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Mexico
Mexican government office in Tijuana targeted in drone attack
A Mexican cartel deployed explosive devices to attack a state police installation on Wednesday, Baja California’s Attorney General confirmed Thursday.…
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Motorists find 6 heads in violent display attributed to La Barredora
Six severed human heads were found on Tuesday in Tlaxcala, a state not normally associated with cartel violence. The Tlaxcala…
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Who knew? 6 surprising — and positive — facts about Mexico
I first visited Mexico in 1981 and returned four or five more times before 2005, when my husband and I…
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Hundreds of exotic animals evacuated from Sinaloa sanctuary
A Mexican wildlife sanctuary has evacuated hundreds of exotic animals to escape cartel violence near Culiacán, Sinaloa, marking one of…
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Search collectives critical of Sheinbaum missing persons reforms
More than 150 search collectives, activists and relatives of victims of abduction and enforced disappearance have expressed profound concern about…
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Feds will take Teuchitlán crematorium case in Jalisco
Federal and local officials in Mexico have been in damage control mode since last week’s gruesome discovery by a civilian…
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Guerrero confirms identity of 11 victims found dead in Chilpancingo
Ongoing turf wars between crime groups in the state of Guerrero have produced waves of violence this year, and the…
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Sheinbaum’s first month in office brings mixed security landscape
Federal security officials on Tuesday highlighted a decline in homicides and more than 800 arrests since President Claudia Sheinbaum took…
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Mayor-elect of Chiapas town near Guatemala border is kidnapped
The mayor-elect of a Chiapas municipality near the Guatemala border was kidnapped from a cafe in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, on…
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Violence in Sinaloa spreads after cartel arrests
Violence has spiked in the northern state of Sinaloa in recent days, as organized crime responds to the recent arrests…
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