Acapulco, Mexico News

The department advises against any nonessential travel in all of Chihuahua, Coahuila and Tamaulipas, which border the U.S, and in the central state of Durango, as well as sections of 10 other states.

In addition to national economic and public safety-related issues, several local ones will likely play into the results of both the federal and state elections in Guerrero.

A round-the-world relay by Dallas-based MoneyGram International Inc. raised more than $73,000 for education and school supplies.

Mr. Tequila Grill offers a handful of margarita options, including an organic, low-calorie margarita, left and the Mister Margarona.

ACAPULCO, Mexico &#8212 Police say eight men were killed in an attack on a funeral in a rural area of Guerrero, part of a death toll of 13 over the weekend in the southern state plagued by drug violence.

The bus that we were on which was going from where we live, Churintzio, Michoacan, to the mid-sized city of La Piedad, approximately 20 miles away, was atypically full whereas normally it would only have had a few riders.

In the five years since Mexican president Felipe Calderon began to use the military to combat the country's powerful drug cartels, some 50,000 people have been killed.

Mexico's Citizen Council for Public Safety and Justice recently released the 2011 list of the 50 most violent cities in the world.