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
Nineteen people are killed and five others are injured when a bus crashes on a highway in Zacatecas, Mexico, while heading from Nayarit to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. 2024-10-26
Fifteen people are killed and 47 others are injured after a bus crashed and flipped in Nayarit, Mexico. 2022-12-31
The government of Honduras releases a report stating that the deportation of Honduran migrants from Mexico and the United States increased by 84.4% during the first half of the year. 2022-07-6
Eight people are killed and 14 others injured after gunmen open fire on a group of people gathered to mourn the death of a youth who was killed in a motorcycle accident in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. 2020-09-2
28 people are killed in a bar fire in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, that police believe was caused by an attack by drug cartels. Mexican media reports that Molotov cocktails were thrown inside. 2019-08-28
The death toll in the earthquake that struck the Chiapas region of Mexico rises to 90. 2017-09-9
Mexico's Congress passes a bill that will allow foreign investment in its state-run oil company, Pemex. The measure still requires the approval of a majority of the country's federal entities. date=December 20132013-12-12
Tropical Storm Calvin forms off the Pacific coast of Mexico. 2011-07-8
A U.S. plan to force gun dealers in states which border Mexico to report cases where individuals bought multiple high-powered rifles in under 5 days, is stalled due to opposition from gun lobbies. Approximately 90% of crime guns seized in Mexico originate in the U.S., and over 30,000 people have died in Mexico due to drug cartel violence since 2006. 2011-01-6