No Change of Venue for El Chapo on Brooklyn Murder Charges
A federal judge refused Tuesday to move the federal trial of Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman out of Brooklyn.
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Tire Maker Faces Wrongful Death Suit Over Bus Crash
Several injured passengers and the family members of those killed claim a defective Michelin tire that was almost brand new is to blame for a bus crashing while on a tour of Mexico last year.
Read moreBorder Patrol Agent Must Face Claim Over Cross-Border Killing
A Border Patrol agent acquitted in the 2012 cross-border shooting death of a Mexican teen can still be sued over the incident, and the teen he killed was entitled to constitutional protections despite being in Mexico, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Monday.
Read moreA Lot of Drugs
Cristian Araujo Aguirre, 19, was charged Thursday with smuggling 11,490 fentanyl pills, 61 pounds of methamphetamine and 14 pounds of heroin through the San Ysidro Port of Entry a day earlier.
Read moreMexico’s Lopez Obrador Claims Historic Win, Broad Mandate
Furious at spiraling corruption and violence, Mexican voters unleashed a political earthquake Sunday by electing a leftist firebrand as president and giving him a broad mandate to overthrow the political establishment and govern for the poor.
Read more‘El Chapo’ Wants Trial Brought Closer to His NYC Cell
Saying that the drug lord’s Brooklyn trial three months from now will unnecessarily feed a public spectacle, attorneys for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman fought Tuesday to have the case moved.
Read moreThousands March in Texas Against Separation of Immigrant Families
About 2,000 people spent Father’s Day in the tiny Texas town of Tornillo chanting and marching against the opening of the first temporary shelter for immigrant children separated from their parents under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.
Read moreExpats Unlikely to Impact on Mexico Election
Although one out of every 10 Mexicans lives in the U.S. – roughly 13 million people – experts say these immigrants will have little impact on Mexico’s July 1 presidential election.
Read moreCritics Blast Trump for Sending Border Detainees to Prison
President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration has already led to overrun detention facilities, long lines of asylum seekers camping out at the U.S.-Mexico border and a decision to separate young children from their parents indefinitely.
Read moreFifth Circuit Hears Appeal in Cartel Killing Case
An attorney for a Mexican national who helped track down a cartel lawyer turned informant, leading to his assassination at a shopping center in an affluent Dallas suburb, told a Fifth Circuit panel Monday that jurors made a mistake when they convicted his client of conspiracy to commit murder.
Read moreAsylum or Death: Endangered Mexican Reporters Unable to Enter US
A bludgeoned corpse found this week in Mexico perpetuated the country’s plague of press killings, yet the stories of two men who fled to the United States after receiving death threats show how hard it is for Mexican reporters to win asylum.
Read moreCanada, Mexico, EU Slapped With Steel And Aluminum Tariffs
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced tariffs on steel and aluminum will go into effect against Canada, Mexico and the European Union at midnight.
Read moreCalifornia, Feds Take Aim at Deadly Pesticide in Illegal Pot Grows
Federal and California law enforcement officials announced Tuesday they are coming after Mexican drug cartels not just for their lucrative illegal marijuana, but for their outlawed pesticides as well.
Read moreOfficial Says Much Still Unknown About Mexico Bank Hack
The head of Mexico’s central bank says there is still much authorities do not know about the apparent hack of a system used by banks to transfer money among themselves.
Read moreCalifornia Preparing to Sue Over Border Sewage Spills
Following the lead of Southern California cities distressed at sewage spills along the border, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Monday gave notice he intends to sue the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission for violating the Clean Water Act.
Read moreMexico, 2 States Could See Colorado River Cutback in 2020
Mexico and the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada face a better-than-even possibility of getting less water from the Colorado River in 2020 because of a persistent drought, water managers said Wednesday.
Read moreMom of Teen Taken to Mexico by 45-Year-Old Sues Man, School
The mother of a Pennsylvania 16-year-old girl who police say was taken out of school and to Mexico by a 45-year-old man is suing him and the school, claiming she suffered financial, psychological and emotional harm.
Read moreAsylum-Seekers Build Community While Waiting at US Border
A remote control toy car operated by a boy zig-zagged between Maria Gomez’s legs as she recalled the two-month trek from Honduras to Tijuana where she waited Thursday for her asylum case to be heard by the United States.
Read moreAsylum-Seekers Charged With Illegal Entry at US-Mexico Border
Federal authorities on Tuesday charged nearly a dozen suspected asylum-seeking members of a caravan from Central America with illegal entry, as a handful of mothers and children from the group were allowed to begin the asylum process.
Read moreUS Delays Decision on Tariffs for EU, Prolonging Uncertainty
The U.S. government will take another 30 days to decide whether to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from the European Union, Canada and Mexico, extending a period of uncertainty for businesses in those regions.
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