The Latest Breaking News from Murder

Successive murders in France’s second-largest city have cast a grim light on the growing use of teenage contract killers by rival drug lords in Marseille, the subject of a new book by a trio of French journalists that explores an alarming development in the port city’s deadly drug wars.

Guerrero has been one of the most dangerous states in Mexico over the past year, recording 1,890 murders in 2023

Shazeb Khalid mowed down Vignesh Pattabi Raman thinking he was responsible for an investigation into whether a restaurant was employing illegal immigrants

Tragic killing of Chilpancingo mayor highlights violence and drug-related crime in Mexico, raising concerns about safety and governance.

International police are trawling for clues as they seek to crack 46 cold cases including one teenager found dead in France with a 10p piece in her pocket

Country has executed 199 people till September, say rights groups

Japanese prosecutors say they will not appeal the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial last month, bringing closure to the 1966 murder case after more than a half-century of legal battles

Mayor Alejandro Arcos Catalan, who had just taken office the same day as Sheinbaum, was found murdered brutally Sunday.

Sanjay Roy charged with crime that prompted nationwide anger and protests over violence against women