Mexico Archives

Cartels using clandestine graves

September 12, 2023 1:38 PM Abraham Retana, Vanessa Gongora

Criminal groups in Baja California, and Sonora, Mexico are using clandestine (or secret) graves to bury their victims and make them…

Two people and police officer dead after shooting in San Luis, Mexico

September 11, 2023 2:00 PM Faith Rodriquez

One police officer in San Luis, Mexico is dead after authorities say he was killed by a drug…

Temporary northbound lane closures at Andrade Port of Entry for repairs

September 8, 2023 2:04 PM Faith Rodriquez, Vanessa Gongora

The closures run from Monday, September 11 through Wednesday, September…

Mexico ends its federal ban on abortion, but a patchwork of state restrictions remains

September 7, 2023 9:52 AM The Associated Press

A Mexican Supreme Court decision to end the federal ban on abortion extended a regional trend of increasing access to the procedure, but left in…

Plane crashed during a gender reveal party in Mexico

September 4, 2023 6:31 AM NBC News, Dillon Fuhrman

A small plane that was taking part in a gender reveal party crashed shortly after dropping pink smoke on the happy couple. The incident was caught on…

Berlin Wall relic gets a ‘second life’ on US-Mexico border as Biden adds barriers

September 3, 2023 9:49 AM AP News

As the U.S. government built its latest stretch of border wall, Mexico made a statement of its own by laying remains of the Berlin Wall a few steps…

Woman on hunger strike for 21 days

September 1, 2023 3:03 PM Abraham Retana, Vanessa Gongora

A San Luis, Mexico woman has been on a hunger strike trying to get the federal government’s…

Local 19-year-old pro boxer remains undefeated

August 23, 2023 7:02 PM Vanessa Gongora

Gutierrez won the match by technical knockout in the second round. He remains undefeated, now at…

Lead singer of band at arson bar attack in San Luis, Mexico passes away

August 17, 2023 10:31 AM Valeria Rodriguez

Late last month, an arson attack at a local bar in San Luis, Mexico took the lives of 12 people.…

Hurricane Hilary forms off Mexico’s Pacific coast and could bring rain to US Southwest

August 17, 2023 9:44 AM The Associated Press

Hilary has strengthened into a hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific coast and could bring heavy rain to the U.S. southwest by the…

Mexican National Guard cracking down on violence

August 9, 2023 2:53 PM Abraham Retana

The mayor of San Luis, Mexico hopes the addition of Mexican National Guard troops helps keep the area…

Family of Beer House fire victims asks for the community’s support

July 27, 2023 3:45 PM Adam Klepp

The lead singer of the band “Mitosis” and his wife are currently hospitalized after they were rescued from the Beer House bar early Saturday…

Arson attack investigation continues

July 24, 2023 3:43 PM Abraham Retana

Families continue to mourn the 11 people killed in an arson attack at a bar in San Luis,…

Eleven people killed, six injured in arson attack at bar in San Luis, Mexico

July 22, 2023 11:58 AM Faith Rodriquez, Abraham Retana, Ernesto Romero

11 people were killed and four were injured in an arson fire in San Luis,…

California woman who was kidnapped in Mexico headed home

July 16, 2023 1:31 PM CNN, Dillon Fuhrman, Vanessa Gongora

In a social media post Saturday, the FBI said that Monica de Leon Barba, who was kidnapped eight months ago in Jalisco while walking her dog, is safe…

Man still missing after five months

July 10, 2023 5:15 PM Abraham Retana

A local family still looking for a relative who has been missing for five months in San Luis,…

California suspect arrested in Mexico serial killings

July 8, 2023 8:26 AM NBC News, Dillon Fuhrman

Mexican authorities charged Los Angeles County resident Bryant Rivera with the killing of three sex workers last year. He was taken into custody from…