An explosion has ripped through a petrochemical plant on the Gulf of Mexico's southern coast, killing three people, injuring dozens and sending a toxin-filled cloud into the air.

Six Spanish tourists were raped by a gang of armed, masked men in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, the latest chapter of violence that has tarnished the once-glamorous resort.

MEXICO is protesting what it says is a whopper of an insult.