On February 22, cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” was killed in a hideout in the town of Tapalpa, a well-known tourist center in Mexico’s Jalisco state. The Mexican ...

María Cabrera and her family fled into the night-cloaked mountains of central Mexico with only the clothes on their backs. She joined a growing number of people in conflict-torn regions of Mexico ...

A motorcyclist passes burned buses at the bus terminal in Etzatlán, Mexico, on Feb. 24, two days after teenagers acting on behalf of the local cartel set fire to buildings and vehicles in the town.

Times reporters visiting Tapalpa found a serene town in shock after Sunday’s raid on its outskirts left dozens dead and people fleeing. And, surprisingly, no police or military presence where the ...

Mr. Grillo is a contributing Opinion writer who has covered organized crime in Latin America for two decades. He wrote from Mexico City. Early on Sunday, drug cartel operatives in Mexico’s western ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. After the Mexican military killed an infamous drug lord, a charming town in ...

There are two sides to the town on Jalisco’s tequila trail. One is the charming pueblo in foothills lined with neat rows of agave cactus. In the central plaza you'll see swaths of handwoven fabric ...