published Tuesday by Manaus' port authorities. (AP Photos/Nelson Antoine)
Amazon city shuts down amid attacks over trafficker's death

By Marcelo Silva De Sousa Jun. 07, 2021 04:28 PM EDT

Supporters of the ruling party Morena mayoral candidate Paula Soto, take part in a campaign event leading up to the June 6 mid-term elections, in Mexico City, Saturday, May 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Mexico's midterms raise question of López Obrador's legacy

By Mark Stevenson And Maria Verza Jun. 03, 2021 10:57 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2018 file photo, U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief for the Rio Grande Valley Manuel Padilla Jr., center, shakes hands with Tamaulipas Gov. Francisco Garcia Cabeza de Vaca, during a news conference at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas. Mexico’s congress voted Friday, April 30, 2021, to impeach Garcia Cabeza de Vaca on charges of tax evasion, money laundering and organized crime. (Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor via AP File)
Mexican border governor impeached for alleged tax evasion

By Fabiola Sanchez Apr. 30, 2021 07:55 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Erie Times-News. Feb. 14, 2021. Editorial: Carl Knight’s story underscores importance of criminal justice reform The...

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2016 file photo, Secretary of Defense Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda arrives for a review of the troops that will participate in the Independence Day parade, in Mexico City. Mexican prosecutors on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, declared completely unfounded the U.S. case against Cienfuegos who was arrested on drug charges in the United States and then returned under pressure from the Mexican government. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Mexico says US 'fabricated' charges, releases evidence

By Christopher Sherman And Mark Stevenson Jan. 15, 2021 08:00 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2013 file photo, Doctor Jose Manuel Mireles, leader of his town's self-defense group, pauses during an interview with the Associated Press at his ranch in the town of Tepalcatepec, in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. A Mexican government health agency has confirmed that Mireles has died on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)
Mexico ex 'self-defense' vigilante leader dies of COVID-19

Nov. 25, 2020 08:56 PM EST

Mexico sees fentanyl seizures quadruple, denies making drug

Sep. 18, 2020 11:24 AM EDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say seizures of the synthetic opioid fentanyl so far this year are 465% higher than in 2019, but progress against...

FILE - Protesters participate in the Good Trouble Tuesday march for Breonna Taylor, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. A lawyer for Breonna Taylor's family said a plea deal was offered to an accused drug trafficker that would have forced him to implicate Taylor, who was killed by police in a raid on her home in March. Louisville's top prosecutor acknowledged the existence of the document but said it was part of preliminary plea negotiations with a man charged with illegal drug trafficking and not an attempt to smear Taylor.(Amy Harris/Invision/AP File)
Lawyer: Plea offer tried to link Breonna Taylor to drug ring

By Dylan Lovan Sep. 01, 2020 03:55 PM EDT

Mexico seizes 2nd lot of fentanyl in medical capsules

Jul. 27, 2020 07:05 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a sign that Mexican traffickers may be having a harder time getting their hands on fentanyl, Mexico said Monday it has seized a second...

FILE - In this July 2, 2020 file photo, Martha Alvarado, sitting, is comforted in her home during the wake for her son Jorge Bravo who was killed along with at least 26 others in an attack at a drug rehabilitation center where he was being treated in Irapuato, Mexico. New government figures show the number of homicides in Mexico has grown 1.9% during the new coronavirus pandemic, according to data released Monday, July 20, however, the killings at this rehab center were not included in the new data. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
Murders in Mexico, especially of women, grew during pandemic

By Mark Stevenson Jul. 20, 2020 03:31 PM EDT

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his daily, morning news conference at the presidential palace, Palacio Nacional, in Mexico City, Monday, July 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Mexico's president turns attention to cartel-plagued states

By Mark Stevenson Jul. 15, 2020 10:59 AM EDT

Rosa Alba Santoyo speaks on the phone and is embraced by a woman giving her condolences the day after she lost three of her adult children in an attack on the drug rehabilitation center where they were being treated, at her home in Irapuato, Mexico, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Gunmen burst into the drug rehabilitation center and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. After the loss of her three children, only two of Santoyo's seven children remain living. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Death toll rises to 26 in Mexican drug rehab center attack

By Eduardo Verdugo Jul. 02, 2020 04:12 PM EDT

Police pass near the drug rehabilitation center that was attacked the previous day in Irapuato, Mexico, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Gunmen burst into the center and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Death toll rises to 26 in Mexican drug rehab center attack

By Eduardo Verdugo Jul. 02, 2020 03:48 PM EDT

Forensic investigators work in the area where an abandoned vehicle that is believed to have been used by gunmen in an attack against the chief of police is sealed off with yellow tape, in Mexico City, Friday, June 26, 2020. Heavily armed gunmen attacked and wounded police chief Omar Garcia Harfuch in a brazen operation that left an unspecified number of dead, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Brazen ambush of Mexico police chief leaves few options

By María Verza And Christopher Sherman Jun. 27, 2020 12:02 AM EDT

The hearse carrying the remains of Alexander Martinez is followed by a multitude of family and friends during his funeral in Acatlan de Perez Figueroa, Mexico, Thursday, June 11, 2020. Hundreds of residents of this town in southern Mexico bid farewell amid anger and tears to Alexander Martinez, a 16-year-old Mexican-American boy shot dead by local police. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Mexico investigates 2 mayors for possible money laundering

By Maria Verza Jun. 16, 2020 09:41 PM EDT

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stands at attention at the National Palace in Mexico City, Sunday, April 5, 2020. López Obrador spoke to the nation about his economic recovery plan. Mexico's government has broadened its shutdown of "non essential activities," and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people as a way to help slow down the spread of COVID-19. The one-month emergency measures will be in effect from March 30 to April 30. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexico's gang violence appears to rise during pandemic

Apr. 24, 2020 03:47 PM EDT