FILE - A journalist walks past a fallen section of fencing during a media tour of the now closed Laguna del Toro maximum security facility on the former Islas Marias penal colony located off Mexico's ...

If you’re going to order the pescado zarandeado at Las Islas Marias, bring a few hungry friends and get ready for a treat. The eye-popping red snapper is simply grilled and basted with a seasoning ...

Islas Marías is part of an archipelago made up of the islands Maria Magdalena, Maria Cleofas, and San Juanito. (photo by Valentin Fuentes) An image of Nelson Mandela, the emblem of freedom in the ...

MEXICO CITY — Bedeviled by killings, escapes and scandals at Mexico’s prisons, authorities are trying a number of novel steps to regain control, including using soldiers in armored vehicles to guard ...

FILE - In this May 12, 2005 file photo, inmates line up on the pier after arriving at the Islas Marias federal prison island, located 90 miles south of Mazatlan, Mexico. President Andres Manuel Lopez ...

MEXICO CITY — A small archipelago off Mexico’s Pacific coast that had been home to an island prison colony is now ready to receive tourists. Getting to Islas Marias, however, will be a challenge for ...

Las Islas Marias has opened a third location and this one is on the Northeast Side. It's at 10930 Perrin Beitel Road, just north of Wurzbach Parkway and shares the same menu as the other two locations ...

One of Mexico’s most notorious prisons begins a new chapter this weekend as a Pacific Ocean getaway after a makeover aimed at bringing in tourists to the former penal colony. President Andres Manuel ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A small archipelago off Mexico’s Pacific coast that had been home to an island prison colony is finalizing preparations to receive tourists. Getting to Islas Marias, however, is ...