Sources: CNN
The United States charges Rubén Rocha Moya, the current governor of Sinaloa, Mexico, and nine other current and former politicians, with alleged drug and weapons trafficking charges and allegedly working with Mexican cartels, including Los Chapitos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. 2026-04-29
Two municipal policemen are killed and three civilians are wounded in an attack near the Jerécuaro-Apaseo el Alto state highway in Jerécuaro, Guanajuato, Mexico. In the same day, four State Public Security Forces officers are killed and two more are wounded after a confrontation with gunmen in the city of Uriangato. 2024-12-17
Nineteen people are injured after an ethane gas explosion in Agua Dulce, Veracruz, Mexico. 2022-11-29
Hurricane Rick loses strength as it moves farther inland in Mexico. The states that are most affected are Michoacán and Guerrero, especially the seaside city of Acapulco in Guerrero. Other states such as Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit open shelters ahead of potential heavy rain. 2021-10-25
The Donald Trump administration is in the process of shifting at least $155 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the Department of Homeland Security, in order to fund the return of some migrants to Mexico. The move comes as Tropical Storm Dorian nears hurricane status as it approaches Puerto Rico. 2019-08-27
A truck overturns on a highway in Chiapas, Mexico, killing 25 Central American migrants who were hiding inside. 2019-03-8
Ten people are killed and two are injured in a car crash near Acapulco, Mexico. 2017-12-30
An unknown gunman shoots and kills veteran journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, who is noted for his investigative reporting on Mexico's war on drugs, in Culiacán, Sinaloa. 2017-05-15
Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation rules that a ban on same-sex marriage in Oaxaca state is illegal. 2012-12-5
Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall in the Mexican state of Veracruz causing at least three deaths. 2012-08-9