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Eight children and five adults were killed and two people rescued alive from buried houses after landslides in the state of Veracruz.

“Credible fear” asylum claims from Indians nationwide have soared in the past four years – from 80 in fiscal year 2009 to 1,935 as of late June. An investigation by the newspaper the Arizona Republic suggests that some Indians who file for asylum at the border with Mexico by saying they face political persecution back home might simply be angling to gain entry to the United States. The report echoes conservatives’ fears that the credible fear claim is little more than a “loophole” in immigration law.

Wisin y Yandel cause major commotion as coaches of "La Voz México." The reggaeton duo instantly became worldwide "Tranding Topic" after their appearance on the show.

Who will win the crucial World Cup Qualifier between the United States and Mexico? Place your vote inside!

In Peña Nieto’s first eight months on the job, murder rates have fallen sharply. But kidnapping and extortion has gone up significantly, suggesting that the Mexican president’s security record may be more of a mixed bag than he’d like to admit.

Find out when and where to watch the United States battle Mexico in a crucial CONCACAF Hexagonal World Cup qualifier.

Customs officials found a kilo of methamphetamines hidden in the frames at a shipping facility in Memphis last week. Meth is an increasingly important source of revenue for Mexico's drug cartels.

Terrifying moments for travelers at the Veracruz international airport this morning, after a man attempted suicide in front of everyone at the terminal.

Rapist Rafael Munguia gets away with serving 100 days due to Florida justice system loophole.

Chilean performers have found a new stage for their craft: Traffic light stops.

Mexico City was one of 10 cities to win prizes from Siemens and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group on Wednesday in London for its efforts at combating air pollution. Its ProAire program has helped a city which the UN called in 1992 the most polluted city on the planet make considerable reductions in pollution and CO2 emissions.

World Cup Qualifying resumes on Friday, September 6. In desperate need of wins to help propel them into next year's tournament, Javier Hernandez and El Tri have a huge contest coming up against Honduras. Find out when and where to watch!

Diana Evelyn Mata Monreal, the director of Mexico’s Social Assistance and Humanitarian Aid Foundation (ASAHAC), told Notimex that both the US Border Patrol and citizen border patrol groups were using dogs more often to track down migrants.

One person was injured and 11 cars trampled when a band of spooked police horses took off down the Circuito Bicentenario in Mexico City.

A female vigilante has killed 2 male bus drivers out of revenge for sexual attacks by drivers on women.

Mexico’s lower legislative chamber passed a bill on Sunday night which would establish nationwide standards for teachers, including an exam which would determine whether they could be hired and the requirement that they pass regular evaluations in order to be permitted to keep teaching.

Glenn Greenwald, a journalist for the Guardian who has been the recipient of much of the classified information on the National Security Agency from leaker Edward Snowden, said on Brazilian television last night that a June 2012 document from the NSA indicates that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s emails were being read and that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s communications were intercepted.

Drug cartel member Mario Nunez has been arrested in connection with 350 murders in Durango state, Mexico.

Out of the 2 million titles available as of Thursday in Mexico are some 70,000 Spanish-language titles – 1,500 of which are free for Kindle users.

A program begun in 2011 under the direction of the Pentagon and approved by former Mexican President Felipe Calderón saw manned spy planes from the US enter Mexican airspace to identify, track and aid in the apprehension of drug cartels.

The thirteenth body found in a mass grave east of Mexico City belonged to Francisco Daniel Menchaca Bazán, who participated in the scheme to bring the other twelve victims to the bar where they were kidnapped and eventually murdered.

Veracruz Governor Javier Duarte de Ochoa said that the deaths were caused by mudslides in three towns in the eastern Mexican state.

Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco say the cargo train carrying at least 250 northward bound Honduran migrants derailed on Sunday because spikes and plates on the rails had been “sacked” by thieves. At least six people died in the accident and 22 were wounded.

Protesters from two teachers’ groups descended on Mexico City last week, blocking lawmakers’ access to a congressional building and shutting down the highway to the airport. A large majority of the capital’s residents said in a telephone survey carried out by newspaper El Universal that they don’t think the protests should be permitted and that authorities have mishandled them.

A cargo train known as 'La Bestia' derailed killing at least five people.

As many as 4,000 teachers flooded main arteries in Mexico’s capital on Friday, causing “roadway chaos” as they protested a new education reform. Watch video of protesting teachers on Wednesday as they attempt to enter the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City.

As mass grave holding 12 bodies was found in mexico City. Authorities believe the bodies belong to 12 people kidnapped from a bar in May.

Pemex, Mexico’s state oil company, confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that seven victims of an ammonia leak at the Antonio Dovalí Jaime refinery in the state of Oaxaca have now died. At least three others are still being treated for injuries suffered when a leaky pipeline caused an explosion, and some forty others suffered from inhaling the ammonia.

Brazil officials ordered an investigation in a Heinz factory in Mexico after a batch of their ketchup failed sanitary tests.

Mexico’s capital was hit by an earthquake of considerable force on Wednesday morning, registering at 6.1 on the Richter scale, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake was centered on the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, near the resort of Acapulco. As of yet there are no reports of injuries or damages.