Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo’s killing triggered a spasm of fury that has fuelled protests across the fertile Mexican state of Michoacan, which produces limes and avocados found on Canadian grocery shelves.

The presidential office said under the "Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice," it would be easier for citizens to anonymously report extortion. Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch has said several operations already underway in Michoacán, including arresting those involved in organized crime, would be strengthened.

By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday she filed a complaint against a man who groped her and tried to kiss her as she walked between meetings in the capital city,

The new operation would include U.S. troops on the ground in Mexico striking drug labs and cartel leaders, according to current and former U.S. officials, though a deployment is not imminent.

A suspect wanted in connection with a homicide in west suburban Cicero was arrested Tuesday evening by New Mexico State Police while driving a stolen vehicle registered to the homicide victim, according to authorities.

Workplace accidents and deaths in Mexico routinely go unreported as companies flout labor laws and officials struggle to share data, a Thomson Reuters Foundation analysis found, with concerns that budget cuts and COVID-19 could put workers at greater risk.

Mexico’s lower house approved President Claudia Sheinbaum’s second year budget that outlines a 10.1 trillion pesos ($543 billion) spending and a slew of tax hikes to pay for social programs and infrastructure projects while trying to narrow the fiscal deficit.