The release of Florence Cassez, the Frenchwoman sentenced to 60 years in prison for being part of a kidnapping gang, is being viewed as a victory for justice in her homeland but has divided opinion here in Mexico, where there is widespread belief that a foreigner has been given preferential treatment.

Mexican authorities have agreed to delay the implementation of an amendment to migration law affecting children traveling without their parents.

At least 33 people were killed and around 120 were injured in an explosion Thursday at the Mexico City headquarters of state oil company Pemex, the federal government confirmed.

The bodies of 14 missing musicians were among 17 corpses found in a well in the state of Nuevo Leon this week.

With use of public phone booths declining in Mexico, the Federal Telecommunications Commission (Cofetel) is considering replacing them with Wi-Fi hotspots.

Mexican civic organizations are to introduce a bill in Congress that would establish free internet access as a constitutional right.