Five presumed drug gang members and one soldier were killed in shootouts Thursday and Friday after criminals blocked thoroughfares in two northern Mexico states to prevent military reinforcements from arriving, authorities said.

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Drug criminals block roads in Mexico

More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement personnel have been assigned to an operation intended to find who was responsible for Saturday’s fatal shootings of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, an official said.

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U.S. launches inquiry in Mexico killings

Authorities believe a pregnant woman and two others connected with a U.S. consulate who were murdered were targeted by assassins, a Mexico mayor has said.

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Five same-sex couples tie the knot in Mexico City under Latin America’s first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.

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Five gay and lesbian couples have married in Mexico City, the first such ceremonies since a law went into effect legalizing same-sex marriage in the Mexican capital.

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Mexico City holds first gay marriages

A law allowing same-sex weddings took effect Thursday in Mexico City, one day after the second same-sex marriage was performed in Argentina.

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Mexico City same-sex law takes effect

Marijuana cultivation in Mexico increased 35 percent in 2008 and continues to grow, even as authorities there push forward with a large offensive against drug cartels that smuggle the product into the United States, according to a State Department report released this week.

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Report: Mexico marijuana growth rises

A third suspect has been arrested in the massacre of 15 people at a house party last month in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a Mexican official said Saturday.

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Third arrest in Juarez party killings

The U.S. Consulate in the border city of Matamoros, Mexico, temporarily closed its Consular Agency in the nearby city of Reynosa because of heightened drug-related violence in recent days.

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U.S. closes consulate in Mexico city

Increased cooperation with the United States in the fight against Mexican drug cartels is vital, but American agents will always be limited on their actions in the country, Mexico’s interior ministry said Wednesday.

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U.S.: Agents won’t embed in Mexico

Latin American and Caribbean nations agree to a new regional body without the US and Canada, Mexico’s president says.

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New US-free Americas bloc planned

Leaders of more than 30 Latin American and Caribbean nations are meeting in Mexico from Monday to launch a group that will serve as an alternative to the Organization of American States.

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Latin American nations eye new group

The death toll from heavy floods and mudslides in Mexico has increased to 38, a government agency announced Tuesday.

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Death toll from Mexico floods rises to 38

Heavy flooding in central Mexico in the past week has killed at least 33 people and left thousands homeless, the government said Monday.

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Scientists film the giant serpent-like oarfish in its natural deep sea habitat in the Gulf of Mexico for the first time.

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Giant deep sea fish filmed