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Hurricane watches are issued for the state of Veracruz on Mexico's Gulf coast. Category 1 Katia (75 mph-120 km-h) is about 185 miles off the Mexican coast, slowly moving at 3 mph.
2017-09-6

At least six people are killed in shootings at two nightclubs in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
2016-05-22

State oil company Petroleos Mexicanos reports the death toll has risen to 28 from Wednesday's explosion at Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo's Clorados 3 petrochemical plant in the Gulf port city of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. Some workers are still missing while 18 others remain hospitalized. Officials say the explosion came from an unspecified leak. The plant produces the hazardous industrial chemical vinyl chloride.
2016-04-22

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

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

Humberto Leal García, a Mexican national, is executed in the US state of Texas despite concerns over whether the circumstances of his execution would breach international law.
2011-07-7

Mexican authorities have confirmed 11 deaths from Tropical Storm Arlene.
2011-07-2

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Mexican state of Veracruz.
2011-04-7

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