Mexico

Members of the extended LeBaron family were caught in a brutal attack, Mexican officials say. Here, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador looks on as Security Minister Alfonso Durazo discusses the attack during a news conference Tuesday morning.

9 Family Members, All U.S. Citizens, Die In Highway Attack In Mexico

6:03pm November 05, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Three women and six children were killed as they drove in a small convoy. Mexican officials say they are investigating whether the family members were targeted or were victims of mistaken identity.

Smoke from burning cars rises in Culiacán, Mexico, on Thursday, after an intense gunfight between security forces and gunmen linked to the Sinaloa drug cartel.

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Massive Gun Battle Erupts In Mexico Over Son Of Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo'

7:51pm October 18, 2019

Security forces came under attack and were forced to withdraw after they sought to arrest Ovidio Guzmán López, who is thought to have been running the Sinaloa cartel since his father's arrest in 2014.

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Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro walked with a group of asylum-seekers and their lawyers from Mexico to Texas on Monday. Hours later, CBP released the asylum-seekers back into Mexico.

12 Asylum-Seekers Julián Castro Escorted To The U.S. Border Sent Back To Mexico

2:53pm October 08, 2019

The asylum-seekers, who were in Matamoros, Mexico, because of the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols policy, said they faced violence and harassment because they identify as LGBTQ.

Pedestrians on the Puerta Mexico bridge, which crosses the Rio Grande, wait to enter Brownsville, Texas, at a legal port of entry in Matamoros, Mexico, in August.

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ACLU Calls On Homeland Security To Stop Turning Away Pregnant Asylum-Seekers

7:01am October 05, 2019

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

Attorneys for the organization say vulnerable populations are supposed to be excluded from the groups of asylum-seekers being sent back to Mexico to wait for their U.S. immigration court hearings.

Since taking office last December, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not left his country. Critics say he is damaging Mexico's image on the world stage. Above, he speaks during the daily morning press briefing in Mexico City on Sept. 5.

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Mexico's President Skips U.N. General Assembly And All Other Foreign Travel

6:37pm September 23, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

Since taking office last December, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has not left the country. Critics say he is damaging Mexico's image on the world stage.

'Cine Mexico Now' Brings Mexican Films To Winston-Salem

10:55am September 21, 2019

by Eddie Garcia

Cine Mexico Now is a six-part film series celebrating Spanish-language

Twelve-year-old Jesús Ruiz grieves as he stands before the coffin containing the remains of his father, Mexican journalist Jorge Celestino Ruiz Vazquez, in Actopan, Veracruz, on Aug. 3. The Committee to Protect Journalists said Ruiz Vazquez was the third

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12 Journalists Have Been Killed In Mexico This Year, The World's Highest Toll

11:20am September 12, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

Amid violent crime and impunity, press advocates say the president's harsh approach toward reporters is not helping the situation.

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Designer Isaac Mizrahi (left) embraces Robert D'Loren, CEO of Xcel Brands, which once manufactured 70% of its clothes in China. Today that's down to about 20%. The company now manufacturers in a variety of countries, including Indonesia, India and Sri Lan

China Falls Out Of Fashion For Some U.S. Brands

5:29am August 30, 2019

by Scott Horsley

As the trade war drags on, more manufacturers are looking to relocate from China to avoid Trump's tariffs. A firm that sells Isaac Mizrahi's clothing line has already shifted much of its production.

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A special response team with Customs and Border Protection drills on the international bridge between Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, in the event that desperate migrants rush the port of entry.

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Criminals Target Migrants In Mexico Seeking U.S. Asylum

12:27pm August 27, 2019

by John Burnett

In border towns such as Nuevo Laredo, more than 30,000 asylum-seekers are waiting for their day in U.S. immigration court. But criminal elements prey on these migrants who fled their homes.

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A group representing importers said it was gratified that the Trump administration is lifting the tariffs on Mexican tomatoes. But it cautioned that beefed-up inspections could act as another barrier to free trade.

Tomato Truce: U.S. And Mexico Strike A Deal On Imports

3:49pm August 21, 2019

by Scott Horsley

The U.S. agreed to lift tariffs on imported tomatoes from Mexico. But importers warn that stepped-up inspections could still create bottlenecks, limiting supplies and raising produce prices.