Venezuelan migrants seeking asylum wear blankets donated by the Red Cross on the banks of the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Dec 28, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) MEXICO CITY — Mexico's overwhelmed asylum agency is strengthening efforts to weed out high numbers of applicants who "abuse" the system while passing through […]
Haitian migrants who hope to apply for asylum in the US wait to register their names on a list made by a religious organization in Reynosa, Mexico, Dec 21, 2022, on the other side of the border with McAllen, Texas. (PHOTO / AP) MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government said on Monday it had informed […]
(From left) President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participate in a news conference at the 10th North American Leaders' Summit at the National Palace in Mexico City on Jan 10, 2023. (ANDREW HARNIK / AP) MEXICO CITY – US President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart […]
In this file photo taken on Sept 24, 2017 the Mexican, US and the Canadian flags sit in the lobby where the third round of the NAFTA renegotiations are taking place in Ottawa, Ontario. Canadian and US negotiators reached a deal late on Sept 30, 2018 with the pact newly named the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement […]
US President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador meet at the National Palace during the North American leaders summit in Mexico City, Mexico Jan 9, 2023. (KEVIN LAMARQUE / REUTERS) MEXICO CITY – The United States, Mexico and Canada on Tuesday vowed to tighten economic ties, producing more goods regionally and boosting […]
US President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador meet at the National Palace during the North American leaders summit in Mexico City, Mexico Jan 9, 2023. (KEVIN LAMARQUE / REUTERS) MEXICO CITY — The United States, Mexico and Canada will take steps to promote the North American semiconductor industry, enhance cooperation to […]
Paramedics assist a woman after two subway trains collide head-on at a subway station, in Mexico City, Mexico, Jan 7, 2023. (Quetzalli Nicte-Ha / REUTERS) MEXICO CITY — At least one person was killed and 57 were injured in a train collision on Mexico City's metro early on Saturday, local authorities said. The person killed […]
Mexico's Secretary of Defense Luis Cresencio Sandoval speaks during a news conference after the arrest of Mexican drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of incarcerated kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in Culiacan, in Mexico City, Mexico, Jan 5, 2023. (HENRY ROMERO / REUTERS) MEXICO CITY – Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel […]
President of Peru Pedro Castillo speaks at the IV CEO Summit of the Americas on the sidelines of the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP) MEXICO CITY – The Pacific Alliance leaders' meeting, previously scheduled for Friday, is postponed due to the Peruvian […]
Venezuelan migrants walk across the Rio Bravo towards the United States border to surrender to the border patrol, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Oct 13, 2022. (CHRISTIAN CHAVEZ, FILE / AP) SAN DIEGO — A surge in migration from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua in September brought the number of illegal crossings to the highest level ever […]
Residents and members of the National Guard clean the streets after the arrival of Hurricane Roslyn in Sayulita community, Nayarit state, Mexico, on Oct 23, 2022. (ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Roslyn has made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast as it turns Category 3, although it is expected to weaken soon, the […]
In this file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador presents his fourth year government report at the National Palace in Mexico City, Sept 1, 2022. (MARCO UGARTE / AP) MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador denied on Tuesday that his administration spied on journalists or opponents after a report that the […]
People gather outside after an earthquake was felt in Mexico City, Sept 22, 2022. (EDUARDO VERDUGO / AP) MEXICO CITY – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck western Mexico early on Thursday, claiming the life of a woman in Mexico City who fell and hit her head as residents evacuated their homes during the country's second […]
A woman receives medical care after an earthquake in Mexico City on September 19, 2022. (PEDRO PARDO / AFP) MEXICO CITY – A powerful earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday on the anniversary of two devastating temblors, killing at least one person, damaging buildings, knocking out power and sending residents of Mexico City scrambling outside […]
Migrants wait to be processed by the Border Patrol after illegally crossing the Rio Grande River from Mexico into the US at Eagle Pass, Texas on Aug 26, 2022. (ERIC GAY / AP) Nine migrants died and 37 were rescued as they tried to cross the rain-swollen Rio Grande River into the United States near […]
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gets a shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 at the presidential palace in Mexico City, April 20, 2021. (FERNANDO LLANO / AP) MEXICO CITY / TUNIS – The United Nations-backed COVAX vaccine program has offered Mexico 10 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots for children after the country's president […]
This satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of active fire lines of the Hermits Peak wildfire near Las Vegas, New Mexico, May 11, 2022. (TECHNOLOGIES / AFP) TIERRA MONTE, N.M. – After the US government started the largest wildfire in New Mexico's recorded history in April, it is asking victims to share […]
This file photo shows an aerial view of the Mexican oil company PEMEX oil complex, located adjacent to the Tula power plant belonging to national power company Commission Federal de Electricidad, or CFE, in Tula, Hidalgo state, Mexico, on January 11, 2018. (PEDRO PARDO / AFP) WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY – The United States and Canada on […]