11.   Authorities had been gathering information on the whereabouts of the airstrips over the past two weeks and are continuing to look for more in the Pacific coast state.

12.   Born in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, a hotbed of drug trafficking, Carrillo eventually set up his operations in Juarez.

13.   But in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, ballot boxes were burned, elections were canceled at most polling places and one woman was reported injured.

14.   Civil protection authorities in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa had warned people living near the coast and rivers that could overflow from heavy rain to leave the area.

15.   Civil protection agencies said Tuesday they were putting contingency plans in place in the Gulf coast states of Veracruz and Tamaulipas.

16.   Eight people were arrested Sunday in the central Pacific coast state of Nayarit.

17.   Family members were traveling with the young baseball players on their way to a game in the Gulf coast state of Tamaulipas.

18.   Farmers in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit struggled to protect their tobacco crop, La Jornada reported.

19.   Fox fired the first shot last week against drug traffickers and organized rime in Sinaloa, a Pacific coast state considered the birthplace of drug smuggling in Mexico.

20.   Gov. Mario Villanueva, meanwhile, was questioned last week by prosecutors about allegations of drug smuggling in his Caribbean coast state, Quintana Roo.