violence

Mexico suffered its worst year for homicides in 2019, with a record 34,582 victims

Local police made the macabre discovery on a country road in Chilapa de Álvarez, Guerrero

Human Rights Watch has said the violence that has pushed homicide rates to record highs in Mexico shows no signs of progress

The runner was shot dead while he was in a shopping mall in Ciudad Juárez

In early November, suspected drug cartel gunmen shot dead nine victims of the LeBarón family in a daytime attack as they were traveling by car in the northern state of Sonora

Fidel Ávila went missing in late November in the Mexican state of Guerrero

The medium-security prison located in the Mexican state of Zacatecas has inmates linked to Los Zetas, the Gulf Cartel, the Northeast Cartel, and the Sinaloa Cartel, as well as to the crime groups known as Los Paisas and Los Talibanes

Nahuatzen is a hamlet of about 50 indigenous communities in Michoacán fighting to achieve autonomy

The alleged members of the Northeast Cartel had large weapons and wore military-style clothes as well as tactical gear

The Cieneguillas prison holds members of five criminal groups, including the Gulf Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and the Sinaloa Cartel