Mexico captures top cartel suspect; 21 more police detained for alleged drug trafficking ties

MEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers captured a drug cartel suspect accused of helping procure the largest illegal weapons cache found in the country, authorities said Tuesday.

Mexico detains 29 police officers for alleged links to drug traffickers near border

MEXICO CITY — Soldiers and federal agents detained 29 police officers in northern Mexico on Monday for alleged ties to drug traffickers.

Mexico detains 25 police officers for alleged links to drug traffickers near border

MEXICO CITY — At least 25 police officers were detained in northern Mexico on Monday for alleged ties to drug traffickers, authorities said.

Mexico: Most-wanted drug lord’s power in Sinaloa cartel waning

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord has an increasingly less-powerful role in his cartel, the country’s Attorney General said Friday.

Gunmen in drug-plagued Mexican state kill 9 people, shoot horses

MORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen killed nine people in three separate attacks in the Mexico’s drug-plagued western state of Michoacan, authorities said Sunday.

Mexico arrests 25 Tijuana police officers, 2 civilians on accusations of working for cartel

TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexico arrested 25 Tijuana police officers and two civilians on organized crime charges for alleged drug gang ties, the federal attorney general’s office said Friday.

Police: Drug traffickers in Mexican border city killed 3 missing women, dissolved bodies

TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican police say three women who disappeared in the border city of Tijuana were killed by drug traffickers who dissolved their bodies in a caustic substance.

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.

Mexico detains 12 federal investigators for allegedly helping hit men kill 8 officers

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have detained 12 federal police investigators accused of leaking information to hit men who ambushed and killed eight officers in a failed attempt to free a high-level drug cartel member, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office said Thursday.

Mexico detains 12 federal investigators for allegedly helping hit men kill 8 officers

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican judge has jailed 12 federal police investigators accused of leaking information to hit men who ambushed and killed eight officers in a failed attempt to free a high-level cartel member.

Mexican police arrest Zeta gang leader, 1 of Mexico’s 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican police on Wednesday arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico’s 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.

Mexican police arrest Zeta gang leader, 1 of Mexico’s 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.

MEXICO CITY — Mexican police have arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico’s 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.

Near-simultaneous attacks kill 7 police officers in Mexican border city of Tijuana

TIJUANA, Mexico — Seven police officers were assassinated in about an hour’s time in what authorities said Tuesday was a coordinated effort that followed months of relative calm in a border city stricken by drug-fueled violence. Two other officers and a convenience-store employee were injured.

Gunmen kill police chief in Mexican city across border from Texas

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — Gunmen on Saturday killed the police chief of a town across the border from Texas — less than three weeks after he took over the local force with the aim of purging alleged corruption. Six police officers are being questioned in the attack.

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.

Mexican president proposes expanding army’s power in drug-plagued areas

MEXICO CITY — A bill that would let Mexico declare temporary states of emergency and expand the army’s power in a bloody fight against powerful drug gangs drew immediate fire Thursday from human rights activists who say soldiers should not be doing the job of police.

Mexican president proposes expanding army’s power in drug-plagued areas

MEXICO CITY — A bill that would let Mexico declare temporary states of emergency and expand the army’s power in a bloody fight against powerful drug gangs drew immediate fire Thursday from human rights activists who say soldiers should not be doing the job of police.

Mexico steps up patrols after 2 soldiers killed in drug hotspot

MEXICO CITY — The army said Wednesday it has stepped up patrols in a remote, mountainous drug hotspot in northern Mexico, after gunmen killed two army lieutenants in the region.

Body found on fire on outskirts of Mexican border city in suspected drug killing

TIJUANA, Mexico — Police found a body in flames dumped along a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of this violent northern border city, authorities said Tuesday.