Sources: UPI
A series of shootouts and encounters are reported in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, after the arrest of the regional leader of the Cártel del Noreste and leader of an armed wing in the state. The United States Consulate in Mexico issues an alert for its citizens to not go out on the streets, and the Nuevo Laredo International Airport suspends activities due to the violence. 2025-02-4
Pro-Palestinian protestors in Mexico set fire to the Israeli embassy in Mexico City. 2024-05-28
A tractor-trailer transporting more than 180 illegal migrants, mostly Guatemalans and Hondurans, crashes in Chiapas, Mexico, killing 55 people and injuring 105 others. 2021-12-9
A judge in the United Kingdom blocks the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, citing that it would be "oppressive" to his mental health and also cites the likelihood of Assange committing suicide if he is sent to the United States. If convicted in the United States, Assange could face up to 175 years in prison. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that his country is willing to provide political asylum to Assange. 2021-01-4
Guanajuato state officials announce that Mexican security forces captured former Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel leader José Antonio Yépez Ortiz alongside five other people. 2020-08-2
At least 27 people are killed and 149 injured after a out of control truck runs into a religious procession in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. 2015-07-29
Mexico says 10 suspected drug gang members were killed in shootout with soldiers in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas. 2011-01-22
Mexican politician Diego Fernandez de Cevallos is released by his kidnappers seven months after being abducted. 2010-12-20
The city of Ciudad Juárez had as many as 25 murders recorded in the past day mostly due to the Mexican Drug War. 2010-09-10
At least 14 people are killed during a prison riot in Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. 2010-08-6