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Central American and Mexican families mourn the workers lost in the Baltimore bridge collapse

Mar. 28, 2024 02:09 AM EDT

AZACUALPA, Honduras (AP) — The construction workers who went missing in the Baltimore bridge collapse came to the Maryland area from Mexico or Central America, including an enterprising Honduran father and husband who started a delivery business before the pandemic forced him to find other work,...

Venezuelans are increasingly stuck in Mexico, explaining drop in illegal crossings to US

Mar. 28, 2024 00:27 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan migrants often have a quick answer when asked to name the most difficult stretch of their eight-country journey to the U.S. border, and it's not the dayslong jungle trek through Colombia and Panama with its venomous vipers, giant spiders and scorpions. It's Mexico. ...

The Latest | Ship that collapsed Baltimore bridge was carrying hazardous materials, officials say

Mar. 27, 2024 20:56 PM EDT

The Latest on the ship crash that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (all times local): The cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse was carrying hazardous materials, the National Transportation Safety Board said. NTSB Chair Jennifer...

About 2,000 migrants begin a Holy Week walk in southern Mexico to raise awareness of their plight

Mar. 25, 2024 13:05 PM EDT

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — About 2,000 migrants began walking Monday in southern Mexico in what has become a traditional demonstration during Holy Week before Easter to draw attention to their plight. Leaving Tapachula near the Guatemalan border at dawn, the migrants and their...

Authorities in northwest Mexico rescue 42 people after mass kidnappings by criminal groups

Mar. 23, 2024 21:36 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities said they rescued 42 hostages, including 18 children, from criminal groups Saturday after a wave of kidnappings in Sinaloa state, where more than 600 special force troops were sent to beef up security. Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha said an...

Arrests for illegal border crossings nudge up in February but still among lowest of Biden presidency

Mar. 22, 2024 20:04 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico nudged upward February over the previous month. But at a time when immigration is increasingly a concern for voters, the numbers were still among the lowest of Joe Biden's presidency. ...

Law enforcement officials in Texas wonder how they will enforce migrant arrest law

Mar. 21, 2024 22:23 PM EDT

SANDERSON, Texas (AP) — During the nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport people who illegally enter the U.S., Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland never changed his tactics with migrants in his remote border county. Not because he opposes the idea. There's just no practical...

Court action on Texas' migrant arrest law leads to confusion at the US-Mexico border

Mar. 20, 2024 21:01 PM EDT

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A dizzying volley of courtroom maneuvers over a Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally sowed confusion at the nation's border with Mexico on Wednesday as sheriffs, police chiefs and migrants waited for direction. ...

Mexican president praises Pancho Villa for his 1916 attack on Columbus, New Mexico, that killed 18

Mar. 19, 2024 21:09 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president on Tuesday praised Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa for his 1916 attack on Columbus, New Mexico, a raid that killed 18 Americans, mostly civilians. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the attack “daring” and...

Hats, T-shirts and dolls reflect outgoing Mexican president's outsized presence in upcoming election

Mar. 19, 2024 20:36 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Souvenirs bearing the image of 70-year-old Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sell like T-shirts at a Taylor Swift concert. Just outside of Mexico’s presidential palace, throngs of mostly Mexicans crowd around a booth selling plush talking dolls,...