Review: Love and fear drive migrants in `American Dirt’
“American Dirt,” Flatiron Books, by Jeanine Cummins
Mexicans fleeing violence form new encampment on border
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — An exodus of migrants fleeing drug cartel violence and corruption in Mexico has mired hundreds of immigrants in ramshackle ten...
Northern Mexico fears return to dark past after gunfights
VILLA UNION, Mexico — Mexico’s president says he wants to fight drug cartels with “hugs, not bullets,” but after 23 people were killed in a weekend gu...
Mexican border town gripped by fear after gunbattle kills 22
VILLA UNION, Mexico — A small town near the U.S.-Mexico border began cleaning up Monday, gripped by fear after the killing of 22 people in a ferocious...
Members of community attacked in Mexico doubt they’ll return
PHOENIX — A Utah man who helped get his mother and other family members safely out of northern Mexico after nine people were killed in an apparent amb...
Offshoot Mormon community hit in deadly attack leaves Mexico
TUCSON, Ariz. — An 18-vehicle caravan carrying about 100 members of an offshoot Mormon community leaving their homes in Mexico after a violent attack ...
Stay or go? US residents of Mexico town torn after 9 killed
LA MORA, Mexico — U.S. citizens living in a small Mexican farming community established by their Mormon ancestors are trying to decide whether they sh...
Mexico farm town buries 3 of 9 slain Americans
LA MORA, Mexico — As Mexican soldiers stood guard, a mother and two sons were laid to rest in hand-hewn pine coffins in a single grave dug out of the ...
Slayings of Americans show drug war worse this time around
MEXICO CITY — There was a time when the violence of Mexico's 2006-2012 drug war shocked Americans, but barely touched them. This time around — like ev...
Deadly ambush shows Mexico lost control of area
COLONIA LEBARON, Mexico — When drug cartel gunmen opened fire on American women and children in northern Mexico, the Mexican Army, the National Guard ...
The Latest: 5 kids are stable after surviving Mexico attack
MEXICO CITY — The Latest on the slaying of U.S. citizens in northern Mexico (all times local):
Drug cartel gunmen kill 9 US citizens in an ambush in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Drug cartel gunmen ambushed three SUVs along a dirt road, slaughtering six children and three women — all U.S. citizens living in northe...
Failed mission raises doubts about Mexican security strategy
MEXICO CITY — A sloppy operation that failed to nab Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's son followed by days of changing explanations has revealed not so much...
Blood guacamole: In Mexico, avocados bring income, cartels
SAN JUAN PARANGARICUTIRO, Mexico — Small-scale avocado growers armed with AR-15 rifles take turns manning a vigilante checkpoint to guard against thie...