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Mexico: 25 Suspected Cartel Members Die in Gunbattle

MONTERREY, Mexico (Sept. 3) -- Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country's drug war. A military aircraft flying over Ciudad Mier in Tamaulipas state spotted several...

Storm Strikes Southern Texas, Northeastern Mexico

(July 8) -- Southern Texas and northeastern Mexico are being hit today with the second onslaught of tropical downpours in two weeks, but this round of heavy rain will not come in the form of a named storm. A tropical depression moved inland near the border between southern Texas and northern Mexico early this afternoon...

Alex Dumps Heavy Rain on Texas, Mexico

(July 1) -- Alex, downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, dumped heavy rain over South Texas and northeastern Mexico today after crashing ashore with high winds and pounding waves. Even though it will continue weakening, it's still posing a serious flash-flooding threat for a large area in Mexico and Texas....

Hurricane Alex Barreling Down on Northern Mexico

(June 30) -- Hurricane Alex swept into northern Mexico tonight, bringing with it damaging wind, torrential rain and isolated tornadoes. The storm made landfall late this evening, with a sustained wind of approximately 105 mph. The strongest effects of the storm have been in northern Mexico, where residents were bracing...

Hurricane Alex Swirls to Life, Aims at Mexico, Texas

(June 30) -- Hurricane Alex, the first Atlantic hurricane of what may be a very active season, will make landfall along the coast of northern Mexico this evening, its dangerous wind already disrupting oil spill cleanup operations. Hurricane warnings are in effect from coastal southern Texas southward to the coast of...