Piedras Negras, Mexico News

Alicia discovers evidence that a juror may have been bribed with $35,000 in a class-action lawsuit against a major pharmaceutical company.

Even in a coal-mining region accustomed to gritty labor in dangerous conditions, the pocito mines in northern Mexico are a world apart.

Jurors returned a guilty verdict Monday in the trial of a San Antonio woman whose 73-year-old husband was found beaten to death two days after she was served with divorce papers.

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Just got back to the country place in Washington County after a 10-day car trip.

THE Tijuana restaurant that popularised the Caesar salad has closed, an apparent victim of a tourism-dependent economy devastated by crime, drug violence and the H1N1 flu.

Click on picture to enlarge. AP Photo: Str Soldiers patrol in Piedras Negras, northern Mexico, Sunday, Aug.

An ex-general serving as police chief of a northern Mexican city escaped an assassination attempt that killed three of his bodyguards, the latest attack on an official appointed to step up the fight against drug cartels.

Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents conducting outbound operations this weekend seized $279,950 in undeclared currency at the Eagle Pass port of entry.

Ana Maria Muzquiz, 68, of Abilene, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at a local nursing home.

Ana Maria Muzquiz, 68, of Abilene, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at a local nursing home.

It's had a reputation of being a safe and quiet Mexican town across the border from Eagle Pass, Texas, but a dangerous crime spree, including homicides and kidnappings, are now happening in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.

Four police officers in the border city of Piedras Negras, Mexico were kidnapped hours after the police chief was pulled from his patrol car.

Twelve people tortured and killed in a cartel-plagued Mexican state were federal agents investigating organized crime, the government said Tuesday, marking one of the boldest attacks on federal forces since President Felipe Calderon launched his war on drugs.

Authorities have arrested Clayton Shoemate, 38, for he suspected sexual assault of a child.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have a new place to check out trains along the border with Mexico.

Mexican authorities late Sunday arrested a San Antonio fugitive wanted in the shooting deaths of two men outside of a South Side strip club in April, the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force announced Monday.

We observe Independence Day this week. Grills will be smoking and fireworks popping as we celebrate our freedom.

Tragedy is avoided on the outskirts of Nuevo Laredo thanks to a quick thinking pilot.

Sheppard Air Force Base military personnel may not travel to some parts of Mexico because of drug activity there, according to a release from the 82nd Training Wing Public Affairs office.