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.
TIJUANA, Mexico, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- About 500 police officers in the Mexican border town of Tijuana were off the beat Wednesday after being suspended from duty by the Mexican government.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Mexican authorities say they have struck twin blows against the country's violent drug gangs by seizing a huge weapons cache and arresting a key gang figure.
MEXICO CITY, June 26 (UPI) -- A top police commander was killed in Mexican City Thursday, the latest in a series of police killings amid a federal effort to clamp down on drug gangs.
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.
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Drug cartel attacks against Mexican police have become so violent and common some Mexican police chiefs are said to be seeking asylum in the United States.
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, March 19 (UPI) -- Mexican police found a "James Bond" style vehicle said to belong to drug traffickers, replete with a smoke machine and other gadgetry to elude the authorities.
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.
MEXICO CITY, March 20 (UPI) -- A former Mexican general's daughter was killed by gunmen along with her husband, sparking concerns that drug gangs are retaliating against a crackdown. Retired Gen. Humberto Lopez Portillo's daughter and husband were gunned down Saturday while driving thr
MEXICO CITY, March 18 (UPI) -- Soldiers have taken over police stations in the eastern Mexican state of Tabasco in an effort to curtail drug violence, El Universal reported Sunday.
MEXICO CITY, March 17 (UPI) -- Four plainclothes police officers were shot and killed in the notoriously violent border town Nuevo Laredo by unknown gunmen, El Universal reported Friday.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A video sent to the Dallas Morning News showing Mexican drug cartel operatives describing their violent methods ends with one man being shot in the head.
