For years, telecommunications companies told villagers in Talea de Castro, in the southern state of Oaxaca, that their town was too small to connect to the wireless grid. So villagers took matters into their own hands.

Mexico’s celebration of its independence day on Tuesday was a turbulent one, with reports that the government had bused in “supporters” paid with food and clothing to attend the president’s first Cry of Dolores, as well as an “alternative march” held by the teachers union to protest the official military march.

Tropical storm Ingrid touched down in Mexico just one day after tropical storm Manuel caused massive flooding on Mexico’s Pacific Coast.

Mexico is one of the fattest countries in the Western Hemisphere, with about a third of its citizens qualifying as obese. Its president thinks a soda tax can help bring that number down, but soda companies are pushing back.

Mexico hasn’t missed a World Cup since 1990. But after the team dropped Tuesday night’s match against the United States 2-0, the unthinkable might happen. Some say more than the country’s pride might take a hit.

Teachers in Mexico have been protesting for weeks, angered about new labor reforms approved by the President.

Eight children and five adults were killed and two people rescued alive from buried houses after landslides in the state of Veracruz.

“Credible fear” asylum claims from Indians nationwide have soared in the past four years – from 80 in fiscal year 2009 to 1,935 as of late June. An investigation by the newspaper the Arizona Republic suggests that some Indians who file for asylum at the border with Mexico by saying they face political persecution back home might simply be angling to gain entry to the United States. The report echoes conservatives’ fears that the credible fear claim is little more than a “loophole” in immigration law.

Wisin y Yandel cause major commotion as coaches of "La Voz México." The reggaeton duo instantly became worldwide "Tranding Topic" after their appearance on the show.

Who will win the crucial World Cup Qualifier between the United States and Mexico? Place your vote inside!

In Peña Nieto’s first eight months on the job, murder rates have fallen sharply. But kidnapping and extortion has gone up significantly, suggesting that the Mexican president’s security record may be more of a mixed bag than he’d like to admit.

Find out when and where to watch the United States battle Mexico in a crucial CONCACAF Hexagonal World Cup qualifier.

Customs officials found a kilo of methamphetamines hidden in the frames at a shipping facility in Memphis last week. Meth is an increasingly important source of revenue for Mexico's drug cartels.

Terrifying moments for travelers at the Veracruz international airport this morning, after a man attempted suicide in front of everyone at the terminal.

Rapist Rafael Munguia gets away with serving 100 days due to Florida justice system loophole.

Chilean performers have found a new stage for their craft: Traffic light stops.

Mexico City was one of 10 cities to win prizes from Siemens and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group on Wednesday in London for its efforts at combating air pollution. Its ProAire program has helped a city which the UN called in 1992 the most polluted city on the planet make considerable reductions in pollution and CO2 emissions.

World Cup Qualifying resumes on Friday, September 6. In desperate need of wins to help propel them into next year's tournament, Javier Hernandez and El Tri have a huge contest coming up against Honduras. Find out when and where to watch!

Diana Evelyn Mata Monreal, the director of Mexico’s Social Assistance and Humanitarian Aid Foundation (ASAHAC), told Notimex that both the US Border Patrol and citizen border patrol groups were using dogs more often to track down migrants.

One person was injured and 11 cars trampled when a band of spooked police horses took off down the Circuito Bicentenario in Mexico City.

A female vigilante has killed 2 male bus drivers out of revenge for sexual attacks by drivers on women.

Mexico’s lower legislative chamber passed a bill on Sunday night which would establish nationwide standards for teachers, including an exam which would determine whether they could be hired and the requirement that they pass regular evaluations in order to be permitted to keep teaching.

Glenn Greenwald, a journalist for the Guardian who has been the recipient of much of the classified information on the National Security Agency from leaker Edward Snowden, said on Brazilian television last night that a June 2012 document from the NSA indicates that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s emails were being read and that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s communications were intercepted.

Drug cartel member Mario Nunez has been arrested in connection with 350 murders in Durango state, Mexico.

Out of the 2 million titles available as of Thursday in Mexico are some 70,000 Spanish-language titles – 1,500 of which are free for Kindle users.

A program begun in 2011 under the direction of the Pentagon and approved by former Mexican President Felipe Calderón saw manned spy planes from the US enter Mexican airspace to identify, track and aid in the apprehension of drug cartels.

The thirteenth body found in a mass grave east of Mexico City belonged to Francisco Daniel Menchaca Bazán, who participated in the scheme to bring the other twelve victims to the bar where they were kidnapped and eventually murdered.

Veracruz Governor Javier Duarte de Ochoa said that the deaths were caused by mudslides in three towns in the eastern Mexican state.

Authorities in the southern Mexican state of Tabasco say the cargo train carrying at least 250 northward bound Honduran migrants derailed on Sunday because spikes and plates on the rails had been “sacked” by thieves. At least six people died in the accident and 22 were wounded.

Protesters from two teachers’ groups descended on Mexico City last week, blocking lawmakers’ access to a congressional building and shutting down the highway to the airport. A large majority of the capital’s residents said in a telephone survey carried out by newspaper El Universal that they don’t think the protests should be permitted and that authorities have mishandled them.