Mexico subway dig turns up unusual Aztec offering

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 11:05

rchaeologists have announced that excavations for a Mexico City subway extension have turned up what appears to be an unusual Aztec offering: a dog`s skull with holes that indicate it was displayed on a ritual skull rack normally reserved for human sacrifice victims.

Mexico`s rights panel blasts probe of migrant massacre

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 08:38

Authorities at all levels did a poor job of investigating the August 2010 massacre of 72 undocumented migrants in northeastern Mexico, the country`s independent National Human Rights Commission says in a report released Friday.

Police chief, deputy chief murdered in western Mexico

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 07:41

The police chief and deputy police chief of Tarimbaro, a city in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, were murdered, police said Wednesday.

Mexico finds stolen radioactive material outside box

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 10:50

Mexican authorities found a stolen medical device containing dangerous radioactive material outside the truck that was carrying it north of Mexico City, threatening the life of those who touched it, officials said.

`Extremely dangerous` radioactive material stolen in Mexico

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 16:39

Thieves in Mexico have stolen a truck containing potentially "extremely dangerous" radioactive material used in medical treatment, the UN atomic watchdog said on Wednesday.

Mexico finds 64 bodies in mass graves

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 14:50

A total of 64 bodies have been found in mass graves in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, authorities said as they wrapped up a probe of alleged victims of a drug cartel.

More bodies found in Mexico mass graves

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 14:06

The number of corpses found in clandestine mass graves located in a western Mexico state has increased to 55, authorities said Wednesday.

Mexico catches 220 undocumented migrants

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 09:42

Mexican authorities have caught 220 undocumented migrants in operations across the country, many from Central America and some from as far away as India, Armenia and Romania, officials said on Tuesday.

2 dead in Mexico small plane crash

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 09:28

Mexican authorities say a pilot and a passenger are dead following the crash of a small plane in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

Mexico exhumes 7 bodies near Acapulco

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 09:39

Authorities in southern Mexico have exhumed the bodies of seven men from clandestine graves near the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco.

Award-winning Colombian writer Alvaro Mutis dies

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:03

Alvaro Mutis, an award-winning Colombian poet, essayist and novelist influential throughout the Spanish-speaking world, died on Monday in Mexico City, officials said.

Teachers seize historic heart of Mexico City

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 09:37

Thousands of striking teachers seized control of the historic heart of Mexico City, blockading the Zocalo plaza armed with metal pipes and wooden clubs as riot police flooded the area for what could be an ugly confrontation culminating weeks of protests against an education reform.