Mexico

A Texas girl needs autism treatment, but her immigrant mother is afraid of turning to Medicaid. As more U.S. children go without health coverage, border watchers partly blame politics of intimidation.

The grim news was expected as the number of open homicide cases continued to climb month after month, making the last 12 months the deadliest on record — an average of 91 deaths per day.

Residents of Tlahuelilpan, north of Mexico City, had gathered around an illegally tapped pipeline to collect fuel when it burst into flames.

A study also finds that the unauthorized population from Mexico has declined by 1.3 million people since 2010.

Photographer Federica Valabrega photographed Central American women who fled domestic violence and joined a migrant caravan to seek asylum in the U.S.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his crackdown on stolen fuel is working, but long waits in several states persist, distribution bottlenecks continue and new acts of gas theft are reported.

Some in the aid industry are outraged that Trump used the term, but others see it as a positive sign.

The country's new president says $3 billion worth of fuel was stolen from the state-owned oil company last year.

Stone carvings dating back 1,000 years suggest gruesome rituals tied to beliefs about fertility and long life.