Felipe Calderon

MEXICO CITY -- A police chief in the border city of Nuevo Laredo goes missing after his brothers turn up dead. Early evening explosions in front of a government building in the capital of Tamaulipas state injure three people. In the state of Durango,...

MEXICO CITY -- State security forces in Mexico have participated in the kidnappings and disappearances of a large number of missing citizens, and the government's failure to investigate most cases only compounds the atrocity, a new human rights report...

MEXICO CITY -- Carlos Slim's telecommunications empire, Telmex, is poised to get a new shot at realizing its long-held goal of entering Mexico's television market after a regulatory board this week approved rules that may allow the world's richest man...

MEXICO CITY -- In the run-up to Mexico’s bicentennial celebration of independence from Spain, then-President Felipe Calderon oversaw an elaborate parade to escort the bones of the nation’s founding fathers from their resting place at Mexico...

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government on Wednesday enacted a controversial law aimed at giving recognition and recourse to tens of thousands of victims of the drug-related violence that has raged across the nation for the last six years. In a ceremony...

MEXICO CITY -- At least 140 people reportedly have been killed in recent weeks in a suspected drug-cartel struggle over the north-central region of Mexico known as La Laguna. Attacks and counterattacks are suspected between the Sinaloa and Zeta...

MEXICO CITY -- Enrique Peña Nieto, a telegenic and politically savvy former state governor, was sworn in as president of Mexico on Saturday in a raucous ceremony marked by violent protests that left several people wounded. One student demonstrator who...

Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto was sworn in before Congress on Saturday, after he assumed control of the armed forces and national security in a symbolic ceremony held earlier. Exactly as scheduled, at 12:01 a.m....

MEXICO CITY -- Violent protests preceded Saturday’s inauguration of Enrique Peña Nieto as president of Mexico, and several people were reported injured. Peña Nieto, a telegenic and politically savvy former state governor, was scheduled to be...

MEXICO CITY -- "Excuse me, Mr. President. I cannot say you are welcome here, because for me, you are not. No one is." The woman's voice trembled with bitterness and apprehension. She stood just a few feet away from a low stage where Mexican President...

MEXICO CITY — A riot and foiled prison break late Tuesday in the drug gang-infested state of Durango left at least 23 people dead, including 14 inmates and nine guards, after prisoners attacked their captors with rocks and then firearms. The...

LONDON – In a highly anticipated and lengthy report, a senior judge Thursday recommended that a new, independent regulatory authority be set up to monitor Britain’s raucous press and to crack down on media abuses such as phone hacking and...