In 2017, as part of an international treaty, Mexico started phasing down mercury production and eliminating its use in gold ...

The murders of state representatives in Zacatecas, a deeply troubled and strategically important state for Mexico’s most powerful cartels, is a concerning escalation of these groups’ efforts to ...

MEXICO CITY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A Mexican judge died on Sunday after being shot in the violent state of Zacatecas in northern Mexico, according to state government sources.

Since 2020, the two cartels have been fighting over Palmas Altas and Zacatecas — whose main city is a colonial center known for its Baroque-style architecture — with the state's drug ...

Cartel war rocks Mexico's Baroque jewel Zacatecas Zacatecas (Mexico) (AFP) – Escorted by heavily armed soldiers, a Mexican farmer returns to his ransacked ranch house near the front line of a ...

MEXICO CITY — In the latest sign of Mexico’s staggering levels of violence, the bodies of 10 men were found hanging from a bridge on a federal highway in northwest Zacatecas state.