At least 26 dead in Mexico drug gang violence

At least 26 people were killed in Mexico in the past 24 hours in apparent drug-related crimes, including six men shot dead whose bodies bear signs of torture, authorities said Saturday.

At least 26 people were killed in Mexico in the past 24 hours in apparent drug-related crimes, including six men shot dead whose bodies bear signs of torture, authorities said Saturday.

Mexico’s navy said Wednesday that its personnel had no idea they had killed the leader of the country’s most-feared drug cartel until after his body was stolen from a funeral home in this border town.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico— An entire 20-man police force has resigned in a northern Mexico city after a series of attacks killed three officers. Chihuahua state chief prosecutor Carlos Manuel Salas says the officers’ resignation Thursday leaves the 24,000 people of Ascension without local police services. He says state and federal police have moved in to [...]