Guardian of Monarch butterfly grounds eulogized in Mexico
OCAMPO, Mexico — Hundreds of farmers and agricultural workers thronged the funeral of activist Homero Gómez González on Friday, and the homage to him ...
Trump celebrates major rewrite of North American trade rules
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico, celebrating the fulfill...
What Trump’s new North American trade deal actually does
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump signed a revamped trade agreement with Mexico and Canada into law Wednesday, he kept a campaign pledge to imp...
New Mexico recreational pot legalization passes 1st test
SANTA FE, N.M. — A Democrat-backed bill to legalize recreational marijuana businesses in all towns and counties across New Mexico passed its first tes...
Mag 7.7 quake hits between Cuba and Jamaica, but no injuries
HAVANA — A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday, shaking a vast area from Mexico ...
Astronaut craves salsa and surf after record 11 months aloft
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After nearly 11 months in orbit, the astronaut holding the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman can't wait to dig into...
Mexican march for peace swarmed by angry protesters
MEXICO CITY — A four-day pilgrimage by family members of murdered or missing Mexicans culminated in a tense confrontation in the capital's main square...
Normalcy returns to Guatemala-Mexico border after caravan
FRONTERA HIDALGO, Mexico — From the roadside stand where his family sells mole, barbecue and chicken stew, Miguel Ángel Vázquez has seen all the carav...
Mexico’s tough response to migrants doesn’t stir outcry
MEXICO CITY — The hundreds of Central American migrants walking north in southern Mexico have received steady media coverage in Mexico, but with sky h...
Mexican guardsmen break up migrant caravan along highway
FRONTERA HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants were hauled onto buses by Mexican national guardsmen and immigration agents after cro...
Mexico begins flying, busing migrants back to Honduras
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. were sent...
Review: Love and fear drive migrants in `American Dirt’
“American Dirt,” Flatiron Books, by Jeanine Cummins
Migrants scuffle with Mexican troops along border river
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants waded across the Suchiate River into southern Mexico on Monday in a new test of U.S. Pr...
10 years after Vatican takeover, Legion in new abuse crisis
MEXICO CITY — The administrator of an elite Catholic school in Cancun, Mexico, used to take the girls out of class and send them to the chapel, where ...
Thousands camp in Guatemala as Mexico blocks migrant path
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — The bridge spanning the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala was open again for business on Sunday, but few migrants we...
Cities can’t opt out of legal pot under new state proposal
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico would legalize recreational marijuana sales without exceptions for dissenting cities and counties under a rebooted proposa...
Mexico readies for Central American migrants at south border
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Border security forces in southern Mexico were preparing Friday for the expected arrival of hundreds of Central Americans tra...
Senate passes US-Canada-Mexico trade deal, a Trump priority
WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade agreement Thursday that rewrites the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico ...
Trump admin weighs shifting billions more for border wall
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is weighing whether to shift billions more in military funding to build the border wall after already moving mor...
Mexico can’t sell presidential jet, tries odd sales pitches
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador has made selling off the luxurious presidential jet a centerpiece of his austerity program...
New Mexico kicks Carlton Bragg Jr. off team after DWI arrest
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico forward Carlton Bragg Jr. has been dismissed from the Lobos basketball team following his arrest on suspicion of drivin...
Monument to honor US-Mexican dual citizens slain in Mexico
LA MORA, Mexico — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Sunday that a monument will be put up to memorialize nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens ambu...
In Mexican capital, red shoes to protest killings of women
MEXICO CITY — Stiletto heels. Clogs. Trainers. Tiny, child-size Crocs.
US plutonium production plan likely to spur legal challenge
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The agency that oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal says it doesn’t need to do any broad environmental reviews of a propos...
Court to decide if private border wall can go next to river
HOUSTON — For Tommy Fisher, a federal court hearing set for Thursday next to the U.S.-Mexico border could result in his company getting a chance to pr...
US starts sending asylum seekers across Arizona border
PHOENIX — The U.S. government on Thursday began sending asylum-seekers back to Nogales, Mexico, to await court hearings that will be scheduled roughly...
Mexico City plastic bag ban to take residents back in time
MEXICO CITY — For centuries, Mexico City residents brought warm tortillas home in reusable cloths or woven straw baskets, and toted others foods in co...
Mexico says a total of 7 detained in killing of 9 Americans
MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico said a total of seven suspects have now been detained in connection with the Nov. 4 slaughter of nine U.S. dual-na...
Mexico’s Zapatistas host “Women Who Fight” gathering
CARACOL MORELIA, Mexico — More than 3,000 women came together in an autonomous Zapatista enclave in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas over the week...
Sports editor apologizes for tweeting ‘scalps’ after game
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A sports editor for a New Mexico newspaper apologized this week after using “scalps” in a tweet to describe a high school basketb...