Police in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas have unveiled a fleet of armed drones Tuesday that they say will better position them against the heavily armed drug cartels vying for control of their ...

Chiapas has been described by the InSight Crime think tank as "a major smuggling hub of both drugs and migrants." In December, authorities said they recovered more than 30 bodies from pits in Chiapas.

Last week, five Chiapas state police officers patrolling the area were killed after they were ambushed by an armed group in Frontera Comalapa, according to the local Security Secretariat.

A mayoral candidate was among the six people killed by gunfire at a political campaign event in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Thursday, according to the Institute of Elections and ...

Chiapas is Mexico’s poorest state. Nearly 70% of its 5.7 million residents — almost a third of them Indigenous — live in poverty. Inequality has long fed discontent, and in 1994 tensions ...

Three children died after eating poisoned bread intended to kill stray animals in Chiapas—Mexico's southernmost state—on ...

San Diego-based federal prosecutors revealed Friday in a motion to unseal the indictment that Calderon-Carrillo, who they allege was a founding leader of the Chiapas-Guatemala cartel, was killed in ...

MERIDA, Mexico — Eleven people were killed Tuesday in mass shootings in a small town in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, the state prosecutor's office said.

Clergy and other worshippers take part in a march demanding peace in San Cristobal de Las Casas, in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico, Nov. 3, after the Oct. 20 murder of Fr. Marcelo Pérez.

Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state, is steeped in Mayan heritage and an under-the-radar place for history, adventure, and crafts.

Police in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Tuesday unveiled prototypes for armed drones and a robot dog, which they ...