Reynosa, Mexico News

Nokia says the 700 workers it is laying off at its maquiladora in Reynosa will receive severance packages "a little bit" bigger than what Mexican labor law mandates.

The Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia will be conducting planned changes at its factories in Komarom, Hungary; Reynosa, Mexico; and Salo in Finland, impacting 4,000 employees of the company.

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - Christian missionaries in Mexico, including foreigners, face more security challenges after a married couple who had served for nearly three decades as Baptist church missionaries were killed, Worthy News learned.

A masked man opened fire on a band playing popular norteno music Saturday in a Chihuahua city dance hall, killing five musicians, four customers and injuring 10 others.

John and Wanda Casias knew the risks of being missionaries in one of Mexico's most violent, cartel-dominated regions, their children say, but they refused to curtail their work and instead put their ministry ahead of their safety.The couple's slaying this week during a home invasion comes as missionary groups are rethinking how they prepare their ... (more)

The FBI confirmed that in addition to one death, several people were detained and at least one taken to a hospital on the U.S. side of the border.

About a dozen family members gathered outside a home Thursday afternoon, waiting to learn how their loved one ended up dead underneath a pile of tires.

A missionary couple from Texas were slain in their home outside the violence-plagued northern industrial city of Monterey, the U.S. Embassy and their family said Wednesday Valerie Alirez, the eldest child of John Casias, told The Associated Press from her home in Greeley, Colorado, that one of her brothers found her father and stepmother Tuesday ... (more)

A suspected member of the Los Zetas drug cartel was arrested and confessed to 75 murders, officials in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon said Monday.

Aircraft mechanic Luis Castillo walks out of a hangar Tuesday morning, Jan. 31, 2012, at the Mid-Valley Airport in Weslaco.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized $1.2 million worth of cocaine at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge Friday.

State Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, speaks Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, where he received the Border Texan of the Year award.

NUEVO LEON, Mexico -- Mexico recently arrested Enrique Aurelio Elizondo, an alleged member of the Zetas drug gang, who is accused of killing at least 75 people.

Earlier chapters in this story: >> Sources: Zetas make violent play for Reynosa, Matamoros >> Reynosa rooster honors slain Gulf Cartel boss, Sinaloa alliance Several Mexican soldiers were killed when gunmen ambushed them Thursday afternoon in Reynosa, said sources outside law enforcement familiar with organized crime.

Mexican authorities guard the U.S. Consulate in Matamoros on Tuesday after a bomb threat, which would turn out to be false.

According to the Council for Law and Human Rights , an average of 49 kidnappings occurred every day in Mexico in 2011, with a total of 17,889 abductions last year.

This bronze rooster appeared overnight in Reynosa, a sign some say celebrates a stronger alliance between the Gulf and Sinaloa cartels.

A Mexican carjacker faces more than 10 years in prison after he took a high-end SUV at gunpoint for the Gulf Cartel in 2010.