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Drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is getting fat on prison feasts of fried chicken and pizza
Boss of the feared Sinaloa Cartel is also reading self-help books after completing Don Quixote.
Nestora Salgado freed: Charges dropped against Seattle mother who challenged Mexico's drug cartels
Charges against Nestora Salgado were dropped and she had been released from prison.
Mexican state that makes half the heroin in the US could be allowed to produce opium legally
Guerrero state governor suggested poor farmers should have the chance to grow poppies for use in legal opium.
Central Mexican state disbands all-female 'sexiest police force in the world'
The 20 officers wore leggings, knee-high heeled boots, aviators and tight-fitting tops.
Scientists to drill into Mexico's Chicxulub crater where dinosaur-destroying asteroid crashed
Researchers hope core samples will reveal ancient history and how life revived after devastating space-rock impact
John Loveless detained in Mexico after girlfriend is strangled on their beach resort vacation
Attorney is nabbed as he's about to get on a plane in Cancun to return to the US.
Mexico: Rare albino whale spotted off Pacific coast
Marine biologists captured the footage during an annual census off the coast of Baja California.
Former Mexican presidents compare Trump to Hitler
Felipe Calderón described Republican front-runner Trump's rhetoric as 'racist'.
Pope's plane 'hit by laser beam' as it descended into Mexico City
The Pope's plane landed safely but laser beams are an increasing problem for pilots.
Mexico: Pope Francis urges gangland youth to shun gifts from drug lords
Pope delivers heart-warming speech at stadium rally in Morelia, one of Mexico's most violent cities.
Pope Francis challenges Mexican government on corruption and drug 'cancer' during landmark visit
The Pope is on a whistle stop tour of Latin America, with Brazil, Paraguay and Chile after Cuba and Mexico.
124 crocodiles crushed and suffocated to death due to poor handling of transfer in Mexico
Mexican authorities set to penalise Cocodrilos Exoticos, the wildlife company responsible for safe transfer.
Drug money laundering: HSBC sued by families of US citizens murdered by Mexican cartels
Family members of those killed by drug cartels to sue bank under the US Anti-Terrorism Act.
Mexico: Migrants held hostage by drugs cartel freed after gas explosion blasts hole in cell
The explosion exposed safe house where more than 60 were held hostage.
Mexico: Police flee from armed gang in Sinaloa state
It is believed the gang members went on to commit a murder after police left the scene.
El Chapo: Mexican authorities want to question Kate Del Castillo over Guzman
Castillo has not been not been charged with any crime as yet.
Seven-month-old baby and parents shot and killed in drugs war in Mexican state of Oaxaca
A young family have been killed, with the seven-month-old boy described as Mexican answer to Alan Kurdi.
Mexico: Nine killed in teenage birthday party massacre in deadliest state of Guerrero
The violence may have broken out after a disagreement between two families, according to reports.
Sinaloa cartel: Mexican police arrest 24 members of El Chapo's notorious drug gang
Dubbed Diablo Express, the operation saw officers raid several properties in the town of Sonoyta.
Mexico: Scientist creates 3D-printed prosthetic leg for dog
Prosthetic leg allows dog to preserve its natural anatomy.
Yahoo to shut operations in Mexico, Argentina
Yahoo is shutting down its operations in the two countries to cut costs and consolidate its business.
Zika virus: Mosquito-borne disease sends Danish man to hospital after Brazil and Mexico trip
Zika virus puts unborn babies at risk of congenital defects.
Mexico: Popocatepetl volcano spews ash and smoke into red tinted sky
The alert level for the towering volcano remained at yellow phase two.
Mexico: Thousands on evacuation alert as Popocatépetl volcano threatens to blow
In the last 24 hours steam, gas and ash has been seen billowing from the top of the volcano, just 35 miles from Mexico City.
Mexico: Colima volcanic eruption lights up the night sky
'Fire volcano' the Volcan de Colima spews out a large column of gas and ash around 2,500m into the sky.
Chile: 30 million joints could come out of largest medical marijuana farm in Latin America
The plantation holds 6,900 stalks, and could supply 4,000 patients with the drug.
El Chapo: Mexican jail beefs up security over fears drug lord Joaquin Guzman could make third escape
The prison has reinforced the floor of El Chapo's cell and has placed a guard on his door 24/7.
US: £347,000 worth of marijuana passed off as carrots found at Mexico border
US Customs and Border Protection officers seize 2,817 carrot-shaped packets containing marijuana.
El Chapo: Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman moved from cells 8 times to foil another jailbreak
Armed vehicles and light tanks are stationed outside to greet Guzman should he decide to escape.
El Chapo: Matt Damon defends Sean Penn interview with Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman
Penn hails it 'the first interview El Chapo had ever granted outside an interrogation room'.