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Archaeologists in southern Mexico announced Monday they have discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary inside a pyramid that may be the oldest such burial documented in Mesoamerica. The tomb held a man aged around 50, who was buried with jade collars, pyrite and obsidian artifacts and ceramic vessels. Archaeologist Emiliano Gallaga said the tomb dates to between 500 and 700 B.C.

The US state department extends a warning on travel to three more Mexican states because of drug-related violence.

Gunmen armed with assault rifles and grenades attacked a convoy carrying the top security official of the western state of Michoacan ...

Mexican police arrested a former producer of the "Survivor" television series on Thursday on suspicion of murdering his wife, found strangled in the Caribbean resort of Cancun.

There have been more than 500 aftershocks from Sunday's 7.2 Mexicali earthquake, and experts said residents in the region can expect many more.

Officials tried to use Sunday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Mexico as a reminder to Californians.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Baja California in northwestern Mexico on Sunday, shaking the ground at least as far as Los Angeles, California, the U.S. Geological Survey and witnesses reported.

The decapitated body of the police chief of a northern Mexico town and the body of his brother were found inside the chief's ...

Helicopters, x-ray vans and sniffer dogs were sent to help Mexico tackle drug cartels, but Mexican leaders meeting Tuesday ...

More Americans in Mexico are falling victim to a wave of drug violence sweeping the country, a change driven home by the recent killing of a U.S. Consulate employee and her husband who were gunned down after leaving a children's birthday party....