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Mexico drops migrants in troubled resort as it disperses them far from US border
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — About 100 migrants from various countries wandered directionless and disoriented through the streets of the troubled Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. After walking for a couple weeks through southern Mexico with hundreds of other migrants, they accepted an...
1 killed and 1 injured in a shooting at the Honduran consulate near Atlanta
DORAVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A shooting Monday at the Honduran consulate just outside Atlanta left one person dead and another injured, and a suspect was in custody, authorities said. The person who was killed was a Mexican citizen who worked as a security guard at the consulate, the...
Departing US ambassador to Mexico sees 'major changes' under Trump in diplomatic relationship
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Mexico said Monday he anticipated “major changes” in the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Mexico during the incoming Trump administration. “There’s a lot of fear because of some of the threats being made,” Ken...
A small caravan of migrants sets out from southern Mexico but is unlikely to reach the US
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A new caravan of migrants began walking from southern Mexico on Thursday toward the U.S. border, starting out from the city of Tapachula near the border with Guatemala. The majority of the migrants are from Venezuela, but they also include people from...
Trump calls it the 'center of the universe.' Mar-a-Lago is a magnet for those seeking influence
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The cars begin lining up early in the morning to be screened by Secret Service agents under white tents near the fence that surrounds President-elect Donald Trump’s vast south Florida estate. Famous figures such as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Canadian Prime...
Border arrests are little changed in December, ending Biden's term at lowest level
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico in December are little changed from a month earlier, a U.S. official said Monday, hovering near the lowest levels since July 2020 and indicating that an anticipated surge ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as president...
Mexico to investigate a town that thanked a drug lord for holiday season gifts for children
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president said Monday that prosecutors are investigating officials in a town where a sign was posted thanking a drug lord for holiday season gifts for children. In the past, drug cartels in Mexico have often handed out gifts or bags of food to local...
Mexican authorities find 11 clandestine graves with 15 bodies near border with Guatemala
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Eleven clandestine graves with the bodies of 15 men were located in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, where a dispute between the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación drug cartels is taking place, local authorities said Sunday. Chiapas Gov. Eduardo...
Mexico tests cellphone app allowing migrants to send alert if they are about to be detained in US
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and local consulates if they think they are about to be detained by the U.S. immigration department, a senior official said Friday. The move is in response to President-elect Donald...
US wins ruling in a trade dispute with Mexico over its bid to ban genetically modified corn
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States won a ruling on Friday in a trade dispute with Mexico, which had sought to ban imports of genetically modified corn for human consumption. U.S. growers, who had worried about the potential loss of the single biggest export market for U.S. corn,...
