Dec 27 Why Mexico has made little progress on femicide By Fabiola Sanchez, Fernanda Pesce, Associated Press Officials have recognized the femicide rate and violence against women as problematic for decades. On average, 10 women or girls are killed daily in Mexico. Continue reading
Dec 17 2022 has been the deadliest year on record for Mexican journalists By Christopher Sherman, Associated Press The deadliest year in at least three decades for Mexican journalists and media workers is nearing a close, with 15 slayings — a perilous situation underlined by a brazen near-miss attack this week on one of the country’s most prominent… Continue reading
Dec 16 Judge blocks Biden bid to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy By Associated Press The judge in Texas on Thursday stayed the termination until legal challenges by Texas and Missouri are settled but didn’t order the policy reinstated and the impact on the program wasn’t immediately clear. Continue reading
Dec 11 Arizona’s governor stacks shipping containers on Mexico border at the end of his term By Anita Snow, Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press Work crews have steadily erected hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers topped by razor wire along Arizona’s remote eastern boundary with Mexico in a bold show of border enforcement by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey even as he prepares to leave office. Continue reading
Nov 13 Tens of thousands march against Mexico president’s proposed overhaul of electoral authority By Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press Tens of thousands of people packed the Mexican capital’s main boulevard Sunday to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority in the largest demonstration against one of the president’s efforts during his nearly four… Continue reading
Oct 27 Same-sex marriage is legalized in all of Mexico’s states By Associated Press Lawmakers in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas have voted to legalize same-sex marriages, becoming the last of Mexico's 32 states to authorize such unions. Continue reading
Oct 22 Venezuelan migrants expelled from U.S. under new policy decide next steps in Mexico By Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press U.S. authorities expelled about 1,700 Venezuelans to Mexico in the past week under a deal between the two nations to deny Venezuelans the right to U.S. asylum and try to keep them from coming to the border. Continue reading
Oct 22 Hurricane Roslyn makes landfall in Mexico, misses resorts as it moves inland By Associated Press Hurricane Roslyn slammed into a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coast between the resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan Sunday morning and quickly moved inland. Continue reading
Oct 18 Small town in southern Mexico unexpectedly hosts thousands of migrants By María Verza, Associated Press Venezuelans and other migrants are struggling to come to terms with a new U.S. policy discouraging border crossings. And one small town in southern Mexico is unexpectedly playing host to thousands of migrants camped far from the U.S. border. Continue reading
Oct 15 U.S. policy shift on Venezuelan migrants adds more strain to shelters in Mexico By Elliot Spagat, María Verza, Associated Press The Biden administration's expansion of asylum restrictions to Venezuelans poses a potentially enormous challenge to already overstretched Mexican shelters. Continue reading