Rather than a new political party, Clouthier's "Todos Con Conciencia" (All With Conscience) movement will work from a citizens' perspective to transform Nuevo León.

According to the U.S. Treasury Department, "Sinaloa Cartel-enabled narco-corruption has reached the highest levels of the Baja California state government."

A vice principal was killed and three people injured Thursday when two former students allegedly attacked a Torreón secondary school.

A major investment announcement was the focus of Thursday's presser, though Sheinbaum also fielded questions about the legitimacy of last week's historic fuel smuggling bust in Guanajuato.

The nonexplosive device was lost by the U.S. Navy off the Southern California coast, after which it drifted into Mexican waters. The torpedo was returned to the U.S. defense attaché and the fishermen who found it were left with nothing but a good story to tell.

Querétaro moved up in the ranking to become Mexico's second most competitive state thanks to top-rated political and government systems, low corruption and low debt.

Popularly known as Rocky Point, the seaside resort was the scene of a firefight resulting in three wounded officers, but eventually the release of the victims, the arrest of the suspects and the confiscation of drugs and weapons.

The Defense Ministry said the drone belonged to a criminal group and was used to monitor human trafficking routes.

Among the simulated combat exercises U.S. and Mexican military personnel will conduct are the destruction of sniper positions; the seizure of an airfield; an air assault; the destruction of a fuel-supply point; and the capture and extraction of a target using live fire.

Mexico, still in water debt to the United States, will have its Colorado River share reduced, but so will three U.S. Lower Basin states: Nevada, Arizona and Colorado.