Ciudad Juarez

Juan de Dios Velazquez had only moved to El Paso, Texas, with his wife Estela Nicolasa from Ciudad Juarez, just across the border in Mexico, six months before they were caught in Saturday's mass shooting at a Walmart store.

Mexican drug boss Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman has been moved from a jail in central Mexico to a prison in Ciudad Juarez, a northern city located on the US border, but the move was not a prelude to extradition, authorities said today.

Pope Francis was wrapping up his trip to Mexico today with some of his most anticipated events: a visit in a Ciudad Juarez prison just days after a riot in another lockup killed 49 inmates and a stop at the Texas border when immigration is a hot issue for the US presidential campaign.

Six men were killed when gunmen opened fire in a used car lot in the capital of Mexico's northern state of Chihuahua, officials said.

Two robbers opened fire in a shopping centre in a city in Northern Mexico on Thursday. A police officer was killed and three civilians injured in the incident.One witness, who didn't give his name, said he started running when he heard the gunfire. "I saw people lying on the ground, police officers. I felt scared and I took off running," he said.Th...

Gunmen killed 25 people in a series of drug-gang attacks in Ciudad Juarez, marking the deadliest day in more than two years for the Mexican border city.     Farther east on the border, 85 inmates scaled the walls of a prison and escaped yesterday in Mexico's biggest jail break in recent memory.     Despite th...

Juan de Dios Velazquez had only moved to El Paso, Texas, with his wife Estela Nicolasa from Ciudad Juarez, just across the border in Mexico, six months before they were caught in Saturday's mass shooting at a Walmart store.

Mexican drug boss Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman has been moved from a jail in central Mexico to a prison in Ciudad Juarez, a northern city located on the US border, but the move was not a prelude to extradition, authorities said today.

Pope Francis was wrapping up his trip to Mexico today with some of his most anticipated events: a visit in a Ciudad Juarez prison just days after a riot in another lockup killed 49 inmates and a stop at the Texas border when immigration is a hot issue for the US presidential campaign.

Six men were killed when gunmen opened fire in a used car lot in the capital of Mexico's northern state of Chihuahua, officials said.

Two robbers opened fire in a shopping centre in a city in Northern Mexico on Thursday. A police officer was killed and three civilians injured in the incident.One witness, who didn't give his name, said he started running when he heard the gunfire. "I saw people lying on the ground, police officers. I felt scared and I took off running," he said.Th...

Gunmen killed 25 people in a series of drug-gang attacks in Ciudad Juarez, marking the deadliest day in more than two years for the Mexican border city.     Farther east on the border, 85 inmates scaled the walls of a prison and escaped yesterday in Mexico's biggest jail break in recent memory.     Despite th...