Mexico

A group has uncovered what it calls an "extermination camp" in Mexico, where evidence has been found of crematoriums, skeletal remains and hundreds of pairs of shoes.

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz seized pole position, with Red Bull F1 championship leader Max Verstappen joining the Spaniard on the front row.

Charges have been laid against three people being questioned in Mexico in connection with the disappearance of two Australian brothers reported missing there.

The death toll from a devastating hurricane in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco has risen to 39, as the country's president accused his opponents of exaggerating the scale of the disaster.

At least 27 people were killed by Hurricane Otis, which made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast on Wednesday, officials say.

Officials were searching for seven young call centre workers, reported missing last week, when they made the grisly discovery in a ravine outside the western city of Guadalajara.

Footage appears to show officers failing to open a cell door at a migrant centre as a fire erupted.

It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack.

Peru's president has pledged resources to investigate more than two dozen deaths during protests that have rocked Peru following the ousting of her predecessor.

Mexico's former attorney general has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014.

The bust saw 542.7kg of fentanyl, alongside quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin seized.

Mexican authorities have located the bodies of two Jesuit priests and a tour guide shot dead this week in a gang-ravaged area of northern Mexico after a major search.

Thirteen US states and two Latin America and Caribbean nations have thrown their support behind Mexico's lawsuit accusing major US gun makers of facilitating weapons trafficking to drug cartels.

Canadian officials say a group of influencers whose rowdy behaviour on a flight led to their stranding in Mexico have flown home to face an inquiry.

US vice president Kamala Harris visited a border patrol facility near the US-Mexico border on Friday and urged a focus on children and practical solutions to migration.