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Danielle has again become a hurricane with maximum winds near 75 mph after a day of fluctuations in its strength.

The dismembered bodies of two men were hung from a bridge Tuesday on a highway leading to Acapulco, the second such discovery in three days in a region where two drug lords are fighting for control of their divided cartel.

The parents of a Finnish activist killed when a humanitarian caravan was ambushed in a remote Indian region of Mexico pleaded on Tuesday for justice in the case.

BOTTOM: A boat is anchored in Bahia Amortajada, an aquamarine wonder, at Isla San Jose the Sea of Cortez, Mexico.

The first bullets struck El Paso's city hall at the end of a work day. The next ones hit a university building and closed a major highway.Shootouts in the drug war along the U.S.-Mexico border are sending bullets whizzing across the Rio Grande into one of the nation's safest cities, where authorities worry it's only a matter of time before someone ...

Floodwaters have receded, but the damage along the banks in Mexico is adding up.

Graduating from college was probably the most difficult task I've ever tackled. At the time, I was balancing two jobs, a full course load and editing duties at my college newspaper.

"I want the whole world to know about my country and my people," the Guadalajara native said after beating 82 competitors for global bragging rights at the pageant in Las Vegas.

A Venezuelan soap opera actress is at the heart of a real life telenovela after her personal assistant was arrested for allegedly trying to poison her and her family.

Authorities said Monday that seven bodies were pulled from mine shafts in central Mexico, while mounting drug violence forced U.S. diplomats to pull their kids out of a school in the northern city of Monterrey.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is again calling for the federal government to step up border security after officials said at least one stray bullet from a weekend shootout in Mexico hit a University of Texas-El Paso building.

A Mexican soldier said that a U.S. citizen attacked an army convoy and was killed when troops shot him in self-defense outside the resort city of Acapulco, a police official said.

Tropical storm watches and warnings have been extended westward along Mexico's coast as Tropical Storm Frank churns in the Pacific.

Photos: The quiet, daily dramas of life during Mexico's violent drug war. Violence: haunting a country David Rochkind a ' Special to GlobalPost / July 31st, 2010 By David Rochkind a ' Special to GlobalPost Published: August 23, 2010 06:58 ET in Full Frame The border between Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales, Ariz.

A torched SUV and no injuries are the result of a grenade attack at the offices of Mexico's Attorney General in Matamoros, the PGR, officials said.

Tensions flared on Sunday in Guadalajara, Mexico when gay rights activists and a group of Roman Catholics squared off.

Gay rights activists and a group of Roman Catholics in Mexico have yelled insults at each other during dueling demonstrations over same-sex marriage.

The decapitated bodies of four men were hung from a bridge Sunday in this central Mexican city besieged by fighting between two drug lords.

Four decapitated and mutilated corpses were strung from a bridge in a popular getaway outside the Mexican capital Sunday, the latest atrocity as the country battles an escalating drug war.

With 2,433 participants of all ages, Mexico City became the Guinness World Record holder for the largest number of simultaneously erupting Mentos and cola geysers on Saturday.