Mexico

Biden restricting asylum access at Mexico border as Title 42 ends

May 11, 2023 02:45

The United States rolled out a new regulation on Wednesday that will deny asylum to most migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally, a key part of President Joe Biden's enforcement plan as COVID-19 border restrictions known as Title 42 end this week.
Trump asks advisers for ‘military options’ against Mexican cartels: Report

Apr 09, 2023 03:55

Former US President Donald Trump has asked his advisers to devise war plans to confront the Mexican cartels as he aims to return to the White House in 2024, according to a new report.
Mexico opens homicide probe as number of migrants killed in blaze increases

Mar 30, 2023 09:29

Mexican authorities have announced a homicide probe against eight officials who face possible murder charges for the death of 38 migrants in a detention center, accusing them of doing nothing to evacuate the victims.
Dozens killed in deadly fire at Mexico-US border migrant center: Reports

Mar 28, 2023 10:03

At least 37 people have been killed at an immigration detention center in a Mexican city on the US border after a fire broke out at the facility overnight, the AP news agency cited an official as saying on Tuesday.
Mexican president rejects US military intervention to fight cartels

Mar 10, 2023 04:54

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has dismissed calls from certain US lawmakers advocating military action against drug cartels in the Latin American country.
Thousands of Mexicans rally against government's electoral overhaul plan, say it threatens democracy

Feb 27, 2023 10:28

Huge crowds gathered across Mexico on Sunday to oppose a government drive to shrink the independent electoral authority, arguing that the changes threaten democracy.
Mexico will lead movement to remove US blockade of Cuba: President Obrador

Feb 13, 2023 03:14

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his country will lead a movement to defend Cuba's sovereignty and to remove the US blockade of the country, in place since the 1960s.
US ramps up immigration arrests mostly at Mexican border

Jan 01, 2023 03:50

Immigration arrests nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2021 as border authorities apprehended more migrants and courts blocked efforts by US President Joe Biden to more narrowly target detentions to focus on serious criminals.
Hundreds of migrants kidnapped in Mexico before crossing into the US

Dec 18, 2022 06:16

Many of the hundreds of people who crossed the border into Texas this week have recounted multiple kidnappings as they made their way to the United States.
Gun attack in Mexico leaves at least 18 dead

Oct 06, 2022 09:45

Gunmen in southern Mexico stormed a town hall and killed the mayor in a broad daylight attack that left at least 17 others dead on Wednesday, authorities said.