Guerrero

At least two people have died in southern Mexico from the passage of Typhoon John, now downgraded to a tropical storm, authorities said.

This was reported by the National Seismological Service of the country

A 5 magnitude earthquake was reported Thursday night in the state of Guerrero in southwestern Mexico. This was reported on Twitter by the National Seismological Service of the country.

At least 226 people were killed by a powerful earthquake that struck central Mexico on Sept. 19, the nation's civil protection agency said.

The death toll in Mexico City surged to 117 people, Luis Felipe Puente, the head of the agency, wrote in a post on Twitter. 

The earthquake struck on the 32nd anniversary of a temblor that killed thousands in the capital. 

A monstrous-looking sea creature has washed up on a tourist beach on Bonfil Beach, in the city of Acapulco, in the south-west Mexican state of Guerrero.
The strange 4-meter beast was found by beach-goers, while experts are unable to identify.

The search for 43 missing college students in the southern state of Guerrero has turned up at least 60 clandestine graves and 129 bodies over the last 10 months, Mexico's attorney general's office says.
     

Violence in the run-up to Mexico's mid-term elections this weekend has killed at least seven candidates and forced another 20 out of the race, battering the government's record on law and order. 

Argentine-led forensic experts strongly criticized Mexico's investigation into the presumed massacre of 43 missing students on Feb. 7, insisting the probe must remain open as they listed a series of mishaps.
      

Authorities in Mexico can now say with "legal certainty" that 43 students who went missing in September were murdered by hitmen working for a drug gang, the justice minister said on Jan. 27.

The family of the first victim identified among 43 missing Mexican students lamented the dashed dreams of the aspiring teacher Dec. 8, calling for justice in the case that has shocked the country.
      

A powerful earthquake has hit Mexico City, shaking buildings for at least 30 seconds and causing widespread panic.

A magnitude 7.2 quake was registered at a depth of 24km in the western state of Guerrero, near the seaside resort of Acapulco, according to the US Geological Survey.