MEXICO CITY — The Latest on drug cartel-fueled violence in Mexico (all times local):5:25 p.m. Fuel theft, in which pipelines carrying gasoline are illegally tapped, is estimated to cost Mexico $1 billion a year. In 2011 the high murder numbers could largely be blamed on a couple of states with intense drug cartel feuds. Photos show the slain suspects were carrying assault rifles instead of the pistols usually used in most armed crimes in Mexico City. The violence has left authorities scrambling to maintain long-held claims that no drug cartels do not operate in the capital.

Source: National Post July 21, 2017 19:48 UTC