Latest from Mexico

Mexico: Out for the count

It may not be politically correct, but lucha libre is hilarious, finds Calum Henderson.

Lightning strike kills seven people in Mexico

Four children were among those killed.

Cancun beaches coated with thick seaweed

Mexico: Nappies and margaritas

The Hard Rock Hotel has added a soft touch, embracing littlies as well as adults at its Cancun resort, finds Leena Tailor.

El Chapo's escape 'cost $74.6m'

The elaborate prison escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman may have cost US$50 million ($74.6 million) including huge bribes to prison officials.

Drug lord escape tunnel ‘high-tech’

The kind of tunnel that led Mexico’s most powerful drug lord to freedom would have been more than a year in planning.

Drug lords' escape plots

The dramatic escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman sounds almost too elaborate to be true.

Rescued kiwi sailors' celebratory return

"It was just a miracle. I counted we had about five ways to die. It was pretty close," said sailor Murray Vereker-Bindon.

Kiwi adding some spice to Mexican rugby

Kiwis can be found nearly everywhere there's a rugby ball, even in Mexico.

José Antonio Meade Kuribreña: Scope for better NZ-Mexico friendship

Affinities, rather than the geographical proximity between two countries, are often the true basis for a close relationship, writes Wynne Gray.

Golf: Ko handy after 68 in Mexico

Lydia Ko has made a strong start at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational tournament in Mexico City. The world number three and LPGA rookie of the year fired a four-under 68 to sit in third place.

Mexico's focus on power couple

Beneath the stars as dusk fell, Maria de los Angeles Pineda and her husband were dancing. But then came word that a demonstration was forming in the town plaza.

Children caught in eye of immigration storm

Villagers ecstatic over survival of castaway

In a tiny Mexican coastal village, the fisherman had long been given up for dead.

Meet the civilian militia taking on Mexico's drug lords

Police block Mexico hospital, 6 may have radiation exposure