All news on the topic: Mexico

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Brutal cartels pimping up Mad Max-style monster trucks with machine gun turrets
Deadly drug cartels in Mexico are loading up armoured trucks with advanced weaponry like rocket launchers and sniper rifles to display dominance and rule rival cartels in the cocaine trail
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Little girl, 5, found travelling alone to find mum who had died 3 days earlier
A five-year-old Honduran girl reportedly crossed the border alone to try and get to her mum. However, authorities figured her mum had died three days ago
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Explorer enters crystal cave 1,000ft underground - and temperatures can hit 58C
Canadian adventurer George Kourounis is one of just a few people who have been brave enough to enter the cave 1,000ft below the Sierra de Naica Mountain in Chihuahua, Mexico
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Woman kidnapped in Mexico 8 months ago released and on her way home, FBI says
Monica De Leon Barba, who was kidnapped in Mexico eight months ago, has been safely released by her captors and is en route to the United States, while the FBI continues investigating
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You can now book stays in a Flintstones-themed home complete with a Flintmobile
Accommodating up to eight people, the Flintstone's Pebble Cottage in Mexico comes complete with a dining room, living room, fireplace, two bathrooms, and even a terrace
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Ancient lost city with 15m high pyramids found deep in the jungle
Archaeologists have found a lost city belonging to the ancient Maya civilisation deep in the Mexican jungle hidden by thick vegetation with large 15 metre high pyramids
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Drug lord died after getting plastic surgery to make himself unrecognisable
Amado Carrillo Fuentes, who was nicknamed the “lord of the skies”, was Mexico's most powerful drug lord for 10 years as boss of the Juarez cartel but he died after facial surgery to alter his appearance
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Mayor 'marries' alligator wearing a wedding dress in bizarre traditional ritual
Mayor Victor Hugo Sosa wed the caiman reptile in the Mexican town of San Pedro Huamelula in a traditional ceremony said to bring good luck to the local indigenous Chontal people
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Student shot dead doing research in Mexican state once run by drug lord El Chapo
Gabriel Trujillo, a US PhD student and botanist, was tragically shot and killed in Mexico's Sonora state, believed to be a result of mistaken identity in the violent territory once controlled by drug lord El Chapo
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Moment before child plunges 10 metres from zip line into lake - and survives
Heart-stopping footage shows the six-year-old child crossing the zipline high above a canopy with an adult as people filming can be heard laughing lightheartedly and applauding the child's courage in Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Mexico
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Mexico hotel where couple mysteriously died 'had gas detectors switched off'
The Rancho Pescadero resort in Mexico where two Americans died disabled carbon monoxide detectors so they wouldn't disturb guests and ignored gas problems, employees have claimed
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Couple who mysteriously died at luxury hotel ‘thought they had food poisoning’
American tourists Abby Lutz and John Heathco suddenly died in a luxury resort in Mexico. The couple had been to hospital in the days before thinking they had food poisoning
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US patients warned to check if they visited Mexico clinic between two dates
The CDC and WHO are investigating dozens of potential cases of fungal meningitis sprouting from two Mexico clinics that offered cosmetic surgeries to US patients
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Fourth person dies of fungal brain infection linked to dirty plastic surgery kit
There are thought to be around 180 Americans at risk after doctors used un-sterilized equipment during liposuction, breast augmentation and Brazilian butt lifts in Matamoros, Mexico
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Mexican cartel kills eight people who tried to quit jobs at scam call centre
Relatives of the young call centre workers reported them missing after they failed to return from work in an office near the western city of Guadalajara - which was being run as a scam
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Bags containing human remains discovered in Mexico in search for missing people
Investigators are currently scouring through forty-five bags of human remains to identify the body parts and provide answers to some of the families of the 15,000 people currently missing in Jalisco, Mexico
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Aunt says border officials knew of girl's condition before her death in custody
Eight-year-old Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, from Panama, died on Wednesday, May 17, after suffering a 'medical emergency' while in Border Patrol custody in Harlingen, Texas
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Woman missing for 3 weeks found dead in roadside ditch among six other corpses
Tania Araceli Guzman Navarro was found in the mass grave last week after complaints were made to the police about a putrid smell coming from the area in Puruandiro, in the Mexican state of Michoacan
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Tourist, 23, dies and friends injured after unprovoked machete attack on holiday
Benjamin Gamond, an Argentine tourist, and his friends were leaving a beach restaurant in Mexico on Saturday when a man came at them from behind them waving a machete-style knife
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Woman jailed for strangling her rapist to death with T-shirt - sparking protests
Roxana Ruiz was sentenced to six years and two months in prison for "excessive use of self-defence" after she strangled the man who broke into her home, threatened and raped her
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Hidden tunnel passage close to border of two countries found in abandoned house
A 60-feet-long tunnel which is presumed to have been used for drug trafficking has been found in an abandoned property in Tijuana, Mexico, near the border with the US
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US Embassy warning to Mexico holidaymakers over Title 42 border chaos
As chaos at the US Mexico border continues, the Embassy has warned 'Title 42 public order' could cause delays and for travellers to 'review personal secuirty plans'
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Two more Mexican cartel members arrested for kidnapping 'tummy tuck' Americans
Four Americans that crossed into Matamoros from Texas so that one of them could have cosmetic surgery were kidnapped on March 3 and two were killed
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Title 42 is an expiring rule causing chaos at the US-Mexico border
Families were seen trying to swim across the Rio Grande on the US' southern border in a scramble to get across into the States before Title 42 expires
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Influencer shot dead as killers open fire in front of horrified co-star
Kevin Kaletry was a popular TikTok star in Mexico, but as he was doing a press conference for his new show, a pillion passenger on a motorbike murdered him in a hail of bullets