He donned a sombrero and was serenaded by mariachi bands, embraced by Mexicans who called him their brother.

Pope Benedict XVI has a bit of a tougher sell as he heads to a Cuba that until recently w

Mexican authorities found seven human heads on a street in a town in the northern state of Durango Thursday, but did not immediately find the bodies.

"The discovery was reported at around 6:00 am (12

Seeking an end to US dominance on the World Bank, BRICS has said that the appointment of President of the multilateral agency should be based on merit and 'not on nationality'.

World Bank preside

Members of Mexico's Zetas drug gang killed 44 rivals from the Gulf cartel in a prison riot before staging a mass escape, possibly with help from authorities, Mexican officials said on Monday.
Prisoner

At least 38 inmates have been killed in a riot at a prison near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, officials said on Sunday.

The clashes broke out overnight between rival gangs at Apodoca prison

Twelve people have been shot dead in two of Mexico's top tourist spots, authorities said on Sunday, in two states that have been hard hit in the country's spiral of drug-related violence.

In Mazatlan

Five decomposing human heads were found outside an elementary school in the Mexican city of Acapulco, police said, in the latest example of grisly violence gripping the country.

Someone placed a wood

Inmates staged near simultaneous jailbreaks from three prisons in the Mexican state of Veracruz early Monday and at least 32 of them escaped, officials said.

Authorities said 14 of the fugitives were

The bloodstained bodies of a man and a woman were found hanging from a bridge in northeast Mexico, along with threatening messages to people who report drug violence on social networks.

The messages

A journalist who had been kidnapped over the weekend was found dead on Tuesday in Boca del Rio, a city outside the Mexican gulf port of Veracruz, officials said.