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In Colima, which for a long time remained safe from violence in the country, hell broke out on January 25 with a prison riot that left at least seven injured and nine died in an alleged brawl between ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Nestled between Jalisco and Michoacan states on the southwest Pacific coast, the state of Colima is one of the smallest in Mexico in both size and ...

Amid a 10-year crackdown on cartels, the drug trade continues and factions have splintered – leaving Sinaloa and CJNG facing off in Colima state Standing guard at the scene of the crime, the two ...

Colima, Mexico – Alma Hernandez’s dreams of becoming an architect and building a future with her boyfriend, Pedro Navarro, were irrevocably crushed one sunny afternoon when they were shot dead outside ...