Tag: Mexico
Fatal shooting of police officer in New Mexico leads to a 40-mile chase and shootout
21 Views0 Comments0 Likes
The fatal shooting of a New Mexico State Police officer Thursday led to a high-speed chase that ended in a shootout with the suspect. State Police said the officer was killed on Interstate 10 near the town of Akela...
Mexico stops accepting US returns of some migrant families under pandemic-era policy
13 Views0 Comments0 Likes
The United States has been unable to return some migrant families to Mexico under a pandemic-era border policy after a change in Mexican law concerning the detention of children, according to three Department of Hom...
Woman charged in Capitol riot asks judge to let her take vacation in Mexico
13 Views0 Comments0 Likes
A Texas woman charged in connection with the Capitol insurrection has asked a federal judge to let her travel to Mexico for a "work-related bonding retreat," according to court records. Jenny Cudd, a flower shop ow...
‘It’s frustrating’: Thousands of migrants sit in Mexico desperate for answers from the Biden administration
11 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Within the span of a year and a half, a Cuban couple living on the US-Mexico border were repeatedly threatened, attacked and lost a baby after being assaulted, as they waited for their next immigration court date in...
Can Mexico force the US to vaccinate migrant workers against Covid-19?
46 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Mexico wants the US to vaccinate all Mexican migrant workers currently working in the United States — and it says Trump's own signature trade deal requires it. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Marcelo Ebrard told ...
Mexico City will take ‘extraordinary measures’ to stop surge in Covid-19 deaths
42 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Mexico City will impose "extraordinary measures" on residents to contain a surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths, Mexican Deputy Health Minister Dr. Hugo Lopez-Gatell said during a news conference on Friday. Its neighb...
Biden to tap New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary
65 Views0 Comments0 Likes
President-elect Joe Biden has selected New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to serve as interior secretary, three people familiar with the matter tell CNN, marking another historic choice by nominating the first Native Ameri...
New whale species discovered in Mexico
270 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Scientists working off the western coast of Mexico say they have found a previously unknown species of whale. Three beaked whales were spotted last month by a team of scientists working with the Sea Shepherd Conserv...
Austin mayor apologizes after he told residents to stay at home while vacationing in Mexico
29 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Mayor Steve Adler of Austin, Texas, said in a video posted on YouTube Wednesday that he regrets traveling to Mexico in early November as he was urging people to be cautious about the spread of Covid-19. "The first w...
Mexico tops 100,000 dead as its pandemic worsens
42 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Durango, Mexico Mexico has now registered more than 100,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic, only the fourth country in the world to reach the chilling milestone. The country is preceded by the US, Brazil and ...
Man arrested in connection with massacre of Mormon women and children in Mexico
61 Views0 Comments0 Likes
A man has been arrested in connection with last year's massacre of nine Mormon American-Mexican citizens on a remote dirt road in northwestern Mexico, officials in that country said Wednesday. Plagued by deadly a...
Remains of 59 bodies found in clandestine graves in Mexico
66 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Mexico City, MexicoThe remains of 59 bodies have been discovered in clandestine graves in a region of central Mexico that has suffered some of the highest levels of drug violence in recent years, national authorities...
Cocaine-filled plane crashes in Mexico after high-speed airborne chase
70 Views0 Comments0 Likes
A light aircraft carrying almost half a ton of cocaine crashed in central Mexico after a high-speed airborne chase with authorities, and two people aboard died, the defense ministry said on Wednesday. Mexican militar...
Hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have been found dead in New Mexico
90 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Biologists at New Mexico State University are trying to find out why hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have been found dead across the state. The mystery started August 20 with the discovery of a large number...
Driver shoots New Mexico State Police officer during highway traffic stop, police say
101 Views0 Comments0 Likes
A 28-year-old driver allegedly shot a New Mexico State Police officer during a traffic stop on Interstate 40 in Cibola County, New Mexico on Saturday morning, according to a statement from police. The suspect, Rober...
Tropical Storm Sally could form in the Gulf of Mexico today
201 Views0 Comments0 Likes
Tropical Depression 19 is bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to Florida Saturday before the storm is expected to intensify as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico later in the day. Flood watches are in effect through S...