Acapulco, Mexico News

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALVIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 8.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 105.1 WEST.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tropical Storm Alvin formed Wednesday.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the depression formed Wednesday.

It's believed by federal police officers investigating the case that the gunmen are members or associates of one of Mexico's organized crime organizations.

Enrique PeA a Nieto took over the presidency of Mexico on December 1, 2012, after defeating Felipe CalderA3n.

Mexican soldiers patrol the streets of Reynosa on Mexico's northeastern border with the U.S. on March 17, 2009.

"Now , people are going out again and there's movement in the streets." TIERRA COLORADA, MEXICO-Two pickups speed though the narrow streets in the rough-hewn town of Tierra Colorada, following the shouts and waves of residents.

A Mexican teachers' strike that began two months ago turned violent this week, with rebel "maestros" looting, burning and partially destroying the offices of Mexico's three main political parties in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state.

Mexico's drug war isn't just a conflict between the government and heavily-armed cartels.

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Angry teachers on Wednesday attacked offices of Mexico's main political parties in the capital of the southwestern state of Guerrero to protest against an education overhaul, breaking windows, spray-painting walls and starting fires.

ACAPULCO, Mexico Authorities in Mexico say gunmen killed five men who were loading sand onto a truck at a riverbank near the resort city of Acapulco, while a shootout in an adjacent state killed one federal police officer and four alleged attackers.