The body of a man lies behind the wheel inside a car in Acapulco. Two men were shot by gunmen, one was killed and the other seriously injured, according to local media.
Poet and peace activist Javier Sicilia (center) embraces family members and relatives of his 24-year-old son Juan Francisco Sicilia and his friends at their flower wreath, during Juan's death anniversary in Temixco near Cuernavaca.
A forensic technician points his flashlight at the shoes of a man at a crime scene in Mazatlan. The man was shot dead by gunmen while he was walking on the street, according to local media.
Baseball players belonging to the Saraperos de Saltillo team take cover during an intense shootout that broke out during a game in the parking lot of the stadium in the city of Saltillo, northern Mexico.
Jose Lopez Tapia, 8, rests in hospital after he and his mother were attacked in Ciudad Juarez. Sonia Tapia and her son were attacked by members of the Municipal Police, she was accused of carrying weapons and arrested for 36 hours.
Mexican marines escort Marcos Jesus Hernandez Rodriguez, aka "El Chilango", alleged leader of assassins and member of the Los Zetas drug cartel, in Veracruz state, during his presentation for the press in Mexico City, on May 11, 2012. Rodriguez was arrested last May 9, during a military operation in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz state, a navy spokesman said.
Soldiers put the final touches on a giant "No More Weapons" billboard composed of crushed firearms, placed near the U.S. border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
A soldier stands guard inside a clandestine chemical drug processing laboratory discovered in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Jalisco State.
An abandoned neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state. Violence in Ciudad Juarez has changed the lives of its residents, where many have fled. Among those who remain, anxious mothers look for missing daughters, families cross the border daily to sleep in neighboring Texas, and men live alone among abandoned houses.
Cuban citizen Joel Rodriguez Barrero, after being detained in Xochitepec. Rodriguez Barrero 'El Cubano', was detained by soldiers and policemen during a patrol and found to be in possession of drugs and weapons. Barrero is responsible for the recent murder and dismemberment of four minors and drug trafficking, according to the State Attorney's Office.
A truck burns on the road in Guadalajara, Mexico. Drug criminals set 25 city buses and other vehicles on fire in 16 different places, spreading fear throughout Mexico's second-largest city after an army operation, according to officials.
Students at the University of Ciudad Juarez and participants of the "Illuminate Juarez" event prepare to release lanterns in Samalayuca, Ciudad Juarez. According to the organizers, the event was held to seek the return of peace to the city, which is considered one of the most violent in the world as a result of drug trafficking, and to promote tourism.
Pallbearers carry the coffin of Regina Martinez, a journalist and correspondent for the Mexican magazine Proceso, as friends and family members attend her funeral in Xalapa. Martinez, from Veracruz, was found dead in the bathroom of her house on Saturday with signs of violence, according to local media.
