Southern Mexico

Mexico: 11 killed after shootout between rival gangs, headless bodies dumped on road

Police found 11 headless bodies of young men on Thursday on the road between Chilapa de Alvarez and Ayahualulco, two towns in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, prosecutors said.

Mexico's mass grave: Hitmen admit to killing of 17 of 43 missing students

Two gang hitmen linked to police admitted to killing 17 of 43 students missing in southern Mexico, prosecutors have said, amid fears the victims were among bodies found in a mass grave.