Three separate armed attacks in Mexico on Monday left at least 24 people dead, including a dozen police officers, authorities said about the latest violence to hit regions plagued by drug trafficking.

Drug cartels are wreaking havoc in the Michoacan state of Mexico. The government has deployed 1,200 more troops to contain the widespread violence.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican mayor and her husband were killed Tuesday in the western state of Michoacan, less than 48 hours after a mayor in the southern state of Oaxaca was killed.

By the time voters elected Claudia Sheinbaum as Mexico’s first female president, election observers recorded 129 political violence events targeting officials during local, state, and federal ...

MEXICO CITY — Mexico has sent 660 soldiers and militarized national guard officers this month to the western state of Michoacan to protect lime growers who complained they were suffering ...