An explosive device killed six soldiers and wounded two others in a western Mexican region wracked by drug cartel violence, an official military report seen by AFP on Wednesday said.

Mexico once vowed to reform its police. That has been abandoned as the country deploys soldiers to fight cartels.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels are recruiting former Colombian soldiers, prompting Mexican authorities to turn away dozens of Colombians trying to enter the country in ...

Military forces followed a tip to the outskirts of Mexico’s capital in October to capture a cartel operative from China ...