Even if you don't think you’re familiar with food from the Mexican state of Michoacán, you probably are. Carnitas, the slow-simmered pork popular in tacos, originated there, as did the wonderfully ...

APATZINGAN, Mexico – Vigilantes in violent Michoacan state insist they won't lay down their guns until top leaders of a powerful drug cartel are arrested, defying government orders as federal forces ...

The government-protected drug cartels in Michoacan have been extorting citrus and avocado growers for years. While the situation has been ongoing, a recent case sparked much controversy when cartel ...

Mexico’s federal security forces say they have taken control of security in 20 municipalities in troubled Michoacan, but there is little evidence to suggest the self-defense militias are disarming or ...

APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) — On a steamy night, a farmer from a village of modest tin-roofed homes surrounded by rolling lime orchards in western Mexico’s coastal mountains approached Rev. Gilberto ...

Among the many regional cuisines that make up Mexican food in L.A., the cooking of Michoacán usually appears as carnitas–crisp hunks of fried pork either tucked into tortillas or sold in piles by the ...