High prices and weak oversight have turned Mexico into one of the main suppliers of mercury for gold mines across Latin America, according to an Environmental Investigation Agency report. Despite ...

SAN JOAQUIN, Mexico (AP) — A drill echoes through narrow tunnels deep within the mountain where miner Hugo Flores bores into rock in search of one of Earth’s most toxic elements. Buried in red stripes ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A gold mine in Mexico was taken over by the sons of the drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Mexican officials and ...