21.   In the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, election director Gabriel Bonilla called off voting before it got started after ballots arrived late from Mexico City on Saturday night.

22.   In the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa, the threat of overflowing dams forced workers to cut away road repairs so that new waters could escape.

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

24.   It expressed concerns that this could prevent it from turning the complex in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz into a world-scale operation.

25.   Lakes was apprehended in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa and is being held in Mexico City pending his extradition.

26.   Many in the Pacific coast state that borders California said they voted for the PAN not so much for its accomplishments, but because they see no better alternative.

27.   Mariscal was interviewed by Mexican reporters Monday at the jail where he is being held in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa.

28.   Mexican officials on Monday confirmed the drowning of an Italian tourist who disappeared Saturday while swimming at a popular beach in the Pacific coast state of Oaxaca.

29.   Officials declared a state of emergency in the Pacific states of Michoacan and Jalisco, the central state of Puebla and the Gulf coast state of Tabasco.

30.   One of two rival governors for Tabasco state stepped aside on Thursday, accepting a federally mediated compromise to ease a political crisis in the Gulf coast state.