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Fifty killed as armed drugs gang set fire to Mexico casino

26.08.11
More than 50 people have died after gunmen from a drug cartel set fire to a Mexican casino... more

Mexico gang seizes marines

17.08.11
Three marines and a naval cadet have been kidnapped by drug gangs in Mexico as the government's war with cartels becomes increasingly bloody... more

Mexican motorists see gang lynching

09.06.11
A screaming teenager with a gunshot wound is found dangling from a rope over a busy highway in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.... more

Mexican police chief who took the job men didn’t want is shot dead

02.12.10
A Mexican woman police chief who vowed to take on drug cartels is shot dead after only two months in the job... more

California's marijuana vote ‘is mixed message’

27.10.10
Vote in California to legalise marijuana next month would send a confusing signal from the US, leaders of Latin American nations say... more

Mexico landslides claim 16 more lives

30.09.10
A landslide in Mexico has killed another 16 people... more

Hundreds escape huge mudslide in Mexico

29.09.10
Huge mudslide in Mexico thought to have buried hundreds of people has left only 11 missing with no confirmed dead, according to authorities... more

Viva Mexico! 200 years of independence

16.09.10
Mexico celebrates 200 years of independence from Spain with nationwide street parties... more

Mexico troops arrest drug chief El Grande

13.09.10
Mexican drug baron known as El  Grande is captured without a fight by marines... more

Drug baron ‘Barbie’ is held by Mexico police

31.08.10
Edgar Valdez Villarreal, one of Mexico’s most-wanted drug barons, has been captured by police... more

Mexican troops find dozens of drug war victims' bodies

25.08.10
Mexican marines find 72 bodies at a ranch after a drugs cartel shoot-out that left one soldier and three gunmen dead... more

Mexican drugs gang hangs bodies off bridge

23.08.10
Decapitated and mutilated bodies of four men are hung from a bridge in central Mexican city in the latest horror of a battle between two drug lords... more

Top Mexican drugs boss shot dead in army raid

30.07.10
Soldiers killed the “No 3” of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel in a raid on his hideout in the Mexican city of Guadalajara... more

Mexico singer is killed after saying: I’m alive

28.06.10
A Maxican singer is shot dead hours after he denied reports that he had been murdered... more

US drug squads arrest 2,200 in raids

11.06.10
Drug enforcement officers in the US say they have arrested more than 2,200 people in a two-year operation aimed at Mexican trafficking rings... more

Mexican police hunt man with the golden guns

04.05.10
Mexican police find 30 diamond-studded gold and silver guns in a raid, including three gold plated assault rifles... more

Britain defends its position on Falklands Islands

25.02.10
Britain and Argentina continue to lock horns over the Falkland Islands amid rising tensions about oil exploration... more

Argentina calls in UN over Britain's oil exploits off Falklands

24.02.10
Tensions between Britain and Argentina dramatically rise as South American country calls on UN to intervene over over London’s oil exploration off Falklands... more

Mexican drugs boss is killed in two-hour shootout with sailors

17.12.09
One of Mexico's biggest drugs kingpins was shot dead in a two-hour gun battle with 200 sailors from the country's navy in a raid on a block of flats... more

Mexican drug barons seized in nationwide American swoop

23.10.09
More than 300 people have been arrested in drugs raids across the US in the largest single strike at Mexico's drug operations in America... more

Cruise ship taxes cut as Mexico tries to lift tourism

05.05.09
Mexico has cut taxes on cruise ships visiting the country to encourage tour operators to return to its shores in the wake of the swine flu outbreak ... more

Shops and schools close in 'eerily quiet' Mexico City

30.04.09
Mexico was in a state of shutdown as the government battled to contain the spread of deadly swine flu... more

US to seize assets of Mexican drug cartels

16.04.09
President Barack Obama arrives in Mexico after signalling he will take on the drugs cartels that have brought mayhem and bloodshed to America's neighbour... more

Sarkozy keeps the new president on line for 30 minutes

07.11.08
Nicolas Sarkozy stole a lead on other world leaders in the race to build closer ties with president-elect Barack Obama... more

Police stumble on private zoo when they raid drug lords' HQ

21.10.08
Suspected drug smugglers kept a menagerie of lions, tigers and panthers in the garden of a suburban Mexican house where police swooped on more than a dozen gangsters... more


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