Mayoral hopeful killed just as she began campaigning in Mexico
In video of the scene posted on social media, several shots can be heard and people are seen running and falling down.
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Mexican mayor shot dead while at restaurant with his son
Guillermo Torres and his 14-year-old son were attacked at a restaurant in Morelia, officials said. His son survived.
Woman accused of killing girl beaten to death by mob in Mexico
The mob formed after an 8-year-old girl disappeared and her body was found on a road on the outskirts of the city.
Smoking pit leads to bones and "burnt human flesh" in Mexico
About two dozen bags containing human remains were found in a clandestine cemetery, the Guerreros Buscadores collective said.
5 bodies found in SUV in Mexico, 7 others found near U.S. border
Mexican drug cartels frequently use bulletproof vehicles, as well as military-grade weapons.
Officer reportedly beheaded, her 2 bodyguards killed in Mexico
Cristal García Hurtado, a regional police commander, was decapitated, local media reported.
Russian woman kidnapped near U.S. border in Mexico is freed
The woman was released without paying the ransom kidnappers sought, diplomats said on social media.
Another mayoral hopeful killed in Mexico before national elections
Tomás Morales was hoping to become mayor of the violence-wracked city of Chilapa, Guerrero.
Detectives found safe after vanishing while investigating missing students
Officials did not say Tuesday how the man and woman were found or whether they had been freed from captivity.
3 farmers killed by roadside bomb days after 4 soldiers die in cartel "trap"
Graphic photos of the scene posted on social media suggest the blast was so powerful that it blew the victims' limbs off.
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Cartel video shows gunmen shooting, kicking and burning bodies
Drug cartels in Mexico frequently make videos of dead or captured gang members to intimidate or threaten rivals.
5 charred bodies found in remote town in gang-plagued region of Mexico
Police responding to reports of a criminal gang clash found 5 bodies in a remote Mexican town not far from the location of a 2020 massacre.
12 alleged cartel members killed in clashes near U.S. border
The clashes happened in the same area where four U.S. citizens, two of whom later died, were kidnapped at gunpoint last year.
3 shot dead on Acapulco beaches; gunmen arrive and escape by boat
Mexican police hit the beaches after the killings in Acapulco, as cartels recruit youths on social media.
Hacked-up bodies found in trucks with warning message from cartel
Officials said the killings appeared to involve a "settling of scores" between cartels.
Alleged drug lord linked to murders of 3 reporters captured in Ecuador
Carlos Arturo Landazuri Cortes, a "high-value target," was captured after months of intelligence work, Ecuador's police chief said.
Sofia Vergara, Netflix sued by family of Griselda Blanco
Sofia Vergara and Netflix are being sued by the family of Griselda Blanco, the Colombian drug lord who Vergara portrays in an upcoming miniseries on the streaming network. Blanco's son, Michael Corleone Blanco, wants to block the show from streaming.
Alleged leader of drug cartel that kidnapped, killed Americans is captured
Authorties say José Alberto García Vilano is known by two nicknames -- "Cyclone 19" and "La Kena"
Workshop used to make drone bombs, fake military uniforms found in Mexico
Michoacan prosecutors said the workshop was one of two discovered in the town of La Huacana, and had a computer-controlled lathe and milling machine, suggesting the operators had considerable metalworking knowledge.
"Spidermen" narcos use ropes to hide drugs on U.S.-bound ships
The intruders usually act under the cover of darkness, sometimes with the complicity of the crew, according to Ecuador's coast guard.
Bride arrested for extortion, handcuffed in her wedding dress
The woman was arrested as she was preparing to marry her spouse, another extortion suspect who goes by the alias "Mouse."
Soldiers patrol streets in Ecuador as violence explodes
The crime gangs also declared war on the government when Noboa announced a state of emergency following the prison escape on Sunday of one of Ecuador's most powerful narco bosses.
Gunmen in Ecuador fire shots on live TV as country hit by attacks
President Daniel Noboa decreed a national state of emergency for 60 days Monday, allowing the authorities to suspend rights and mobilize the military in places like prisons.
Mexican authorities probe massacre after alleged cartel drone attack
Six of the wounded made their way to a neighboring town for medical treatment, a priest said.
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Where is debris from the White House East Wing demolition being taken?
A red and gray scrap truck carried remnants of the East Wing about six miles from the White House.
U.S. sending aircraft carrier to Latin America in major buildup
The deployment dramatically increases the number of U.S. service members and ships dedicated to countering narcotics traffickers.
Trump calls for prosecution of more political foes including Smith and Garland
President Trump late Friday pushed for several Biden-era Justice Department officials to be prosecuted over an FBI investigation into the fallout of the 2020 election.
Government shutdown hits Day 25 with no deal in sight
The government shutdown hit Day 25 with no deal in sight as the Senate stands adjourned for the weekend.
U.S. sanctions Colombian president amid intensifying feud with Trump
The U.S. sanctioned the Colombian president, an escalation of the feud between President Trump and the South American leader.
Trump admin. aims to auction offshore oil leases despite states' opposition
The Trump administration is proposing to auction offshore oil drilling leases across new portions of the U.S. coast as soon as 2026, according to internal documents viewed by CBS News.
Ontario will pull anti-tariff ads after Trump vows to cut off trade talks with Canada
President Trump said he's ending trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff ad campaign by the province of Ontario that uses Ronald Reagan's voice — leading Ontario to pull the ads after this weekend.
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Nearly 8,000 Venezuelan nationals returned on ICE deportation flights since March
The Trump administration's deportation flights to Venezuela have continued amid heightened U.S.-Venezuelan tensions, senior Department of Homeland Security officials say.