Politics Jan 06 Violence breaks out after ‘El Chapo’ son detained, Mexican authorities say The operation to detain Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, unleashed firefights that turned the northern city of Culiacan into a war zone, authorities said Friday.
World Jul 16 Mexico captures drug lord allegedly responsible for murder of DEA agent Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said in a statement late Friday that Caro Quintero was arrested for extradition to the U.S. and would be held at the maximum security Altiplano prison about 50 miles west of Mexico City.
World Jul 09 Luis Echeverria, former Mexican president blamed for political killings, dies at age 100 In 2004, he became the first former Mexican head of state formally accused of criminal wrongdoing. Prosecutors linked Echeverria to the country’s so-called “dirty war” in which hundreds of leftist activists and members of fringe guerrilla groups were imprisoned, killed,…
Nation Jun 29 Driver of tractor-trailer tried to hide amid survivors, Mexican official says; death toll rises to 53 The driver and two other men from Mexico remained in custody Wednesday as the investigation continued into the tragedy that killed 53 people in the nation’s deadliest smuggling episode on the U.S.-Mexico border.
World Feb 14 Mexican president claims conspiracy in U.S. avocado ban linked to threat against inspectors Mexico's president says a U.S. suspension on avocado imports and recent environmental complaints are part of a conspiracy against his country by political or economic interests.
World Nov 25 Mexico’s drug war fought with drones, human shields, gunships Residents of the town of Aguililla are fed up with the army's strategy to simply separate competing gangs. They want the army to either fight both cartels, or let the two gangs fight it out.
World Aug 19 Tensions over aid grow in Haiti as earthquake death toll grows A powerful weekend earthquake killed more than 2,100 people in Haiti and was trailed by a drenching tropical depression.
World Aug 18 Desperation, pressure for aid increase in Haiti after earthquake, tropical storm Pressure for a coordinated response to Haiti's deadly weekend earthquake is mounting as more injured trickle into hospitals already overwhelmed with thousands of patients.
World Aug 17 Tropical storm drenching earthquake-stricken Haiti Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt Tuesday to the Haitian government's response to the deadly weekend earthquake, feeding the growing anger and frustration among thousands who were left homeless.
World Aug 16 Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000 The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Haiti over the weekend has risen to 1,419, while the number of injured people has grown to 6,000, the Caribbean nation’s Civil Protection Agency said Monday.