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July 9, 2019 at 11:29 am

US returns first asylum seekers to violent Nuevo Laredo

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) — A U.S. policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through clogged U.S. immigration courts expanded...

July 5, 2019 at 7:56 am

Mexico issues arrest warrants for ex-Pemex boss, relatives

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's attorney general's office said Friday that new arrest warrants have been issued for the former head of the state oil...

July 4, 2019 at 7:46 am

Mexican officials blame federal police strike on opposition VIEW

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Government officials blamed the political opposition, corrupt federal police and outside players Thursday for a revolt by officers who are opposed...

Hundreds of Mexican federal police gather outside a police command center in the Iztapalapa borough, in Mexico City, Wednesday, July 3, 2019, to protest against plans to force them into the newly formed National Guard. The protest comes as the government is officially starting to deploy the National Guard to several states to fight crime and control immigration. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) MEX101 MEX101

July 3, 2019 at 8:30 am

Mexican police revolt against plans to join National Guard VIEW

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of federal police blocked highways in and around Mexico's capital Wednesday in open revolt against plans to absorb the officers...

July 2, 2019 at 9:03 pm

Central American officials avoid focus on immigration VIEW

TECUN UMAN, Guatemala (AP) — From the steps of his church in this Guatemalan border town, the Rev. Fernando Cuevas has watched the flow of...

June 28, 2019 at 10:39 am

Migrant woman killed in fall from train in Mexico

TACOTALPA, Mexico (AP) — An engineer shouted for the young migrant woman to hurry up and climb aboard the freight train or she'd be left...

June 26, 2019 at 9:01 pm

Drowned father, daughter left humble origins in El Salvador VIEW

SAN MARTIN, EL Salvador (AP) — Julia Pérez makes a living selling pupusas, traditional Salvadoran stuffed pastries, to residents of the Altavista neighborhood who rise...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador receives the applause of the crowd during a rally in Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, June 8, 2019. Mexican President Andres Lopez Obrador held the rally in Tijuana even as President Trump has put on hold his plan to begin imposing tariffs on Mexico on Monday, saying the U.S. ally will take “strong measures” to reduce the flow of Central American migrants into the United States. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) TSX163 TSX163

June 19, 2019 at 1:25 pm

Mexico’s Senate approves trade deal with US, Canada

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to ratify a new free trade agreement with the United States and Canada, making it the...

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June 17, 2019 at 7:35 am

Mexico’s crackdown on migrants sends some heading south VIEW

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's efforts to slow Central American migration across its territory showed some bite Monday as some people turned around to...

June 13, 2019 at 1:33 pm

Irregular crossings part of life at Mexico’s southern border VIEW

FRONTERA HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — It was still dark when the first Guatemalan farm worker walked ashore in Mexico early Thursday, just the bottoms of...