Hurricane Jova has strengthened to a major Category 3 hurricane as it marches toward Mexico’s Pacific coast, threatening the idyllic beach resort of Barra de Navidad and one of the nation’s biggest cargo ports.

THE Mexican army have discovered several clandestine graves holding at least 20 bodies near a ranch in the northern border state of Chihuahua.

A strengthening Tropical Storm Andres roared toward Mexico’s Pacific coast today, prompting emergency preparations for a storm that forecasters predicted would become the season’s first hurricane.

Storm-weary resorts on Mexico’s Pacific coast are braced for the fury of Hurricane Lane, which was flooding port cities as it churned toward the Gulf of California, the second major hurricane to strike the region in two weeks.