Mexico

Cries in the Night: Life in the Limbo of a Mexican Shelter

JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — Long after midnight, when the heat has finally relented and the walled courtyard is scattered with men sleeping in the open, someone begins to sob.

  • Sep 18, 2019
  • 8:51 AM

Courts Free More Suspects in Case of Disappeared Students

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Courts have exonerated another 24 people implicated in one of the country’s most notorious crimes, the disappearance of 43 students, a federal official said Sunday.

  • Sep 16, 2019
  • 10:07 AM

Mexico Says It Disagrees With US Supreme Court Order

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Thursday that Mexico’s government doesn’t agree with an “astonishing” U.S. Supreme Court order that would block migrants from countries other than Mexico and Canada from applying for asylum at U.S. borders.

  • Sep 12, 2019
  • 12:22 PM

Mexico Trans Women Fight for Justice as Murders Go Unpunished

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Months after Kenya Cuevas’ friend was slain in front of her, a funeral wreath with Cuevas’ name on it arrived at her doorstep. The implication was clear: Keep making noise about murdered transgender women and you’ll be next.

  • Sep 10, 2019
  • 9:42 AM

Far Fewer Mexican Immigrants Are Coming to the US, and Those Who Do Are More Educated

There is evidence that Mexicans migrating to the U.S. today are significantly different than their counterparts making the move more than a decade ago.

  • Sep 9, 2019
  • 3:55 PM

Mexicans March to Demand Safety and Justice for Women

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of people marched silently in Mexico’s capital Sunday to urge justice for women who suffer violence in one of the most dangerous countries to be female, victims who include students murdered by rejected suitors, girls raped before they reach puberty and single mothers who disappear without a trace.

  • Sep 9, 2019
  • 9:39 AM

US Tells Migrant Woman 8 Months Pregnant to Wait in Mexico

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Eight-and-a-half-months pregnant and experiencing contractions, an El Salvadoran woman crossed the Rio Grande, only to be apprehended by the Border Patrol. She was not allowed to stay.

  • Sep 6, 2019
  • 2:00 PM

Mexico Claims Success in Stopping Migrants But Activists Say No

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says it has complied with a 90-day deadline from the U.S. to reduce the flow of migrants through its territory, but activists say Mexico’s crackdown has only forced migrants into greater desperation and more illicit, dangerous routes.

  • Sep 6, 2019
  • 8:03 AM

Mexico: Main Suspect Absolved in 2014 Student Disappearances

MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the main suspects in the 2014 disappearance of 43 teachers’ college students in southern Mexico has been acquitted, a human rights attorney said Tuesday, as justice remains elusive for one of the darkest moments of the country’s recent history.

  • Sep 3, 2019
  • 3:03 PM

Mexican Official Denies Vigilante Movement Has Reignited

MEXICO CITY (AP) — State and local officials in western Mexico disputed Monday whether the old vigilante “self-defense” movement has re-awakened, or whether recent confrontations are just turf battles between gangs.

  • Sep 3, 2019
  • 11:44 AM

Mexico’s President Vows to Tackle Violence, Weak Economy

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged a grim tally of violent crimes and a weak economy as he delivered the first state of the union address of his six-year term Sunday.

  • Sep 1, 2019
  • 5:19 PM

Mexico’s ‘Teflon’ Presidency Starting to Show Wear

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s drug war has burst into flames again, the economy is flat, the health care system is creaking and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador —facing the wrath of U.S. President Donald Trump— has cracked down on Central American migrants harder than ever.

  • Aug 30, 2019
  • 2:46 PM

US, Mexico Widen Asylum Crackdown to Push Back All Migrants

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) — A Trump administration program forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico has evolved into a sweeping rejection of all forms of migrants, with both countries quietly working to keep people out of the U.S. despite threats to the migrants’ safety.

  • Aug 28, 2019
  • 3:07 PM

25 Killed in Fiery Attack on Bar in Southern Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An attack on a bar in Mexico’s Gulf coast city of Coatzacoalcos killed 25 people and injured about a dozen, officials said Wednesday, and they said it was apparently overseen by a man who had been recently arrested but released.

  • Aug 28, 2019
  • 8:38 AM

Zapatista Rebels Extend Control Over Areas in South Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Zapatista indigenous rebel group announced that it is extending its control over so-called “autonomous” zones to 11 more areas in the southern state of Chiapas.

  • Aug 19, 2019
  • 3:28 PM

Mexican Women Decry Abuse by Police in the Wake of Rape Allegations

More demonstrations are expected throughout the week in the capital.

  • Aug 14, 2019
  • 11:50 AM

800 Asylum Seekers Returned to Wait in Mexican Border City

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — The United States government has sent about 800 mostly Central American and Cuban migrants back to this northern Mexico border city since expanding its controversial “remain in Mexico” program to the easternmost point on the shared border two weeks ago, Mexican authorities say.

  • Aug 2, 2019
  • 9:21 AM

Mexico Says Number of Migrants Down 39% Since May

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico said Tuesday the number of mainly Central American migrants traveling through the country to reach the U.S. border has declined by 39% since May.

  • Jul 30, 2019
  • 3:27 PM

Mexico Crowns Transgender Beauty Queen in Bid for Acceptance

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The contestants in the beauty pageant sashayed in red bathing suits, paraded across the stage in evening gowns with plunging necklines and answered questions about climate change and human rights.

  • Jul 29, 2019
  • 10:17 AM

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