The head of Mexico’s detective service has acknowledged the country is “the champion” of fentanyl production. Mexico is a major producer of fentanyl and methamphetamine, with cartels sourcing chemicals from China and India. Fentanyl abuse is low in Mexico, but methamphetamine addiction
United States Air Force (USAF) service members recently discovered an ancient campsite that dates back over 8,000 years, according to officials. The millennia-old ruins, which were found on Holloman Air Force Base, are believed to have been inhabited by the earliest settlers
A British tourist has been found dead in a pool of blood in a hotel room in Cancun, Mexico, it has been reported. The tourist, 58, was found lying dead next to his 53-year-old wife, who was later rushed to hospital. Detectives
Mexico is facing a significant shortage of fentanyl for medical use, a report released by the country’s government said Friday. While no reason for the shortage was given, the National Commission on Mental Health and Addictions labeled it a worldwide problem. Despite
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Thursday his country wants the United Nations to suspend Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the Mexican embassy in
CHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AP) — Protesters in southern Mexico set the state government building afire Monday and torched at least a dozen cars in the parking lot. The protests occurred in the violence-wracked city of Chilpancingo, the capital of the Pacific coast state
Three migrants died in a highway accident in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, authorities said Thursday. At least two of the dead — a man and a woman — are from the African nation of Cameroon, and the identity of the
Gisela Gaytan, a Mexican mayoral candidate, was fatally shot on Monday during her campaign event. Gaytan had requested security, but no response was received, prompting an inquiry into the lack of protection. Data shows a 236 percent increase in political electoral violence
Mexico’s president said Tuesday that he was hurt by the killing of a mayoral candidate just hours after she requested protection and started campaigning. A city council candidate who was wounded in the same attack on Monday also died, authorities said. President
A furious mob in Mexico has brutally beaten a woman to death and attacked two men after the trio were suspected of killing of an eight-year-old girl. The incensed crowd swarmed around the group they believed were behind a financial kidnapping, following