Mexican police find at least 14 drug cartel victims’ bodies in mass grave

MEXICO CITY — Police said Wednesday that they have uncovered a mass grave in central Mexico with the remains of 14 or 15 people believed to have been executed by the Zetas drug gang.

Police find 5 bodies, severed head in drug-plagued Mexican state

MORELIA, Mexico — Mexican police on Tuesday found the remains of six people tortured and shot to death in a western state that is a focus of the government’s war against drug cartels.

Mexico detains 93 police on suspicion of taking money from gang of hit men for drug cartels

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors announced Sunday they have put 93 police officers and investigators under house arrest on suspicion of aiding the Zetas, a feared gang of hit men tied to the Gulf drug cartel.

Mexican soldiers capture drug suspect with apparent list of police payoffs in Monterrey area

MONTERREY, Mexico — Mexican soldiers have captured a suspected drug cartel operator with a list of the names of local police officers who apparently received payoffs, the army said Saturday.

At least 12 killed in shootout beetwen gunmen, police in central Mexico

MEXICO CITY — A shootout between police and suspected cartel hit men in central Mexico Friday left at least 12 people dead and one police officer wounded, officials said.

Mexican president says future of democracy at stake in fight against corruption, drug gangs

MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday the future of Mexican democracy is at stake in the government’s fight against official corruption and organized crime, and he criticized politicians who he said want to return to the era when gangs were tolerated.

Mexico deploys 1,500 more troops to border city of Ciudad Juarez as homicides rise

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico has deployed 1,500 more troops to the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, where homicides related to the drug trade have surged in recent weeks.

Gunmen in Mexico attack ambulance to kill patient inside; killings in border city up

MORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen tossed a grenade at an ambulance and then opened its doors to kill a patient inside who had narrowly survived an earlier shooting in a drug cartel-plagued Mexican state Friday. Paramedics ran for their lives during the attack.

Gunmen in central Mexico attack ambulance, killing patient, wounding his wife

MORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen tossed a grenade at an ambulance and then opened its doors to kill a patient who had narrowly survived an earlier shooting, as paramedics ran for their lives early Friday.

Mexico charges 7 mayors, state prosecutor and other officials for allegedly helping cartel

MEXICO CITY — Mexico levied organized crime and drug charges Thursday against seven mayors, the former state attorney general and 19 other officials in the western state of Michoacan for allegedly aiding a drug cartel.

Mexican Navy busts one of Mexico’s largest meths labs, finds precursors for millions of doses

BADIRAGUATO, Mexico — The Mexican Navy gave reporters a firsthand look Tuesday at what they described as one of the largest methamphetamine labs ever found in the country, with enough ephedrine to produce more than 40 tons of the drug.

Police find the bodies of 7 men beaten, shot to death in northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Police have found the bodies of seven young men who were beaten or shot to death in the state of Durango in northern Mexico.

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.

Soldiers in northern Mexico capture 25 gunmen disguised as military personnel, seize weapons

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican army has captured 25 gunmen in northern Mexico who witnesses say disguised themselves as soldiers.

Mayoral candidate in Mexico’s richest city says drug gangs contact all leading contenders

MEXICO CITY — A ruling party mayoral candidate in Mexico’s richest city told his supporters that drug traffickers have contacted all leading political contenders in the country seeking their loyalty ahead of elections next month.

Shooting at Mexican taco stand ignites cooking gas; police officer, 15-year-old boy killed

MORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen opened fire and tossed a grenade at a crowded taco stand in the central Mexican city of Uruapan on Thursday, causing cooking gas tanks to explode and killing a police officer and a 15-year-old boy.

Mexican soldiers capture drug cartel suspect accused of leading bloody turf battles in Tijuana

MEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers have captured suspected cartel member accused of leading bloody battles for smuggling turf routes in the northern city of Tijuana.

Gunmen attack police at taco stand in Mexico, ignite cooking gas; 2 killed

MORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen tossed a fragmentation grenade and fired on a crowded taco stand Thursday in the central Mexican city of Uruapan, killing a police officer and a 15-year-old worker. Four others were injured.

Gunmen toss grenade at taco stand in central Mexico, killing 2

MORELIA, Mexico — Gunmen tossed a fragmentation grenade and fired on a crowded taco stand Thursday in the central Mexican city of Uruapan, killing a police officer and a 15-year-old boy. Four others were injured.

Gunmen toss grenades at taco stand in central Mexico, killing 2

MORELIA, Mexico — Police say gunmen have tossed grenades and fired on a crowded taco stand in the central Mexican city of Uruapan, killing a police officer and a 15-year-old boy.

Drug-plagued Mexican state bans local cops from carrying cell phones, to stop help for gangs

MEXICO CITY — First local police in Monterrey lost their assault rifles after an armed confrontation with federal agents while protesting the arrest of cops for alleged gang ties. Now officers in Mexico’s third-largest city will be stripped of cell phones.

City police pull guns on Mexican federal agents during tense standoff in Monterrey

MEXICO CITY — In a hair-raising standoff that sent motorists scrambling for cover, municipal police pulled their guns on masked federal agents in one of Mexico’s biggest cities — a stark display of the tensions caused by a crackdown on drug corruption among the country’s lawmen.

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, some mutilated, inside abandoned car in northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY — Mexican police found 11 bodies — most with their hands and feet cut off — inside an abandoned car in the border state of Sonora Thursday in violence attributed to drug traffickers battling for control of the region.

Mexico captures 2 of 53 inmates who escaped in Zacatecas prison break

MEXICO CITY — Federal agents have captured two of 53 inmates who escaped from a prison in northern Mexico last month as its guards apparently stood by, federal police said Thursday.

Mexican federal agents question 48 police officers in customs official’s disappearance

VERACRUZ, Mexico — Federal investigators questioned 48 Veracruz city traffic officers Wednesday about the disappearance of the top customs official for one of Mexico’s most important ports.