PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico, April 26 (UPI) -- A retired Mexican military official hired to probe corruption in the police force of a border town has been assassinated, officials said.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Nearly two dozen policemen from the Mexican border town of Tijuana were jailed and face trial for supposed ties to drug trafficking, authorities said.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon says he has made progress in weeding out corrupt police officers in his ongoing war against violent drug traffickers.
CULICAN, Mexico, June 28 (UPI) -- Analysts say the slayings of six Mexican police officers shows the government to be weak in the face of an escalating drug war.
CULIACAN, Mexico, May 27 (UPI) -- A shootout between Mexican federal police and drug cartel suspects Tuesday left seven officers and one gunman dead, police said.
MEXICO CITY, May 22 (UPI) -- A top police official in Mexico was found dead in the trunk of a car in Mexico City along with another officer, authorities said.
MEXICO CITY, May 8 (UPI) -- The head of Mexico's federal police force was killed Thursday by a group of gunmen, police officials said.
MEXICO CITY, July 2 (UPI) -- A leading opponent of Mexican President Felipe Calderon criticized the leader's oil policy and said there would be consequences at an upcoming rally.
MEXICO CITY, May 17 (UPI) -- A leading anti-kidnapping official has been abducted in northern Mexico by men pretending to be federal agents.
MEXICO CITY, May 17 (UPI) -- Gunmen killed four police officers in northern Mexico in the latest bout of drug-related violence to plague the country.
