Mexico

Tensions rise at US-Mexico border as migrants wait to cross

Nov 23, 2018 17:01

Hundreds of migrants from Central America traveling through Mexico have gathered around a tense US border crossing, where US security measures created long lines of Mexicans headed to the US to attend Thanksgiving gatherings.
Mexico: Refugee caravan blocks border bridge (Video)

Nov 23, 2018 15:03

Around 500 people from the caravan of Central American refugees began blocking El Chaparral, the main vehicle crossing point from San Diego into Tijuana, on Thursday.
US federal judge rejects Trump's asylum ban for migrants

Nov 20, 2018 11:03

A federal judge in the United States has blocked the anti-immigration policy of President Donald Trump aimed at deporting asylum seekers.
Migrants stalled at US border, some mulling stay in Mexico (Video)

Nov 18, 2018 08:21

Another group of Central American migrants, seeking to take refuge in the United States, has made its way to the Mexican border city of Tijuana, joining long lines of other individuals already waiting to be enlisted for potential legal entry.
Troop levels on US-Mexico border 'pretty much peaked': Pentagon

Nov 16, 2018 07:32

A senior Pentagon official has said that American troop levels at the US-Mexico border have essentially reached their upper limit.
Unfazed by Trump’s order, migrants walk on north in Mexico

Nov 11, 2018 10:25

Thousands of Central American migrants have resumed their march through Mexico and toward the United States after a four-day respite, despite a measure by the administration of US President Donald Trump to suspend asylum rights for immigrants trying to enter the country illegally.
US, Mexico, Canada agree on new free trade pact to replace NAFTA

Oct 01, 2018 10:20

The United States and Canada have reached a new free trade deal, along with Mexico, to replace the expiring North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Mexico finds mass graves with at least 166 bodies

Sep 07, 2018 06:26

The bodies of at least 166 people have been found in the Mexican state of Veracruz, prosecutors said on Thursday, the latest in a string of grim discoveries made in the eastern region in recent years.
About 13 killed in Mexico in apparent land dispute

Jul 18, 2018 07:54

More than a dozen people were killed in the Sierra of Oaxaca in southern Mexico on Tuesday, July 17, over a reported decades-long land dispute with a neighboring community, local media reported.
Fireworks blasts kill at least 24 near Mexico City

Jul 06, 2018 08:05

Two explosions at fireworks workshops outside Mexico City on Thursday killed at least 24 people, including rescue workers, and injured dozens more, officials said, in the latest deadly blast to hit a town known for its fireworks production.