4 mutiliated bodies found near middle school in Mexico’s drug-plagued Guerrero state

4 mutilated bodies found in Mexican drug war state

Hurricane Rick reaches Category 2 off Mexico’s Pacific coast; Acapulco warns of heavy rain

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Hurricane Rick swiftly strengthened Friday off Mexico’s Pacific coast with winds near 100 mph (160 kph), and forecasters warned it could soon become a major hurricane.

9 decapitated bodies found in drug-plagued state in southern Mexico

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Officers found the decapitated bodies of nine men in an abandoned pickup truck on a highway in the drug-plagued Mexican state of Guerrero, police said Friday.

Hurricane Rick forms off Mexico’s Pacific coast; officials in Acapulco warn of heavy rain

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Hurricane Rick was swiftly strengthening Friday off Mexico’s Pacific coast with winds near 85 mph (140 kph), and forecasters said it could soon become a major hurricane.

Tropical Storm Rick intensifying off Mexico’s Pacific coast, expected to become a hurricane

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Tropical Storm Rick is quickly intensifying in the Pacific off Mexico’s coast and is expected to remain far from land.

Bodies of 5 men shot to death found in landfill near Mexico’s Pacific resort of Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Police have found the bodies of five men dumped in a landfill near the Mexican resort city of Acapulco.

Gunmen kill leading lawmaker of state legislature in drug-plagued Mexican state

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Gunmen have killed the presiding lawmaker of the state legislature in a drug-plagued Mexican state.

Mexican radio journalist found dead, partially buried in Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico — The body of a Mexican radio journalist was found beaten, gagged and partially buried the resort city of Acapulco, police said Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Andres brushing Mexican coast at near hurricane strength; 1 dead

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Tropical Storm Andres flooded homes and knocked down trees along Mexico’s Pacific coast, killing at least one person as it headed toward a likely hurricane-force scrape with land on Tuesday.

Tropical Storm Andres close to becoming season’s 1st hurricane, threatens brush with Mexico

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Tropical Storm Andres was expected to grow into the Pacific season’s first hurricane Tuesday and deal a glancing blow to a coastline dotted with picturesque towns popular with foreign retirees.

Tropical Storm Andres could become season’s 1st hurricane, deal glancing blow to Mexico

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Tropical Storm Andres was expected to grow into the Pacific season’s first hurricane Tuesday and deal a glancing blow to southwestern Mexico before churning its way up the coast past picturesque towns popular with foreign retirees.

Tropical Storm Andres, 1st named Pacific storm of season, strengthens off Mexico coast

ACAPULCO, Mexico — A strengthening Tropical Storm Andres roared toward Mexico’s Pacific coast Monday, prompting emergency preparations for a storm that forecasters predicted would become the season’s first hurricane.

Gunmen kill priest, 2 seminarians in western Mexican state mired in drug violence

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Gunmen ordered a priest and two seminarians out of their vehicle and shot them dead in a drug-plagued region of western Mexico, authorities said Monday.

Gunmen kill 3 Acapulco officers; authorities probe link to weekend gunbattle that left 17 dead

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Gunmen launched grenades and opened fire in near simultaneous attacks on two police stations in Acapulco Monday, killing three officers in violence that broke out less than 48 hours after a gunbattle in the resort left 17 dead.

Gunmen kill 2 Acapulco officers, wound 2 others; link to weekend gunbattle probed

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Attackers used grenades and guns in near-simultaneous attacks on two police stations in Acapulco Monday, killing two officers and wounding two others in the Pacific coast resort city plagued by drug violence.

Shootout kills 16 gunmen, 2 soldiers in Acapulco; tourists cower in hotels

ACAPULCO, Mexico — It was a shootout straight from Hollywood in the former playground of its biggest stars: Outlaws holed up in a hillside mansion fought heavily armed Mexican soldiers with a rain of gunfire and grenades that had tourists cowering in hotels nearby.

Mexican military official: Shootout kills 15 gunmen, 1 soldier in Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico — It was a shootout straight from Hollywood in the former playground of its biggest stars: Masked and heavily armed Mexican soldiers battled outlaws holed up in a cliffside mansion in a four-hour shootout that had tourists cowering in hotels nearby.

Mexican military official: Shootout in Acapulco hotel zone kills 15 gunmen, 1 soldier

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Mexican soldiers fought a two-hour battle with heavily armed men holed up at a house in an Acapulco hotel zone, killing 15 of the gunmen as Mexican tourist cowered in their rooms nearby.

Police find 11 bodies thrown off bridge, ravine in southwestern Mexico

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Police say they found 11 bodies dumped around a southern Mexican state, including seven wrapped in plastic bags and thrown off a bridge.

Beach blues: Acapulco residents stone tourist cars, Cancun pleads for visitors amid swine flu

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Acapulco’s mayor is telling tourists from Mexico City to go home, and residents are stoning their cars. Cancun’s hotels are pleading for visitors to fill their empty rooms. The swine flu outbreak is remaking tourism in strange ways in a country heavily dependent on it.

9 men found shot to death in and around Mexican resort of Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico — The bullet-riddled bodies of nine men were found Friday in and around the Mexican resort of Acapulco.