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Polls open in the State of Mexico in a key gubernatorial election that is considered a prelude to the 2024 presidential election. IMAGES
A soldier stands guard outside the town hall of San Miguel Totolapan where the walls are strewn with bullet holes after at least 20 people were killed, including the mayor, when gunmen stormed the building in the southern part of the country in a broad daylight attack. IMAGES
Clashes erupt during a protest in Mexico City on the eighth anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students. Investigators last month branded the atrocity a "state crime" involving the military and other institutions. IMAGES
The Secretary of State of the United States Antony Blinken lands in Mexico to co-chair the 2022 bilateral High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED). The meeting comes as the two countries are in dispute over the energy policy being pushed by Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration. IMAGES
Former chief executive of Mexico's state oil company PEMEX, Emilio Lozoya, is transferred to prison by Spanish police for provisional detention after appearing in court in Marbella. Lozoya is accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from scandal-tainted Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. IMAGES