While Mexico's drug wars have ravaged some regions and claimed thousands of lives, most of the country's tourist sites have remained relatively unscathed.
Gunmen opened fire on federal police officers at Mexico City's international airport Monday, killing three, officials said.
Scientists recorded continuing volcanic activity Tuesday in Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano, which sits just southeast of Mexico City and its more than 19 million residents.
It was an exciting day for Laura Dominguez and her 11-year-old daughter Paulina.
A papal visit to Mexico is likely to be overshadowed by the previous pope. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.
Five Mexican police officers and one civilian were killed in a shootout in a town southeast of Mexico City, the state-run Notimex news agency reported, citing officials.
Near the ruins of an ancient Aztec temple, a woman shouting into a microphone claims Mexican society is crumbling.
A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Saturday night, killing two people and startling residents as far away as Mexico City, state media reported.
As Mexican President Felipe Calderon mourned the loss of his top minister in the nation's war against drug cartels, he pledged that the investigation into Friday's helicopter crash that killed the Cabinet member and all seven others aboard would be transparent and timely.
A US Airways flight attendant was found dead in his hotel room in Mexico City, company spokeswoman Tina Swail said Saturday.
A bill introduced in Mexico City would allow "no-fault divorces" after two years of marriage. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.
"Until death do us part" is what generations of couples have vowed at the altar. But a legislator in Mexico City wants to give people a much shorter option.
Authorities found two severed heads along a highway in Mexico City on Monday morning, the city's attorney general said.
The apparently strangled bodies of two women who worked for a weekly newsmagazine in Mexico City were found Thursday morning in a suburb south of the city, officials said.
The bodies of 10 men and a woman were found Friday afternoon on the eastern outskirts of Mexico City, a Valle de Chalco municipal government official said in a statement.
On an historic street just four blocks from the National Palace in Mexico City, scantily clad women marched in a circle for 12 hours a day, advertising and selling themselves for money they would never see.
While an estimated 10,000 women are victims of human trafficking in Mexico's capital, there were only 40 investigations of the crime and three convictions in the city last year, according to a report issued this week.
Gunmen killed eight people in a drive-by attack on the outskirts of Mexico City, the state news agency reported Sunday.
A judge ordered the release Thursday of a popular Mexican singer accused of raping a teenager on grounds that not enough evidence existed for trial, state media said.
Mayors from around the world have signed a voluntary pact committing them to reduce urban greenhouse gas emissions at a climate summit in Mexico City.
Mayor Lois Jackson, Delta, BC, Canada, on reducing carbon emissions by promoting green jobs.
City mayors from all over the world will be attending the World Mayors Summit on Climate in Mexico City later this month to pledge their commitment to combating global warming.
An explosion Thursday at a Mexican electrical substation injured 12 people, most of them firefighters or other rescue personnel, the state-run news agency reported.
The latest offerings in Mexico's capital are bringing an extra dose of style south of the border.
As more governments approve same-sex marriage laws, officials here are hoping to attract a growing part of the tourism market: gay honeymoons.
A man was shot and killed by elements of the Mexican federal police Monday afternoon after a chase on one of the busiest beltways in Mexico City, state-run news agency Notimex reported.
Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a law allowing for adoption by gay couples in Mexico City is legal.
Mexico's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Mexico City law that legalized same-sex marriage. In an 8-2 vote, the high court found the law, which went into effect in March, constitutional.
Nearly 1.3 million Mexican residents don't have running water in Mexico City, the nation's capital, a university study has revealed.
Mexican federal authorities say they have arrested a major trafficker of animals in danger of extinction and confiscated 196 birds and other wildlife.
A strong earthquake hit southern Mexico's Oaxaca state early Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Thousands of Mexicans woke up early Friday to watch their national team play the inaugural match of the World Cup 2010 against the host, South Africa.
A Mexican father who said his two young children had been kidnapped -- and later told authorities he had sold them to pay a debt -- confessed after their bodies were found that he had killed them, prosecutors say.
Snapping photos of the dead is all in a day's work for a Mexican photographer. Discretion advised. Go to VBS.TV for more.
I've seen very few dead people in my life. I saw my grandparents and a few friends who passed away, but all of them looked peaceful resting in their coffins. But I had never seen murdered people until recently: lying on the sidewalk, face-down in puddles of their own blood.
The words Javier Covarrubias Gonzalez used to describe the violent kidnapping of his two young children were so vivid that his neighbors and police combed the streets to find them.
Mexico City, the country's capital, is one of the world's important cultural centers -- showcasing Latin America's rich history and traditions.
Five gay and lesbian couples were married in Mexico City on Thursday, the first such ceremonies since a law went into effect this month legalizing same-sex marriage in the Mexican capital.
A law allowing same-sex weddings took effect Thursday in Mexico City, one day after the second same-sex marriage was performed in Argentina.
Mexico's interior secretary is expressing concern over a mob action in Mexico City that left dozens of police officers injured.
Paraguay international Salvador Cabanas is in a critical condition after being shot in the head in Mexico City.
Mexico City, one of Latin America's largest metropolises, on Monday legalized same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples.
Mexican authorities have freed 107 indigenous people who officials say were being held as slave laborers in a Mexico City factory disguised as a drug rehabilitation center.
Mexico City's thousands of stores went green Wednesday, as amended ordinances on solid waste now outlaw businesses from giving out thin plastic bags that are not biodegradable.
In June we asked you which city you would like to see featured on the My City_My Life show, and you wrote to us with lots of ideas. They ranged from European capitals such as London, to distinct cultural hubs of South America, like Mexico City.
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta provides a close-up view of the anxiety inside and outside one of Mexico City's biggest hospitals.
People stream out of buildings onto the streets after Mexico City is hit by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake.
A moderately strong earthquake rocked Mexico City on Friday afternoon, shaking the earth in the sprawling capital.
All businesses in Mexico City can reopen Thursday after almost a week of closures due to concerns over swine flu, said Mexico City Press Office spokesman Salvador Macías.
The Mexican and Chinese governments sent chartered flights to each other's countries on Tuesday to pick up their respective nationals stranded or quarantined because of the global swine flu outbreak.
CNN's John Vause investigates allegations China is rounding up tourists simply because they have Mexican passports.
Mexican officials focus on a young boy confirmed to be infected with swine flu in Mexico. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.
Tucked away in this small mountain village, off a dusty road flanked by pig farms, is where the earliest case of swine flu -- a virus spreading globally -- was confirmed.
A killer bug is spreading like wildfire.
CNN's Karl Penhaul show how the whole country has shut down because of swine flu.
Fear and skepticism on the streets of Mexico have led to panic buying and deep suspicions about the government.
Medics take no chances with killer virus, as authorities cordon homes of the dead. CNN's Karl Penhaul reports.
The eighth case of swine flu has been discovered in San Diego. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
At least 50 people were injured late Saturday night when two trains collided just outside Mexico City, authorities said.
Hundreds of Mexican truckers and transport drivers converged on the capital Tuesday to hold slow-speed caravans in protest of high diesel prices and other concerns, the state-run news agency said.
Five million residents in Mexico City and its metro area could soon start feeling the effects of water cutbacks imposed Friday due to drought conditions.
Thousands of turtle hatchlings begin their journey into the sea from the Puerto Arista sea turtle sanctuary in Mexico.
Police have detained five people suspected in the kidnapping and killing of a 14-year-old boy in Mexico City, a crime that has sparked nationwide outrage, the city prosecutor said Monday.
Mexico's Supreme Court upheld the capital's abortion law Thursday, setting a precedent for the rest of the country that could inspire other Latin American cities
The high-profile kidnapping and murder of a boy in Mexico City has shocked the nation. CNN's Harris Whitbeck reports.
Pedro Galindo says that when his kidnappers chopped off one of his fingers, the pain was excruciating; he felt every second of the process.
Conservatives are up in arms over Mexico City legalizing abortion and same-sex unions. But leftist politicians believe the government's social conservatism could be its downfall
Mexico City's police chief resigned Tuesday in the wake of a June 20 nightclub raid that sparked a stampede that killed 12 people.
Mexico City Police accused of causing teen deaths in a botched disco club raid. CNN's Harris Whitbeck reports.
The man who oversaw the police raid on a Mexico City nightclub on Friday during which 12 people were killed was charged with 12 counts of homicide, prosecutors said.
Ten people were fatally trampled Friday night during a raid on a nightclub in northern Mexico City, police said.
Growing up, Juan Domingo Beckmann knew he was destined to enter the family business. His ancestors had been making tequila for more than 200 years, ever since Charles IV of Spain granted patriarch José Antonio de Cuervo the first commercial license to produce the liquor in 1795.
A moderate earthquake of 5.8 magnitude struck southwestern Mexico on Sunday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Hoping to repair its tarnished reputation, Mexico City finds new ways to go green. CNN's Harris Whitbeck reports.
Buses that carry women only are experiencing a smooth ride with passengers in Mexico's capital.
When it comes to the following tourist destinations, the trick will be getting there before the wrecking ball does.
More than 10,000 people were evacuated Thursday from Latin America's tallest building where police found a small handmade bomb inside a car parked in the garage, authorities said.
MEXICO CITY -- I am nearing the end of one of the crazier 24-hour stretches of my sportswriting career. Tuesday night I caught a red-eye from Cali to Orlando, proceeding directly from the airport to the swish surroundings of Lake Nona Golf Club for a morning interview with one of the best players in the world, whose identity I'm not at liberty to reveal, at least not yet. Of course, Lake Nona is home to Ernie Els, Henrik Stenson, Retief Goosen, Sergio Garcia, Trevor Immelman, Justin Rose, Ian Poulter and Annika Sorenstam, among others, so it shouldn't be too hard to keep the secret.
MEXICO CITY -- I am nearing the end of one of the crazier 24-hour stretches of my sportswriting career. Tuesday night I caught a red-eye from Cali to Orlando, proceeding directly from the airport to the swish surroundings of Lake Nona Golf Club for a morning interview with one of the best players in the world, whose identity I'm not at liberty to reveal, at least not yet. Of course, Lake Nona is home to Ernie Els, Henrik Stenson, Retief Goosen, Sergio Garcia, Trevor Immelman, Justin Rose, Ian Poulter and Annika Sorenstam, among others, so it shouldn't be too hard to keep the secret.
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Divers from the British Royal Navy are set to swim through a flooded cave to try to rescue six British explorers who have been trapped for a week.
A moderate earthquake near a coastal resort on the Pacific Ocean jolted the region Thursday and could be felt nearly 200 miles away in Mexico City.
Fortune: The Lobbyist updated: Mon Jun 24 2002 00:01:00
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