Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo’s killing triggered a spasm of fury that has fuelled protests across the fertile Mexican state of Michoacan, which produces limes and avocados found on Canadian grocery shelves.

The presidential office said under the "Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice," it would be easier for citizens to anonymously report extortion. Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch has said several operations already underway in Michoacán, including arresting those involved in organized crime, would be strengthened.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has ruled out changes to her administration's security policies after the assassination of a mayor in the violent state of Michoacan.

The new operation would include U.S. troops on the ground in Mexico striking drug labs and cartel leaders, according to current and former U.S. officials, though a deployment is not imminent.

Multiple contestants were seen getting up and leaving during a livestreamed event in Thailand, after an organizer called out contestant Fátima Bosch

A suspect wanted in connection with a homicide in west suburban Cicero was arrested Tuesday evening by New Mexico State Police while driving a stolen vehicle registered to the homicide victim, according to authorities.

Mexico’s lower house approved President Claudia Sheinbaum’s second year budget that outlines a 10.1 trillion pesos ($543 billion) spending and a slew of tax hikes to pay for social programs and infrastructure projects while trying to narrow the fiscal deficit.

Fresh out of high school, 18-year-old Sashe left the family home where she felt unsafe, moved to a shelter in Mexico City and started looking for a job that would let her freely express herself as a transgender woman.