The decline of the Caballeros Templarios has left Michoacán at the mercy of a tangle of rivals, none of whom appear able to reassert the supremacy that previously imposed a limit to the violence ...

Michoacán homicides fell sharply in 2026, officials said at the July 3 mañanera, signaling progress amid ongoing security challenges.

Mexico controls 40% of global avocado exports and earned nearly $4 billion in 2025 — while shipping fewer tons than in 2023.

MEXICO CITY — An explosion outside a local police station in the western Mexican state of Michoacan Saturday killed at least three people and wounded six, local and federal security officials said.

In late September, members of Mexico’s Gendarmerie, the new federal police squad, made a quiet but significant discovery among the lime farms of the Tierra Caliente region in Michoacan state. Hidden ...

Drug cartels have returned to western Mexico to extort lime farmers and run protection rackets. Over the weekend, violence erupted in the Michoacan state of Mexico with several convenience stores and ...

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday announced a new security strategy for the violent state of Michoacan, where people have taken to the streets to protest the most recent ...