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Mexican prosecutors say hooded gunmen on Wednesday killed the mayor of a small town just beyond the southern border of Tamaulipas state. He is the third mayor to have been slain in the last month, apparently by Mexico’s drug cartels. This comes a day after Jose Ives Soberon Tijerina, the head of public safety in Tamaulipas, resigned amid the escalation of violence in the northern Mexican state. Also on Tuesday, the bodies of two other officials were found – officials who were helping with the investigation of the 72 migrants who were massacred last month in the city of San...

The body of a local official investigating the massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants has been found, a government source told a leading Mexican newspaper. El Universal said the body of Roberto Jaime Suarez was found on a highway. He disappeared two days ago in the town of San Fernando, along with a transit police officer. A second body was found and is thought to be the officer. Suarez was involved in the initial investigation of the massacre, which authorities have blamed on the Zetas drug cartel. The federal Attorney General's Office has since taken the lead in...

Two cars exploded early Friday in a northern state where officials are investigating the killing of 72 Central and South American migrants, and a prosecutor investigating the massacre has disappeared. The prosecutor, Roberto Jaime Suarez, vanished Wednesday in the town of San Fernando, where the bodies of the migrants were found, the Tamaulipas state attorney general's office said in a statement. A transit police officer in the town was also missing. President Felipe Calderon, speaking during a forum on security, said Suarez, a Tamaulipas state prosecutor, was involved in the initial investigation into the massacre, which authorities have blamed on...

SAN FERNANDO, Mexico – Two cars exploded early Friday in a northern state where officials are investigating the killing of 72 Central and South American migrants, while a prosecutor investigating the massacre has disappeared. The prosecutor, Roberto Jaime Suarez, disappeared Wednesday in the town of San Fernando, where the bodies of the migrants were found, the Tamaulipas state attorney general's office said in a statement. A transit police officer in the town is also missing. President Felipe Calderon, speaking during a forum on security, said Suarez, a Tamaulipas state prosecutor, was involved in the initial investigation of the massacre, which...