Latest from Mexico

Football: Self-belief bonds young NZ team

Three workers are missing after the huge blaze on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico that killed four workers and burned for hours.

The heart of darkness of Mexico's drug war

Babies DNA tested after gas blast in Mexico

Nine babies who were discovered alive after a gas blast at a maternity and children's hospital in Mexico City are being DNA tested by authorities in an attempt to reunite them with parents.

Have tequila, be friends

Ana Cecilia Mijangos moved to New Zealand from Mexico with her partner Luis Cabrera in 2009 with little English and no clue about what she was going to do here.

Mexico: Where to drink in Acapulco

Kevin Pilley cradles Tequila Sunrises while watching cliff divers in Acapulco.

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 evacuates 5,000 after gasoline pipeline leak

Drug cartel member shot by gunman disguised as clowns

Six killed after Mexican monster truck crashes into grandstand

P-U! Mexico City tries to freshen its odor problem

Mexico floods kill 80, landslide fears

The death toll from days of flooding in southern and central Mexico has risen to 80, and new reports of landslides in a village near the resort of Acapulco threatened to drive the number of casualties even higher.

Mexico death toll 47; Acapulco tourists stranded

The death toll has risen to 47 from the unusual one-two punch of a tropical storm and a hurricane hitting Mexico at nearly the same time.

Big storms hit Mexico on opposite coasts; 33 dead

Tropical Storm Ingrid and the remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel have drenched Mexico's Pacific and Gulf coasts with torrential rains, flooding towns and cities, cutting off highways and setting off deadly landslides.

3 Pre-Hispanic artifacts returned to Mexico