MEXICO

Among the top fines this year: sanctions-busting, deceiving the world on a benchmark interest rate, and even banking for drug lords.

Does Mexico mind that doomsday prophets have used the Mayan calendar to foretell the end of the world in 2012? Hardly.

Archaeologists have discovered a Mexican burial site containing 25 human bodies. Of the human remains, 13 had intentionally deformed “alien-like” skulls while five skulls had dental mutilations.

The so-called Mayan apocalypse has arrived, and here's a collection of some of the best end of the world memes from around the Internet.

How exactly does the Mayan calendar work, and why to people think it foretells the end of the world?

Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman Salazar, who is said to be the daughter of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was released from jail and returned to Mexico after being arrested for attempting to enter the U.S. on another person's visa.

Manchester United are said to be interested in Mexico midfielder Hector Herrera.

A prison break in northern Mexico left at least 22 people dead on Tuesday.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced his plan to establish a new national police force with the aim of reducing violent crime which has escalated in recent years as a result of the drug wars.

The Mayan calendar (when interpreted right) predicts (if you ask the right person) that the word will end in 2012 (“this is not a hoax”).

In Mexico, where many of the modern-day Maya live, most of the hubbub centers around accommodating the flood of tourists that are flocking to ancient ruins in anticipation of Dec. 21.

Customers are complaining of flu-like symptoms after a Golden Corral food poisoning outbreak in Wyoming.

One interpretation of the Mayan calendar may have you planning for the end of the world, but a trip to Maya country might be a better idea.

A test firmware, N7000BLS4TCE, based on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean for Samsung Galaxy Note got leaked Thursday. Here's how to install it on your Galaxy Note GT-N7000.

Smugglers were caught firing soup cans filled with marijuana over the U.S. border from Mexico.

Without much fanfare, the Mexican stock exchange has been setting record after record this month.

Rivera was declared dead by officials after her plane crashed Sunday in Mexico, but her family seems unwilling to believe she died.

What is believed to be the last photo of performer Jenni Rivera, who was nicknamed “Diva de la Banda,” has surfaced online via Instagram.

Opponents of foreign big-box retail in India claim Wal-Mart's engagement with Capitol Hill amounts to corruption.

US aviation investigation board and the NTSB have both confirmed that famed singer Jenni Rivera died in Mexico plane crash.

Among other surprises: More Asians than Hispanics arrived in the U.S. in 2011, for the first time in a century.