There it was on video: Five heavily armed policemen barge into a hotel in western Mexico before dawn and march out with three handcuffed men in underwear.

But police weren't making an arrest. Prosecu

The dismembered bodies of at least 14 people were found in an abandoned pickup truck in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the scene of a violent drug turf war, authorities said.

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A 5-year-old Mexican boy whose eyes were allegedly gouged out by his mother as part of a drug-fueled ritual 'to save the world' is expected to live, but has been left completely blind, health authorit

Firefighters are battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico that has destroyed a dozen cabins and spread smoke across the state, prompting holiday weekend air-quality warnings.

The fire b

Hurricane Bud, the first Pacific hurricane in the 2012 season, strengthened into a major Category 3 storm on Thursday as it headed toward Mexico's coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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Mexican police said Sunday they had found 49 mutilated bodies dumped in black plastic bags near the northern city of Monterrey, in an apparent flare up of brutal drug violence.

A spokesperson for the

Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano spewed out huge clouds of ash and fiery rock overnight, closing a local airport on Saturday and frightening nearby villagers, already on edge after weeks of increased act

Police found the dismembered, decapitated bodies of 15 people in two abandoned vehicles in western Mexico on Wednesday in an apparent revenge killing between powerful drug gangs.

Police initially cou

Authorities in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Campeche said they are investigating how a porn video was made by sixth-graders inside their school.

State Education Department spokesperson Omar Kantun s

The northern Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo saw a brutal day of gang violence on Friday, with 14 headless bodies found stuffed in a vehicle and nine bodies found hanging from a bridge.

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