Mexico
Trump, Pence save nearly 1,000 jobs from moving to Mexico
Make America work again. President-elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-elect Mike Pence struck a deal with Carrier on Monday, saving “close to 1,000” jobs in Indiana by preventing the air-conditioning company from moving its production lines to Mexico. “I will be going to Indiana on Thursday to make a major...
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Emily Ratajkowski goes topless in Mexico
Emily Ratajkowski doesn’t sunbathe like the average person. The 25-year-old swimsuit model was only wearing half of one when she was spotted on vacation with some friends in Cancun, Mexico. She opted to wear nothing but a pair of black bottoms. In the past, Ratajkowski has made it clear she’s not shy about going...
Hurricane Earl Drenching Belize, Then Heading for Mexico
Hurricane Earl has slammed into the coast of the Caribbean nation of Belize with winds of 80 mph (130 kph, bringing with it heavy rain. The hurricane made landfall near Belize City, and was moving roughly westward, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. While Earl is expected to weaken as it moves inland, it threatens...
Mexican Politician Tweets El Chapo Prison Photo to Dispel Rumors of an Escape
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman remains in the confines of a Mexican prison, according to Mexican Secretary of the Interior, Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, who tweeted a photo of the drug lord Friday night in an effort to dispel Internet rumors that he had escaped for a third time. "Los rumores, una images,"...
Mexico teachers protest: Food airlifts to blockade-hit areas
Mexico's air force has been flying tons of grain into Oaxaca state in the south of the country to deal with dwindling food supplies caused by roadblocks set up by protesting teachers. Officials say 108 tons of corn will be delivered by the end of the weekend. Last month, eight people were killed in Oaxaca in clashes between...
Mexican woman dies at age 117 just hours after receiving birth certificate
A 117-year-old woman in Mexico City finally received her birth certificate, and died a few hours later. Trinidad Alvarez Lira had waited years for proof that she had been born in 1898. She hadn’t received all the government old age benefits she was entitled to because she had no proof of her age. The city department of...
Mexico teachers protest: Six killed in Oaxaca clashes
Six people have been killed in southern Mexico in clashes between protesting teachers and police. Another 50 people, including many police officers, were injured. The incident took place in the state of Oaxaca, where two high-profile union leaders were arrested last week, accused of corruption. Members of the CNTE union, which...
Mexico protests over Oaxaca teachers’ leader arrest
Mexican police have arrested a teachers' union leader accused of siphoning off money raised illegally from union members in the southern city of Oaxaca. Ruben Nunez has led a decade-long fight for better pay and working conditions. His supporters say Mr Nunez is innocent, accusing the Mexican government of having political...
Mexico Laments Death of Citizen Shot by US Border Agent
The Mexican government says a man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent was a Mexican citizen and it "deeply regrets" the incident. The Foreign Relations Department said in a statement late Friday that "Mexico has repeatedly said the use of lethal force in immigration control and border security should be...
Mexico missing students: Government ‘hampered’ independent inquiry
A panel of international experts investigating the disappearance of 43 Mexican trainee teachers in 2014 says the government of President Enrique Pena Neto has hampered its inquiries. In its scathing final report, the experts also dismissed the conclusions of the official inquiry. They said officials failed to pursue the...
Huge US-Mexico drugs tunnel found in San Diego
One of the longest cross-border drugs-smuggling tunnels between Mexico and the US has been found by authorities in San Diego, American officials say. They say the 800m (874 yards) tunnel was used to transport an "unprecedented cache" of cocaine and marijuana. It was the 13th sophisticated secret tunnel found along...
Mexico explosion: Three dead in Veracruz oil plant
A large explosion at an oil facility in the south-east Mexican state of Veracruz has killed at least three people and injured 136 more. The blast hit a facility owned by Mexico's state oil company, Pemex, in the port city of Coatzacoalcos. Hundreds of people have been evacuated and schools closed. Footage showed a large...