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Senator Dolores Padierna, right, and Senator Alejandro Encinas, from the Party of the Democratic Revolution , hold a news conference at the Mexican Senate in Mexico City, Mexico, on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013.

Personal de la ProcuradurA a General de la RepAoblica en Hidalgo aplicA3 protocolos de seguridad en materia de radiaciA3n nuclear e instruyA3 a las autoridades de salud estatales brindar atenciA3n mA©dica a seis personas expuestas al cobalto-60.

A man whose brother is believed to be a Mexican drug cartel hit man was sentenced to more than 21 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder in what authorities said was a plot to kill a California mother and son who owed a drug debt.

ADVANCE FOR USE FRIDAY, DEC. 6, 2013, AND THEREAFTER - In this Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 photo, Brenda Vargas, 16, of Clearwater, Fla., performs a folklore dance from the state of Veracruz, Mexico in front students at St. Leo University, in St. Leo, Fla.

A street view of the front patio of a home where the radiation head that was part of a radiation therapy machine sits, placed their by the family who found the stolen equipment abandoned in a nearby field, in the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013.

The Associated Press is quoting a Mexican government official as saying six people in the hospital for possible radiation exposure are suspects in this week's theft of a shipment of radioactive cobalt-60.

Six men suspected of stealing a dangerous radioactive cargo from a truck outside Mexico City earlier this week have been treated in a hospital for signs of radiation exposure and remain under police guard, officials said on Friday.

A documentary about the war on drugs and its influence on Mexican pop culture flooding both sides of the border, Narco Cultura is rife with images of AK-47s, bloodshed, narcotics and the men who push them.

Bells tolled from the red cathedral tower in the western Mexico town of Apatzingan, calling the faithful to hear a bishop who backs a growing vigilante movement against a cult-like drug cartel.

Madera County sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart said deputies arrested three people Wednesday in connection with mail theft after rural mail boxes were broken into.

At least 100 migrants were robbed by armed men aboard "La Bestia," or "The Beast," the freight train Central American migrants headed for the United States often ride on their journey across Mexico , human rights activists said.

A man wanted in the slayings of eight Mexican municipal government officials was held in a California jail for four months on drug charges, officials said Thursday, but overcrowding forced his release before authorities made a connection to the 13-year-old killings.

Police agents cordon off an area in the village of Hueypoxtla, Mexico, where thieves abandoned a stolen shipment of highly radioactive cobalt-60, while officials began planning the delicate task of safely recovering the dangerous material.

Secretary General of the OAS JosA© Miguel Insulza delivers a keynote speech at the Council of Councils Fifth Regional Conference in Mexico City, at a dinner hosted in the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Telemundo recently announced that its telenovela El SeA or de los Cielos will be back for a second season; production began this week in Mexico City.

When thievery is discussed in the resource sector, it's usually diamonds that have been stolen or oil that has been pirated.

Entrance of the french bakery in San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico, accused of discriminating against an indigenous student.

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A 76-foot Norway Spruce from Shelton, Conn., is set to be lit as New York City's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.

A man accused of killing eight Mexican municipal government officials has been arrested and turned over to officials in that country, U.S. authorities said Wednesday.