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January 28, 2021 at 12:47 pm

Biden’s Promise of Immigration Reform Raises Hopes in Latin America

MEXICO CITY — They had survived for months in a dusty encampment near the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande, relying on donated food and...

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November 5, 2020 at 4:02 pm

Suspect arrested in deadly ambush of Mormon family in Mexico

MEXICO CITY — A year after the massacre of nine members of a Mormon family in northern Mexico, a suspect was arrested on homicide charges...

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April 18, 2020 at 12:56 pm

U.S. deported thousands amid COVID-19 outbreak; some turned out to be sick

In the scramble to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, the Trump administration has been pushing forward with its aggressive immigration enforcement...

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Migrants from Cameroon celebrate the birthday of a fellow asylum seeker at a bar in Tapachula, Mexico, Feb. 7, 2020. With no easy path to the U.S., migrants from around the world are settling in Mexico, creating diasporic communities with tastes of home. (Daniele Volpe/The New York Times)

February 28, 2020 at 9:19 pm

At a bar ‘made by Africans,’ migrants put down roots in Mexico VIEW

Because of the U.S. policy shift on asylum seekers, many migrants are now seeking legal status in Mexico and new migrant communities are popping up as...

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December 30, 2019 at 10:00 pm

Dengue Racks Honduras Amid Extreme Weather and Dysfunction VIEW

CHOLOMA, Honduras — More than 400 people died this year as one of the worst dengue epidemics on record swept through Central America — a...

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January 29, 2019 at 4:13 pm

Trump’s new policy takes effect, and first asylum-seeker is sent back to Mexico

TIJUANA, Mexico — A new Trump administration policy forcing certain asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are processed in the United States took...

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December 21, 2018 at 3:25 pm

A trek for days, on foot and on knee, to honor ‘the no. 1 mother’

The Virgin of Guadalupe is everybody’s mother in Mexico.

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Migrants play cards in a sports center turned into a shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, Nov. 21, 2018. The Tijuana crisis is putting pressure on Mexico’s relationships with Central America, from which most of the gathered migrants are from, and the United States, where most are headed. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)

December 5, 2018 at 4:29 pm

New leader of Mexico forced to confront migrants passing through the country

The people gathered at the U.S.-Mexico border have highlighted the strain that Mexico faces as it increasingly becomes a destination for migrants, not just a...

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July 1, 2018 at 12:05 am

With Mexico’s election near, its crime and its assassins go more local

At least 136 politicians and political operatives have been assassinated in Mexico since last fall, according to Etellekt, a risk-analysis firm in Mexico. More than...

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May 19, 2018 at 5:18 pm

Deadly crash spotlights Cuba airline’s woes

Though the cause of the crash has not been determined, the plane itself is a powerful symbol of Cuba’s troubled aviation industry.

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