The decline of the Caballeros Templarios has left Michoacán at the mercy of a tangle of rivals, none of whom appear able to reassert the supremacy that previously imposed a limit to the violence ...

MEXICO CITY - A dozen people who were transporting banners proclaiming that a new crime gang was taking control in the western state of Michoacan have been detained, officials in western Mexico said ...

The reach of southwestern Mexico’s self-defense militias has swelled in recent weeks, but while in some parts of the country they have been aided by federal forces, in others they have been blocked, ...

American and Mexican experts will discuss the role of witchcraft in colonial Mexico at Cal State Fullerton on Thursday, Oct. 20. The “night in the museum” program is called “Noche en El Museo: ...

After two years of declines, homicides in Mexico have seen a disconcerting increase. That uptick in deadly violence is in part a result of the ongoing fragmentation of Mexico's drug cartels and ...

Reporting from MEXICO CITY — Five more members of a vigilante “self-defense” group were killed during the weekend in a spiral of violence sweeping parts of Mexico’s troubled Michoacan state, showcased ...