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Egyptian security forces open fire on a Mexican tourist convoy in the Western Desert while pursuing militants with at least twelve people killed and 10 injured.
2015-09-13

Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera escapes from a maximum security prison the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1.
2015-07-11

Alejandro González Iñárritu becomes the second Mexican director to win Academy Award for Best Director for "Birdman". "Birdman" then wins the Academy Award for Best Picture.
2015-02-22

Alleged Mexican drug lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes is captured in the city of Torreon.
2014-10-9

Mexican beauty queen María Susana Flores Gámez, crowned as 2012 Woman of Sinaloa, is killed during a weekend shootout in Sinaloa, Mexico.
2012-11-27

Four dismembered bodies, including two of journalists, are found in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
2012-05-3

A fight amongst inmates leads to a prison riot in the Mexican city of Apodaca, Nuevo León, with 44 people dead.
2012-02-19

The Mexican media reports that hitman José Antonio Acosta Hernández, associated with the La Línea gang, is arrested in Chihuahua in connection to killing United States consular official and murders at a Juarez birthday party. [http:--www.elpasotimes.com-ci_18581826 ("El Paso Times")]date=May 2020
2011-07-30

The BBC apologises for remarks about Mexicans made on its "Top Gear" television programme but defends the original remarks as well.
2011-02-4

Eight Mexican police officers from the state of Guerrero are found dead.
2010-09-19