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3 police officers killed in an attack on western Mexico highway

Mar. 18, 2024 13:36 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A state police officer and her two bodyguards were killed in a highway attack in Mexico’s violent western state of Michoacan, security officials said Monday. Michoacan’s state security agency said on X, formerly Twitter, that three members of the state Civil...

Hundreds of people in Mexico City stretch out for a 'mass nap' to commemorate World Sleep Day

Mar. 16, 2024 02:45 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City on Friday were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight. Lolling with bright blue yoga mats, sleeping masks and travel pillows, hundreds of Mexicans laid sprawled out on the ground at the base of...

In Mexico, a once glittering lake is being sucked dry by development, drought and lawlessness

Mar. 14, 2024 20:22 PM EDT

VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico (AP) — Once a glittering weekend getaway for wealthy residents of Mexico City, Valle de Bravo has been reduced to a shrinking, increasingly polluted patch of mud flats and water by a combination of drought, water transfers to the capital, bad planning and lawlessness. ...

Another mayoral hopeful is killed in southern Mexico, one of a half-dozen murdered this year

Mar. 13, 2024 17:12 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in southern Mexico said Wednesday that a mayoral candidate was killed in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, one of a half-dozen local politicians murdered so far this year ahead of the June 2 national elections. Tomás Morales was hoping to become...

Mexican journalist says he was abducted, beaten and questioned by armed men about his reporting

Mar. 13, 2024 12:27 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prominent journalist who went missing this week in western Mexico said Wednesday he was abducted, beaten and questioned by an armed gang about his reporting before being let go with a warning to tone down his journalism. Authorities confirmed that radio and...

Mexico's presidential candidates sign commitment for peace with church leaders concerned by violence

Mar. 13, 2024 01:58 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s presidential candidates on Monday signed a commitment for peace with Catholic Church leaders that proposes strategies to reduce the violence in the country. During the meeting led by the Episcopal Conference of Mexico, presidential front-runner and...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Mar. 10, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

March 1-7, 2024 Haiti's former elite police officer Jimmy Chérizier, now the leader of the “G9 and Family gang,” said he would target government ministers to prevent the prime minister’s return to Haiti and force his resignation. Protesters demonstrated against reforms...

Facing historic shifts, Latin American women bathe streets in purple on International Women's Day

Mar. 08, 2024 21:47 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cities across Latin America were cloaked in purple Friday as hundreds of thousands of women marched to commemorate International Women’s Day, coming at a moment of change in a region marred by soaring levels of violence against women. While some are celebrating...

Mexico-bound plane lands in LA in 4th emergency this week for United Airlines

Mar. 08, 2024 21:28 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A United Airlines jetliner headed to Mexico City from San Francisco made an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday after the crew reported a hydraulics issue, in the fourth emergency involving a United Airlines flight this week. The plane landed safely at...

A student from Mexican teachers' college where 43 disappeared dies in a confrontation with police

Mar. 08, 2024 20:34 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A student from a rural Mexican teachers’ college where 43 youths disappeared in 2014 has died in a confrontation with police, officials said Friday. Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero said the confrontation occurred late Thursday on a roadway near...