Nearly half of all Mexicans feel less safe than they did a year ago, according to a poll by the BBC. One-third of those polled said they have considered leaving México due to recent drug violence.

Twenty prisoners were killed by guards during a daylong riot in an overcrowded jail in Tijuana, Mexico. The head of the state's prison system has been fired.

A daylong riot in an overcrowded Tijuana, Mexico jail leaves 19 dead. The head of the state's prison system has been fired.

At least eight people were killed in an explosion during Mexican Independence Day celebrations in Morelia, México. Police officials blame drug gangs for tossing two grenades in the crowd.

Iván Aarón Canastillo Villanueva, lead singer of Alazanes de Sonora, was shot dead this weekend. Authorities say they do not yet have a suspect or a motive for the killing.

México's finance minister says drug violence and kidnappings are preventing foreign companies from investing in the nation's economy.

México's national soccer federation is asking fans to wear white during México's World Cup qualifying match this Saturday versus Jamaica. The gesture follows a week of anti-crime rallies throughout México in which thousands wore white to protest drug violence and kidnappings. "El Tri" will also wear white on the field instead of its customary green home jersey.

Three Pennsylvania teens will stand trial on charges of third-degree murder and ethnic intimidation after being arrested for last month's beating death of Mexican immigrant Luis Ramirez.

Two months after 14-year-old Fernando Marti, the son of a wealthy Mexican businessman, was abducted and later found dead, Mexico has created a 300-member anti-kidnapping police squad.

Murders linked to organized crime in Mexico are up by nearly 50% this year according to Mexico's chief lawyer, Eduardo Medina Mora. In the first 18 months of President Felipe Calderón's administration, at leat 4,000 have died in drug-related violence and one out of 10 of those killed were prosecutors, soldiers or police. According to the New York Times: "Opposition politicians… have begun to question whether the president’s ambition has exceeded his grasp, with dangerous and destabilizing consequences for a country that shares a 2,000-mile border with the United States."