Prisons persist as centers of criminal command and call centers for organized crime groups, a weak point that justifies the ...

A view of Mexico's lower house of Congress on the day it proposed adjustments to the details of a contentious reform that abolishes several regulatory bodies, aiming to ensure compliance with the ...

That deadly Mexican prison riot on Sunday was no random act of violence but rather a calculated escape plan carried out with the help of guards, authorities said, taking a lot of the power out of one ...

Mexico's deadliest prison brawl in many years was a bloodbath in which inmates attacked each other with hammers, cudgels and makeshift blades, authorities said Friday, underlining yet again the power ...

Boxing star Julio César Chávez Jr. was released from a prison in northern Mexico on Sunday after he was deported from the United States earlier this month. Chávez is awaiting trial on accusations of ...

MEXICO CITY -- Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. was released Sunday from a prison in northern Mexico where he was sent in August after being deported from the United States. The boxer, son of Mexican ...