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Police in the western Mexico state of Jalisco found a pickup truck loaded with five bodies Sunday, all covered in plastic bags

Members of the National Commission of Security chased a vehicle in the Santa Ana- Altar roadway in the state of Sonora and secured high-caliber weapons and marijuana packages

Ten years after Mexico declared a war on drugs, the offensive has left some major drug cartels splintered and many old-line kingpins like Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in jail, but done little to reduce crime or violence in the nation's roughest regions

The conflict has had a profound effect on youths, adults and families who banded together in the face of authorities' inability to find their vanished loved ones

A new border security approach promoted by the Texas Department of Public Safety has yielded at least one result: a bumper crop of traffic tickets. Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw has no regrets. If a trooper sees a traffic violation, "they are going to respond to it," he said.

The state offered a reward of just under $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of two suspects identified in the attack

The alleged criminal leader was arrested while driving his vehicle with license plates from the state of Durango

Mexican soldiers were involved in the disappearance of 43 students two years ago, according to a leading journalist

Luis Arellano Romero is charged with Criminal Association, Organized Crime, Crimes against Health, Money Laundering and Firearms Trafficking

The government identified the arrested man only as "Benito N" and alleged he was responsible for a significant amount of bloodshed in the popular beach destination