Mexico: another mayor assassinated

The mayor of a town outside Monterrey, Nuevo León, was shot to death, while a state police commander in neighboring Tamaulipas was arrested by federal forces.

Mexico: soldiers arrested for killing civilians

Mexico’s military announced that four soldiers will be charged with homicide for the killing of two civilians the night of Sept. 5 on the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo highway in Nuevo León.

Mexico: armed commando in deadly ambush of Guerrero police

An armed commando of some 40 men with assault rifles ambushed a police patrol in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, killing eight and leaving a ninth seriously wounded.

Matamoros mayhem goes unreported in Mexico

Shootouts in the streets of Matamoros have left at least 25 dead over the past two days—but local media outlets are too intimidated to even report on the violence.

Mexican bicentennial celebrations clouded by narco crisis

Bicentennial celebrations were canceled in several municipalities across Mexico for fear of violence, as narco gangs escalate their brutal internecine warfare.

Chiapas: Zapatista supporters attacked for building autonomous school

Thugs for local political bosses attacked Zapatista supporters and expelled them from their homes in the Tzeltal community of San Marcos Avilés, Chiapas, in retaliation for building a school.

Reynosa jailbreak: inside job?

In Mexico’s biggest jailbreak, 89 prisoners used ladders to scale the walls of the Execution and Sanction Center (CEDES) in the border city of Reynosa. Two guards disappeared along with them.

Mexico: fighting breaks out at Cananea mine

At least three people suffered serious injuries and 26 were arrested when fighting broke out between striking miners and others at the giant Cananea copper mine in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.

Clinton: Mexico needs “equivalent” of Plan Colombia

In comments before the Council on Foreign Relations, Hillary Clinton asserted that the US, Mexico and the Central American countries need to cooperate on an “equivalent” of Plan Colombia.

Mexico: Guanajuato women jailed for miscarriages

Guanajuato governor Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez announced that the state government would soon release seven women who had been jailed on charges of “homicide in the case of close relatives.”

US to withhold “Plan Mexico” funds over rights abuses?

The US State Department has for the first time called for withholding Merida Initiative funds based on human rights abuses in Mexco—but at the same time approved release of $36 million.

Mexico: Tamaulipas terror still escalating

Violence continues to escalate in the conflicted northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas. At least 25 were killed as soldiers stormed a training camp allegedly set up by Los Zetas in Ciudad Mier.