The bodies of nine decapitated men have been found in a vacant empty lot in Tijuana, Mexico.

The day after the Nov. 4 presidential election, I was chatting with a young immigrant from Sudan as I waited to do a radio interview.

At least 37 people were killed over three days in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, including four children caught in shootouts and nine men found decapitated, the state attorney general said Monday.

MEXICO CITY: The amount of dollars sent home by Mexicans living abroad jumped 13 percent in October as a weaker peso gave the greenback more buying power, Mexico's central bank said Monday.

November was not kind to Felipe Calderon, as he completes today the second year of a difficult presidency that promised education, jobs and security.

New York Yankees third-baseman Alex Rodriguez appeared in Mexico City on the same weekend as Madonna _ a turn of events he called 'very good.'

The 33-year-old baseball star spent two hours Sunday teaching kids to bat at a new sports center built on a landfill in the poor suburb of Nezahualcoyotl.

Pop star Madonna meanwhile prepared to perform for a sold-out second night in the capital as part of her 'Sticky & Sweet' tour.

When asked what he thought about being in the sprawling capital at the same time as Madonna, Rodriguez said it was 'very good,' without elaborating.

The bodies of nine decapitated men have been found in a vacant empty lot in Tijuana, part of a wave of violence that has claimed at least 23 lives in less than 24 hours in this border city.

A Baja California state police statement says the bodies were found Sunday in a poor Tijuana neighborhood, across from San Diego. The heads were discovered in plastic bags near the bodies. Three police identification cards were also found in the bags.

Another five people were shot to death in four attacks throughout Tijuana on Sunday.

President Felipe Calderon pledged Sunday to clean up corruption within his administration and vowed his government would never negotiate with drug lords.

Promising to continue the battle against organized crime, no matter how violent it gets, Calderon said he would push President-elect Barack Obama to do his part north of the U.S.-Mexican border. Calderon has long said the U.S. must do more to fight drug use and stop the illegal flow of weapons south from the U.S. Obama has said he will do both.

Two Rio Grande Valley hospitals recently were named top facilities for cardiovascular care.

MEXICO CITY: A Mexican national was among the victims of an attack by militants on a Jewish cultural centre in Mumbai, the Mexican Foreign Ministry announced.

2006 Raul Velasco, the legendary host of Mexican TV show "Siempre En Domingo" and champion of countless artists, dies of natural causes in his home in Mexico City.

The recent spate of drug-related killings in Nogales, Mexico, is driving apart what have long been close-knit communities, discouraging some residents of its Arizona sister city from crossing the border.

Even lifelong residents of the U.S. side of the border are refusing to cross the line to see relatives or friends. Others are going less frequently or restricting themselves to daytime visits.

Shopkeeper Ernesto Chavez said his wife no longer goes bowling or has lunch on Tuesdays with her sisters on the other side, a 40-year tradition.

Police say at least 12 masked gunmen opened fire inside a restaurant in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, killing eight.

Chihuahua state prosecutor's office spokesman Alejandro Pariente says the gunmen arrived at the seafood restaurant Friday evening in three cars, approached a group of people and opened fire.

Pariente says no arrests have been made.

The attack comes days after police found the bodies of seven men who were killed in a school soccer field in an upscale neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas.

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A member of a well-known Willacy County farming family was found shot to death Wednesday in Guanajuato, Mexico, according to the online edition of Correo, the state newspaper.

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A sport utility vehicle carrying eight people from Texas plunged off an unfinished bridge into a river in northern Mexico, causing the death of three adults and four children, officials said Friday.

Many are simply moving back after losing their jobs in the U.S. economic crisis, a disappointing turn for an annual journey that has become a cherished tradition in towns and villages across Mexico.